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Shirley Stevens
Member since 21st April 2008
Shirley Stevens is a freelance journalist specialising in the UK broadband market. She writes extensively for ChooseISP.co.uk, the price comparison site that compares broadband prices and helps you find the best broadband package for your needs.
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29th September 2008
BT's line rental increase in April this year has dealt rather a low blow to ADSL broadband users as they are now obliged to pay £15 a year more for their line rental, as well as more for calls.
This in effect means that the cost of line rental has ris...
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05th September 2008
As the iPhone 3G is linked exclusively to O2 Broadband, there are huge advantages to owning one - not least that you'll put yourself in line for arguably the best broadband deals currently available.
Here's three reasons why bagging an iPhone 3G coul...
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05th September 2008
If you thought that mobile broadband was something to do with surfing the web on your mobile phone, you're very wrong.
Mobile broadband allows you to have immediate web access on either your computer or laptop from wherever you are, be it at home, at t...
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04th September 2008
With the wide choice of fast broadband deals now available, there is no longer any need to struggle along at a snail’s pace, regardless of what you are trying to download. You’ll be absolutely amazed at the opportunities opening up for you around the ...
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01st September 2008
It is astonishing that so few broadband providers realise how intensely irritated their customers have become by having to fork out £15 an hour for broadband technical support just to keep their £6 a month broadband working.
Since the beginning of Ap...
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25th August 2008
Online gaming in the UK has grown enormously in popularity in recent times and appears to be in line to be the next big thing in the broadband industry.
Plusnet has introduced a broadband package aimed specifically at gamers as company surveys reveal...
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13th August 2008
In the past, European competition laws restricted BT's stranglehold on telephone line access throughout the UK. There was a process known as LLU, or 'local-loop unbundling', which permitted companies to establish their own equipment in BT exchanges, payi...
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30th June 2008
It is crucial for online gamers to have the fastest broadband connection possible and it can really become a matter of life or death (virtually speaking, of course).
A fraction of a second delay in downloading can completely alter the course of your ...
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20th May 2008
It is astonishing that so few broadband providers seem to have noticed what an absolute turn-off their £15 an hour telephone technical support costs are to their customers; this in return for just getting a straightforward £6 a month broadband service g...
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07th May 2008
Are you finding the comparison of broadband packages and range of speeds bewildering to say the least? Does confusion reign? Don't reach for the tablets just yet.
I have defined the most important points you should bear in mind when comparing the wide ...
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25th April 2008
WITH the eminent recession in Britain now more a reality than a doom-mongering speculation, you’re probably looking to save money wherever you can, and with a recent report that we could be spending £400 a year too much on broadband, you’re surely in...
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