Strange, but true. Google, IBM and Goldman Sachs have all invested heavily in US companies which promise to make broadband internet connections possible through electricity sockets. Great new product for the utility companies, great for improving the accessibility of broadband networks for consumers. Read about it on CNET and Search Engine Journal.
Archive for July, 2005
Broadband internet - coming soon to a broadband socket near you
Published by scaredygenie July 27th, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments£500 for piggybacking someone else’s wireless connection
Published by scaredygenie July 27th, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsOkay, so you’re away from home or the office, you turn on your laptop, and you are greeted with an announcement that there is an accessible (unsecured) wireless connection in the neighbourhood.
Do you (a) connect immediately and check your email, assuming that the connection belongs to a benevolent cafe or local philanthropist, or (b) decline […]
Make a wish for Tesco broadband!
Published by scaredygenie July 27th, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsTesco has become the latest big name provider to rub the magic lamp and join the Broadband Genie comparison service. The supermarket giant has become the CHEAPEST broadband provider to join the service (well, for the first quarter of your contract, anyway).
Tesco offers a 512k connection at just £9.97/month for the first three months, and […]
BT, ntl, Tiscali, IC24 all improve broadband offerings
Published by scaredygenie July 27th, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 Commentspackages getting cheaper and cheaper
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speeds getting faster and faster
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usage caps getting higher and higher
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better and better value for money for broadband consumers.
The best offers I’ve come across so far this month include:
IC24 has extended its monthly usage cap to 5GB/month (£9.99/month, no contract, 2MB connection) - more about IC24 »
All BT broadband is now 2MB […]
Broadband more popular than dial-up - it’s official now
Published by scaredygenie July 12th, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsThis story has been around for a while, but now it’s official because the Office of National Statistics says so.
50.7% of UK Internet connections are broadband by ZDNet — According to the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), broadband overtook dial-up in May 2005, making up 50.7% of all net connections. Broadband connections have […]
Wanadoo has doubled the speed of its broadband offerings to 2Mb, which is well short of the 8Mb promised by BT and the blistering 24MB speeds promised by new ISP ‘Be’ (both for this Autumn), but nonetheless brings it into line (or better) with the majority of offerings out there already.
Let the Broadband Genie compare […]
NTL/Telewest saga merger nearly over?
Published by scaredygenie July 5th, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsIt seems that the long-running takeover of Telewest by NTL will finally go ahead this summer - according to a report in The Independent on Sunday. Both cable companies cover different regions for their broadband, TV and telephone services, so - as a combined entity - they should be able to offer up more competition […]
BT misled customers over ‘free VoIP’ claim
Published by scaredygenie July 1st, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsBT has been left a little embarrassed after one of its customers pointed out a minor miscalculation in one of the ISP’s offers.
The Advertising Standards Agency gave BT a dressing down after it ran a direct mail campaign promising that new broadband users would get “free UK calls for a year”. A customer from Kent […]
24MB broadband to hit London in three months!
Published by scaredygenie July 1st, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsSpeed junkies will be revving up at the thought of 24MB broadband - which is what newcomer Be is promising for London within three months. Be is promising that it’s broadband will be the fastest in the UK, and that it will use London as a launchpad to roll out the rest of the country.
Be […]
Wanadoo makes a broadband wish
Published by scaredygenie July 1st, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsWanadoo broadband - soon to be Orange - has become the latest major broadband ISP to join the influential Broadband Genie shopping comparison network. Wanadoo joins other industry leaders including BT, Telewest, NTL, and Tiscali.
Wanadoo offers a 1MB connection from £17.99/month, and has also put together a special offer - sign up to broadband and […]
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