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UPD UK ISP BE Broadband Offers One Year of Half Price Internet Access

3rd Sep 2012 (5 Comments)

Internet provider BE Broadband appears to have taken a leaf out of its parents book (O2 UK) by launching a special offer that gives new subscribers to any of its packages a full year of half price broadband access (only available alongside a 12 month contract).

TalkTalks New UK YouView Broadband TV Service Creates 500 Jobs

3rd Sep 2012 (5 Comments)

The recent launch of TalkTalk’s new YouView TV (IPTV) service (full details), which is being included alongside the ISPs unlimited broadband and anytime UK calls “Plus” package bundle, will apparently also result in the creation of 500 new jobs; most of whom will be engineers. But big challenges remain.

Sky Broadband UK Hires Movie Star Bruce Willis to Sell You Internet Access

1st Sep 2012 (28 Comments)

In the battle for celebrity endorsements Virgin Media, with a collection that spans from Uma Thurman to Mo Fareh, is surely king. Now Sky Broadband hopes to muscle in on the action by hiring action movie star Bruce Willis to help explain why, in a way that only he can, having Sky’s truly “unlimited” broadband is better than a restricted service.

Sky UK Bundles Cheaper Superfast Fibre Broadband with Extra TV and Calls

31st Aug 2012 (0 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today launched its first triple-play bundle of their new superfast 38Mbps capable Sky Fibre Unlimited (FTTC) service with free weekend calls and the Entertainment Extra TV package at just £30 a month for the first 6 months (£46.50 thereafter), which includes a £100 M&S voucher.

Virgin Media UK Launch Cheaper 30Mb Broadband with TV and Phone Bundle

31st Aug 2012 (3 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has today announced the launch of its new triple-play Classic Collection package, which bundles together a 30Mbps superfast broadband service with TV (includes 500GB TiVo box and 58 channels) and free unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines and Virgin Mobiles from £9 a month.

Rural Wales UK Region of Radnorshire Starts Campaign for Better Broadband

31st Aug 2012 (0 Comments)

The Senior Network Support Officer for Powys County Council (PCC) in Wales, Mark Baylis, has launched the Radnor Broadband Campaign to help bring faster wireless internet (wifi) connectivity to digitally isolated parts of rural Radnorshire.

O2 UK Will Ask Competition Tribunal to Halt Early 4G Release on 1800MHz

31st Aug 2012 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (Telefonica) has given notice of its plan to lodge a challenge at the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT), which aims to halt Everything Everywhere (Orange UK and T-Mobile) from an early deployment of superfast “4G” Mobile Broadband services over their existing 1800MHz radio spectrum.

BT Expected to Win Norfolk UK Superfast Broadband Contract in September

30th Aug 2012 (21 Comments)

The Norfolk County Council (NCC) will announce the winner of its £60m (estimated) Local Broadband Plan (LBP) contract next month, which aims to cover 90% of the county with the “highest possible levels” of superfast broadband by March 2015, but hardly anybody expects a Fujitsu win.

ISP PlusNet UK Offers 12 Months Half Price Broadband and Calls Bundle

30th Aug 2012 (0 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet has begun offering new customers 12 months half price broadband and calls with free activation (normally £25) and a free wireless router. As a result the ISPs bundle prices now start from just £3.24 a month (£6.49 thereafter).

Ofcom Publish UK Telecoms Complaints Bulletin for August 2012

29th Aug 2012 (1 Comment)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today published its latest quarterly consumer telecoms complaints data report. Overall complaint levels have been falling since last year, although the number of people complaining about how ISPs actually handle their complaints shot up during July 2012.

Analyst Claims UK Broadband Rollout Targets Ignore the End User Experience

29th Aug 2012 (25 Comments)

Point Topic’s Tim Johnson has told the Broadband Forum’s quarterly meeting in Bucharest that UK and EU plans to deploy superfast broadband are at risk of putting too much emphasis on headline speeds and “not enough on the user experience“, with 40 million homes in Europe still unable to get even basic speeds of 2Mbps (Megabits per second).

ASA UK Bans Sky Store Advert for Instant Movie Rental Downloads Claim

29th Aug 2012 (9 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a press advert for Sky’s (Sky Store) movie rental service after rival ISP BT complained that it would have required a significantly faster internet connection than Sky Broadband could deliver in order to meet their “available instantly” promise.

The Post Office UK Offers FREE Anytime Calls with Broadband Bundles

29th Aug 2012 (0 Comments)

The Post Office, which recently announced a £500m plan to swap from its old BT based broadband platform to a new TalkTalk and Fujitsu network (here), has begun offering 6 months free Anytime UK Calls with their home phone and broadband bundles.

UPD BT Hike the Price of Standard UK Phone Line Rental and Calls in 2013

28th Aug 2012 (32 Comments)

Consumers are being forewarned to brace themselves for yet more price hikes after BT confirmed that its standard UK phone line rental and call charges would increase next year, once its current price freeze ends. The move is also likely to trigger another round of hikes from rival broadband ISPs.

ISP Sky to Expand Unbundled Broadband Network Reach to 90% of UK by 2015

28th Aug 2012 (7 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has announced that its unbundled (LLU) network of UK telephone exchanges has hit the 2,000 mark, which means that their Unlimited Broadband service is now available to 82% of households but the roll-out won’t stop there. Sky has today set itself an even bigger target.

Virgin Media Claims Huge Uptake of FREE WiFi in London UK Tube Stations

28th Aug 2012 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media UK, which has so far connected 72 London underground tube stations to its free public wireless internet (WiFi) network (the last 48 [total 120] are due to go live before the end of 2012), has reported a huge uptake of the service.

UPDATE3 Major Fibre Cable Break Causes Broadband Routing Woes for UK ISPs

28th Aug 2012 (3 Comments)

A major fibre optic cable breakdown triggered serious routing problems for a multitude of different UK internet providers (e.g. Sky Broadband, O2, BT etc.) over the bank holiday weekend, which prevented broadband customers from reliably connecting to certain websites and other online services / servers.