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		<title>BT aims to impress with Broadband plus smartphone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BT has announced the launch of &#8220;BT Total Broadband Anywhere&#8221;, a package that includes home broadband and a free smartphone providing Internet access out of the home.
Now you can take your broadband anywhere.  At least according to BT, as they announced the new &#8220;BT Total Broadband Anywhere&#8221; product.  The new package offers the usual stuff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/05/09/ispwatch/bt-aims-to-impress-with-broadband-plus-smartphone/</link>
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		<title>eBay and auction sites see slight fall in popularity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to analysis from Point Topic, UK households are being cautious when shopping online as broadband growth peaks in the UK.
Point Topic&#8217;s consumer broadband surveys indicate that online shopping is still popular, with 69 percent of consumers saying that they shop online.  The figure is relatively unchanged in the past year, however.  The total number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/05/07/ispwatch/ebay-and-auction-sites-see-slight-fall-in-popularity/</link>
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		<title>O2 takes broadband nationwide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[O2 are to extend their broadband coverage by using BT&#8217;s wholesale network.
O2 currently has modest coverage of the UK population with its LLU (Local Loop Unbundling) based broadband network, which it acquired when it bought ISP BE Broadband.
BE announced in March that it will unbundled 400 more exchanges.   After June, it claims it will have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/05/02/ispwatch/o2-takes-broadband-nationwide/</link>
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		<title>Sky posts 10 percent growth in customer base</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sky released its latest set of financial results for the 9 month period ending 31 March 2008.
New customer growth was up 56,000 in the first quarter of 2008 to 8.8 million.  Total customer additions were 289,000.
Sky says customer additions are in line with its target of 10 million by 2010. 
It added 229,000 broadband customers, bringing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/04/30/ispwatch/sky-posts-10-percent-growth-in-customer-base/</link>
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		<title>BT extends free home hub offer on Option 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BT Total Broadband Option 1 is now available with a free wireless home hub for a limited period.
BT also recently cut prices across their Total Broadband range to keep pace with the competition.  Option 1 now costs £7.95 for the first 3 months and £15.99 thereafter when customers sign-up to an 18 month contract.  It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/04/21/ispwatch/bt-extends-free-home-hub-offer-on-option-1/</link>
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		<title>Carphone broadband sales slow - Where next?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Carphone Warehouse recently released its 4th quarterly results, but new broadband connections were below expectations.
In its trading update, it said it added 109,000 net broadband connections, giving the company a total of 2.7M broadband customers.  It took 118,000 customers in the previous quarter.
A large number of its broadband customers have been migrated from BT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/04/17/ispwatch/carphone-broadband-sales-slow-where-next/</link>
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		<title>Vodafone choose BT to manage growing demand for Mobile Broadband</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The two companies have announced a 5 year agreement that will see BT manage the demand from Vodafone&#8217;s bandwidth-intensive mobile applications.
Vodafone will use BT&#8217;s 21st Century Network (21CN) Ethernet Service, which will manage traffic and bandwidth from Vodafone’s UK base stations to BT&#8217;s core national network.  The new service will manage the increased demand for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/04/11/ispwatch/vodafone-choose-bt-to-manage-growing-demand-for-mobile-broadband/</link>
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		<title>Carphone will not disconnect illegal downloaders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unlike many of its rivals, Carphone Warehouse has stated that it would not disconnect users that are responsible for illegal file sharing.
The BPI (British Phonographic Institute) asked ISPs to voluntarily apply a &#8220;three strikes&#8221; policy against offenders, leading to automatic disconnection after three warnings.
However, The Carphone Warehouse, which offers broadband through it&#8217;s TalkTalk arm, rejected [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/04/04/ispwatch/carphone-will-not-disconnect-illegal-downloaders/</link>
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		<title>ISPs may offer broadband plus unlimited music downloads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In further attempts to combat illegal downloading of music, behold the ISP service bundled with unlimited music downloads.
One of the biggest record labels, Warner Music has called for ISPs to charge a flat fee for unlimited access to their record library, after consulting with industry veteran and former head of Geffen records, Jim Griffin.  In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/04/03/ispwatch/isps-may-offer-broadband-plus-a-music-tax/</link>
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		<title>Virgin Media to combat illegal downloaders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Media is to trial a scheme aimed at tracking and punishing users who are downloading music illegally.
In a joint venture with the BPI (British Phonographic Industry), a &#8220;three strikes&#8221; policy will be applied to customers who are found to download music illegally. User would first receive two warnings, and after a third offence, could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seekbroadband.com/focus/2008/04/02/ispwatch/virgin-media-to-combat-illegal-downloaders/</link>
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