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• Internet 22 Mar 12:29

  British ISPs block more torrent sites

  BT, Virgin Media, O2 and Be There have all stopped customers from accessing KickassTorrents, H33T and Fenopy after it was claimed in the courts they were facilitating copyright infringement.
• Internet 17 Dec 13:18

  UK gov rejects web porn ban

  According to the report outlining the government's response to the consultation, ISPs will continue to use an 'active choice' system being put in place by ISPs such as BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media.
• Internet 04 Dec 13:32

  TalkTalk just about misses last place in Ofcom satisfaction survey

  Satisfaction with Virgin Media’s customer service increased significantly since last year, from 53 percent to 64 percent, while the increase in satisfaction with BT’s service since 2009 has stayed at 63 percent.
• Internet 03 Dec 16:35

  Legit Pirate Bay spin-off blocked by UK ISPs

  CommentAs TorrentFreak reports, The Promo Bay has never linked to infringing material, and is not hosted on The Pirate Bay's servers either. Banned by BT, Virgin Media, BE, and possiby others, TorrentFreak suggests the domain was found on the same black list that has been used to cut away The Pirate Bay fr
• Internet 03 Oct 10:37

  Virgin Media gets into hot water with ASA

  Virgin Media has once again found itself in hot water with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
• Internet 15 Aug 16:25

  Ofcom boasts of broadband boost

  Firstly there have been more consumers signing up to 'super fast' packages from the likes of Virgin Media, which promises speeds of up to 60 Mbps. However, the average speeds for 'super fast' packages grew from only slightly, from 35.5Mbps in November 2011 to 35.8Mbps this May.
• Internet 25 Jul 11:07

  Top ISPs snub net neutrality code of conduct

  It has been signed by BT, BSkyB, O2, TalkTalk and Three but Virgin Media, Vodafone and the two Everything Everywhere networks, T-Mobile and Orange are not signing.
• Internet 18 Jul 10:27

  Virgin Media and Sky battle each other through ASA

  Virgin Media and Sky have embarked on handbags at dawn using the Advertising Standards Authority as a pawn.
• Internet 28 Jun 13:56

  Cameron calls for internet porn ban

  CommentBT, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Sky have reluctantly signed up to a code of practice, offering customers a choice of whether to apply filters. But it is entirely optional.
• Internet 26 Jun 12:14

  Privacy group slams DEA Initial Obligations Code

  The code will initially cover ISPs with more than 400,000 broadband-enabled fixed lines - currently BT, Everything Everywhere, O2, Sky, TalkTalk Group and Virgin Media.
• Internet 22 Jun 08:23

  British Neo-nazis coin in YouTube cash

  UK Neo-Nazi thugs are using YouTube's revenue-sharing system to squeeze cash from Virgin Media, BT and O2 without their knowledge.
• Internet 07 Jun 10:53

  Pirate Bay graciously welcomes RIAA search censorship plans

  Virgin Media was the first. Its users are now met with a page that says: "Virgin Media has received an order from the Courts requiring us to prevent access to this site in order to help protect against copyright infringement.
• Internet 30 May 09:05

  Europe to get net neutrality laws

  For example, in the UK, most of the major broadband providers, such as Virgin Media and BT, use throttling on some of their packages in order to manage traffic volumes.
• Internet 04 May 15:51

  Web censorship culture entrenches itself in Britain's parliament

  CommentCensorship does not work. Think of it in terms of prohibition. Heavy-handed enforcement that punishes large swathes of the population - nice try, RIAA, circa Napster - did little to stem piracy.
• Business 25 Apr 10:51

  Virgin Media gets its wrists slapped by ASA

  Virgin Media has had its wrist slapped yet again by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after it was found to have mislead customers by hiding important information in tiny fonts.
• Internet 25 Apr 10:13

  Whitespace internet tests declared successful by tech consortium

  Others involved in the consortium includes: Adaptrum, Alcatel-Lucent, Arqiva, BBC, BSkyB, BT, Cambridge Consultants, CRFS, CSR plc., Digital TV Group (DTG), Microsoft, Neul, Nokia, Samsung, Spectrum Bridge, The Technology Partnership (TTP) and Virgin Media.
• Security 20 Feb 10:02

  British government draws up Big Brother style communications law

  The Telegraph said that the plan has been drawn up on the advice of MI5, MI6, and GCHQ. Rather than the government holding the information centrally, companies including BT, Sky, Virgin Media, Vodafone and O2 would have to keep the records themselves. This would be accessed real time by the spooks.
• Mobile 29 Nov 23:17

  Virgin Media in Oxford: down for two weeks

  I live in Oxford now - strangely Virgin Media has been down here for two weeks so I am using my T-Mobile dongle to connect to the interweb.

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