All Posts Tagged With: "telewest"

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HD TV In The UK - No Real Progress In 2 Years

I’m starting to get excited about watching the 2008 European Championships on TV. I’m due to have an operation on my back over the summer which is going to keep me housebound, so I’ll be able to watch a lot of the games.
The focus on the impending games has made me realise that HD [...]

 16Apr2008 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
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BT Fon Launched: The World’s Largest Wi-Fi Community

Ever since BT invested in Fon, I’ve been on the lookout for the launch of a joint BT/Fon service in the UK, and as expected, word of the launch of ‘BT Fon‘ , creating the world’s largest Wi-Fi community, has just hit the wires.
The partnership between BT and Fon is very ingenious, bringing together BT’s [...]

 4Oct2007 | Everton | 15 comments | Continued
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Virgin Media Need To Change Their Speed Capping Policy

With every day that goes by I am getting more and more frustrated with Virgin Media’s new speed capping policy. After having an unlimited genuine 10MB service from Telewest for 1 year for £35 a month with no complaints, I’m now paying £37 a month for a 20MB service which is effectively giving me [...]

 21Jul2007 | Everton | 42 comments | Continued
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Virgin Media Sign Deal To Stream Football Over Broadband And Mobile

Virgin Media announced yesterday a deal with the Football League to stream footage over broadband and mobile. A mixture of live footage and highlights will be available.
I know that Virgin Media are working hard on acquiring content to try and stop the huge numbers of customers that are deserting and being the first to [...]

 13Jul2007 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
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Virgin Media Caps Are Driving Me Crazy

I’ve been playing close attention to my broadband speed every since Virgin Media introduced Speed Caps, and they are starting to drive me crazy. Although my newsgroup usage appears to be unaffected, which is crazy as I’m sure that newsgroups usage is probably a big component of Virgin Media’s usage spikes, my web browsing [...]

 23May2007 | Everton | 48 comments | Continued
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BT The Number 1 Broadband Provider In The UK

BT has regained it’s lead as the number one Broadband Provider in the UK, passing Virgin Media who had held the top spot for the last year. BT now has 3.7m Broadband users in the UK and 26% of the overall market. What was even more impressive was that BT grabbed 32% of [...]

 17May2007 | Everton | 5 comments | Continued