Posted by Admin on January 4, 2010 – 7:00 pm
According to Eurostat , the statistical office of the European communities, 69% of UK households have access to broadband services. T is 12% up on the 2007 figures and 7% up on the 2008 figures.
According to the 2009 study 77% of UK homes have access to some form of internet, not just broadband and this is an increase of 10% over the last 2 years.
Leading the way is The Netherlands with 90%, Luxemburg 87%, Denmark 86%, ans Sweden 83%.
Countries with the most limited access are Bulgaria 30%, Greece and Romania both have 36%
According to Eurostat study 66% of the Uk’s 16 to 74 year- olds have bought or ordered goods or services on- line during the past 12 months. 37% of people in the same age group accross all 27 European Union countries bought something using the internet.
The on-line retail market is expected to continue growing throughout Europe.
Posted by Admin on November 20, 2009 – 6:23 pm
It had been feared that Britains broadband network would have problems with the number of people wanting to play the new game Call of Duty- Modern Warfare 2 online. However there have been no problems reported.
The game was released on November 10th and is a first person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows. It is a sequel to Call of Duty4 and picks up 5 years later where an anti- terrorist group task force must fight a Russian ultranationalist terrorist organisation to counter a Russian invasion of the U.S. The game is very contraversial as undercover agents are encouraged to kill civilians. The first game in this series was set in the Second World War.
This type of on-line gaming has become very popular in recent years due to faster broadband services. People accross the world are able to play against each other more efficiently and cheaper.
Posted by Admin on August 4, 2009 – 12:24 pm
The Government intends to invest £177,000 to inprove broadband services in Northern Ireland. Two companies have been awarded the money – Net I Limited and North West Electronics.
North West Electronics will extend into the Foyle Basin and North Sperrin areas of County Londonberry whilst Net I Ltd. will develop its broadband infrastructure into County Fermanagh.
Net l will offer services to Marlbank , Belcoo, lattone, Drumculley and Kinawley. North West electronics will deal with Park, Greysteel and Macosquin.
It is considered vital that higher speed broadband services are made widely available across Northern Ireland and this work will enable some of the most rural areas in Northern Ireland to benefit.
The investment was made through the £1.9 million Broadband Fund.
