Virgin Media broadband is down AGAIN leaving thousands unable to get online Issues are across the UK, with a high concentration in the midlands and London. According to DownDetector, the issues getting online started at 10:18am BST By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 10:53 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 10:54 BST, 13 August 2020 … Read more
BT quotes pensioner more than £100,000 for broadband internet at his rural Shropshire home John Simister, 72, from Ellesmere, Shropshire, called BT after years of bad signal But he was shocked when the firm quoted him ‘between £70,000 and £100,000’ He had wanted to watch TV online and cursed BT for ‘absolutely ridiculous’ quote By … Read more
BT, TalkTalk and Plusnet broadband are DOWN across parts of the UK after a FIRE in Newcastle leaves customers unable to make calls or connect to the internet The cause of the issue is thought to be due to a fire around Newcastle Thousands of customers continue to report issues getting online By Joe Pinkstone … Read more
Company cars and work mobiles are perks of corporate life for many employees. But could there soon be such a thing as company broadband to use at home? Tristia Harrison is betting there will be – as ‘working from home’ becomes the new normal for many Britons. The chief executive of internet provider TalkTalk has … Read more
The majority of households have become more reliant on their broadband connection since lockdown started in March. Those with older, slower deals, may now be fed-up with a strain put on from home working, Netflix binges, football streaming and more people within the home connecting at the same time. With a large chunk of the … Read more
Households across the UK are using the internet more than ever now that millions have been forced to work from home during the lockdown period. The increase has been so great that some customers are now using enough extra data to watch three and a half hours more Netflix every single day, new research from … Read more
Huawei 5G deal ‘WILL be axed’ as spy chiefs at GCHQ revises their advice on Chinese tech firm PM gave Huawei the go-ahead to build 35 per cent of Britain’s 5G infrastructure However, a report from the National Cyber Security Centre could halt the plan A probe found US sanctions on Huawei could render alternate microchips … Read more
Call of Duty update drives ‘busiest day EVER for broadband traffic’ on Britain’s vast Openreach network June 30 saw more than 189 petabytes of data used by Openreach customers This smashed the previous record of 184 petabytes set on June 11 Internet use has spiked as people work from home during COVID-19 pandemic Record-breaking usage also … Read more
BT claims PM Boris Johnson’s plan to give all Britons superfast broadband by 2025 requires ‘Herculean effort’ as doubts grow about ambitious target By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 27 June 2020 BT has claimed that Boris Johnson’s plan to give all Britons superfast … Read more
Virgin Media broadband went down for more than six hours in London today, leaving thousands of people trying to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic unable to get online. Enraged customers took to social media to vent their frustration, saying they had lessons to teach, digital courts to attend, exams to do, and Zoom … Read more