Broadband

Working from home? The UK’s broadband and wifi will be put to the test 0
- BUSINESS
- March 18, 2020
The UK government’s announcement that people should work at home “wherever possible” shifts more focus towards the robustness of the country’s broadband network and its ability to cope with increased usage. In Spain, which entered a 15-day-plus lockdown of the population, calls were made for residents to reduce their use of the internet. And as
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Rishi Sunak vows to end patchy phone reception and slow broadband in rural areas with £1bn 4G deal 0
- BUSINESS
- March 8, 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak vows to end patchy phone reception and slow broadband in rural areas with £1bn 4G deal that will see biggest boosts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announced £1billion deal with firms to boost 4G Over 280,000 properties expected to benefit from improved phone signals Biggest improvements to
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Like a Virgin, hacked for the very first time… UK broadband ISP spills 900,000 punters’ records into wrong hands from insecure database 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- March 6, 2020
Virgin Media, one of the UK’s biggest ISPs, on Thursday admitted it accidentally spilled 900,000 of its subscribers’ personal information onto the internet via a poorly secured database. The cableco said it “incorrectly configured” a storage system so that at least one miscreant was able to access it and potentially siphon off customer records. The
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General election: Boris Johnson dismisses Labour’s broadband plan as ‘crackpot’ on BBC phone-in – live news | Politics 0
- BUSINESS
- November 15, 2019
Johnson said that as mayor from 2008 to 2016 he “cut the murder rate by 50%”, that knife crime went down, and he credited a rise in police stop-and-search operations with helping reduce crime. The reality is more mixed. The murder rate fell significantly, if not by 50% – from 155 in 2008 to a
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Research reveals poor broadband is a problem in both rural and urban areas – Irish Tech News 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 7, 2019
New consumer research on public attitudes to and experience of broadband services in Ireland has revealed that poor broadband is a significant problem not just in rural areas but also in urban areas. Research undertaken by Coyne Research on behalf of Imagine Communications has found that dissatisfaction with broadband services is widespread across Ireland, and
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Damien English TD Announces €20 Million Fibre Broadband Rollout In Meath By SIRO – Irish Tech News 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 5, 2019
Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal Damien English TD has announced details of a €20 million investment programme in Meath by SIRO, the wholesale broadband operator building Ireland’s only 100% fibre-optic broadband network. Encouraged by the success of its Navan rollout, where services are already live, SIRO now announces eight new towns for Meath. SIRO
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