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London Underground Wi-Fi faster than broadband in the average home

Broadbandchoices.co.uk conducted speed tests at the first five London Underground stations to offer free Wi-Fi ahead of the Olympics.

TalkTalk launches competitive phone and broadband deal

TalkTalk, the broadband, home phone and mobile company, has introduced a competitive phone and broadband deal, offering huge savings compared with BT, Sky and Virgin Media.

Save over £224 by switching to exclusive Plusnet Deal

Plusnet, the UK's low cost broadband provider, has slashed the cost of its broadband and home phone bundle, offering 5 months half price plus a whopping £50 cashback. Monthly costs start from £3.24 a month.

Price boost in fight for rural connectivity

Direct Save Telecom is helping to bridge the ‘digital divide’ by offering the lowest priced ‘out of area’ broadband in the UK.

Most councils finalise broadband rollout plans

Three quarters of local authorities have completed their plans for rolling-out superfast broadband to rural areas, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today.

Huawei E5331 Value MiFi

Three, the provider of the award-winning ‘Huawei E586 MiFi’, is launching a new value model MiFi that will offer wireless internet access with the same high speed HSPA+ broadband technology at a lower price point.

Brits disgruntled with broadband speed

Broadbandchoices.co.uk, the UK Ofcom-accredited broadband comparison site, polled almost 42,000 broadband users on their attitude to broadband speeds and a staggering 77% claimed that their broadband service was slower than they had expected it to be.

Sky No.1 choice for TV, broadband and home phone

Sky was confirmed as the nation's favourite digital TV, broadband and home phone provider. Following a record quarter of growth, more than 3.2 million Sky homes now take the 'triple play' of services from Sky.

Broadband now costs less than a pint of beer

Independent telephone service provider Direct Save Telecom has launched the UK’s lowest priced broadband deal.

BT Infinity gets even faster and at no extra cost

BT Retail has turned up the speed dial in the broadband battle by announcing a range of speed increases for its customers for no extra cost.

TalkTalk brings unbeatable value to superfast broadband

TalkTalk has taken a major step forward in helping the UK achieve its goal of having Europe's best superfast broadband with the launch of its new great value Fibre Optic Broadband.

Broadband advertising voted ‘misleading’ by customers

As the deadline for the CAP and BCAP's new broadband advertising guidelines approaches, recent research has highlighted the frustration felt by broadband customers when it comes to broadband advertising claims.

Thirst for data to be extinguished by price hikes?

Habits are changing. Our thirst for data is becoming insatiable, whether its social media, movies, games or music. And with the launch of Netflix into the UK market in January, and others trying to keep-up, our data consumption is only going to increase.

Landline and broadband price reductions expected

New prices that Openreach, BT's wholesale access division, can charge communications providers for access to some of its main wholesale telecoms services were today set by Ofcom.

Virgin Media’s speed doubling starts

Virgin Media has announced the start of customer upgrades for its national Double Speeds upgrade programme.