Entries tagged with “United Kingdom” from BroadBand Watch
Ever since the advent of wireless networks there have been issues with security. While some issues have been quite serious, with sensitive data being purloined by criminals etc., in many instances an insecure wireless network simply allows other people to "piggyback" on it for free.
Why pay for bandwidth / internet access if you don't have to?
One of the ISPs in the UK, however, is attracting a bit of media attention at the moment due to a change in their terms of service:
A storm in a teacup?
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Why pay for bandwidth / internet access if you don't have to?
One of the ISPs in the UK, however, is attracting a bit of media attention at the moment due to a change in their terms of service:
9.6.4 We shall be entitled to terminate the Service immediately if We discover that:Whether the ISP intends to actively pursue clients who abuse their new terms of service or not remains to be seen.
(i) You have accessed the Service using Your username and password on multiple occasions, simultaneously;
(ii) You have permitted (whether knowingly or not) a third party to access the Service using Your username and password; or
(iii) You have permitted (whether knowingly or not) a third party (or third parties) to access the Service using a wireless connection over Your Communications Line.
A storm in a teacup?
Some of the larger ISPs in the UK have signed up to a new code of conduct with OfCom, the UK telco regulator.
The ISPs have made key commitments governing speeds and other key aspects of their product offering:
The list includes household names such as AOL, BT, O2 and many more.
More coverage here
The ISPs have made key commitments governing speeds and other key aspects of their product offering:
- provide customers at the point of sale with an accurate estimate of the maximum speed that the line can support, whether it is in the shop, over the internet or on the phone;
- resolve technical issues to improve speed and offer customers the choice to move onto a lower speed package when estimates given are inaccurate;
- ensure all sales and promotion staff have a proper understanding of the products they are selling so they can explain to their customers the meaning of the estimates provided at the point of sale; and
- provide consumers with information on usage limits and alerting customers when they have breached them.
The list includes household names such as AOL, BT, O2 and many more.
More coverage here
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