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ISP News Archives for March 27, 2013

Three UK Delays 4G Mobile Broadband Launch to Q4 2013

27th Mar 2013 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK (Hutchison 3G UK), which still misleadingly insists upon calling its existing 3G based Mobile Broadband network “ultrafast” (fixed line ISPs tend to associate this with speeds of at least 100Mbps), has confirmed that it’s future 4G (LTE) product will be last to market when it arrives in Q4-2013.

Kensington and Chelsea UK Reverse Earlier Refusal of BT FTTC Cabinets

27th Mar 2013 (3 Comments)

It’s back on. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London (England) has finally resolved last year’s dispute over street cabinet placement with BT (here), which saw the operator withdraw from plans to make superfast broadband (FTTC) ISP services available to 34,200 premises in the area.

The Cloud Brings FREE WiFi to Great Yarmouth UK Town Centre

27th Mar 2013 (0 Comments)

The Cloud (BSkyB) has announced that its free wireless internet (wifi) service is now also available across the town centre in Great Yarmouth (England, UK), which was made possible by pigging backing a new wireless CCTV system.

BT Sign £24.6m Deal to Rollout Superfast Broadband in Shropshire UK

27th Mar 2013 (4 Comments)

The Shropshire County Council (SCC) and BT have today signed a new £24.6 million deal that will make superfast broadband speeds of up to 80Mbps (FTTC/P) available to 93% of local homes and businesses (helping 130,000 premises) by the end of Spring 2016 (excludes the Telford & Wrekin Council area).

Southampton UK Scientists Build 73.7Tbps Capable Hollow Fibre Optic Cable

27th Mar 2013 (2 Comments)

Scientists working at the University of Southampton (England, UK) have found a way to push data at close to the true speed of light by using a special hollow fibre optic cable, which has been able to deliver transfer speeds of 73.7 Terabits per second.

UK ISP MacAce Launches Unlimited ADSL and FTTC Superfast Broadband

27th Mar 2013 (0 Comments)

Apple Mac friendly broadband ISP MacAce.net claims to have revamped their entire range of packages with “true unlimited downloads“, faster internet speeds, improved support and the inclusion of a courtesy 3G router (mobile broadband) if there is ever a problem with your connection.

BT Finalise £460k State Aid Supported Fibre Broadband Rollout in Rothbury

27th Mar 2013 (0 Comments)

The rural Northumberland (England, UK) town of Rothbury, which is home to around 2,000 people, looks set to benefit from a new super-fast broadband ISP network after the county council, BT and GreySky Consulting signed a new deal that will use £460,000 of funding from DEFRA’s £20m Rural Community Broadband Fund.

ASA UK Bans Unlimited Claim in Virgin Media Broadband Ad After Sky Moan

27th Mar 2013 (5 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has, following two complaints by rival Sky Broadband (BSkyB), told cable operator Virgin Media not to “misleadingly” claim that their service was “unlimited” and with “no caps” if they also imposed restrictions (e.g. Traffic Management) that were “more than moderate“.

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