So today I’d like to tell you a story about my home broadband provider. They’re the same people who supply my mobile phone – EE. I chose them because they were, if I’m honest, cheap. Things rapidly went downhill within months of choosing them for my home phone and fibre broadband because they put their prices up mid-contract. As this… Read more →
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How to confuse (almost) every broadband provider in the UK
Some time ago I was one of the first people in the UK to have FTTC, which BT brand as “BT Infinity”. It basically works by plumbing your crappy old copper line into a green box near your house instead of going all the way back to the exchange. The gap between the box and the exchange is bridged by… Read more →
BT forced to block access to Newzbin 2
A judge at the High Court has just ruled that BT must block access to Newzbin 2. This is yet another important stage in the dismantling of the internet we’ve used over the last few years. ISP’s have, generally, always allowed their customers to do whatever they please on the internet, but now it’s starting to come apart more and… Read more →