Monthly Archives: September 2010

The last 48 hours have seen UK broadband providers issuing reactive statements to the revelations that ACS:Law had been “less than careful” with broadband customers’ personal data. A source close to Simplifydigital has seen the contents of the email archives and has confirmed that they are highly… Read the rest...

A list of Sky Broadband customers alleged to be illegally file-sharing pornographic content has been published on the notorious Pirate Bay website. The 365Mb file includes the personal data of thousands of Sky Broadband customers and is said to have been sourced from data held by ACS:Law… Read the rest...

Lack of broadband availability in rural areas is a very major socio-economic issue in the UK. These areas are commonly known as ‘notspots’. Well over 2 million homes in the UK have broadband speeds of less than two megabits per second (2Mbps) and a significant proportion of those can’t get… Read the rest...

According to research conducted by uSwitch, 45% of us believe switching broadband provider is too much hassle. Even if it can save you up to £577. Around half of British broadband customers subscribe to their package as part of a bundle and it’s… Read the rest...

The international break is over which herald’s the return of ‘real football’ this weekend. Football that matters, football that inebriates us, football that somehow still excites us even if it is a 0-0 draw on a cold, wet and windy night in Stoke.  With the exposure of Sky Sports and ESPN… Read the rest...