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BT HomeHub 5 Broadband ISP Router Struggling to Support IPv6

26th February, 2018 (37 Comments)

Generally speaking the deployment of IPv6 (dynamic /56 prefix) across BT’s consumer ISP network in the UK has gone well but one key area where they still appear to be struggling is with adding support to their venerable HomeHub 5 router, which is widely installed across the customer base.

Ofcom Changes to Boost UK Full Fibre Broadband and Cut FTTC Prices

23rd February, 2018 (66 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today completed several wholesale market reviews, which among other things will force Openreach (BT) to adopt stiffer Quality of Service standards (installations and repairs), open up their cable ducts to rival ISPs and introduce a big price cut on 40Mbps FTTC broadband lines.

Q4 2017 BDUK Build Superfast Broadband to 4.77 Million Premises

22nd February, 2018 (16 Comments)

The Government’s £1.6bn+ publicly funded Broadband Delivery UK project has published its latest progress update to the end of 2017, which reveals that it has so far helped 4,772,207 extra premises across the United Kingdom to be reached by a fixed “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) network.

Uncertainty Grips Wireless Broadband Project in Swindon AGAIN

20th February, 2018 (4 Comments)

The Swindon Borough Council‘s £1.9m contract with UKB Networks, which has been building an LTE (4G) based Fixed Wireless Access network that can bring “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) to 19,500 premises (99.4% total coverage), is facing a fresh challenge over changes to its deployment.

5G Mobile Spectrum Auction Proceeds After Appeal by Three UK Fails

14th February, 2018 (6 Comments)

Last night the Court of Appeal in London rejected Three UK’s final attempt to have Ofcom impose a 30% spectrum cap on their forthcoming auction of 4G and 5G friendly radio spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands, which would have stopped EE (BT) from bidding and hampered Vodafone.

BT and Sky in £4.46bn Deal to Show 160 Premier League TV Matches

13th February, 2018 (25 Comments)

Both BT and Sky UK (Sky Broadband) will continue to spend big on their respective UK Pay TV platforms after tonight reaching a £4.464bn deal, which will allow them to show Premier League Football matches for a further 3 years from the 2019/20 season onwards.

Airband Wireless Rural Broadband Network Goes Live in Shropshire UK

13th February, 2018 (8 Comments)

The first customer has officially gone live on Airband’s new fixed wireless “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) service in Shropshire, which forms part of last year’s new £11.2m Connecting Shropshire contract that will see the network being rolled out reach an additional 14,000+ premises by 2020.

Rock and a Hard Place as Openreach Criticised for Limited FTTP Rollout

12th February, 2018 (62 Comments)

Openreach’s accelerated “Fibre First” plan to deploy FTTP “ultrafast broadband” to 3 million UK premises by 2020 (here) has allegedly left the Government “extremely frustrated,” so much so that they are rumoured to be revisiting the option of completely splitting BT’s network access division.

uSwitch 2018 Awards Name the UK Best Mobile and Broadband ISPs

9th February, 2018 (13 Comments)

The annual uSwitch.com Awards 2018 were held last night, which saw budget ISP Plusnet pick-up the most wins for fixed line home broadband services and giffgaff grab the largest number of awards for their mobile service. Meanwhile NOW TV was named as the best TV provider.

Q3 2017 Take-up Progress of the BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout

8th February, 2018 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK scheme has today published its latest Q3 2017 take-up data for the state aid supported roll-out of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom, which sees adoption continue to climb above an average of around 40%.

BT Get Three UK’s Ads Banned for Misleading Mobile Spectrum Campaign

8th February, 2018 (3 Comments)

A quirky 2016 advertising campaign by Three UK, which called upon Ofcom’s CEO to “Make the Air Fair” by imposing a mobile spectrum ownership cap of 30% that would have hit EE (BT) and Vodafone, has been banned after the Advertising Standards Authority branded it “misleading.”

BT Starts Sharing Details of Bad Websites and Software with UK ISPs

7th February, 2018 (12 Comments)

Telecoms operator BT has become the first broadband provider to launch a new collaborative online platform, which enables them to share information about malicious software and websites in a “secure and trusted way” with rival Internet Service Providers (ISP) across the United Kingdom.

BT Ultrafast Broadband Covers 886K UK Premises as Pay TV Shrinks

2nd February, 2018 (14 Comments)

BT has released their latest results to the end of 2017 (Q4 calendar), which saw their retail UK broadband ISP base add 35K subscribers to total 9,342,000 (vs +22K in Q3). Meanwhile their FTTP and G.fast “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) services reached 886,000 premises (up from 770K).

Openreach Aim FTTP Broadband for 3 Million Premises in 8 UK Cities

1st February, 2018 (49 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that they intend to deploy Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP) ultrafast broadband to 3 million premises in 8 major UK cities by 2020 via their new ‘Fibre First‘ build programme, which is up from the current target of 2 million by the same date.

Ookla 2018 Study Awards the UK Fastest Mobile and Broadband ISPs

31st January, 2018 (3 Comments)

Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has today published their annual ‘Speedtest Market Report‘ for the United Kingdom. Overall the country ranked 29th in the world for average fixed line broadband ISP speeds (Virgin Media is the fastest) and just 46th for mobile (EE is the fastest).

BT in UK Court Battle Over Website Blocking for Trade Mark Abuse

30th January, 2018 (3 Comments)

Two broadband providers, BT and sibling EE, have today gone to the Supreme Court in London to appeal two key aspects of an earlier ruling, which forced major UK ISPs to start blocking websites that were found to sell counterfeit goods (i.e. abuse of Trade Mark).

Welsh Gov Detail New 30Mbps Superfast Broadband Plan for Wales UPDATE2

30th January, 2018 (19 Comments)

As expected the Welsh Government has this afternoon set out the first tentative details of their new strategy to help make “fast reliable broadband” (defined as 30Mbps+) available to “every property” in Wales, which will involve several contracts (3 lots) and could cover 88,000 premises.