Broadband
Save a bundle in the mobile and broadband jungle
Broadband bills have decreased by 13.9 per cent in the past 12 months according to figures from moneysupermarket.com, but many people are still paying over the odds for this and their mobile phones.
Criminal files
Innocent people are being accused of illegal file-sharing and threatened with high fines and court action by games manufacturers seeking to protect copyright, according to a Which? Computing investigation.
Brits search for home safes and sewing classes
Google has revealed some surprising changes in what the British public are searching for online. The data come from Insights for Search, a free Google tool that analyses a portion of Google searches to compute how many searches have been done for a term relative to the total number of searches done on Google over time.
Economic recession impacts broadband ISP migration
The results of ISPreview.co.uk's most recent survey, which asked UK Internet users whether the difficult economic climate had caused them to be more or less likely to switch to a cheaper broadband provider, reveals that nearly one quarter (24 per cent) were more likely to migrate than before the problems began and just over 11 per cent had already switched because of it.
How the over 50s rely on the internet
New research from Alliance & Leicester Current Accounts has revealed the extent to which the over 50s rely on the internet to help organise different areas of their lives, from their finances through to their love life.
‘Unlimited limits' still baffle Broadband users
Eighteen months after the unlimited broadband debacle first hit the headlines and around nine out of ten broadband users (86%) still don't understand the limit on their service.
Teaching children how to keep protected on the Internet
Symantec, makers of World-renowned Norton Internet security software, has teamed up with Perform, the UK’s largest drama school exclusively for primary age children, to teach children how to stay safe on the Internet in a fun and lively way.
Brits lose over £7 billion worth of MP3s in digital blackhole
Downloading has now become a way of life with almost two thirds (62 per cent) of us downloading music. However, research by moneysupermarket.com reveals Brits aren't always so lucky with technology, having lost over 9 billion tracks to the tune of £7.6bn.
O2 top broadband table but Brits still off the pace
The winner of moneysupermarket.com's second quarterly speed test of almost 60,000 internet connections is O2's 8 Mbps package.
UK broadband users spending more time online
More than half (52 per cent) of the UKs Internet connected population are spending over 24 hours online each week, which is approximately 3.4 hours plus per day, according to a survey by ispreview.co.uk.
UK’s favourite Broadband providers
More than 14 million (56%) UK households now have broadband internet access - over half of the population and with the number growing by over 1m households every year.
Ditch your dial up
Recent statistics have shown that 9% (1.48 million) of UK households with internet access are still using a dial up connection despite it being much more expensive and less efficient than a broadband connection.
Wireless broadband open to hijackers
With all major providers now providing a wireless router with their packages, wireless broadband is becoming increasingly popular leaving Brits open to 'piggybacking', according to research from moneysupermarket.com.
16 million homes now have Internet access
In 2008, 16 million households in Great Britain (65 per cent) had Internet access, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is an increase of just over 1 million households (7 per cent) over the last year and 5 million households (46 per cent) since 2002.
Broadband services need more improvement
Michael Phillips, Product Director at BroadbandChoices.co.uk, comments on the annual Ofcom review of UK communications: "Broadband has become so much more affordable in recent years - and as such has become an essential part of daily life.