Broadband

Australian Federal Police arrest man suspected of exploiting Optus cyberattack

Customers were allegedly sent texts demanding $1,300 or face having ID used in financial crime

Security06 Oct 2022 | 1

BT will back down in face of non-stop protests, says union

CWU: Just like UK government did a reverse-ferret on tax, so will national telecom titan on staff pay

Networks06 Oct 2022 | 8

Google challenges US ISPs with 100Gbps fiber broadband

An internet advertiser as your service provider – what could go wrong?

Networks29 Sep 2022 | 18

Consolidation looms for UK broadband providers

Too many small fish in the pond mean the bigger ones are about to enjoy a feeding frenzy

Networks27 Sep 2022 | 58

Starlink broadband speeds slow as subscriber numbers grow

But a median of 60Mbps is not to be sniffed at when you're out in the sticks

Networks23 Sep 2022 | 24

BT's emergency call handlers will join pay strikes

Four fresh dates organized for industrial action as union puts the squeeze on biz

Networks23 Sep 2022 | 38

Charter won't pay out $7b after cable installer murdered woman. Just $1b instead

Well, assuming the US ISP doesn't win its appeal

Networks21 Sep 2022 | 10

FCC Commissioner demands review of Starlink rural broadband subsidies

Withdrawal of SpaceX's $885.5m award a 'drastic action' – but Musk wouldn't want subsidy anyway, right?

Networks13 Sep 2022 | 32

FCC floats 'five-year rule' for hoovering up space junk

Gets some pushback from those wanting permission to keep it hanging around for decades

Science09 Sep 2022 | 20

G7 countries beat UK in worldwide broadband speed test again

All except Italy, that is

Networks06 Sep 2022 | 64

FCC awards $800m for rural broadband development

Illinois, Arizona and Iowa are the big winners in connection plan

Networks01 Sep 2022 | 7

After suffering $1b subsidy snub, Starlink lands $2m US Air Force deal

Always look on the bright (oh God, they are so bright) side of life

Networks16 Aug 2022 | 7

FCC decides against giving Starlink $1b in rural broadband subsidies

Even those within the agency puzzled by the SpaceX decision when 'we have the technology to improve lives now'

Networks11 Aug 2022 | 23

BT union wants pay dispute talks with telco's largest shareholders

The game of corporate poker continues but CWU may find investors more interested in dividends

Networks10 Aug 2022 | 45

Strike days should serve as 'wake-up call' to BT's top brass, says union

We kept network running 'safely and effectively' on those days, nothing to see here, says Brit telco

Networks04 Aug 2022 | 115

BT accused of 'misinformation' campaign ahead of strikes

Union tells members to hold nerve on eve of first nationwide sit down in 35 years

Networks28 Jul 2022 | 55

Charter told to pay $7.3b in damages after cable installer murders grandmother

Broadband giant says it will appeal jury verdict in negligence case

Cyber-crime27 Jul 2022 | 83

CityFibre loses appeal against Openreach discounts for ISPs

Tribunal says broadband company failed to show it had been treated unfairly by regulator's decision

Legal22 Jul 2022 | 29

FCC chair wishes for 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up broadband minimum in US

Quite a leap from national baseline of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up

Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 22

BT strike action is coming: Comms union to serve notice to company

It's good to talk, national telco used to say in ad campaigns.... clearly that didn't include unions and pay disputes

Networks14 Jul 2022 | 26

Union tells BT: Commit to pay rise talks next week or else

Exclusive First nationwide strikes since 1987 edging closer, warns CWU

Networks08 Jul 2022 | 61

Biden deal with ISPs: Low to no cost internet for 40% of US

$30 plans from ISPs and 'up to' $30 monthly credit means free internet for some

Personal Tech09 May 2022 | 29

FTC says Frontier lied about its internet speeds amid $8.5m settlement

Telco 'ripped off customers by charging high-speed prices for slow service', says watchdog

Networks07 May 2022 | 17

Starlink's Portability mode lets you take your sat broadband dish anywhere*

* Terms and so many conditions apply

Networks06 May 2022 | 71

Cable giants, ISPs, telcos end legal fight against California's net neutrality law

If you can't beat the Golden State, try again at the federal level

Networks05 May 2022 | 5

Timetable for industrial action ballot against BT imminent

CWU deputy secretary demands better pay for staff amid cost-of-living crisis

Networks25 Apr 2022 | 6

South Yorkshire to test fiber broadband through water pipes

No actual users harmed yet as dept tests safety of pushing water, telecoms services in single pipeline

Networks07 Apr 2022 | 90

US, UK, Western Europe fail to hit top 50 cheapest broadband list

Syria, Sudan, Belarus, Ukraine came top. Are you starting to see a pattern?

