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Recession, What Recession? Technology Still Top With Brits
Digitpedia Tech Blog | August 10th 2009 by Chris
The credit crunch may be in full swing, but many UK consumers would still cut back on treats like restaurants and holidays ahead of tecchie products and services, says a new survey. The latest yearly Communications Market Report survey from Ofcom rev read more
British costcutters say no to restaurants but yes to new mobiles!
LG Blog UK | August 10th 2009 by Chris Applegate
Last week the BBC announced the results of an Ofcom review which suggests that we Brits are more willing to tighten the purse strings on our holidays and meals out than on spending on communication technology! The watchdog’s annual report says read more
Orange Launches Mobile Broadband Contract for Under £5 Per Month
Mobile Broadband News | August 10th 2009 by Simon H. Grant
The mobile broadband industry suffered some negative press recently when Ofcom released it's data about average download speeds and coverage. The average speed achieved is actually considerably less that the 'up to' speeds normally advertised. This w read more
Brits prefers Technology against Food and Holidays even in Recess…
The best software 4 download blog | August 9th 2009 by Martin
According to Ofcom, about 40 percent of the Brits would do away with their holidays and making merry by eating out of budget in an attempt to beat recession instead of cutting money to be spent on technology. What a way to remain neck to neck with ch read more
Top Gear – Jeremy Clarkson si controversa iscata de reclama VW…
Blog Autopol | August 9th 2009 by Cristian
Ultimul episod din Top Gear de sambata a starnit un val de proteste din cauza faptului ca Jeremy Clarkson a glumit pe seama invaziei germane a Poloniei din WWII, folosindu-se de o reclama la VW Scirocco. Atat BBC-ul cat si echivalentul CNA-ului din read more
12 Percent of UK Homes Enjoy Mobile Broadband, Says Ofcom
UK Broadband ISP Offers | August 7th 2009
Ofcom has revealed in its latest report on the communications market that around three million households in the United Kingdom had a mobile broadband connection currently. The telecoms watchdog of the country said that in May alone, more than 250,00 read more
Study considers broadband TV watching
Broadband Finder Blog | August 7th 2009 by James
A new study has looked at how consumers' television viewing habits are changing and this means more reliance on a broadband connection and access to subscribed, bundled services.Published this week, the Ofcom Communications Market Report into the read more
Apparently, teens are already tired of social networking
Tim Ho | Digital Marketing, Social Media Tips | August 7th 2009 by Tim Ho
While marketers are considering shifting funds from traditional media to social media, a recent study done by Ofcom finds UK teens are starting to lose interest in social networking. Among the age group of 15 to 24, the growth of social networking h read more
Are you doing facebook or are you tweeting?…how old are you?|Me…
Watching the World from Nicaragua | August 6th 2009 by Elias Aleman
The proliferation of parents and teachers trawling the pages of Facebook…. is causing an adolescent exodus from the social networking sites, according to research from the media regulator Ofcom. The sites, once the virtual streetcorners, pubs a read more
Social Networking Websites Lose ‘Cool’ Image
Enertia | August 6th 2009 by Amine
Social networking websites have lost some of their “cool” factor with younger users and are on their way to becoming the preserve of the middle-aged, according to figures published by Ofcom. read more
Ofcom: Why kids are leaving Facebook, etc.
Strive Notes | August 6th 2009 by Sherrilynne Starkie
Today the UK national media were reporting that social network sites like Facebook and Twitter are no longer the preserve of the young with middle-aged people (like me!) logging into them in ever-larger numbers based on a report published by Ofcom, t read more
Social network statistics – youth dropping out?
razorshine | August 6th 2009 by Riaz
Some interesting research by comscore and ofcom was released recently showing the strength of UK social networks.. First up, from Comscore; data on the Top 10 Social Networking sites in the UK: Secondly, also from comscore, showing that unsurprising read more
Broadband users 'getting savvier on bundled packages'
Broadband Finder Blog | August 6th 2009 by James
Broadband users in the UK are not afraid to get online and make sure they have the best deal on their internet, TV and telephone packages, a new report has suggested.The Ofcom Communications Market Report looked at the way people view their home tele read more
Ofcom: People not willing to give up broadband
Broadband Finder Blog | August 6th 2009 by James
A new survey has shown that despite concerns over the current state of the economy, consumers are not prepared to give up access to their mobile phone and broadband services.Put together by telecommunications industry watchdog Ofcom, the research loo read more
Consumers Choose Mobile Broadband Over Holidays and New Clothes.
