FCC urges Americans to run internet speed app to counter Big Cable's broadband data fudging Effort to get accurate info gets more serious under new chairwoman Personal Tech12 Apr 2021 | 32
Openreach out and hike prices on legacy fixed-line products: Broadband plumber pulls trigger after Ofcom gives the nod BT Group arm says it'll 'encourage' switch to modern kit; ISP says consumers on legacy CAN'T switch Networks01 Apr 2021 | 68
Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan includes massive broadband rollout, equates internet access with water and power as essential utilities Plus $50bn pledge to boost chip R&D and fabbing in Land of the Free Networks31 Mar 2021 | 19
Grotesque soundbyte alert: UK government opens wallet to help rural areas get 'gigafit' Tough luck if you're in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales Networks19 Mar 2021 | 46
Ofcom says no price controls on full-fibre broadband until 2031, giving BT's Openreach the kick to 'build like fury' Analyst: 'Ultimate winner is BT as it's avoided cost-based regulation for next half decade' Networks18 Mar 2021 | 38
ISP industry blasts UK Telecoms Security Bill for vague requirements, high costs of compliance 'They're dictating how to monitor networks, without fully understanding the impact on the sector' Networks12 Mar 2021 | 19
Copper broadband phaseout will leave UK customers with higher bills and less choice, says comparison site It seems people are OK with paying more for faster internet, though Networks25 Feb 2021 | 93
House Republicans introduce legislation for outright ban on municipal broadband in the US Doomed bill seems to forget municipal broadband exists due to failures of private sector Networks19 Feb 2021 | 84
Want your broadband fixed? Best write to your MP, UK's Zen Internet tells customer Well, that's a new one Networks18 Feb 2021 | 66
Virgin Media adds 200% to its new broadband contracts in 2020, slips back in black (just) But the growth can't last forever... Networks16 Feb 2021 | 19
UK's Superfast Broadband programme delivered value for money, says report, just don't ask about rural deployments Which are – you guessed it – behind schedule Networks03 Feb 2021 | 19
Get off my lawn: UK.Gov looks to reform land access laws for network operators weeks after PAC savages full-fibre gigabit targets for 2025 What do we want? Better coverage! How do we want it? Without actual infrastructure Networks27 Jan 2021 | 10
The UK's first industrial contribution to the ISS: An end to sneakernet for spacefarers In Brief Also: First all-commercial crew named, Boeing readies Starliner again and NASA's ex-boss is off to private equity Science27 Jan 2021 | 10
Google's Alphabet sticks a pin in its Loon internet broadband service It never really took off (commercially), apparently Networks22 Jan 2021 | 35
Surprising everyone, spending watchdog says the UK's 2025 deadline for nationwide gigabit broadband is 'unreachable' Regulatory hurdles, funding, pandemic, and Huawei have made this a big ask – but industry remains determined Networks08 Jan 2021 | 20
UK on track to miss even its slashed full-fibre gigabit coverage goals, warn MPs Plus: Govt has no targets at all for 5G deployment, claims telco insider Networks22 Dec 2020 | 96
UK comms regulator: Could we interest sir in a bespoke broadband speed estimate? New Ofcom rules require ISPs to give more personalised measures Networks15 Dec 2020 | 16
Up yours, Europe! Our 100% prime British broadband is cheaper than yours... but also slower and a bit of a rip-off Stop us if you've heard this one before Networks15 Dec 2020 | 153
Alphabet's internet Loon balloon kept on station in the sky using AI that beat human-developed control code Maybe this might work after all AI + ML03 Dec 2020 | 21
Virgin Media had a flat Q3, managed to roll out gigabit internet to 3 million more premises across Northern Ireland and London ISP reckons it can hit national coverage by end of next year Networks05 Nov 2020 | 2
SpaceX’s Starlink finally reveals its satellite broadband pricing for rural America: At $99 a month, it’s a good deal The $499 equipment cost and laggy latency give room for pause Networks28 Oct 2020 | 71
UK's National Audit Office warns full-fibre rollout strategy is leaving rural Britain behind. Again Tough luck, bumpkins! Broadband speed gap misery to widen, says report Networks16 Oct 2020 | 67
India racks up seven hundred millionth broadband user, with only 20 million tied to wires 955 million mobile phones used on single day in July Networks14 Oct 2020 | 8
AT&T’s CEO has a solution to US broadband woes despite billions sunk into the problem. You’ll never guess what it is Comment There is no good money after bad if you’re the person receiving it Personal Tech09 Sep 2020 | 24
Anyone else noticed that the top countries for broadband speeds are well-known tax havens? No? Just us then? Meanwhile, UK languishes in 47th according to Cable.co.uk rankings Networks03 Sep 2020 | 96
India to run optic fibre to 450,000 villages in 1,000 days and give 1.3bn a digital Health ID Which may be why PM Narendra Modi has also announced a cyber security policy Networks17 Aug 2020 | 15
Virgin Media CEO says Brit broadband biz 'performed well' in Q2, which is a weird way to say losses almost tripled More customers, more coverage, but profit proves elusive Networks04 Aug 2020 | 16
Bored binge-watchers bork beleaguered broadband by blasting bandwidth: Global average speeds down 6.31% You can guess why – but in some places internet actually got faster Networks04 Aug 2020 | 31
Congratulations Peebles. Felicitations Queenzieburn. Openreach is bringing you FTTP (yes, they're real places) Full-fibre connections coming to (some of) the UK's 'final third' by 2026 On-Prem30 Jul 2020 | 46
Community Fibre to splash £400m on FTTP connections as it races to cover a million London properties by 2023 10Gbps upgrade from challenger ISP backed by private equity Networks30 Jul 2020 | 14
