It looks like Tiscali could soon become one of the latest high-profile victims of the recession. The Milan-based company has recently been in talks with BSkyB concerning the sale of its UK operations in a bid to pay back the vast debt that it owes, but it now appears that the negotiations have fallen through. It was hoped that a s...

Some 2.6 million households who subscribe to the minimum Virgin Media broadband tariff are going to be in for a treat in May, as the company has just announced that it is going to provide them with a free upgrade. Now those customers on the smallest 2Mbps speed connection will have their speed increased to 10Mbps completely free of charge as part of Virgin’s upgrading programme. ...

There has long been concern that the government is not doing enough to provide broadband at reasonable speeds to the whole of the UK. At the same time, other countries are developing much quicker fibre-optic broadband networks, and the disparity is being referred to as the ‘digital divide’. However, the government has announced new plans to ensure that the entire population of Brit...

A price war has begun between BT and TalkTalk after they both recently launched their new small business broadband services at exactly the same time. The simultaneous release was completely by chance, according to the companies, but now it seems that they have been thrust into a war that neither side can back out of. BT’s price slash refers to the Option 3 package, which it s...

Netbooks and laptops seem to be all the rage these days - a useful means of persuading cash-strapped customers to sign up to hefty mobile broadband contracts. So it is somewhat strange that O2 has only just managed to get its act together and offer a free laptop with its latest deal. The actual deal offers a choice between two different contracts, each bundled with a different machine.