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Sky's loss leading broadband sees subscriptions rise

Sky, or to be precise British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, recently announced their first quarter results to September 30th. Sky broadband continues to grow with 1.792 million users but as this is only 20% of Sky homes there would appear to be a considerable opportunity for further growth. One wonders why the figure is so low when broadband... Read more

Livingston wobbles about BT fibre project

In an interview with The Guardian BT's CEO Ian Livingston suggests that the recession and shareholder pressure may jeopardise plans to spend £1.5bn bringing the next generation of super-fast broadband services to 10m British households within the next four years.... Read more

TalkTalk updates broadband packages to offer "boost" options

Talk Talk have announced revisions to its broadband and phone bundles available from Tuesday November 18th. Customers on exchanges with Talk Talk equipment will be able to "Boost" their speed above 8Mbits/s download by... Read more

BT publishes results and announces job cuts

BT hit the headlines today with a planned 10,000 job losses, mainly from contract and agency staff. The announcement came along with the 2nd quarter results which showed a modest performance from the Global Services business... Read more

Businesses value service above cost

Research from Zen Internet shows that, despite the gloomy economic outlook, businesses are prioritising broadband service over cost. In fact 85% of SME respondents stated that level of support for their broadband service was... Read more
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