All Posts Tagged With: "ADSL"
Broadband Installation - Caribbean Style!
I’ve been staying at my parents home in Jamaica for the last couple of days, and until today when they got broadband installed, it was a painful reminder of how slow and tedious dialup connections were. I don’t think I’ve used dialup for around 6 years - I don’t think I even own a [...]
21Dec2007 | Everton | 21 comments | Continued
Test Your Broadband Speed For Free
I get a lot of visitors visiting my site looking for a BroadBand Speed test, so I’ve decided to add a Broadband Speed Test to the site.
You can use the test to check that you are getting what you are paying for, or whether you should start looking for a new Broadband ISP [...]
Virgin Media Upgrading Broadband Speeds To 20Mb In The UK
I’ve been looking out for a speed increase announcement from Virgin Media ever since the company re-launched last month, and it nearly passed me by as it was only mentioned in passing in the company’s quarterly results. I would have missed it totally if TechDigest hadn’t spotted it.
By the summer all existing 10Mb Virgin [...]
BroadbandGenie Relaunches - Find The Best Broadband Deal
Despite saying that I wouldn’t respond to any requests for plugs by email, I’m making an exception in this case as one of my friends is running the company.
BroadbandGenie has just launched a brand new spanking site. It’s so new, you can still smell the paint? What is Broadband Genie you ask? Well, the [...]
UKOnline To Offer 24Mb For Under £30
At last, broadband in the UK is finally catching up with the rest of the world. Last month, the UK’s cable operators, Telewest and ntl both announced 10Mb services. This week, it’s the turn of the ADSL boys:
UK Online announced today that it will from next month offer a 24Mb using Local Loop [...]
1Sep2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Broadband Deals: Orange/Wanadoo Offering 2Mb For £9.99
As part of Wanadoo’s rebranding as Orange, it is offering 2Mb broadband for £9.99 a month. The offer is time-limited and available to new customers, or new customers if they extend their mobile contract.
I think the tie-up between Orange and Wanadoo could be quite interesting over the next couple of months, particularly if they offer [...]
Be Internet To Offer 26Mb Broadband Service From September
Swedish start-up firm Be is planning to launch a “super-fast” broadband service in Britain. From next month, the company will be offering connection speeds of up to 26Mb using ADSL2+. One of Be’s co-founders was previously involved in an ISP that offers 26Mbps connections in Sweden.The service will initially be available in London only and [...]
17Aug2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Telewest Increase Broadband Speeds To 10Mb (Uncapped) With 50Mb Available In 2007
Following on from NTL’s announcement earlier this week to increase its speeds to 10Mb, Telewest Broadband has just announced plans to shake-up its blueyonder internet services and outlined its capability to go much MUCH faster in the future.
Telewest have increased their broadband speeds across all their tiers with the top tier now reaching 10Mb at [...]
ntl Increase Broadband Speeds To 10MB
ntl have just announced that they are increasing their broadband speeds and making 10Mb the standard speed for all users, starting with the current 3Mb users. The rollout to all users won’t be finished until the end of 2006 which sounds a very long time and will cause a lot of dissatisfaction (my brother [...]
8Aug2005 | Everton | 2 comments | Continued
More Broadband Users In The UK Than Dial-up
Broadband in the UK has moved on a lot since I was part of BT’s ADSL trials back in 2000. According to Ofcom, the number of broadband households in the UK has overtaken those with dial-up connections for the first time with 8.1m broadband homes.
Back in 2000 a 512Kb connection cost £50 per month [...]
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