"The Country Landowners’ Association is disputing a report from OFCOM that rural Broadband services are as good as in urban areas."

"The northeastern city has the highest percentage of homes with broadband as well as digital television, according to statistics from Ofcom. … Glasgow languishes at the bottom of the broadband league …"

"Broadband firms are having to restrict customers’ usage because of the unprecedented success of the BBC’s iPlayer, the online viewing service."

"Some 15.2m UK households - 61% of homes - now have an internet connection, compared with 54% in 2006, research from National Statistics found…84% of web-enabled households said they had a broadband connection, up from 69% in May 2006."

"Ofcom, the communications regulator, is preparing to auction three key pieces of the UK airwaves that will be left vacant after television’s digital switchover. At least two of those could be used for wireless broadband."

"Britain is one of the most expensive places in Europe to get high-speed internet access, according to switching site Moneysupermarket."

"Two people have been cautioned for using people’s wi-fi broadband internet connections without permission."