VoIP has been a funny technology really, it has been around since the late ‘90s and ever since its emergence, analysts and vendors alike have been predicting its inexorable rise to dominance. Most still believe this will happen, but it is taking longer than predicted. Sure enough, there has been a slow and steady increase in adoption, but how far...
Brits are still unhappy with their broadband speeds ... and who can blame them given that they are paying for more than double the speeds they are actually getting, according to a survey by price comparison site uSwitch. Moreover, half the subscribers in the UK are technically unable to get the most commonly advertised headline speed of 8mbps. Disappointing indeed!...
The great British summer has arrived! A recent survey by YouGov has found that 79% of people in the UK are getting less than one hour of fresh air a day - leading to many wanting to get out more - without losing access to the Internet. Earlier this month, St James Park in London set up a number of...
A recent article in The Times suggests that within two years, mobile connectivity will have toppled its older brother, fixed-line Internet. This year has seen an explosion in the uptake of mobile broadband and now one in 10 in the UK are already using a mobile connection to surf the web (according to You Gov), leading some to suggest that...
Lets face it, everyone likes getting a good deal and when it comes to internet services, there appears to be no shortage of ‘good deals’ on the market – at least on the surface. However, the way we are using broadband is changing as more and more people organise their work, home, life and leisure around online services. The fact...
Recent reports suggest that as a nation, Brits are overworked, regularly spending well over 40 hours a week in the office. Dr Cary Cooper, a professor at Lancaster University believes that the explosion of technology, which has lead to a ‘long working hours epidemic’ is at the heart of the problem. He believes that technology stresses instead of supports, as...
Mobile broadband suddenly seems to be the technology of the moment. Judging by the sudden rash of advertising plastered across busses and evening papers, it is as if a veil has been lifted and mobile operators can suddenly see the huge demand for a truly mobile access technology. Ericsson rates its ‘dongles’ so highly, that it has predicted the technology...
It is now pretty well known that when it comes to broadband speeds, what you buy is not necessarily what you get. This debate will no doubt rumble on until some sort of regulation is passed to make sure consumers know exactly what they are paying for, or what they are paying for and not getting. Still it is not...
It is nice to remember those heady, early days of the Internet, when corporations, politicians and users alike waxed lyrical about the freest flow of information humankind has ever seen. Fast forward 17 years and we are faced with yet another call for ISPs to do more to stop file-sharing – this time with a somewhat reactionary proposal that illegal...
The technology press does seem to like a good scare story, and VoIP has seen more than its fair share. This month it was the turn of BT to get in the firing line as an ‘ethical hacking’ group claimed to have found a serious flaw in its Home Hub product which meant it could be used as a platform...
