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Sunday 28 May 2023 Dublin: 10°C

# UPC

All time
# speed limits
There are big problems with Netflix speeds on Virgin Media, but who's responsible?
The two companies aren’t being particularly clear on what or who is causing the slow streaming speeds.
# virgin birth
Virgin Media will be hoping for a Richard Branson bounce in Ireland
The company shed more customers over the three months before it was officially renamed from UPC.
# is it a bird
Eircom has been replaced with this squiggle
The company is spending €16 million on a rebrand, including a new name and logo.
# say my name
First UPC, now Eircom's unloved brand could be on the way out
It’s all change in the phone and internet biz.
# oh hai richard branson
Goodbye UPC, hello Virgin Media
Changes are on the way.
# UPC
What's Amazon's impressive streaming service and why can't you get it in Ireland?
Does Netflix have any direct competition here?
# not a bad deal
UPC Ireland buys TV3 for €80 million
Changes are ahead for the channel.
# big deal
8 of the quickest reactions to TV3 being bought by UPC
The sarcasm was strong.
# shady
Eircom, Meteor, Three and UPC all made one big mistake when signing up customers
Consumers had not been given enough information before they entered into contracts.
# post no bills
UPC blasted for cutting post office bill payments
Customers are being written to at the moment – but the cut-off for An Post payments happens next week.
# Deal or no deal
Is this American billionaire's company about to buy TV3?
UPC owner Liberty Global has emerged as the frontrunner in a potential sale.
# The briefcase
Here's everything you need to know about business this week
Everyone was talking about Denis O’Brien and SiteServ, broadband wars and jobs for the grads.
# hooked up
Two of Ireland's biggest phone and internet players want to get together
UPC parent Liberty Global and Vodafone are looking at doing a deal.
# Yesssss
Is your area FINALLY going to get super-fast broadband?
Eircom plans to be the biggest fibre provider in the land.
# binge watch
16 brilliant films and TV shows you can watch on your UPC right now
Nothing on the telly? Fear not.
# not optimus prime
UPC has launched its own streaming service...
But Netflix it ain’t. And you may have to pay extra for it.
# Bad news
170 jobs at risk as UPC moves roles to Philippines
Facilities in Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Cork and Waterford will be affected.
# Zooooooom
UPC launches the fastest fibre broadband in the country
The new service offers unlimited 240 Mbps broadband from today.
# bye bye julian
No, you can't watch the original UTV on Irish telly any more
But there IS a workaround if you have Sky.
# Price increase
If you're a UPC customer, your monthly bill could increase in February
The price increase relates to its TV services and will come into effect next month
# Sky High
Sky has joined the fibre broadband wars. And it's undercutting its main rivals
All the big telecoms players are offering high-speed broadband in Ireland from today.
# broadband wars
Eircom has the biggest fibre network in Ireland - but customers are slow to get on board
The company’s revenue is still going down, although not as fast as before.
# property baron
Who is this US billionaire who is buying up half of Ireland's hotels?
The Limerick Strand Hotel is the latest property to be snapped up by the man Al Gore dubbed “Darth Vader”.
# clicks or bricks
Poll: Clicks or bricks, how do you decide where you're going to shop?
What can local retailers do to win back all the Irish online shoppers spending their cash overseas?
# Banned
In a first for Ireland, UPC is to ban access to child sex abuse websites
Users who access child abuse material either mistakenly or deliberately will have their internet access restricted.
# coding
Ten more CoderDojo clubs are to be set up over next twelve months
The exact locations has yet to be set in stone, but it’s expected that some of them will be set up in Dublin, Kildare and Limerick.
# Computer Says No
UPC broadband back up after technical difficulties across parts of Dublin
Engineers worked to fix the problem, said the broadband provider.
# Oireachtas TV
Nothing on telly? You can now flick over and watch the Oireachtas
Only if you’re into that sort of thing, of course, and have UPC or Sky.
# cashing in
This Irish start-up landed €15 million from a secret millionaire (after meeting in a pub)
Irish TV will launch next week, targeting the world-wide Irish diaspora.
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
Everyone’s talking about Garth Brooks, the cabinet reshuffle and Google smartphones for robots…
# telly
UPDATE: UPC says it won't give out customer data for TV licence crackdown
Pat Rabbitte has got government approval for a new scheme aimed at tackling TV licence fee evasion.
# connected
Sorry, country folk: Still a huge divide between urban and rural internet speeds
At the launch of UPC’s second Irish Digital Report, the Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte said that there was still a “significant divide” between the quality of internet service provided in urban and rural Ireland.
# Upwardly Mobile
UPC to enter mobile market next year after striking deal with Three
UPC will become a mobile operator in 2015 after it signed an MVNO agreement with Three Ireland.
# Online
9 ways the internet used to wreck your head
GET OFF THE PHONE, I need to look something up!
# a penny saved...
Worried about rising TV service charges? Read these money-saving tips
Both UPC and Sky Ireland have said customers will face price hikes – in some cases as high as 14 per cent.
# Live
UPC's red button hiccup for Leinster clash unlikely to be repeated
The Irish province’s Heineken Cup game in Castres was unavailable live, even to viewers with Sky Sports add-on packages.
# TV Wars
Eircom enters the television market to compete with Sky and UPC
And then there were three…
# Sponsored by UPC
7 signs you're addicted to a TV series
Are you a TV series junkie? We understand.
# Sponsored by UPC
6 ways TV is the third person in your relationship
For better or worse, TV is definitely in the mix with you and your other half.