Mobile Broadband News | August 6th 2009 by Simon H. Grant
Ofcom have released the results of their latest survey and once again it shows just how popular broadband had become. The results show that whilst the Recession has affected people's spending habits a broadband connection is still seen as a necessity read more
UK social media stats in latest Ofcom report
Digitised Culture | August 6th 2009 by Daniel Lazarides
BBC News posted a short summary on the latest UK Ofcom report published today, which contains a number of interesting stats on UK use of social networks. Though somewhat expected, in short the study highlights a major rise in the use of social ne read more
Local Radio: Britain's punching bag.
Militant Ginger | August 5th 2009 by Roland Hulme
Back in Britain, Beth FM, Brunel FM and 3TR are facing an uncertain future because their parent company, South West Radio, went into administration this week. Well, I'm suddenly getting deja vu. Didn't this happen just last year?No, wait, it was Lase read more
Demo at Press TV
>Re:PHOTO | August 4th 2009 by Peter Marshall
Press TV gets its funding from the Iranian government and despite its claims of independence has towed the Iran government line closely over events since the election there, ignoring or misreporting them. Ofcom have just given it a rap on the knuck read more
Virgin Media makes broadband promise
Broadband Finder Blog | August 4th 2009 by James
Virgin Media has promised customers that although it will endeavour to provide the best possible broadband speeds, it will not claim to offer services that are "unachievable" for its non-cable subscribers.The network said today (August 4th) read more
The Big Change - How Are You Coping?
Planet Numbers Ltd - 0845 numbers, 0844, 0800 numbers | August 4th 2009 by jassi09
After years of anticipation, stress and panic, the day of big change finally arrived. On the 1st of August 2009, Ofcom’s proposed plans came in action, ensuring that callers to 0870 numbers paid no more than a local area call. This left the own read more
Scrap OfCom...
Developing your Web Presence | August 3rd 2009
Oh dear, the Nanny State's 'Guardians of objectivity', OfCom, are at it again, this time in defense of the poor, defenseless Usurper State and its British Zionist sycophants. Harry's Place for instance, a vipers nest of arch-Zionists and Galloway bas read more
Northern Ireland Enjoys Fastest Broadband Speeds
UK Broadband ISP Offers | August 3rd 2009
An Ofcom report reveals that the fastest broadband speeds in the United Kingdom is found in Northern Ireland. Ofcom said that in Northern Ireland, the customers subscribing to the broadband packages of up to 8Mbps speeds experienced faster download s read more
"Above all else, Durham FM will be local" .... a promise is a com…
Grant Goddard : radio blog | August 2nd 2009
Durham must be unique in Britain in that it once had its own local radio station and then had it taken away. BBC Radio Durham closed down in 1973 when the BBC, then limited to just twenty local radio services around the country moved the station in i read more
Broadband Speeds at Issue!
Beasley's Place | July 30th 2009
Seems that we can’t get enough reports telling us that we don’t have the Broadband speed that we are paying for – what's new! – or that we don’t have the Broadband speed that we deserve – how long will we have to wait? With the latest O read more
For fuck’s sake
Wonko's World | July 29th 2009 by Stuart Parr
David Camoron said “twat” on the radio when he was talking about Twitter. Whoop de fucking do. OFCOM said it was on their list of offensive words. If you’re offended by the word “twat” then you are, quite frankly, a tw read more
Fastest Broadband Speeds are in Northern Ireland
Broadband Test -UK Broadband News | July 29th 2009
According to Ofcom Northern Ireland has the fastest boradband speeds in the UK for anyone subscribing to an ‘ up uo 8 Mbps braodband package. Ofcom found that a larger proportion of consumers in Northern Ireland are on ‘up to 8MbpsR read more
Nobody gets advertised broadband speeds they are paying for
Nhundu Online | July 29th 2009 by Sebastian
Broadband users are not getting the advertised broadband speeds that they are paying for, this is according to a survey undertaken by telecoms regulator Ofcom. The survey shows that nearly one fifth of UK broadband customers on an eight Megabit per s read more
The Great British Broadband Speed Lie
Software Cooperative News | July 29th 2009 by MJ Ray
I don’t think it will be a surprise to anyone, but Ananova reports: No-one getting top broadband speeds based on the Ofcom/SamKnows/GfK research. In the village where I live, our “up to 8Mbps” service is stable at about 4. As I men read more
Ofcom report says broadband is not up to speed
VoIP In Detail | July 28th 2009 by Ben
Advertised broadband speeds are rarely matched in reality, according to a new report by communications watchdog Ofcom.. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com Related posts:Broadband Coalition Calls for National Broadband StrategyComcast Rolls Out 50 read more
Your daily e-mail from the BBC
Entertainment | July 28th 2009 by Dawood Aslam
Tuesday, 28 July, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi ASIA-PACIFIC Economy dominates US-China talks The US and China are to discuss the need for emerging economies to have more say in t read more
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