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Virgin Media to double 4m fast broadband customers' speeds
By Patrick Goss last updated
More than four million Virgin Media broadband subscribers will have their current headline speed doubled, with those on the flagship 100Mbps service given a 20MB boost as well.

UK broadband prices to fall if Ofcom gets its way
By Marc Chacksfield last updated
The price of broadband and phone rentals could drop in the UK and it's all down to Ofcom's insistence that BT lowers how much it can charge internet providers for use of its lines.

TalkTalk joins the super-fast broadband brigade
By Marc Chacksfield last updated
TalkTalk has announced that it is to begin offering 80Mbps super-fast fibre optic broadband to its customers for an extra £15 a month.

UK's ultra-fast broadband plans given Budget boost
By Marc Chacksfield last updated
The UK government has announced that it is to find extra funding to bolster the broadband infrastructure in the UK and is aiming to get ultra-fast broadband to at least 1.7 million homes by 2015.

UK identity fraud up 70%
By Anna Lagerkvist last updated
Crims now using websites, not bins, to garner personal data

NASA gets ready to test broadband from space
By David Nield last updated
US space agency gets confirmation that its network of tiny CubeSats are in position and ready to transmit.

Fed up with your broadband provider? These people built their own internet with radios and trees
By Duncan Geere last updated
The residents of Orcas Island have built their own DIY internet service after years of frustration with commercial offerings.

The folks behind Aereo unveil Starry, a new reason for cable giants to get scared
By Joe Osborne last updated
The Aereo founder's latest project is decidedly less controversial but no less disruptive to an entire industry.
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