Archive for October, 2009


UK ISP Plusnet launched ADSL2+ based Broadband packages with 20Mbps speeds

Thursday, October 29th, 2009Posted in broadband | No Comments »


The latest provider of this week to introduce the new range of packages is the UK ISP Plusnet. It has launched packages with faster ADSL2+ based broadband speeds of ‘up to’ 20Mbps. The improvement states that the speed as well as the usage allowance of the famous ‘Pro’ package will increase up to 20GB. A [...]

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Sky Broadband boosts bundle uptake

Thursday, October 29th, 2009Posted in Compare and Save, Mobile Phones | No Comments »


It has been found from the latest financial results that the number of customers taking the broadband, home phone and digital TV bundles has been increased by Sky Broadband.
According to the results, in the three months the number of customers taking the broadband provider’s triple play bundles increased from 12% [...]

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Shorter and flexible contracts launched by Plusnet

Monday, October 19th, 2009Posted in broadband | No Comments »


The Plusnet Broadband made its cancellation policy very simple and flexible along with the reduction in the length of its broadband contracts. Plusnet bring Down the length of its broadband contracts from 18 to 12 months. Now the users only need to pay for setting up their account or for any hardware in case they [...]

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Broadband Internet Users Spending around 30 Hours Online in a Week

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Posted in broadband | No Comments »


The latest uSwitch study unveiled that the average Brit spends around 30 hours online in a week. On a working day, the Internet users spend around 2 hours online for work purposes while 3 hours are spent for the purpose of entertainment. About 33% of the people come in the category of those who don’t [...]

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Higher tariffs for E.ON’s fixed energy subscribers

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Posted in Utilities | No Comments »


According to Energychoices.co.uk, energy provider E.ON will automatically switch its fixed-price energy users to a new deal with revised tariffs, once their present deal expires.
E.ON has said that all fixed price energy users will be put on a new a tariff, which is 5.8 percent costlier than the current deal, which expires towards the end [...]

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T-Mobile Sidekick loses user’s personal data

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009Posted in Mobile Phones | No Comments »


Service disruption at Microsoft’s danger lead to data loss
In an instance of some server problems at Microsoft’s service and mobile software provider Danger, the T- mobile sidekick (that equips danger’s software) have reported loss of personal data of a number of mobile phone users. Microsoft and T-Mobile intimated yesterday.
The Microsoft subsidiary, Danger said on Saturday [...]

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Tripadvisor introduces tool to ascertain the accurate flight charges

Monday, October 12th, 2009Posted in travel | No Comments »


Tripadvisor, the giant online travel company has lately announced the launch of a flight search tool that allows users to determine the exact flight charges to be paid after inclusion of all added and extra charges like seat selection, baggage and even snacks, while searching for cheap flights.
The website is emphasizing that the tool will [...]

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Which? Raises Objections on the Energy Bills and Says ‘Energy bills are gobbledygook’

Monday, October 12th, 2009Posted in Utilities | No Comments »


Popular magazine Which?, which is supposed to be consumer’s watchdog conducted a survey among 4,000 households. According to the results of the survey, customers feel very hard to understand their energy bills. Top six energy suppliers have been slammed by the the Which? in this regard.
Which? said that energy bills are “ peppered with gobbledegook”. [...]

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EA Mobile to launch i-phone version of Rock band

Monday, October 12th, 2009Posted in Mobile Phones | No Comments »


The Apple i-phone owners will soon get an edge over their other fellow mobile phone owners. The mobile phone manufacturer has always been steadfast in offering state of the art features to its users. This time it is the ‘Rock Band’ on the Apple handsets. The EA Games has confirmed that the popular music game [...]

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Satisfaction matters to the energy suppliers - A revealing report

Monday, October 12th, 2009Posted in Utilities | No Comments »


Oh! This is really surprising to see the news that only half of the Britishers are happy with service of energy suppliers. So where are the others? Why our suppliers are not up to mark in providing best services and full satisfied to their users? It is a matter of research and recently a survey [...]

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