Archive: international
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Mar 27, 2013
5 CommentsIs the Internet slower this week?
So the Internet is under attack and the attack is being blamed for slow broadband speeds. The odd thing is that there seems to be very little sign of this from an analysis of the speed tests people are running on our site. Of course it is possible that people may be finding some services...
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Jun 25, 2012
2 CommentsDigital Agenda Assembly 2012 – being inclusive in Europe
A few months ago there was the opportunity to discuss broadband issues on yet another online forum, the difference this one was hosted by the EU. The discussions were designed to be used to set the agenda for the Digital Assembly 2012 meeting in Brussels. The discussion in the High Speed Connections area focused on how...
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Jun 10, 2012
3 CommentsIs 4G worth the wait?
Last week, I was in the States and took my U.S. T-Mobile mi-fi-like “4G” broadband device with me to be able to use the Internet on my laptop without running up a huge bill on my U.K. mobile broadband dongle. As it happens, this was probably unnecessary as almost everywhere I went, from hotels to...