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May 24, 2013

03:34

Every little helps – at least for BT's chief
Belfast Telegraph
BT pointed out it was only the second time the ISP had paid out in full after a strong performance from the telecoms giant, whose shares have reached a six-year high. Livingston's 2012 package included an additional £1.2m that he will receive in three ...

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May 23, 2013

13:26

BT chief Ian Livingston gets £9.1m but Tesco boss Philip Clarke misses bonus
The Independent
But his biggest windfall came from a long-term incentive share plan worth almost £6 million. BT pointed out it was only the second time the ISP had paid out in full after a strong performance from the telecoms giant, whose shares have reached a six ...

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11:50

BT chief gets £9.1m but Tesco boss misses bonus
Evening Standard
But his biggest windfall came from a long-term incentive share plan worth almost £6 million. BT pointed out it was only the second time the ISP had paid out in full after a strong performance from the telecoms giant, whose shares have reached a six ...

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10:49

Telegraph.co.uk

George Soros pumps £50m into fibre-gobbling ISP Hyperoptic
Register
Hyperoptic - a relatively new player in the UK's ISP market - confirmed today that it had received a massive cash injection of £50m from investors to help the company expand its fibre-to-the-home business. The telco, which currently offers 1 Gbit/s ...
Gigabit broadband ISP Hyperoptic to reach ten new citiesRecombu
Soros leads £50 million funding round for UK FTTH service provider HyperopticLightWave Online (press release)
Hyperoptic FTTH broadband rollout bolstered by £50m investmentCable.co.uk

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May 22, 2013

15:41

NetClean Whitebox offers cloud-based content filtering for ISPs
Cloud Pro
NetClean, a company that specialises in the detection and filtering of child abuse images, has launched a new cloud-based product that lets ISPs cut access to websites known to be hosting illegal images. Dubbed Whitebox, it had previously been ...

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12:44

UK's Urban Broadband Fund Sputters to a Halt
Dslreports
"There are about 10 million people in the UK who don't know how to send an email and around 16 million who don't have other basic digital skills," Helen Goodman, Labour's Shadow Culture Minister said, suggesting the plan. "A Labour government would ...

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07:13

The Australian Financial Review

NBN Co buys Canberra fibre network from iiNet
The Australian Financial Review
However, the greenfield development is the smallest component of a set of infrastructure iiNet inherited when it purchased Canberra ISP TransACT for $60 million in 2011. Other assets include a fibre-to-the-node network - similar to the technology ...

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May 21, 2013

20:18

NZ. The home of world class broadband.
Geekzone
In the UK BT's Infinity project rollout is deploying in a large number of new fibre fed cabinets to deliver VDSL2 and ADSL2+ as a last mile technology. The facts don't lie – New Zealand is literally years ahead of ... Many people are receiving a ...

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19:17

British ISPs Block Pirating Sites
RTT News
The blocks come after UK courts ruled in favor of the MPA, stating that major ISP would be required to hold the sites back from their servers. It follows a ruling earlier this year in favor of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which got sites ...

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19:12

Queen's Speech and user identification through IP addresses
Infosecurity Magazine
The EC Data Retention Directive is already in force in the UK as a Statutory Instrument – The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009. A proposed new bill will now force ISPs and telecommunications providers to make this data available to law ...

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19:07

Xbox One will not require constant Internet connection
GameSpot
@Brean24 @Daemoroth And I bet your ISP never gave you any problems, did they, Mr. Silicon valley? You also forget that the XONE needs to ... And no my ISP doesn't give me any problems that aren't fixed in a few hours. You don't need a constant internet ...

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15:45

TechWeekEurope UK

Pirate movie sites blocked by UK ISPs
Digital Spy UK
UK ISPs blocked access to torrent site The Pirate Bay under similar circumstances last year. Filesharing site Newzbin was also banned in 2011. A source told the BBC last year that peer-to-peer traffic remained at the same levels following The Pirate ...
Copyright cartel's axe falls on Movie2k and Download4all websitesInquirer

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15:14

Metronet (UK) roll out hybrid network for Widnes area
Telecompaper (subscription)
Hybrid ISP Metronet (UK) has launched a new next-generation, hybrid network in Widnes and surrounding area. This new point of presence site (POP) gives Widnes and the Runcorn & Speke areas of Liverpool access to next-generation connectivity. The new ...

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12:37

BankInfoSecurity.com

Safeguarding ISPs from DDoS Attacks
BankInfoSecurity.com
"[There will be] service costs for an ISP implementing BCP 38, whereas, on the other hand, if they don't implement the recommendations and they thereby enable DDoS attacks, they probably won't be at the receiving end the attack," Haeberlen says, though ...

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12:37

Iranians face new Internet curbs before presidential election
Reuters UK
One man in his 30s who works at an Internet Service Provider (ISP) company in Tehran confirmed that most VPNs were down and those still up were crashing within two minutes. He added: "Fewer and fewer people are using Twitter in recent days which ...

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11:45

Liberty Global in talks to sell Chellomedia - report
Telecompaper (subscription)
... from sales to Liberty Global networks and to third parties. Although it is unknown exactly why Liberty Global is considering selling Chellomedia, the money raised could help defray the USD 16 billion cost of acquiring UK cable operator and ISP ...

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11:40

Inquirer

Copyright cartel's axe falls on Movie2k and Download4all websites
Inquirer
Torrentfreak reported that the blocks are the result of a court order requested by the MPAA and said that the UK internet service providers (ISPs) BT, Virgin Media, Talktalk, Sky and EE are complying. We have asked all of the companies involved to ...

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09:28

UK ISPs block Download4all, Movie2k websites
Telecompaper (subscription)
Virgin Media has confirmed that it, and other major UK ISPs, received a court order earlier in May requiring them to block access to the Download4all and Movie2k websites. In a statement on the customer support forum, Virgin said that it was a ...

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09:04

Broadband Genie (blog)

Alternatives to Sky Broadband for O2 and Be Broadband customers looking to ...
Broadband Genie (blog)
But some of you have been with O2 or Be for a long while now, and finding another ISP to match the service you've been happy with for all this time can be tricky. Here are a few alternatives to consider, and a few things to know before you rush to switch.

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May 20, 2013

23:22

Why Conroy must answer for ASIC's internet blockade
Business Spectator
TECHNOLOGY SPECTATOR: The audacious app trying to take over TV. UK-based Zeebox wants to be the intermediary for all social media-television interactions. It will not only have to lure viewers, but the networks themselves. Menu. Home · Technology ...

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