UK Broadband Reviews

Many UK broadband internet providers and other digital freedom activitists joined together to attack the government's new proposals to disconnect the broadband services of suspected illegal internet downloaders. In a open letter to The Times, the heads of leading UK ISP s including Charles Dunstone of Carphone Warehouse, Ian Livingston of BT, Tom Alexander of Orange have criticised the the new anti-piracy policy of the government, drawn by the Business secretary, Lord Mendelson. The letter warned that disconnection is against freedom of internet users and this harsh measure failed in other countries due to protests from broadband users. The broadband ISP s have given a few suggestions on how to stop illegal file sharing over internet: "We must avoid an extra-judicial ‘kangaroo court’ process where evidence is not properly tested and accused broadband users are denied the right to defend themselves against false accusations. Without these protections innocent customers will s

Virgin Media, the cable ISP has just reduced the price of its XXL package. This superfast broadband package offers up to 50 Mbps download speed and 1.5Mbps upload speed. New customers can get Virgin Media XXL broadband package on two options: as a standalone broadband or a bundled offer with Virgin Phone M package. If you take Virgin Media XXL broadband only package, the new price will be £33 per month for the first 3 months and £38 thereafter. However the same broadband package will cost just £18 per month for the first 3 months and £28 thereafter, when you take it with Phone M plan. Virgin Media broadband packages (Virgin Media L and Virgin Media XL and XXL) offer unlimited downloads, free wireless router, online storage etc. With XXL package, you also get free installation, Unlimited weekend calls to UK landline numbers (with Phone M package) and maximum speeds not managed by any policy even during peak hours.

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

Many broadband providers in UK started offering free broadband to the new customers. This kind of introductory offers help the customers to make a small saving on the broadband cost. Usually, new customers need to sign a contract to get the free broadband offers. Some of the broadband ISPs who launched free broadband offer are BT, O2, TalkTalk etc. BT broadband offers three broadband packages to home users. BT announced three month free broadband for the new customers who sign 12 or 24 month contract. The new offer will help the customers to save up to £55. O2 ISP will continue with its two month free broadband for another month until the end of this month. O2 broadband already offers incentive on the broadband deals for its mobile customers. Free broadband offer will help O2 customers to save up to £45 on the yearly cost. TalkTalk also launched three month free broadband offer for its customers to save nearly £20. BT business broadband also launched three month free broadband for t

TalkTalk, the main subsidiary of the Carphone Warehouse Group, has been on the news in recent times. The broadband provider who first launched free broadband with its talk plans, acquired Tiscali ISP last month. The acquisition would increase the broadband base of TalkTalk provider no doubt. The recent quarter results from TalkTalk ISP has given decent numbers despite the recession hit the broadband market since the last year. TalkTalk broadband offers 8Mbps speeds with 40GB download limits at a reasonable monthly price of £6.49. The ISP also announced free broadband for three months for the new customers. When new customers sign up for TalkTalk broadband internet, their bills will be credited with £19.47 which worth broadband for three months, nevertheless. TalkTalk broadband ISP also includes free wireless router and free customer support. TalkTalk call plans offer unlimited calls to UK landlines and free evenings & weekend voice mails. TalkTalk broadband service provider is

TalkTalk is currently offering up to 40Mbps high-speed broadband service trials in London and Cardoff, it was reported. TalkTalk broadband ISP deploys fibre line broadband technology called Fibre to the Cabinet (fttc) to provide at least download speeds of 10 mbps and 2Mbps upload speeds to the cutomers in these areas. FTTC uses fibre optic cable in place of copper wires it can deliver super-fast connection speeds. BT, the largest broadband provider in the UK has strated the roll out of fibre optic broadband network that will provide super-fast speeds to five million homes by the year 2012. In UK, some network builders and broadband service providers use fibre line broadband technologies to provider high-speed broadband services in selected areas where these products are marketable. TalkTalk will offer free broadband equipment like modem and router to the customers who live in test areas. Trial service will continue till next year, TalkTalk said in a statement.