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ISP News Archives for October 2012

VIDEO Felix Baumgartner Space Balloon Jump Sees UK Internet Traffic Surge

16th Oct 2012 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk reports that internet traffic over its UK network spiked at 460Gbps (Gigabits per second) on Sunday evening (“significantly more” than normal) as customers went online to watch Austrian pilot Felix Baumgartner jump to Earth from a balloon (Red Bull Stratos) at the edge of space.

UPD2 Virgin Media Broadband Users Hit by Peak Time Congestion and Latency

15th Oct 2012 (14 Comments)

Customers of UK cable operator Virgin Media have spent the past few days suffering from a mix of above normal latency and network congestion during peak times (late afternoon/night), which occurred after one of the ISPs public peering providers, Atrato, switched most of its traffic flow to the ISPs disadvantage (i.e. changed their routing).

UPD Sky Broadband UK Officially Launches New Sky Hub Wireless Router

15th Oct 2012 (9 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today officially announced the launch of its new Sky Hub router, which has been “designed and built by Sky’s in-house engineering team” and delivers improved wireless speeds and range by automatically scanning for and selecting the best available wifi channel.

ISP BE Broadband and O2 UK Start Blocking Newzbin2 Piracy Website

15th Oct 2012 (2 Comments)

It took longer than most but O2 (BE Broadband) has now finally implemented a network-wide block (censorship) that prevents its customers from accessing the NewzBin2 (NewzBin) website, which London’s High Court last year deemed to be responsible for facilitating internet piracy (copyright infringement).

ITU Finds World Broadband Prices Fall 75 Per Cent Between 2008 and 2011

15th Oct 2012 (0 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union has revealed that the average price of fixed line telephone, mobile (cellular) and fixed broadband Internet services around the world has fallen by 30% between 2008 and 2011 (-75% for fixed line broadband alone). Meanwhile telecoms revenues climbed and the UK improved its global rank.

UK ISP ADSL24 Quietly Secures Private Investment and a Name Change

15th Oct 2012 (3 Comments)

Broadband provider ADSL24 has had an interesting couple of months. A quick glance at the company’s accounts (06272441) suggested that the ISP might have had difficulty turning a profit and most recently appointed three new directors. On top of that its trading name has just changed.

O2 UK Resolves National Outage of Mobile Broadband and Phone Services

13th Oct 2012 (1 Comment)

Customers of O2 UK (GiffGaff, TescoMobile) have been hit by yet another major national outage of the operators Mobile Broadband and phone service, which began at around midday on Friday (12th Oct 2012). Roughly 10% of the providers subscribers have been unable to make or receive calls, send texts or use data.

VIDEO BBC TV Watchdog Scalds Virgin Media for Repeated UK Ad Bans

13th Oct 2012 (37 Comments)

ISPreview.co.uk isn’t the only one to notice the ridiculous amount of banned adverts for Virgin Media’s broadband, phone and TV packages, which the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has repeatedly accused of being “misleading“. This week saw the BBC’s famous consumer affairs TV show, Watchdog, take the ISP to task with a comical twist.

Ofcom Propose to Let Sea Fibre Networks Expand UK Fibre Optic Platform

12th Oct 2012 (1 Comment)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to grant Code Powers to Sea Fibre Networks Limited. The move would allow the firm to carry out street works in Wales and Staffordshire (England) that should improve the country’s existing fibre optic link with Ireland.

Isle of Skye in Scotland Gains Faster Wireless Broadband Service

12th Oct 2012 (2 Comments)

A collaborative research project called Tegola, which is supported by funding from the £5 million Community Broadband Scotland Initiative (CBSI), has delivered faster broadband connectivity to premises on and around the remote Isle of Skye (Inner Hebrides).

BT Unconcerned by UK Governments Security Investigation of Huawei

12th Oct 2012 (3 Comments)

The UK government’s Intelligence Committee confirmed this week that it has been investigating security concerns related to Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications firm, and its involvement in the country’s national broadband and phone market. But one of the firm’s biggest customers, BT, remains unconcerned.

Virgin Media UK Offer GBP75 Credit on Broadband, TV and Phone Bundles

12th Oct 2012 (3 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media UK has boosted its current 6 months half price offer by adding a £75 credit discount to online orders of its triple-play Essential, Premiere and VIP Collections (broadband, phone and TV service bundles), which also come with a free installation.

LonsdaleNET Bring 60Mbps Wireless Broadband to Eden Valley in Cumbria UK

11th Oct 2012 (1 Comment)

Cumbrian ISP LonsdaleNET, which in April 2012 acquired the network assets of defunct network operator NextGenUs Cumbria from the firms administrator (here), has now begun offering symmetric superfast wireless broadband speeds of 10-60Mbps across the rural Eden Valley and surrounding areas.

BSG Study is Optimistic About Initial UK Demand for Superfast Broadband

11th Oct 2012 (4 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG), a government think-tank, has published a new study that examines the predicted demand for superfast broadband ISP products. The good news is that it “gives cause for optimism and confidence“, with the UK comparing well on the international stage, but big challenges remain.

BT Openreach UK Engineer Fails to Find London’s National Gallery

11th Oct 2012 (5 Comments)

It’s well known that BTOpenreach engineers sometimes have difficulty finding the UK homes and businesses of their intended customers, yet some targets are quite hard to miss, such as London’s National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. But miss it they did.

Hull ISP KC Calls for People to Help Stop Copper Cable and Metal Theft

11th Oct 2012 (0 Comments)

The incumbent phone and broadband provider for Hull and East Yorkshire in England (UK), KC (Karoo), has joined in a local partnership with Humberside Police, Hull City Council, BT and local scrap metal merchants. The group has specifically called on members of the public to help them stop metal thieves.

15,000 More Jobs in Scotland Thanks to Broadband Investment

11th Oct 2012 (0 Comments)

The Scottish Government has predicted that its £200m+ investment strategy to bring “world-class digital access” to all of Scotland by 2020 will result in the creation of 15,000 new jobs across the economy. It will allegedly also help job seekers, older people and those with disabilities gain access to employment.