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ISP News Archives for 2012

UPD Guardian Journo Demands £2 UK Broadband ISP Tax to Save Newspapers

24th Sep 2012 (25 Comments)

The Guardian’s executive editor of investigations, David Leigh, has ignited a fresh debate by calling upon all broadband ISPs to force their customers into paying a “levy” of £2 a month per connection in order to help save the country’s struggling newspapers.

CLA Seeks Legal Assurances to Ensure UK Rural Broadband Roll Out

24th Sep 2012 (7 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association(CLA), which represents land owners across England and Wales, has today called upon the coalition government to firm up its roll-out plan for faster broadband in rural areas by introducing new legal assurances and performance-related measures to ensure proper delivery.

Virgin Media Expects to Offer 4G Mobile Broadband via EE’s UK Network

22nd Sep 2012 (2 Comments)

The Director of Virgin Media’s mobile division, Jamie Heywood, has confirmed that the operator is talking to EE (Everything Everywhere) about extending its existing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) contract to include the forthcoming launch of superfast 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband technology.

Ofcom Clear BT Superfast Broadband Discount for London and the North West

21st Sep 2012 (4 Comments)

Ofcom has approved BTOpenreach’s request to extend a connection price discount for its superfast broadband (FTTC) lines by two months, which cut the one-off cost from £80 to just £30 +vat when taken alongside a new phone line (WLR or MPF). Sadly only ISP customers in certain parts of England (UK) will benefit.

UK ISP BT Bundle FREE YouView TV Box with Superfast Broadband Signups

21st Sep 2012 (19 Comments)

BT has announced that customers who take one of its superfast broadband BTInfinity (FTTC / P) packages (costing from just £18 a month) will from 26th October 2012 also get a FREE YouView set-top-box (normally £299) with no TV subscription fee. Except it’s not completely “free“.

ISP Quickline Expand Superfast WiMAX Wireless Broadband Network to Kent UK

21st Sep 2012 (1 Comment)

Quickline Communications, which operates a fixed wireless broadband network around various parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has signed a new wholesale agreement with OrbitalNet that will allow its service to reach customers in Kent and put it into direct competition with local rival Vfast. Sort of.

10 Percent Extra EU Broadband Penetration Means 1.5 Percent More Growth

20th Sep 2012 (2 Comments)

The Vice President of the European Commission’s (EC) Digital Agenda project, Neelie Kroes, has today told a delegation in Bulgaria that Europe needs “fast broadband networks for everyone” or “none of the magic will happen” and economic growth might suffer.

UK ISP Zen Internet Launches Broadband and Phone Bundle Packages

20th Sep 2012 (5 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has today announced the launch of its new broadband and phone bundles for home and business customers, which start from £24.50 inc. VAT per month and also include 5,000 free voice call minutes (UK landlines plus 0845 and 0870 numbers).

UPD Government Finalise Ultrafast Broadband Funding for 10 Major UK Cities

20th Sep 2012 (3 Comments)

The government’s culture secretary, Maria Miller, has today confirmed the final funding allocations for 10 of the largest UK cities (including all four capitals) in its now £114.1m strong Urban Broadband Fund, which aims to support the roll-out of “ultrafast” (80-100Mbps) broadband ISP services and “high speed public wi-fi“.

UK ISP Goscomb Technologies Increases 40Mbps FTTC Usage Allowances

19th Sep 2012 (5 Comments)

Communications provider Goscomb Technologies has increased the usage allowances of its superfast broadband packages, which use Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) technology over BT’s 21CN network to deliver internet download speeds of up to 40Mbps (Megabits per second).

DETI UK Move to Fill Northern Irelands Last Sub 2Mbps Broadband Slowspots

19th Sep 2012 (4 Comments)

The UK government’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) has quietly launched a new public consultation that aims to find and fill the last remaining sub-2Mbps broadband ISP slowspots in Northern Ireland, which is despite the regions superfast broadband availability already being close to 100%.

UPDATE Broadband ISP PulseDSL UK Ceases Trading But Intends to Return

19th Sep 2012 (3 Comments)

ISPreview.co.uk has learnt that Pulse DSL, a little known broadband provider for the UK market, quietly ceased trading during July 2012. Its website has now vanished but the ISP looks set to make a surprise comeback, albeit under a different brand.

Virgin Media UK SuperHub Still Afflicted by Corrupted Downloads Bug

18th Sep 2012 (9 Comments)

Customers of cable operator Virgin Media are continuing to complain of problems with the ISPs SuperHub wireless router / modem kit, which is shipped alongside their superfast broadband packages. Thankfully a new firmware is on the way and this one might just fix the device for good; but we did say “might“.

Broadband ISP Zen Internet Named Which UK Recommended Phone Provider

18th Sep 2012 (0 Comments)

Consumer affairs magazine Which? has named broadband provider Zen Internet as one of only three phone operators to win Recommended Provider status for its standalone home telephone service.

Connecting Devon and Somerset UK Scheme Will Hand BDUK Contract to BT

18th Sep 2012 (6 Comments)

The joint Connecting Devon and Somerset Programme, which aims to make superfast broadband speeds of 25Mbps+ available to 85% of local businesses and homes by 2015 and 100% by 2020, looks set to award its contract to BT next month after Fujitsu UK withdrew.

UPD BT Reveal New GBP8m Fibre Optic Broadband Link to Orkney and Shetland

18th Sep 2012 (2 Comments)

BT has announced a new £8 million project to replace its slow microwave wireless connection to the remote islands of Orkney and Shetland with a fibre optic cable link, which is expected to connect via the undersea SHEFA-2 cable that links the Faroe Islands with mainland Scotland (UK). But don’t they have this already?

UK High Street GAME Stores Roll Out FREE WiFi Wireless Internet

18th Sep 2012 (1 Comment)

Struggling high street videogames retailer GAME has announced a new partnership with BT that will eventually see all of the groups 341 UK stores being equipped with a free wireless internet (wifi) service.