Archive: content
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Nov 26, 2012
5 CommentsPoll Results: Telemedicine video conferencing – popular but not with everyone
Telemedicine is one of the big items mentioned as why we need ubiquitous fast broadband that is suitable for things like two way video conferencing. Certainly if anyone produces a list of the cost benefits that a full fibre deployment will create telemedicine is very high up the list. A recent telehealth initiative that aims...
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Aug 20, 2012
3 CommentsPoll Results: The London 2012 Olympics and your broadband experience
The London 2012 Olympics is over and the UK Internet appeared to survive the experience. During the second week of the extravaganza we ran a poll looking into the online experience of our visitors in relation to the games. The poll received over 1,000 responses and offers some insight into perhaps why the Internet did...
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Apr 25, 2012
No CommentsPoll Results: Household Film/TV Viewing
Our latest poll was less concerned about technical aspects of broadband, but more about an area we are constantly reminded is a major area of growth for broadband, and may prove to be the most visible driver for improving broadband speeds across the UK. We ran the poll for seven days and attracted over 1,400...
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May 23, 2011
3 CommentsSuper-injunctions and conflicting rights
The debate taking place across the Internet and mainstream media this week on super-injunctions is a perfect demonstration of the effect of a globalised communications infrastructure, and how it challenges our very concepts of privacy and freedom of expression. I have always believed passionately in both of these rights which are now somewhat in conflict....
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Feb 18, 2011
No CommentsA taste of things to come with YouView?
The BBC yesterday released an update to their online iPlayer on-demand TV catchup service which will bring users a step closer to what they can expect from YouView, the set-top box that will marry your TV and the Internet. The latest update to iPlayer now allows users to find content from the other key players...