Networks05 Apr 2022 | 35

The right to repairable broadband befits a supposedly critical utility

Column A bolt of lightning has caused me days of misery, because the fix requires too much proprietary tech

Networks16 Mar 2022 | 85

Telecoms growth forecast for 2022 may be optimistic

Analyst view: 4Q21 drop plus strains from war mean component shortages drag on

Networks15 Mar 2022 |

China launches test satellites for orbiting broadband service

GalaxySpace plans 144 birds for small-footprint high-surveillance service

Networks08 Mar 2022 | 13

Fibre broadband uptake in UK lags behind OECD countries

Not very 'world-beating'

Networks11 Feb 2022 | 124

Comcast fixes broadband cables 'peppered' with holes after Oakland drive-by shooting

Bullet-proof hosting? Can't help you there. Will you settle for rapid repairs?

Networks01 Feb 2022 | 52

California's net neutrality law dodges Big Telecom bullet

Federal appeals court upholds decision not to block connection protection rules

Networks28 Jan 2022 | 16

China signs up 400 million new 5G subscribers in a year, more than doubling user population

730 million 5G services active in Middle Kingdom, while another 100 million 4G services came online too

Networks21 Jan 2022 | 6

Indian government tells Starlink to refund pre-orders placed before licences approved

Elon Musk's satellite internet company 'remains excited to serve' the country

Networks05 Jan 2022 | 26

Infosec bods: After more than a year, Sky gets round to squashing hijacking bug in 6m home broadband routers

In brief Plus: DNS cache poisoning again, cops probe property conveyancing group's IT outage, Azure hole addressed, and more

Security23 Nov 2021 | 15

Brits complained a bit less about connectivity when they were allowed to go outside and see people in the flesh

Top of Ofcom's table for broadband whinges? It rhymes with BorkBork

Networks17 Nov 2021 | 12

Billion-dollar US broadband bonanza awaits Biden's blessing – what you need to know

Infrastructure bill brings $65bn to freshen up American internet

Networks10 Nov 2021 | 25

Amazon hasn't launched one internet satellite yet, but it's now planning a fleet of 7,774

Low Earth orbit is going to be chockablock with broadband-beaming birds

Networks05 Nov 2021 | 59

Hitting underground pipes and cables costs the UK £2.4bn a year. We need a data platform for that, says government

Atkins wins £23m deal to build National Underground Asset Register

Networks20 Oct 2021 | 89

UK altnet CityFibre's boss on its hopes to capitalise on market churn as fibre broadband rolls out

Interview Openreach out and touch a rival

Networks29 Sep 2021 | 21

Ofcom unveils broadband switching plans, but providers claim it's not so easy

‘One Touch Switch’ is great, but logistics are an issue for BT, while Virgin cites data protection worries

Networks28 Sep 2021 | 22

Indian broadband connections top 800 million … sort of

'Broadband' is defined as 512kbps – for now – and just 24 million current connections are wired

Networks24 Sep 2021 | 9

3.4 billion people live within range of a mobile network but lack a device to make the connection

ITU and UN think inclusivity may now trump connectivity; Vodafone agrees but fancies more 4G

Networks21 Sep 2021 | 16

Forget that Loon's balloon burst, we just fired 700TB of laser broadband between two cities, says Alphabet

Up to 20Gbps link sustained over the Congo in comms experiment

Networks17 Sep 2021 | 39

G7 countries outgun UK in worldwide broadband speed test

Ofcom: You know, superfast broadband is available if you'd care to take it up

Networks14 Sep 2021 | 50

New Zealand internet outage blamed on DDoS attack on nation's third largest internet provider

Here in the UK, Sky broadband users back online

Security03 Sep 2021 | 9

BT says it's trading in line with expectations as revenue slides and pre-tax profit shrinks

Former state monopoly talks up FTTP build out, as does Virgin Media

Networks29 Jul 2021 | 3

Remember the bloke who was told by Zen Internet to contact his MP about crap service? Yeah, it's still not fixed

Fear not! Issue is at the 'highest level of escalation,' says ISP

Networks26 Jul 2021 | 70

Subcontractors working on CityFibre's £45m Derby rollout threaten to 'rip up tarmac' in dispute over payments

Main contractor J McCann insists it takes its obligations 'very seriously'

Networks23 Jul 2021 | 45

India changes tack and tenders for public-private partnerships to complete national broadband rollout

Tender issued to wire 361,000 thousand more villages, with $2.5bn subsidies dangled

Networks23 Jul 2021 | 3

In the '80s, satellite comms showed promise – soon it'll be a viable means to punt internet services at anyone anywhere

Feature We've come a long way from Terry Wogan's celeb interviews

Networks22 Jul 2021 | 90

BT to phase out 3G in UK by 2023 for EE, Plusnet, BT Mobile subscribers

Cos 4G and 5G will be all hunky-dory by then, yeah?

Personal Tech15 Jul 2021 | 84

Why won't you copper-ate? Openreach offers capped fibre line rental to wholesalers in bid to shift all that FTTP

Nation's broadband plumber increasingly desperate to ditch its copper network

Networks01 Jul 2021 | 22

Openreach to UK businesses: Switch is about to hit the fan. Prepare for withdrawal of the copper-based phone network now or risk disruption

PSTN to be axed in 2025

Networks01 Jul 2021 | 53