Spain is the most expensive European country when it comes to pay-TV, according to a report from kelisto.es Taking a pay-TV package is 20 per cent more expensive than the average in the UK, France, Germany or Italy. A basic package with only TV and broadband Internet costs
Plusnet has been named best broadband provider in the UK for the third year in a row. Research and analysis from UK broadband comparison website Broadband Genie found Plusnet scored well across all categories, comfortably winning the main award. Post Office Broadband was voted most trusted provider and Zen Internet picked up the award for […]
Netflix has released April data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. In speed increases this month, Turkey’s Türk Telekom continued its gains from March with the largest increase on the index. The ISP experienced an increase of 0.48 Megabits […]
UK households are benefiting from faster, more reliable internet as Ofcom research reveals average broadband speeds have jumped nearly 20 per cent in the last year. Ofcom’s annual home broadband performance report compares how different broadband packages perform, using data from monitors installed on people’s broadband routers. For the first time, the average download speeds […]
Virgin Media is bringing all of its services together for the first time in one bundle. As part of the new bundle line-up, available immediately, new and existing customers can receive broadband speeds of up to 500Mbps, add a mobile SIM to any broadband bundle, and build their own personalised TV service with a choice […]
Virgin Media UK has confirmed the appointment of Jeff Dodds as their new Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will take over the position from Lutz Schüler on June 11th when Schüler steps up to his new role of company CEO. Dodds was appointed Virgin Media’s Chief Customer Officer and Managing Director of Operations in November 2018, […]
Convergent packages are boosting pay TV subscriptions in Spain. Some 91.8 per cent of pay-TV customers access their service via a convergent package, according to competition and markets regulator the CNMC. Furthermore , eight out of ten are subscribed to a quintuple package (with five services: fixed and mobile telephony, fixed and mobile broadband and […]
The UK High Court ruling against alternative provider of wholesale full fibre network infrastructure CityFibre in the challenge to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over fibre advertising is a disappointment to operators building full fibre networks, the Independent Network Co-operative Association (INCA) has said. The ruling dismissed CityFibre’s request for a Judicial Review of ASA’s […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has suggested that despite a vote in the US House of Representatives to approve legislation to reinstate so-called net neutrality rules that prevent Internet Service Providers from meddling with web traffic, it is unlikely to become law. The legislation, the ‘Save the Internet Act’ from Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) passed the […]
Netflix has released March data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Netflix had mostly speed gains to report for March. In South Korea, KT experienced the largest increase on the index, at 0.64 Megabits per second (Mbps). This brings […]