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Watchdog tells ISPs to pull their socks up
Apparently Mr Ofcom is jolly cross that BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, restrict the speed of some bandwidth heavy services such as peer-to-peer file sharing without making it clear enough what they are doing. -
Coalition splits on Digital Economy Act
The DEA is designed to protect Big Content from online piracy, and includes provision to cut copyright infringers off the internet. It also allows for website blocking. ISPs led by BT and TalkTalk are opposing the Act through the courts, and were granted leave for a fresh appeal last week. -
David Cameron encourages web censorship
David Cameron, who we assume has a private subscription to Jugggz and gets his kicks the old fashioned way, today announced a deal with BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin to block pornography from appearing online. At least, by default. -
Openreach promises 300Mbps downstream speeds
Virgin and TalkTalk sent a letter to the government complaining about BT's pricing. BT responded by saying it was offering prices below the European average. -
UK culture secretary wants Google to be copyright cop
The government has previously demanded that ISPs cut off pirate sites and users who infringe copyright. This has been challenged in court by BT and TalkTalk and ISPs have proposed an independent watchdog with the power to blacklist sites. -
Talk Talk says BT isn't digging for Britain
Talk Talk, officially the most complained about ISP, is whinging about the fibre optic assets BT is holding onto. -
Talk Talk, Tiscali hit with £3 million in fines
UK telecomms regulator Ofcom said that it has fined Talk Talk and Tiscali UK £3 million for billing 10s of thousands of people incorrectly. -
Yahoo e-mail encourages speeding
Yahoo has been given a slap on the wrist by the Adverting Standards Authority (ASA), which has condemned the company for encouraging speeding. -
Spying TalkTalk offers network security
UK ISP TalkTalk has carefully announced its latest feature addition to its packages, something called HomeSafe that could also be branded TalkTalk Knows Best. -
Talk Talk tops Ofcom's crap list
TalkTalkis the telco Ofcom has had the most complaints about - overwhelmingly. -
BT fails to stop Big Content
Telcos BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to force the government to make a stand against Big Content. -
Fujitsu builds superfast broadband for Nowhereville
Fujitsu's open access wholesale network will be powered by Ciscoand will be used by Virgin Media and TalkTalk to help the five million households who would have otherwise been left behind in next gen broadband plans. -
UK Copyright Law held up
The code sets out how music and film companies can take steps to identify people accused of illegal downloading. However two of the UK's biggest internet service providers BT and TalkTalk took the case to court. -
Ofcom demands BT Openreach price cuts
Openreach manages BT's network and charges other providers for the use of its facilities. The proposed changes will mean that other telcos rental costs, including Sky and TalkTalk who rent BT's lines, could be reduced by up to 10 percent per annum. -
Broadband operators won't tell people lies any more
BSkyB, BT, O2, TalkTalk, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone will all supply information to the Broadband Stakeholder Group, which is spearheading the initiative, so that traffic management techniques can easily be read and compared by users of both fixed line and mobile broadband. -
British ISPs are not shy about two-tier internet
BT, TalkTalk and others argue that ISPs should be free to strike deals for more efficient delivery. We think they mean the delivery of profit rather than traffic flows, but it was not clear. -
Ofcom should wait before it pushes net neutrality rules
ISPs such as BT and TalkTalk have openly welcomed the prospect of giving commercial partners preferential bandwidth on their networks, effectively creating a two-tier internet. -
2011 means continued LTE lag in UK
Other firms such as TalkTalk and Sky are expected to increase their own network coverage which could in turn mean the wider availability of cheaper broadband. TalkTalk is targeting 93 percent population coverage for its own broadband network in the medium term.
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