UK broadband usage doubles in past six months
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New research from NOP, shows that more of the UK Internet population are progressing to broadband - with usage at 41 per cent up from 27 per cent just six months ago, and an increase in females using the internet.
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Homes and businesses with speedy connections increased from 28.2 million to 32.5 million lines during six-month period ending in June 2004, report says.
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Flocking to the Murdoch bosom The BSkyB juggernaut's plough into broadband shows no sign of slowing, with the announcement today that it bagged more than 250,000 new punters in the last three months.â¦
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By the end of the year, broadband Internet use in the U.S. will cross the 50 percent mark, according to market research firm Parks Associates, with more than 60 million households connecting to the Internet at 200 kilobits per second or faster.
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British Telecom says it will double the broadband speeds of most home and business customers.
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Just over half of US Internet users now connect through broadband, according to a new survey. Nielsen/Netratings reports that in July, 51 percent of Internet users had DSL, cable, or other fast
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UK internet sales rose by 50% in the run up to Christmas, compared with a year earlier, a survey says.
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Online advertising spending in Britain  surged 40.3 percent to 917.2 million pounds ($1.72 billion) in  the first half of 2006 compared to last year, giving it a  market share of 10.5 percent, new data showed on Wednesday.
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The UK is matching US trends in internet use, with the number of online shoppers set to double, a survey says.
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Australian uptake of broadband Internet has exceeded expectations, with Telstra announcing its one millionth broadband customer a year ahead of schedule.
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A UK internet service provider is offering broadband that is sixteen times faster than average packages.
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And UWB licences to be axed Ofcom has allowed fixed broadband internet providers to double the power of their signals in a move the UK telecoms regulator says will help bridge the digital divide.â¦
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The number of British DSL subscribers jumped by 154 per cent in the last year to 2.7 million according to the latest report by the DSL Forum.
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Broadband has out-stripped unmetered connections in the UK for the first time, official figures show.
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A mandated price cut in so-called local loop unbundling in the UK, a requirement for UK providers to offer broadband service, and an allowed price increase for wholesale broadband products has
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BT has reported a rising share of net broadband additions during its fiscal second quarter, signalling its position in the business was not as bad as some had analysts had feared.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's Wi-Fi The number of workers in the UK who admitted they "hijack" the wireless connection of others has gone up from six per cent to 11 per cent over the last 12 months. Globally the figure is 12 per cent*, with big increases all over the world.â¦