Budget: 90% Next generation broadband coverage by 2017
Budget: 90% Next generation broadband coverage by 2017 In the budget today, the government has confirmed its previous plans to charge a 50 pence a month levy on all fixed phone lines which is expected to raise £1bn in the next seven years. This money will be used to fund rollout of next-generation broadband to the 'final third' of the UK, areas which wouldn't be able to r...full article >>
Digital Economy Bill passed by peers
The Digital Economy Bill has major implications for a number of areas of the online world, the largest perhaps being its role in clamping down on online piracy and illegal file-sharing. This though is not its sole purpose, another aspect of it is changes to how Ofcom operates making it do more to encourage the spread of Next Generation Broadband services. The bill has now passed its third r...full article >>
Brown lays out super fast broadband plans
Gordon Brown has today set out plans to enrich the UK's broadband industry with ambitions to give next-generation super-fast broadband to everyone by 2020. He wants Britain to be the world leader of the digital economy, which will create over 250,000 skilled jobs by 2020, and he sees the Internet as a way of boosting public services to allow them to be delivered more efficiently. "...full article >>
BT call for fair access to ducts
BT have called for equality of access following its recent announcement that it plans to open up its network of cabling ducts to competitors. The company will put pressure on Ofcom and ministers to gain access to Virgin Media's ducts which would allow it to expand its network. Click here for more info
New Ways of Finding Out the latest news with Suffolk Online
From today, you can now communicate and find out the very latest news from around the world and in relation to Suffolk Online via 3 new methods - free of charge and most importantly even easier than before. Not only can you still email us at support@suffolkonline.net or call us on 01473 345305 but you can now contact us via our Twitter and Facebook Pages and also subscribe to our RSS ...full article >>
Broadband Campaign "Final Third First" launched
A number of organisations including the Country Land and Business Association have launched a campaign called Final Third First with the aim of lobbying government on behalf of those living in what is commonly referred to as the 'final third' of the UK. The Digital Britain Report earlier this year coined the term 'final third' to describe the areas within the UK where a pure...full article >>
Internet access is a fundamental right
Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. The survey - of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries - found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide. Countries such as Finland and Estonia have already ruled that access is a human right for their citizens. ...full article >>
T-Mobile and Orange merger approved by EU
Approval has been granted for the merger of T-Mobile and Orange in the UK by the EU. The approval was conditional on an amendment to the network sharing agreement between T-Mobile and Three as the EU were concerned that the merger could threaten the viability of Three, the smallest mobile network operator in the UK. The other concession was that the combined network would have to give up 25...full article >>
ISPs outraged at amendment to Digital Economy Bill
Amendment 120A to the Digital Economy Bill was voted through the House of Lords yesterday that could force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block websites that are deemed to contain content that infringes copyright. Whilst this in itself isn't anything new (section 97A of the Copyright Act allows the same thing), 120A breaks the balance that currently exists under 97A between rightsowne...full article >>
Next Generation Broadband
Speed up Suffolk broadband campaign gets off to flying start The high speed broadband campaign for Suffolk has got off to a flying start thanks to the amazing support from the people of Suffolk! The Speed up Suffolk campaign caught the attention of so many people struggling to work or study online that since January the EEDA EREBUS website has registered the Suffolk voting tally as being on...full article >>
