»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4900···ks.html
A landmark ruling (PDF) at the European Court of Justice has ruled that a decision by the Belgian courts to force the implementation of a filtering system at the Belgian Internet Service Provider (ISP) Scarlet was incompatible with the Directive on electronic commerce. The ruling in the Belgian courts of SABAM (Belgian society of authors, composers and publishers) vs Scarlet, dating back to 2007, saw Scarlet forced to filter copyright infringing material or to face fines.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4901···ea.html
How does six months free fibre broadband sound? Well if you live in Bournemouth and specifically postcodes BH10 and BH11 and are in the first 250 households to apply then you may get a place on a six month free trial via Fibreband.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4888···ng.html
Following closely on the heels of the price announcement for the full fibre product from BT Retail, Zen has announced its Fibre Enterprise package aimed at businesses and home workers.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4889···gs.html
Residents on the Isle of Dogs benefited when fibre to the cabinet came to the Poplar exchange area some time ago, but people in blocks of flats tended to miss out on the benefits. As part of a trial aimed at residents of high-rise developments Openreach is canvasing interest to install fibre to flats in the West India Quay, Canary Riverside and Port East areas.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4883···me.html
Geo Networks Ltd has announced the reluctant decision to withdraw from the BDUK Broadband Framework and future Next Generation Access procurements.

»www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/16···speeds/
Broadband download speeds in the UK dramatically fall at peak times, according to new research by online comparison site uSwitch.

»www.neowin.net/news/4g-high-spee···-london
While American network operators proudly roll out their high-speed 4G mobile networks across the United States, there are many other nations where 4G has yet to arrive. The UK is one such example; while elsewhere in Europe, such as Germany and Scandinavia, operators already sell 4G services to customers, Britain has yet to even award spectrum licenses to carriers.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4872···nd.html
Sunderland will be the first city to have blank superfast broadband connectivity Sunderland City Council has announced. BT is to deploy it's superfast broadband including fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) and fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) products across the city, reaching 90% of homes and businesses.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4856···ce.html
Virgin Media is still on target to meet its coverage target of the Virgin 100 Mbps service being available to the complete cable network by the middle of 2012, representing roughly half of UK households.

»www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/03···esults/
BT reported second quarter sales of £4.89bn, a 2 per cent drop, while pre-tax profits rose 15 per cent to £570m for the period ended 31 September.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4846···14.html
While we have known about the spending of £2.5 billion by Openreach (part of BT Group) to bring super-fast broadband to two thirds of the UK for some time and its original end date of 2015, we are now being told that the project is likely to finish earlier in 2014.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4847···um.html
If you were looking for a broadband provider and are in an area where Virgin Media offers its fibre/coax hybrid network and into music, then Virgin Media has a six month sweetener for you. This is in the form of a free six month subscription to Spotify Premium, though you must take out a subscription to the 30 Mbps or faster products on 12 month contract. Existing customers are not totally forgotten, you need to upgrade or commit to a new 12 month contract on a qualifying product to benefit.

»www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/27···esults/
Virgin Media claims half a million people now subscribe to its high speed 30 Mbit/s cable service, with 178,000 on the 50 Mbit/s or 100 Mbit/s plans. The company clawed back 6,300 broadband punters in the third quarter of 2011.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4842···re.html
Virgin Media is rapidly trying to brand itself as the broadband provider for the United Kingdom with its incorporation of the Union Flag into its logo. Looking at the actual financial figures though shows the difference between the two networks they operate, the fibre/coax hybrid and the DSL based National service.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4832···ed.html
Fibre backbones and metro networks are nothing new, but are still worthy of some attention, particularly as they open the possibility for network sharing with businesses and local communities.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4833···ng.html
Broadband Maps are not new, and with the increasing number of surveys by County Councils there will be many more. What is important is that the information on them is accessible and transparent. Far too often information is published that has been tough to get, and when through unofficial channels can often be inaccurate or out of date.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4828···ex.html
Another thirteen cabinets have been upgraded to provide Openreach Fibre to the Cabinet services, this time in the Manningtree area (10 in Tendring, three in Babergh). This means some 4,000 homes and businesses will have the chance to benefit from faster downloads and uploads.

»www.zdnet.co.uk/news/networking/···094251/
BT broadband services across the country were disrupted on Friday morning by problems at an exchange in London.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4825···ts.html
The ASA has upheld a complaint that a Plusnet advert was misleading due to the omission of the variation in pricing depending on where you live in the UK. Plusnet is the only provider in the UK to offer lower priced products in Market 3 areas, or looking at it another way, charges more for those living in Market 1 and 2 areas. Those in Market 3 areas are paying £6.49 for the term of their contract, and those in other areas £10.79 or £12.99 after the initial three month offer of £6.49 has expired.

»www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4826···rs.html
Sky is relentlessly growing its broadband numbers, but critically for the shareholders while broadband is a cheap product, the numbers taking double or triple play bundles is increasing year on year, with average revenue per customer rising from £466 to £535 in the last two years (peaked at £538 in the previous quarter).