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ISPs, comedians, free speech campaigners criticise Digital Economy Bill
In a letter to the Financial Times, leading service providers join academics, an MP and comedian to criticise the Digital Economy Bill and its plans...
BT call for fair access to ducts
BT are seeking equality of access to competitors cabling ducts following its announcement that it will open up access to its network of ducts.
Internet Access a Fundamental right for four in five people
A BBC survey of some 27,000 adults in 26 countries has found the vast majority of people feel that Internet access is a fundamental right....
Broadband Campaign "Final Third First" launched
A campaign 'Final Third First' has been launched to lobby the government for faster action to deliver broadband to rural communities.
Uproar over fibre cabinets in St Albans
Battle lines are being drawn with people complaining about the new Openreach fibre cabinets being deployed as part of FTTC. Perhaps there is scope for...

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European Parliament Demands Openness from ACTA Negotiations
The European Parliament has approved a common resolution that calls for openness over Europe and the USA's Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations. ACTA is a...
UK ISP Fast.co.uk Launches Heavy Usage Unbundled Broadband Service
Broadband ISP Fast.co.uk has today announced the launch of its new unbundled ( LLU ) 'up to' 24Mbps packages with an...
UK ISPs and Internet Firms Slate Government Plans to Block Piracy Sites
The bosses of several major broadband ISPs and Internet firms, such as BT , Virgin Media and Google, have issued an...
European 100Mbps Fibre Optic FTTH Broadband Growth Gaining Speed
The growth rate of next generation Fibre-to-the-Home ( FTTH ) 100Mbps broadband services in Europe, specifically those of the EU36 countries (including Russia),...
3 Mobile UK Bundles Mobile Broadband and Microsoft Office
Mobile operator Three (3) is offering Microsoft Office Home and Student for £59.99 to customers buying any Mobile Broadband contract. The...

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Y2.01K hits Garmin sat-nav

Routing like it's 1949

Garmin's Geko 201 GPS kit can't decide what year it is, flipping between decades every time it's switched on, though it's...
BT boss urges fines for filesharing customers

Corporate crusaders for free speech unite

Mandybill Ian Livingston, the boss of Britain's biggest ISP BT, is lobbying for the government's proposed technical sanctions against...
Palm pops out plug-in dev kit
WebOs goes native

Palm has released its Plug-in Development Kit, enabling native development for those who find AJAX just can't cut it....
Apple's draconian developer docs revealed

The first rule of iPhone Club is...

In the 1999 movie Fight Club, Brad Pitt famously tells a huddle of pugilistic aspirants: "The...
Smartphone app botnet experiment blows up a storm

WeatherFist shows phone vulnerability, devs claim

Security researchers fooled nearly 8,000 iPhone and Android users into joining a mobile smartphone "botnet" under the guise of...

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Complete Broadband news coverage from Yahoo! News UK. Find videos, pictures and in-depth Broadband commentary in our full coverage news section.

ABRY to acquire RCN for $1.2 billion
RCN Corporation, a broadband services provider in the US, and ABRY Partners have entered into a definitive agreement for an investment fund managed by ABRY...
Verizon outlines Long Term Evolution plans
Verizon Wireless has released new details about its planned Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband network.
Verizon lays out further plans for LTE
Verizon Wireless released new data on its planned Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband network.
NBN awards five-year HR services contract to Accenture
NBN, an Australia-based provider of broadband network solutions, has awarded Accenture a five-year contract to provide all core human resource administration services.
European Commission urged to close digital divide
The European Union's Committee of the Regions has called on the European Commission (EC) to close the digital divide by ensuring that all citizens in the region...

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