Posts Tagged ‘broadband’
O2 to launch Mobile Broadband
O2 has now launched mobile broadband with a service allowing customers to access the internet from their Computers, Laptops over 3G or Wi-Fi.
This new service is being offered to existing O2 customers for £20 per month with a 3GB data cap. Interestingly, it includes unlimited Wi-Fi through over 7,500 hotspots run by The Cloud in the UK.
The small USB ‘memory stick’ style 3G modem will automatically connect customers to the fastest network available be it GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA or Wi-Fi.
You can now monitor your data usage through the modem’s software and also warned via text message when you reach the 2GB point. Not only this, you’ll also be informed directly by phone when reaching the 3GB cap. Now, how cool is that??
If you use over the 3GB of your data, you’ll be charged at 20p per megabyte and you’ll be informed again, if you use £100 worth of data over their cap.
So, you can now take advantage of the promotion, as until 31 October if you exceed the 3GB cap, you’ll not be charged.
O2 Mobile Broadband will be offered on an 18-month contract or a rolling one-month contract. This reminds me of O2’s Simplicity mobile phone contract.
Be broadband dropped prices and extended coverage
Be Broadband has announced a price cuts to its super fast broadband packages together with news of an extension to its UK coverage areas.
Be Unlimited Broadband with download speeds up to 24Mb and upload speeds of 1.3Mb drops from £24 a month to £18 a month. Be Pro Broadband with the same download speed, but an increased upload speed of up to 2.5Mb is now just £22 a month, down £18 on the previous £40 a month.
Be Broadband has previously been available in areas of London, Manchester and Birmingham, however, its services can now be utilised by up to 75% of the UK population with a BT line.
Seeking for the best Business broadband ADSL??
If you’re seeking for the best Business broadband ADSL , you’ve got to check Computime out.
Computime provides fast cost-effective business broadband in Coventry, Warwickshire and the West Midlands. They offer a great range of scalable broadband packages as a Platinum Partner of Zen Internet, leading ISP .
They’re also winner of numerous broadband awards.
Orange at half price!
Hey people! Don’t get confused by this statement. I’ve lately read that Orange Broadband is now half price for the first three months on any new broadband contract. ( That’s Great!! Ehh?).
This means that you can sign up for Orange Home Starter (2Mb speeds and 6GB monthly dowloads) and pay just £6 per month… or even join Home Max (8Mb speeds and unlimited downloads) for £12 per month!! (Whooshhh)
However, prices will rise after the initial three month discount, but they remain competitive (Home Starter and Home Max at £12 and £24 per month respectively).
Interestingly, Orange Home Max also comes with a free Livebox - which means you’ll have wireless connectivity throughout your home (Just like I’d want it to be).
ISPs want BBC funds for upgrading broadband networks
Hey guys! Did you that the stunning success of the BBC iPlayer has seen one million programmes watched online every month, but now ISPs are claiming that the increased traffic is overloading broadband networks and they want the BBC to contribute to the costs of upgrades.
Internet service providers (ISPs) are now asking the BBC to fund network upgrades to cope with the popularity of the iPlayer viewing system.
Web 3.0!! Also, known as “The Semantic Era”
As you know that Web 2.0 applications continue to dominate user’s time and investments in 2008, I’ve read about Web 3.0 and what it holds in store for the future of web development and it seems there will be four very important milestones reached.
Portable Web Traditional websites are designed with the intention of being viewed by users accessing them with desktop PCs and standard GUIs. With the evolution of Web 3.0, websites are no longer confined to the screens of a desktop computer but are also accessible via mobile devices such as mobile phones, iPods, Blackberry’s, IPTVs.
Isn’t this cool??
Broadband and music industries, Why us???
Recently I read that Broadband and music industries have to tried to formulate a plan to cut back on illegal downloads.
They claim that Illegal music downloads have prove problematic for music and broadband providers for some time, and they are now formulating a plan to try and cut back on this practice.
They saying that for many years the subject of illegal music downloads by broadband customers has been a sore point for both broadband and music industry officials. With officials claiming that they are losing money hand over fist as a result of such illegal downloading activities, officials from both industries have now come together to try and put together a plan that will help to eliminate this sort of practice. Yeah! Yeah!
Thinking of taking a Broadband speed test???
If you’re frustrated with the speed of your Internet connection and thinking about changing your broadband provider, don’t worry! You just need to run a quick and simple test to find out how your connection measures up. You can start this by clicking here
When you click the Start button, they’ll send some test data down the line and check how long it takes to reach you. To increase the accuracy, run the test more than once and average the results.
Let me know if this worked for you??
Charter Sheds More Subscribers
Hey People!! Once again Charter Communications has divested itself of subscribers in an effort to enhance overall operating efficiency. This time it is 75,000 plus customers in smaller towns in Illinois and Kentucky. The accounts we purchased by New Wave Communications.
For those you haven’t heard of New Wave, it provides Cable TV, Broadband Internet, and VoIP to customers in seven Southeast and Midwestern states.
Worried that your child might access inappropriate websites?
Many parents have found that having broadband available can help their kids enormously when it comes to research for educational projects and school work.
There’s also a darker side to the level of access that many kids now have to the Internet through their broadband connections, and many parents are also concerned about their children accessing inappropriate or even dangerous websites, or simply taking an unhealthy interest in spending hours and hours online using chat room and social networking websites, which many kids tend to do.
However, a new service that has been launched could help parents to combat this problem by allowing their kids access to a finite number of sites, all of which have been classified as appropriate for children. The service is called KidZui, and is aimed at children aged between three and twelve years of age.
The chief executive of the company that has launched the new child-friendly service stated that KidZui is not the adult internet filtered for kids. Instead, we have built an entire internet just for kids from the ground up, along with a brand-new, kid-friendly interface. The service has been described as a separate Internet for children, and could help parents to avoid the worries that come with children having easy access to sites that may not be appropriate for them.
Are you getting massive mobile bills??
Listen to this interesting news. A couple recently received a phone bill for over £11000. They weren’t really sure about their phone contract and downloaded four episodes of Friends via their mobile phone.
Their service provider was Vodafone and they used an “unlimited” phone broadband package. The couple failed to realize was that the downloads were only free while in the UK. Sadly, while they were downloading it from their home in the UK, the husband took the phone to Germany on business, and downloaded a further 2,600MB at a rate of £4.50 per megabyte, Whoa!! Ofcom is expected to investigate the fee, however Vodafone has said that customers were informed of all charges, before they exceeded their download limit.
Internet Service Provider Review
Hey!! Was just looking at a magazines and found this article about an independent source of UK ISP news. I also visited their website Internet Service Provider Review and they have a database of providers that can be found under the ‘Listings’ section, you may submit changes to this via the ‘Submission’ page.
Infact, those seeking to promote their services can ‘Advertise’ and have a ‘Links’ page for similar sites. Readers must ‘Register’ in order to post reviews or use full forum features.
The best Broadband service to select??
Hello guys! It’s been a week now that I’ve shifted to the UK. Great place! But it’s a little difficult to spend leisure time at Cybercafe’s. I’m planning to setup a Broadband connection at my place.
I’m just comparing some of the Broadband services available. I did find a few websites that gave me a little comparison about Broadband services. E.g. BroadBand-Finder
Broadband Choices
Any suggestions??
