If you have been sitting glued to the World Cup using your broadband connection, you could be in for a nasty surprise. It is all very well thinking that you need never miss a match whether you are at home, work or even in the garden now that live TV streaming and catch-up TV are available. But you might like to think again, this time bearing in mind the inconvenient aspects of ...

The UK has come 33rd in a list of countries based on their average broadband speeds. This places it behind Liechtenstein, and means it comes just above the average speed for the whole world. The results are revealed in the Net Index released by Ookla, which examined over 1.5 billion records to come up with the data. South Korea has th...

Of all the daily gripes that annoy the nation the most, what’s the one to come top of the lot? Slow broadband. It turns out that Brits hate slow broadband more than anything else, including crime and NHS waiting times. This, if anything, is proof of just how important the internet has become to our lives. No longer do we just need access to broadband, but we need it to be fast. ...

Barely a day goes by without some information coming out in the news about privacy being put at risk on the internet. Facebook has been particularly in the spotlight due to its own controversial privacy settings. Now it looks like all this is rubbing off on the public, as a recent report from Ofcom suggests that more people are becoming wary about entering their personal details online. ...

There was good news for the UK’s internet users recently as BT announced that it is increasing its investment in super-fast broadband. The announcement means that the number of people able to benefit from faster speeds in the near future will be even greater. The announcement was made by Ian Livingston, the chief executive of BT. He said that the company is now planning on investing ...