Consumer trends
New studies of our internet use arrive nearly every week, reflecting the ever-shifting range of services available to broadband users as well as changing consumer trends.
This consumer trends-focussed blog scrutinises the reports to give you the real stories behind the cold, dry data.
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Top 10 broadband milestones
Posted 16th March 2010 by Jonathan Leggett
Top10 looks back at the landmark events in the evolution of the broadband sector.
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Fry mobilizes troops for TalkTalk file-sharing campaign
Posted 23rd November 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Stephen Fry has thrown his support behind TalkTalk’s campaign against anti-piracy laws.
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Broadband laptop deals better value than folks realise
Posted 29th October 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Consumers consider broadband laptop packages to be poor value, it would appear. Not so, says Jonathan Leggett.
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Be Broadband launches Twitter stream for outage news
Posted 21st September 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Be Broadband is boosting its Twitter presence with a new profile dedicated to keeping its members updated about network outages.
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Be Broadband customers welcome new support solution
Posted 9th September 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Be Broadband customers have embraced its new web self-service solution with open arms.
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Could caring, sharing broadband really transform UK?
Posted 27th August 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Making predictions is a perilous business at the best of times. And in his capacity futurologist in chief with Orange, that’s something of which James Bellini must be only too aware.
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YouGov broadband TV reports don’t tell full story
Posted 10th August 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Super-fast broadband won’t be a huge spur for a surge in online TV viewing, a new poll appears to indicate. Really?
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Top 10 Broadband Awards announced
Posted 31st July 2009 by Jessica McArdle
To reward the year’s best broadband providers and innovators in the sector, we’re throwing an awards party on 15th September.
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TalkTalk broadband transforming dowdy image of routers
Posted 20th July 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
In the world of wireless broadband routers function is king, with the aesthetic concerns of form coming a very distant second. But broadband supplier TalkTalk at least seem intent on changing that.
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Tiscali survey reveals conflicted attitude to online security
Posted 10th July 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Got a public Facebook profile? Do you also harbour misgivings about misuse of personal information? If so, then you’ve got some serious thinking to do, it seems.
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PlusNet: Murray mania sets iPlayer usage record
Posted 2nd July 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Last month, PlusNet reported a huge spike in bandwidth demand when viewers descended en masse to the BBC iPlayer to see the official unmasking of Top Gear’s international man of mystery the Stig. Now, it seems that it’s Wimbledon’s turn to slow down the interweb for everyone.
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Broadband revolution leaves some workers more equal than others
Posted 28th May 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
For some folk, working from home is littered with pitfalls. Not least of which is the potential for cabin fever to set in as well as developing a ruinous addiction to trash TV. But for people with young kids, it’s undoubtedly the best thing since the Night Garden arrived to help toddlers get in the mood for some shut-eye.
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A quarter of consumers have been warned over usage
Posted 14th April 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Download limits do not impinge on usage for three quarters of consumers. But for those who have known the chill wind of a warning from an ISP, it might be time to look around for an alternative deal.
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Survey shows that mobile broadband customers are becoming more demanding
Posted 24th March 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Mobile broadband will defy the credit crunch to keep on growing, but that’s no reason for providers to rest on their laurels, says Jonathan Leggett.
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Survey should remind consumers to monitor broadband usage
Posted 23rd March 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Demand for watching video and TV online is booming, a survey has shown. Jonathan Leggett considers what this means for consumers and ISPs alike.
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Bans for downloaders finding favour
Posted 17th March 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
Is hanging too good for illegal downloaders? Obviously. But is disconnection for persisent offenders really so beyond the pale, asks Jonathan Leggett.
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SMEs should look beyond short-term savings when choosing broadband
Posted 10th March 2009 by Jonathan Leggett
SMEs are choosing to ditch business broadband in favour of cheaper home broadband, a survey has shown. But is the pursuit short-term cost savings really worth it, asks Jonathan Leggett.
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