Sky in the UK will be offering free broadband with speeds hitting 20Mbps, thanks to its free Sky Everyday Lite package. In order to qualify for that mouth watering package, all you need to do is be a Sky TV subscriber as well as sign up for the Sky Talk phone service at the same duration, although the free 20Mbps broadband service has a monthly download cap of 2GB. No big deal whether you are a regular web surfer, but for those who stream videos and audio round the clock will probably give that a pass. Expect the Sky Everyday Lite package to roll out that June 1st.

Permalink: Sky to offer free 20Mbps broadband from Ubergizmo | Hot: Macbook Pro Review, ipad-review.html">iPad Review

Orginal post by Mike

Clearwire has officially announced that it will be offering a subsidized version of the Dell Mini 10 with WiMAX. Users who purchase the 10-inch netbook and sign up for Clearwire’s 4G at the same date should be able to pick up the netbook for $250, and it should be available from April 1st. With that in place, the netbook will be able to receive 3-6Mbps mobile broadband speeds, which is certainly going to be useful whether you’re always running around the city with your netbook.

Aside from that, Clearwire additionally mentioned that it will be shipping a version of its Clear Spot mobile router with built-in WiMAX sometime later that year.

Press release.

Permalink: Clearwire Offers 4G-enabled Dell Mini 10 Netbook from Ubergizmo | RSS Sponsor: Win a Fellowes Microshred Paper Shredder!

Orginal post by Mike

If you happen to live in the UK and want a speedy World Wide Web connection, you might be pleased with news that initial trials by Virgin Media managed to deliver 50MB broadband to the Berkshire village of Woolhampton thanks to the use of telegraph poles. Homes that are hooked up to Virgin Media’s fibre optic network directly will be able to increase broadband speeds by by ten-fold compared to BT’s copper network. There is no word on a national rollout by Virgin Media yet, but you can be assured that when it is available, many more folks will jump aboard the torrent bandwagon.

Permalink: 50MB broadband for folks in the UK from Ubergizmo | RSS Sponsor: Win a Fellowes Microshred Paper Shredder!

Orginal post by Mike

Virgin Media has introduced a sort new dongle that was specially designed to offer mobile broadband speeds of up to 7.2Mbps, which is its theoretical maximum although there are no reviews on said device just yet. Still, that is at best double the maximum speed of its previous 3.6Mpbs dongle, so hopefully users will get a much more enjoyable World Wide Web browsing experiences while they’re on the go. Depending on your budget, you can choose from a documents allowance of either 1GB or 3GB monthly which is going for £8 and £12, respectively.

Permalink: Virgin rolls out new dongle from Ubergizmo | Hot: Palm Pixi Review

Orginal post by Mike