Broadband News: Be

Be Broadband releases toolbar for gamers

29th September 2008

Gamers subscribing to Be Broadband have been handed another exciting new feature designed to enhance their online experience. Continue reading…

Be Broadband launches speed estimator

29th August 2008

Be Broadband is giving customers logging onto their homepage the chance to read an estimate of their connection speeds. Continue reading…

Be offer for online gamers

26th August 2008

Be Broadband is offering its customers a new online gaming service which promises to make "secure, fast and free game servers" available to those who enjoy competitive internet gameplay. Continue reading…

Be Broadband offers new promotion

7th August 2008

Be Broadband has announced the launch of its 888 promotion which is intended to market the company’s Be Value package. Continue reading…

Be Broadband supports BPI campaign

25th July 2008

Broadband provider Be Broadband says it supports the British Phonographic Industry’s (BPI) new anti-piracy campaign. Continue reading…

Be extends UK reach

5th March 2008

UK broadband provider Be has announced that it has increased its high-speed network coverage by 15 per cent. Continue reading…

Missing product caution for Be

31st January 2008

Broadband provider Be has been cautioned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for offering a service that no longer exists on a social networking site. Continue reading…

Be launches security service for broadband users

7th December 2007

Customers of broadband provider Be will be able to harness their internet connection to make their home more secure, it has been announced. Continue reading…

Be adds 7,000 subscribers in Q3

13th November 2007

Be has added over 7,000 customers for its broadband service during the third quarter, newly released figures reveal. Continue reading…

Be slashes prices on broadband deals

10th October 2007

Be has cut prices on its existing stand-alone broadband offers, in the face of increasing competition in the broadband market. Continue reading…

Be Broadband celebrates birthday with free offer

21st September 2007

Super-fast broadband provider, Be Broadband, is celebrating its second birthday by offering customers a free giveaway. Continue reading…

Be Unlimited launches new budget broadband service

5th September 2007

Be Unlimited has launched a new broadband deal giving subscribers up to 8MB broadband service for a monthly rate of £14.99, it has been reported. Continue reading…

Be continues to spread across the country

20th July 2007

Be Broadband, one of the only ADSL2+ ISPs in the country (i.e. can prove speeds of up to 24 Mb/s) has announced that their coverage has increased further and are on target to expand more.
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O2 broadband launch delayed

18th May 2007

Telfonica, the Spanish based company which owns O2, has announced the launch of their broadband service for the UK and Germany is to be delayed again. The service was scheduled to be launch in spring 2007 but due to ‘teething problems’ has now been delayed to September this year.
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Orange gets bitten by Watchdog

23rd March 2007

Orange gets bitten by Watchdog

At 8pm Wednesday 21st March the eagerly expected results from the BBC Watchdog report were televised. Watchdog specifies that this is not a statistical summary of the whole population’s views but a snapshot from the 50,000 people who voted. It is important to know Continue reading…

If Toucan do it, anyone can do it

16th March 2007

Following pressure from customers, the media and particularly uSwitch, Toucan on Wednesday agreed to stop advertising ‘unlimited broadband’.

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Big guns being outdrawn

13th March 2007

According to data taken from almost 5,000 people, the smaller ISPs are performing better, with the likes of Be Broadband, Eclipse and Namesco averaging 9 out of 10 for customer satisfaction. These scores are based on reliability, speed, billing, technical service and customer satisfaction. Continue reading…

Be Broadband now accessible to 33% of UK households

15th February 2007

O2 has now confirmed that its Be Broadband unit has unbundled its 500th telephone exchange, which now makes it available to 33% of UK homes. O2 also aim to add another 200 more exchanges by June making it even more accessible to the UK public, as well as developing ways to improve technology, network and speed. This should be extended to over 800 exchanges by the end of summer.

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