UK Broadband Reviews

UK broadband provider , Orange has released a broadband survey that predicts greater population changes in UK cities and regions by 2015 due to increased broadband services and universal broadband access in UK, making the employees to move to their preferred locations. Digital Britain aims to provide minimum 2Mbps broadband service to everyone in UK by 2012. If UK successfully completes this project, there could be change in UK population map as people would move to lesser populated areas with broadband access, the study reports According to the findings, some major cities and regions will see their population become less dense. For instance, cities in East and West Midlands and parts of North like Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester which have high-speed internet access facilities will be less populated as 80 percent of residents could move to other regions like mountains or coasts. These regions would provide broadband access in five years from now. Broadband infrastructure will contin...

Ofcom & Samknows have released their latest broadband speed analysis report and the results of the customers' satisfaction survey today. The achievable broadband speeds on average was 4.1Mbps whereas the internet service providers advertised the headline speeds of 7.1Mbps. The speed tests were conducted by Samknows broadband analyst UK site during the period November 2008 and April 2009 on nearly 1600 broadband connections spread across the UK. The results showed that only 10 percent of the UK broadband users received above 6Mbps while one-fifths of broadband customers get speeds below 2Mbps. Speeds dropped by 20 percent during the peak hours due to congestion, on most of the networks. Cable broadband was seen outperfoming ADSL in UK, Ofcom reported. Virgin Media was the best broadband provider offerng astonishing 8.1 - 8.7 Mbps on its broadband service package. Tiscali and AOL were slower than other providers while O2 was the next best after Virgin Media. Talktalk, Orange...

Cheap broadband is often confused with a broadband deal that lacks service quality. It is important that we should be careful over the hidden costs and service quality of a broadband provider, before you find a broadband package that has affordable monthly subscription and other freebies. Here are some useful information that you need to look into, when you go for a cheaper broadband service: Check and analyse your broadband needs. You cannot lose the quality for saving some money. There is also due importance that you have no problem during your contract period. A cheapest broadband provider may not have good customer support team to help you in dificult times. Checking the hidden costs is something important you should not be neglient. You may find in fine print these details , particularly setup cost or modem cost or even telephone cost for the cusotmer support. So you need to factor in all the costs when you choose a broadband deal that looks cheapest in the market at the first gl...

Broadband internet or simply broadband is a technology that helps you to surf the web much faster than dial-up connection. Unlike dial-up internet connection, broadband allows you to use both voice service (telephony) and internet service at the same time. Broadband connection usually provides stable connectivity means it is always on. You need not reconnect to internet like you did with dial-up. Broadband connection means faster internet access service. While dial-up service provides not more than 56 Kbps, with broadbad, you can get higher speeds of up to 8 Mbps on a standard ADSL line. How broadband works? You can get broadband connection via standard telephone lines or digital cable wires. ADSL broadband offers faster download speeds usually on telephone wires. Cable broadband refers to broadband offering via the cable networks usually laid under the ground. Cable broadband that uses fibre optic wires can offer much higher speeds than ADSL fixed broadband lines. ADSL broadband speed...