US wireless carriers have long said they may slow video traffic on their networks to avoid congestion and bottlenecks. But new research shows the throttling happens pretty much everywhere all the time. Researchers from Northeastern University and University of Massachusetts Amherst conducted more
Netflix has released July data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. While not quite as large as the increases in June, the month of July brought several notable upticks. Denmark’s Dansk Kabel TV saw the largest increase, rising […]
Orange Spain’s revenues remained flat in the first half of the year reaching €2.6 billion, down 0.4 per cent versus the same period last year. EBITDA grew by 2 per cent to €787 million and CAPEX amounted to €529 million, down 7.8 per cent. Orange has over 3 million fibre optic customers, up 19.7 per […]
Ofcom has published the latest league tables on the complaints it receives about the UK’s major home phone, broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to the media regulator between January and March this year about firms in the home broadband, landline telephone, mobile and pay-TV markets. All […]
UK consumers are feeling increasing overwhelmed by the range of broadband and content bundles on offer, according to the a report from EY’s annual digital home survey of 2,500 UK consumers. Nearly half of households (46 per cent) in the latest survey (2018) believe there is too much choice in the market, up from 43 […]
There were several big movements in the month of June on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Two services saw increases of 1 Megabits per second (Mbps) or more – both in Taiwan. Taiwan’s So-net saw the largest […]
Netflix has released May data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. There are a few highlights on the index this month, mostly around speed gains and country ranking movements. Taiwan’s Taiwan Mobile saw the largest increase on the […]
The UK’s biggest broadband, phone and pay-TV companies have committed to put fairness at the heart of their business, after signing up to Ofcom’s new Fairness for Customers commitments. The media regulator has developed the commitments to strengthen how companies treat their customers. They aim to help ensure people are always treated fairly by their […]
DNA is launching faster broadband and next-generation television services for housing companies and householders across the Tampere region in South Finland. The company has agreed to purchase an extensive fibre network infrastructure used by ICT Elmo Oy (formerly Tampereen Puhelin) as well as Elmo’s consumer and housing company business. The sellers are ICT Elmo Oy […]
Research by satellite broadband provider bigblu, in partnership with Konnect Europe, reveals that people living in UK rural areas with low quality Internet must travel up to five miles to get connectivity. With more than a quarter of respondents unhappy with the quality of their current Internet provider, nearly three quarters (72 per cent) said […]