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UPDATE Government Close to Achieving 90% UK Superfast Broadband Goal

8th January, 2016 (23 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project takes a lot of flak, but this often overlooks some of the good progress that has been made. New data now appears to confirm that the original 90% coverage target for “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) availability is finally within touching distance.

UK Competition Regulator to Examine BT’s Superfast Broadband Prices

6th January, 2016 (5 Comments)

Opposing appeals by both BT and TalkTalk against the approach taken last year by Ofcom’s new “margin squeeze” test, which is designed to keep the incumbent operator’s FTTC “fibre broadband” prices under control, have today been referred to the Competition and Markets Authority.

EE Will Lose UK CEO Olaf Swantee as Part of BT Merger Completion

4th January, 2016 (2 Comments)

The £12.5bn merger between national UK telecoms giant BT and mobile operator EE, which has already gained provisional approval from the CMA (here), will result in the loss of EE’s CEO Olaf Swantee when the deal is finalised by around the end of January.

Waiting for Digital Scotland’s 2nd Fibre Broadband Extension Contract

4th January, 2016 (4 Comments)

The Digital Scotland project has today announced that 500,000 additional premises have now been put within reach of BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, but there’s still no sign of the expected second contract in order to help expand coverage beyond the current target(s).

The Best UK Home Broadband ISPs for 2016 – ISPreview.co.uk Picks

4th January, 2016 (24 Comments)

What’s more important, service quality or price? If only it were that simple. Choosing the right broadband ISP is never easy, not least because service performance and cost can vary due to a variety of often very muddy factors, but hopefully our annual editors pick might help to simplify the options.

BT Openreach Confirm UK LLU and Line Rental Price Changes for 2016

31st December, 2015 (23 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains and manages access to BT’s national UK telecoms network, has announced a series of line rental, local loop unbundling (LLU), electricity and engineering related price changes that will be introduced from 1st April 2016. Thankfully most of the adjustments are reductions.

Ofcom Attempts to Lure Former BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to its Board

31st December, 2015 (0 Comments)

The endless debate over whether or not the national UK telecoms regulator will separate BT from control of Openreach has introduced another twist after it was revealed that Ofcom are attempting to lure Ben Verwaayen in for a directorship position on their board.

Netflix’s 2014 vs 2015 UK Broadband Speed Index Sees Virgin Media Top

31st December, 2015 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media continues to hold the top spot in Netflix’s latest UK ISP Speed Index, which measures the popular Internet Movie and TV service’s video streaming performance on different broadband providers; but it doesn’t mean much.

BT Openreach Retreats from Direct UK Customer Contact Proposal

29th December, 2015 (5 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains and manages access to BT’s national UK phone and broadband network, has reportedly scrubbed a proposal from its new Charter that would have allowed consumers to contact them directly. Apparently a number of ISPs complained, but BT probably won’t be too upset.

North Lincolnshire Reveals Initial Phase 2 Fibre Broadband Rollout Plan

29th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Northern Lincs Broadband project in England, which has already helped to make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 92.5% of local premises, has revealed the first tentative roll-out plan for the second contract that will cover an additional 4,000 – 5,000 properties.

The 2015 Worst UK Home Broadband ISPs for Advertising Complaints

29th December, 2015 (2 Comments)

Some broadband ISPs are worse than others when it comes to “misleading” promotions of their services. So, as we prepare to bid farewell to another year, ISPreview.co.uk takes a quick look back over the past 12 months to see which providers suffered the most bans for bad advertising.

BDUK Brings Superfast Broadband to 3.5 Million Extra UK Premises

27th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK programme, which is primarily working with BT to make fixed line superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services available to 95% of the United Kingdom by 2017/18, has officially helped to cover an additional 3.5 million homes and businesses.

First Epping Forest Home is LIVE on Gigaclear’s FTTP Broadband Network

21st December, 2015 (24 Comments)

After just three weeks of deployment Gigaclear has today confirmed that the first property (a house in the Ongar village of Bobbingworth) on their new 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the Epping Forest area of Essex (England) is now connected.

BT TV Becomes First UK Pay TV Service to Offer Netflix in Ultra HD

21st December, 2015 (7 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has announced that customers of their broadband and YouView (IPTV) based television platform will be the first in the Pay TV market to benefit from the ability to view Netflix’s 4K UltraHD video streams.

Northamptonshire UK Finish First Superfast Broadband Rollout Contract

21st December, 2015 (5 Comments)

The first contract for the Superfast Northamptonshire project in England, which aimed to make BTOpenreach’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network available to about 90% of premises by the end of 2015, has officially completed.

UK Gov Gifts Extra £2m for 100Mbps Broadband in Rural Gloucestershire

17th December, 2015 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has allocated £2 million of additional public investment from a new fund to help improve the coverage of ultrafast broadband (100Mbps+) services in rural areas around Gloucestershire (England), with a particular focus on poorly served parts in the Forest of Dean.

Nick Herbert MP Calls for Radical Change to Improve UK Broadband

16th December, 2015 (55 Comments)

The Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert, has today added his voice to the calls for a radical shake-up of the United Kingdom’s telecoms and broadband market, one that could see investment in true fibre optic (FTTH/P) infrastructure and the break-up of BT (Openreach).