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ISP News Archives for April 2012

UPD Cambridge UK Trial of TV White Space Wireless Broadband is Successful

25th Apr 2012 (3 Comments)

The TV White Spaces Consortium, which comprises 17 international and UK technology and media companies (BT, Microsoft, BBC, Virgin Media, Alcatel-Lucent etc.), has reported that their 10 month long trials of White Space (IEEE 802.22) wireless broadband tech in urban and rural areas around Cambridge (England) have been “successful“.

ISP Zen Internet UK Doubles Superfast Broadband Speeds to 76Mbps for FREE

25th Apr 2012 (6 Comments)

Popular ISP Zen Internet UK has today announced that both new and existing customers of its “fibre optic” (FTTC) superfast broadband packages will, from 9th May 2012, see their download speeds effectively doubled (except on the entry-level ‘Fibre Lite‘ service) up to 76Mbps (Megabits per second) from 38Mbps before (uploads will also rise from 10Mbps up to 19Mbps).

Virgin Media UK Reaches 4.38 Million Broadband ISP Subscribers in Q1 2012

25th Apr 2012 (0 Comments)

Cable giant Virgin Media UK has today released their latest quarterly results to 31st March 2012 (Q1-2012), which saw their total broadband ISP subscriber base climb from 4,351,100 at the end of last year (Q4-2011) to 4,381,600 now (+30,500 new adds). This represents a strong growth over the +17,500 added in Q4-2011.

ASA UK Bans Virgin Media Broadband Bundle Advert for Super Tiny Small Print

25th Apr 2012 (0 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a press advert for Virgin Media’s “Faster for a fiver” broadband and phone bundle promotion after it was deemed to be “misleading” because the small print was too small to be legible.

UPD Internet Piracy Tackling Digital Economy Act Delays Implementation to 2014

25th Apr 2012 (1 Comment)

The UK governments Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that its still highly controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA), which seeks to tackle “illegal” internet copyright infringement (piracy) by broadband ISP customers, won’t be implemented until 2014 (assuming it ever gets implemented).

UK ISP TalkTalk Promises to Create 450 New Jobs Just as it Axes 390 Staff

24th Apr 2012 (18 Comments)

Internet and phone provider TalkTalk UK has warned that up to 390 jobs could be cut as it moves to close a customer service/sales call centre in Northampton, while also restructuring another two in Preston and Warrington; but crucially some 450 new jobs will be created elsewhere.

UK ISP Easynet Launches Business 80Mbps FTTC Superfast Broadband

24th Apr 2012 (1 Comment)

Communications provider Easynet Global Services has today launched a range of new ‘up to’ 80Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based business superfast broadband internet access products for the UK market, which it curiously claims will be available to 80% of UK businesses by 2014.

UPD Netflix UK Expand Unlimited Internet Movie Streaming Service to Sony PS3

24th Apr 2012 (3 Comments)

Netflix UK has officially expanded its increasingly popular broadband based unlimited movies and TV subscription video streaming service to the Sony Entertainment Network (SEN), which includes selected Internet-connected Sony BRAVIA televisions, Blu-ray players, Network Media players and PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console devices.

Stricter Rules Cause UK Advertised Broadband ISP Speeds to Fall by 33 Percent

24th Apr 2012 (0 Comments)

A new uSwitch study has revealed that the recent introduction of stricter guidelines by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (full details) has caused advertised (headline) broadband ISP “up to” speeds on non-superfast packages to fall by 33% (-7.08Mbps) from an average of up to 21.66Mbps to 14.58Mbps (Megabits per second).

BT Openreach Invites UK ISPs to Join Trial of 330Mbps Fibre Optic Broadband

24th Apr 2012 (43 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s national UK telecoms and internet access infrastructure, has begun inviting ISPs (i.e. those that are members of the NGA Industry Group) to take part in its first official trial of “premium” ultrafast 330Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband speeds (likely to be advertised as a clean “300Mbps“).

UK ISP Fluidata Prepares Network to Cope with Olympic Games Data Surge

23rd Apr 2012 (1 Comment)

Business ISP Fluidata, which earlier this year warned of the potential danger from an increase in office internet traffic during this year’s 2012 London Olympic Games (here), has today revealed how its own broadband network will cope with the event. A major £2.4M upgrade has also been announced.

Cybermoor Moots Gigabit Broadband Speeds for Alston Moor in Cumbria UK

23rd Apr 2012 (1 Comment)

The Cybermoor Networks project, a partially community built fibre optic broadband network for the residents and businesses of Alston Moor in rural Cumbria (England, UK), has signed a new infrastructure upgrade deal with Calix that will enhance the current service and could potentially bring ultrafast Gigabit broadband ISP speeds to the area.

Vodafone Signs GBP1 Billion Takeover of Cable and Wireless Worldwide

23rd Apr 2012 (4 Comments)

Communications provider Vodafone (Europe) has reached a “fair and reasonable” agreement to buy global telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) for a cash offer of £1.044 Billion (38p per CWW share), which is well above the estimated £700m that had been hinted at during February 2012 (here) when news of the talks first broke.

RaceOnline 2012 Initiative Replaced by Go ON UK to Help Get Everyone Online

23rd Apr 2012 (1 Comment)

The UK’s Digital Champion and head of Race Online 2012, Martha Lane Fox, has today launched a “radical new cross-sector partnership” called Go On UK that aims to bring the benefits of the internet to “every individual, organisation and community” across the country. Sound familiar? It’s really just a replacement for RO2012 that formally ends today.

Everything Everywhere Claim 74 Percent of Brits Want 4G Broadband ASAP

21st Apr 2012 (15 Comments)

Mobile group Everything Everywhere (Orange UK and T-Mobile) has used YouGov to independently survey 2,033 British adults in order to discover that 74% of people apparently want to bring “4G” superfast Mobile Broadband services to the country as soon as possible. Funnily enough the result is also exactly what EE would want to hear.

21st Apr 2012 (9 Comments)

John Lewis, a popular high street retail giant, appears to have quietly slipped its way into the UK’s internet access market by launching their own JohnLewis Broadband (JLBB) service. The new ISP offers both standard and superfast services, although their prices probably won’t worry the competition.

Sky UK Offers 6 Months FREE Unlimited Broadband and Anytime Calls Bundle

20th Apr 2012 (2 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has launched a new promotion that offers 6 months free unlimited broadband and anytime calls (Sky Talk Unlimited) to both new customers and existing Sky TV subscribers, after which the price will return to just £15 a month.