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As regular readers of GNC will recall from the first episode, I need to upgrade my current broadband connection to something faster in order to move from Sky TV to Freeview and streaming. My existing data connection is provided via an old-school copper telephone line and maxes out at around 30 Mb/s. This isn't much better than the minimum needed
After a few months of prevarication, I've decided to cut the cord and leave Sky TV. As Sky provides broadcast services via satellite, it's perhaps more appropriate to describe it as "dropping the dish" but the point is the same. After nearly 25 years as a subscriber, I'm leaving Sky to rely on terrestrial broadcasting and streaming services. For those
Last week, I moved to a new Internet Service Provider (ISP). Nothing particularly unusual about that except that I had been with my old ISP, Demon, for nearly twenty years. That's almost the whole of the my adult life and I'm sure it's the longest customer relationship I've had. To be quite clear, I didn't leave Demon as a dissatisfied
Earlier in the week, Microsoft gave the Xbox a big push in the race for HDMI 1 with Steve Ballmer announcing Xbox TV and partnerships with over 40 content providers. Jeffrey Powers has already covered the main announcement on GNC but I wanted to add a little bit of UK spin. In the UK, additional programming boxes such as the