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ISP News Archives for 2012

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.

UPD Hyperoptic ISP Delivers 1Gbps Fibre Broadband to 10000 London Homes

11th Oct 2012 (10 Comments)

Urban focused ISP Hyperoptic has announced that its ultra-fast 1Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTB) service is now available to more than 10,000 homes in 12 London boroughs (30 property developments) and it plans to go a lot further over the next five years.

Successful VDSL2 G.vector Tests Pave Way for UK 100Mbps+ BT FTTC

10th Oct 2012 (47 Comments)

The next generation of BT’s Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based superfast broadband technology, which will make use of the ITU-T’s new VDSL2 G.vector (G.993.5) specification, has completed its first interoperability testing and could soon be bringing affordable speeds of close to 200Mbps into UK homes.

UK BT Broadband ISP Customers Hit by Cable Theft and USA Peering Woes

10th Oct 2012 (9 Comments)

BT’s national UK telecoms and retail ISP network has been hit by a double whammy of problems. A suspected cable theft is currently causing service outages across parts of the country, while a peering problem has hindered access to some website and triggered higher than normal levels of packet loss.

Genesis Technical Systems Prep 400Mbps DSL Rings Broadband Tech for 2013

9th Oct 2012 (11 Comments)

Canadian firm Genesis Technical Systems (GTS) has today announced the official launch of its patented DSLRings technology, which could deliver superfast broadband speeds of up to 400Mbps (Megabits per second) into UK homes that reside further away from their BT street cabinet than FTTC can currently reach.

Virgin Media UK Boost Superfast 100Mbps Broadband Customers to 120Mbps

9th Oct 2012 (15 Comments)

National UK cable operator Virgin Media has begun the final phase of their plan to double its customers broadband speeds by upgrading their existing 100Mbps (Megabits per second) subscribers to the slightly faster download rate of 120Mbps (12Mbps uploads).

UK Commits GBP35m to Develop Next Generation 5G Mobile Broadband Tech

9th Oct 2012 (10 Comments)

The UK government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced a new £35 million partnership between mobile phone operators, telecoms equipment makers and the University of Surrey that aims to develop the 5th Generation (5G) of Mobile Broadband technologies.

UK Top 5 Largest BT Telephone Exchanges Still Without Superfast Broadband

9th Oct 2012 (59 Comments)

It might surprise some people to learn that BT’s £2.5bn roll out of superfast broadband services (FTTC/P), which ultimately aims to cover 66% of the UK by the end of 2014, has managed to overlook several large areas in some of the country’s biggest towns.