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ISP News Archives for December 4, 2012

CityFibre Will Expand York UK Fibre Optic Network to Businesses and Homes

4th Dec 2012 (2 Comments)

CityFibre, which builds fibre optic infrastructure for cities in the United Kingdom, has announced that its “open access” and city-wide Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) style ultrafast broadband network in York will be extended to serve local businesses from early next year (Q1-2013). Residential homes to follow.

Point Topic Publishes UK Map of Superfast Broadband Uptake

4th Dec 2012 (0 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has today published a new map of superfast broadband take-up in the United Kingdom, which predictably reveals that adoption of superfast services appears to be strongest in areas where it has been “available for some time” (e.g. Northern Ireland, which is said to have “encouraging” adoption rates).

Sky Broadband Tops Ofcom Study of UK ISP Customer Service Satisfaction

4th Dec 2012 (1 Comment)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today published its latest study of customer service satisfaction among the biggest telecoms operators and revealed that Sky Broadband (BSkyB) comes top for both its fixed line broadband, TV and phone services, while O2 was rated the best for mobile providers.

GEO Networks Complete 100Gbps Fibre Optic Network Between UK and Ireland

4th Dec 2012 (1 Comment)

GEO Networks, a dedicated fibre optic solutions provider, has today announced the completion of a new 100Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable “optical fibre ring” (East-West Ring) between the United Kingdom and Ireland, which also makes use of the FibreSpeed network in North Wales.

UK Internet Service Providers Association Launch 2013 ISP Awards

4th Dec 2012 (5 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has officially launched the registration process for next year’s 2013 ISP Awards, which will also mark the groups 15th anniversary. This year’s event will include two new categories for Best Superfast Broadband and Best Fixed Wireless Broadband.

Virgin Media Responds to Confusion After UK ISPs Block the PromoBay Site

4th Dec 2012 (2 Comments)

Several of the country’s biggest broadband providers including BT, BE Broadband (O2), Virgin Media and others have been accused of blocking access to an allegedly legitimate website (PromoBay) as part of their wider court ordered crackdown on internet piracy site The Pirate Bay. But is it a case of mistaken identity or just a crafty TBP campaign.

UK Top 8 Fastest Broadband ISPs by Download Speed for November 2012

4th Dec 2012 (3 Comments)

The latest monthly summary of anecdotal consumer broadband ISP speed testing data, which covers the November 2012 period, reveals that the average download speed in the United Kingdom has fallen from 18.038Mbps (Megabits per second) last month to 17.054Mbps now. Meanwhile the average upload speed has remained largely unchanged at 2.13Mbps.

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