Internet Retailing

Items tagged with 'broadband'

Sky's new broadband package

Pity the broadband resellers are Sky enters this crowded, margin-free market with a very competitive, good quality bundle. Since Sky already reaches a third of UK families who's going to be able to afford to out-market them?

Broadband uptake continues apace

The uptake of broadband is continuing apace as online spending increases and we start into the busiest time of the year for online retailers. BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have both announced increases in broadband subscribers and are happy with the level of enquiries they are receiving.

PC, broadband and home installation in one box

Unlimited broadband and a state-of-the-art PC for around the cost of a bottle of fizzy pop or a couple of packets of crisps. That's the type of marketing the cash register loves to hear and hopefully a deal good enough to get another swathe of the UK population online.

Network resilience crucial in 2007

The UK is set for a 'bandwidth explosion' in 2007, predicts communications provider ntl: Telewest Business. Broadband has become a pivotal part of the way we live our lives says the company. That may be so, but there are still parts of the UK without broadband and some areas unable to receive services over a certain bandwidth.

11% of worldwide population online

The number of people, aged 15 and over, with access to the internet increased by 10% worldwide over the past year to 747 million (about 11% of the world's population), according to comScore Networks. Internet audiences in India, the Russian Federation and China increased the most, growing 33, 21 and 20 per cent, respectively.

Silver surfers dash for broadband

Silver surfers across Europe are signing up for broadband at a faster rate than the average internet user, according to research from the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA). Some 68% of all European internet users aged 55 years and over now have a broadband connection.

BT increases broadband customers

BT broadband users have increased to 3.8 million as the company signs up a larger than expected number of customers in the past three months. Some 126,000 people signed up to Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk service over the same period, putting the service in third place behind Virgin Media.

Women and silver surfers take over the net

UK consumers are spending an average of 36 minutes online every day, according to regulator Ofcom. This increase of 158% on 2002's usage time shows how the population is turning to the internet instead of watching television (down 4% at 3 hours and 36 minutes) and listening to the radio (down 2% at 2 hours and 50 minutes).

Educated people more likely to have internet access

Whilst almost all university-educated young men from the South East are now online, more than half the nation's adults with no formal qualifications have yet to buy into internet access at home