As the FCC finally starts tackling its dreadful broadband maps, Georgia reveals just how bad they are Spoiler alert: Cable companies are ripping Americans off Personal Tech15 Jul 2020 | 26
Customers of Brit ISP Virgin Media have downloaded an extra 325GB since March, though we can't think why That's a lot of... Netflix. Yes, that's it Networks18 Jun 2020 | 53
Readers of a certain age will remember GPRS: Old insecure tech from turn of millennium still haunts 5G networks Positive Technologies analysts less than positive about GTP Security10 Jun 2020 | 13
Some Brits reckon broadband got worse after lockdown – but that's just what happens when you're online 12 hours straight You perceive more faults, and they may not be faults in the first place Networks05 Jun 2020 | 43
Record-breaking Aussie boffins send 44.2 terabits a second screaming down 75km of fiber from single chip Tech is perhaps five years away from actual deployment, we're told Networks22 May 2020 | 59
Coronavirus didn't hurt UK broadband speeds in March. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, on the other hand... Virgin Media users' download speeds did dip a bit, though Networks14 May 2020 | 27
Outages batter UK's Virgin Media into wee hours as broadband failures spike 77% globally 'Not caused by a spike in usage or a lack of network capacity,' says Brit ISP Networks28 Apr 2020 | 48
This hurts a ton-80: British darts champ knocked out of home tourney by lousy internet connection Bet you thought the rural internet gap wouldn't cause this kind of disruption Networks18 Apr 2020 | 93
Who's going to pay for Britain's Aunty Beeb to carry on? Broadband users, broadcaster suggests to government With licence fee under threat, where can corporation get the money from? Legal01 Apr 2020 | 88
You get fibre, you get fibre, you all get fibre: UK Ministry of Fun promises new rules to make all new homes gigabit capable Come on, builders - who doesn't like subsidies? Networks17 Mar 2020 | 21
Data surge as more Brits work from home? Not as hard on the network as their nightly Netflix binges, claims BT We'll be OK, says former incumbent telco Networks16 Mar 2020 | 24
New Jersey beats New York – and then the rest of America – on broadband access. How does your state fare? National survey of ISPs sparks familiar recommendations for better internet Networks03 Mar 2020 | 22
Broadband providers can now flog Openreach's new IP voice network in bid to ditch UK's copper phone lines by 2025 Needing a landline will soon be a thing of the past Networks03 Mar 2020 | 117
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now: Brexit tea towel says it'll just be the gigabit broadband High-speed hedgehog pr0n ahoy Bootnotes26 Feb 2020 | 119
FCC lines up $16 billion for broadband across entire US. Well, except New York because, screw them, right? They’ve got money, explains American watchdog that just can’t help itself Networks27 Jan 2020 | 9
Looking for a great value broadband deal? War-torn Syria will do you proud UK internet costs shamed by European colleagues, but at least it's not Eritrea Networks21 Jan 2020 | 41
Oi, Queenslander who downloaded 26.8TB in June alone – we see you That's quite the appetite you've got there Bootnotes11 Dec 2019 | 122
Bandwidth weirdness at TalkTalk has customers fuming at being denied on-demand I'm A Celeb Distinctly odd Networks04 Dec 2019 | 19
Whoa! Google to power Amazon's internet. Wait, oh, not that Amazon. The other one. The rainforest While there's still a rainforest left, that is Networks22 Nov 2019 | 5
Labour: Free British broadband for country if we win general election The 1980s called and it wants its state-owned telco-provider back Networks15 Nov 2019 | 432
TalkTalk keeps results under wraps citing 'advanced negotiations' over FibreNation biz Has it found an investor in £1.5bn venture to build 3 million FTTP connections? Networks13 Nov 2019 | 7
Ofcom director Jonathan Oxley to keep CEO seat warm as regulator waits on senior civil servant Melanie Dawes will fill Sharon White's £500k shoes – report Legal06 Nov 2019 | 4
Comcast-owned Brit telco Sky to hire 1,000 new staffers, half of them engineers Bumps up engineer total for UK & Ireland to 4k - but is that enough? Networks04 Nov 2019 | 27
Profits dip at BT while troubled biz steams ahead with restructuring All divisions flat or down as firm tries to up its fibre plans Networks31 Oct 2019 | 8
Her Majesty opens UK Parliament with fantastic tales of gigabit-capable broadband for everyone But without a majority, it's more likely to form basis of Tory manifesto than law Networks14 Oct 2019 | 77
Promise of £5bn for rural fibre prompts Openreach to reach for the trench-digging diamond cutter Trials new tech to hit those difficult-to-reach areas Networks07 Oct 2019 | 61
Brit ISPs pinky-promise not to overcharge loyal broadband customers Guys, just pick up the phone and change! Networks25 Sep 2019 | 17
How to fix the global slowdown in broadband rollout: Redefine what broadband means From now until 2025, let's call it 'meaningful universal connectivity' Networks24 Sep 2019 | 14
Congratulations! You finally have the 10Mbps you're legally entitled to. Too bad that's obsolete UK.gov policy slammed for not keeping pace with technology Networks18 Sep 2019 | 44
Wait a minute, we're supposed to haggle! ISPs want folk to bargain over broadband 11?!! This cost me 12! Do you want to ruin me?! Networks23 Aug 2019 | 107
UK.gov opens £250k competition to tackle first-world problem of crap conference Wi-Fi Forget Vegas or Barcelona. Be 'gigabit-capable' in Blighty Bootnotes16 Aug 2019 | 15
Virgin Media's Project Lightning now at 1.8m connections. Just 2.2m to go before year's end, right? And yes, broadband flinger appears to shift focus to hybrid Networks08 Aug 2019 | 33