Sky launches new business offering broadband to small firms

Sky launches new business offering broadband to small firms as it steps up battle with BT By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:35 GMT, 23 March 2021 | Updated: 22:35 GMT, 23 March 2021 Sky’s new subsidiary Sky Connect will offer broadband to small businesses Telecoms giant Sky has launched a business offering … Read more

UK broadband customers face higher bills as Ofcom rules out price cap on BT’s new full-fibre network

Broadband customers face higher bills as Ofcom rules out price cap on BT’s new full-fibre network for a decade Company is also spending £12billion on rolling out full-fibre broadband in UK   Openreach will see no regulation or price caps on its new fibre services   Increase in costs will encourage customers to switch and get new … Read more

Broadband rivals lash out at BT’s Openreach

Three of Britain’s biggest internet providers tell regulator that broadband customers are suffering outages due to poor service from BT infrastructure arm By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2021 Three of Britain’s biggest internet providers have told the regulator that broadband customers … Read more

UK residents test Elon Musk’s ‘amazing’ satellite broadband service

People in rural parts of the UK who are testing SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network have responded positively, with one user calling the service ‘amazing’.  UK users have reported huge jumps in speed after switching to Starlink, which is operated by SpaceX – the firm owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk – and powered by … Read more

Vandals torch 5G mast leaving 2,700 without phone or broadband in third Chelmsford attack this year

Arsonists torch 5G mast to leave 2,700 without phone or broadband as Covid conspiracy theorists are blamed for third Chelmsford attack in a year Arson attack took place in early hours of Sunday morning in Chelmsford, Essex Damage meant thousands working and learning from home did not have internet Engineers are still on site and … Read more

Two astronauts will install a British-built broadband terminal on the ISS

Astronauts will step outside the International Space Station to install a new British-built terminal that will allow them to connect to the internet at broadband speeds.  NASA’s Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins will venture outside at 12:05 GMT to undertake a six hour mission to mount the suitcase-sized device to the European Space Agency (ESA) … Read more

Sky broadband CRASHES for thousands of users across the country  

Sky broadband CRASHES for thousands of users across the country By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 17:12 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 17:13 GMT, 26 January 2021 Sky broadband appears to have crashed for thousands of users across the UK as part of what seems to be a mass outage.  More to follow…  Share … Read more

What are the best smaller broadband providers I can switch to?

Lack of competition in the broadband market means the majority of households use just four providers to connect their home, new research has revealed. Some 21million households are with the ‘Big Four’ providers which include Sky, Virgin, BT and TalkTalk, according to data from Compare the Market. It found that four in five households have not … Read more

Sky broadband CRASHES for thousands of Britons

Sky broadband CRASHES for thousands of Britons leaving children and adults working from home during lockdown without internet Outage begins around 10:50am and majority of issues are with internet access More than a thousand user complaints were recorded before 11am   By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 11:18 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 11:25 GMT, 7 January … Read more

What are the best broadband and TV package deals available?

Britain faces another few weeks – if not months – stuck in the confines of their homes, as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Technology, as in the last lockdown, will be vital to keep households working, studying and entertained. While some have put up with lagging internet and a small range of TV channels, hoping things … Read more