A broadband television service developed by the founders of internet calling program Skype is expected to be launched next year according to the Financial Times.
Some 6,000 individuals have already been testing the service, named the Venice Project, the newspaper said.
Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom invested part of the money they made from selling Skype to eBay […]
Archive for December, 2006
Skype founders test broadband TV service
Published by hackgenie December 27th, 2006 in Broadband news. 0 CommentsObserver launches crusade against TalkTalk
Published by hackgenie December 27th, 2006 in Uncategorized, Broadband news and TalkTalk broadband news. 22 CommentsEight month’s after Carphone Warehouse’s Talk Talk service offered customers a ‘free broadband forever’ deal, up to 100,000 frustrated customers are yet to be connected.
As a result the Observer newspaper’s Cash section has launched its Why Are We Waiting campaign to put pressure on companies such as Talk Talk that promote a service, only to consistently […]
Broadband lines reach 264 million
Published by hackgenie December 27th, 2006 in Broadband news. 0 CommentsThe worldwide total of broadband lines reached 263.8 million at the end of September 2006, with a total of 16.9 million lines added over the quarter.
Figures from analyst Point Topic show that the world’s total of DSL lines reached 173 million with 10 million lines being added over the quarter.
Tiscali broadband for under a tenner
Published by hackgenie December 27th, 2006 in Tiscali broadband news. 1 CommentTiscali is offering 1Mb broadband for £9.99 a month for the first three months. After that it’s £12.99 a month. 2Mb broadband costs £14.99 a month and 8Mb £17.99 a month. There are no connection or set-up fees.
BT, Virgin, Demon, Pipex and Plusnet top 5 providers
Published by hackgenie December 15th, 2006 in Broadband news. 34 CommentsBT, Virgin, Demon, Pipex and Plusnet are the top five ADSL broadband providers broadband in the UK in terms of technical performance.
Epitiro has today released the results of the Q3 Consumer ADSL Internet Performance Indicator (IPI) Report.
The Internet Performance Indicator (IPI) Report from Epitiro - the UK’s leading Customer Experience Management (CEM) provider for Internet access […]
Ofcom investigates broadband switching
Published by spygenie December 13th, 2006 in Broadband news. 0 CommentsOfcom is looking at making it mandatory for broadband suppliers to hand over the codes that make switching to a new provider easy. After complaints from angry consumers, the telecoms regulator is investigating making Macs - a migration authorisation code - mandatory. The code allows customers to switch to a new provider with little or […]
Broadband customers fuming…..
Published by hackgenie December 7th, 2006 in Broadband news. 3 CommentsThe time people spend on the phone to their broadband provider is growing and is damaging customer satisfaction, a new survey claims.
JD Power and Associates says that people now spend on average 8.7 minutes on hold when they try to phone their supplier – up from 6.7 minutes last year.
It polled more than 1,400 UK […]
Free connection from Be
Published by spygenie December 4th, 2006 in Broadband news, Broadband product updates and Be broadband news. 0 CommentsJust what we’d have asked Santa for! Those generous folks at Be are offering new subscribers a chance to sign up without the usual £24 connection fee. Just quote ‘Christmas’ when ordering online for orders completed by December 31 2006.
Quick, fetch the champagne
Published by scaredygenie December 1st, 2006 in Broadband news and Broadband Genie announcements. 2 CommentsWaha. The next generation of broadband comparison technology is here, now (ahem). We launched our new site at 3pm today (1 December 2006), after much swearing, trying to Philip to complete his allotted tasks, and compromising with Andy our fasidious (what does that mean?) head developer.
Highlights include:
brilliant (hopefully) new design and navigation;
user reviews and ratings;
information […]
BT reveals London wireless broadband plan
Published by hackgenie December 1st, 2006 in BT broadband news. 1 CommentBT has revealed plans to set up a high-speed wireless broadband network across Westminster, London.
The company has reached a deal with Westminster City Council, making the area the first of an initial 12 areas earmarked by BT for the roll out of such services.
The area covered includes the West End and the area around the […]
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