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MS3 Halfway to Completion of New Fibre Optic Broadband Network in Hull UK

9th Jul 2012 (0 Comments)

MS3 Communications, an independent telecoms infrastructure developer, has confirmed that Phase 1 of their project to lay a new 116km long stretch of fibre optic cable around Hull (Yorkshire, UK), which will connect local businesses to ultra-fast broadband, is now “halfway to completion“.

North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line

8th Jul 2012 (17 Comments)

The Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset (CPEND) claims to have gained a positive response from DEFRA’s Rural Communities Broadband Fund (RCBF) after it proposed to solve local rural broadband woes by laying a fibre optic cable along a former railway line (trailway) that runs from Sturminster Newton to Blandford.

UK Gov Says Broadband ISPs Will NOT Crash During 2012 Olympics

7th Jul 2012 (8 Comments)

The UK government’s Cabinet Office, which in February 2012 controversially warned that broadband ISP “services may be slower during the [London 2012 Olympic Games] or in very severe cases there may be drop outs” (guidance pdf), has now reversed its warning and said that it does not expect any impact upon the UK internet infrastructure.

More P2P Internet Piracy Sites Named for Court Ordered UK ISP Censorship

7th Jul 2012 (6 Comments)

Music licensing firm PPL appears to have revealed a list of new websites, which are accused of file sharing (P2P) based copyright infringement (internet piracy), that the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) will shortly attempt to have blocked via major broadband ISPs in the UK.

UK Dominates Europe with 2000 WiFi Wireless Internet Equipped Trains

6th Jul 2012 (3 Comments)

Consultancy firm BWCS has claimed that the UK is ahead of every other country in Europe, at least when it comes to the number of train carriages (2,000) that have been equipped with wireless internet (wifi) capability.

Sky UK Make 76Mb Superfast Broadband Fibre Pro Service Available to All

6th Jul 2012 (33 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today informed ISPreview.co.uk that its hidden superfast 76Mbps capable Sky Fibre Unlimited Pro broadband (FTTC) service, which still isn’t shown on their website, is now available to “all customers – new and existing“.

Analyst Expects Sky to Bid for Budget UK Internet Provider Rival TalkTalk

5th Jul 2012 (8 Comments)

BT’s risky £738 million grab of 38 Premier League football games (here) for its BTVision TV (IPTV) service has allegedly sparked rumours in the city that BSkyB (Sky Broadband) could be about to make a bid for arch rival TalkTalk, which may or may not be a good thing.

2nd Largest London UK Taxi Service and Alton Towers Deploy FREE WiFi

5th Jul 2012 (0 Comments)

Greentomatocars has allegedly become the first minicab firm in Europe to deploy a free wireless internet (wifi) service across its entire fleet of 300 energy efficient hybrid taxis in London (England). Separately the Alton Towers Resort, which is one of the UK’s biggest theme parks, has deployed a similar service.

BTOpenreach to Proactively Notify UK ISPs of Cable Thefts and Damage

5th Jul 2012 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s national UK phone and broadband network, has invited ISPs to join its new 3 month proof of concept trial that aims to make providers and their customers more aware of when a Major Service Outage (MSO) has been caused by cable theft. Indeed it’s already helped police to make several arrests.

Go ON UK Launch Campaign to Help Disabled People Surf the Internet

5th Jul 2012 (0 Comments)

Go ON UK (formerly RaceOnline 2012) has today launched a new national campaign (Go ON Gold) that aims to help disabled people get online. Apparently 43% (4 Million) of disabled people in the UK have never surfed the internet, which equates to roughly half of the UK’s total offline population.

UPD2 Ofcom UK Moot Cheaper High Speed BT Wholesale Leased Line Prices

5th Jul 2012 (3 Comments)

Ofcom has today proposed new controls that will “lead to [a] real-terms price reduction” of BTWholesale’s Leased Line services, which are used by businesses, mobile operators and broadband ISPs around the UK. The move is part of the regulators wider review (detailed here) into the country’s £2bn market for business telecoms.

Virgin Media UK Network Carries 4.2 Petabytes of Broadband Data Daily

5th Jul 2012 (5 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has revealed that its national UK telecoms network, which is home to 4.4 Million residential broadband ISP subscribers, carried a daily average of 4.2 Petabytes of data during Q1-2012 (4.2 million billion bytes). The volume of data consumption has thus increased by nearly a third in the 6 months from Q3 2011.

Foreign Police Forces Also Allowed to Snoop on UK Internet Users

5th Jul 2012 (0 Comments)

The Home Office’s revived Communications Data Bill, which seeks to expand the country’s existing internet snooping laws (data retention) and force ISPs into logging a much bigger slice of everybody’s online activity, is in trouble yet again after it was confirmed that foreign authorities will also be granted access to the data. But how much?

Samba Launch FREE Ad Supported UK Mobile Broadband Service

4th Jul 2012 (8 Comments)

Samba, a virtual mobile network operator that uses the Three UK (3) platform, claims to have launched the country’s first FREE Mobile Broadband service today. Naturally there are a few catches.

UPDATE Europe REJECTS Controversial ACTA Internet Copyright Treaty

4th Jul 2012 (3 Comments)

The European Parliament (EP) has officially voted to reject (478 in favour – 39 against – 165 abstentions) the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a treaty that threatened to toughen international copyright enforcement standards and make broadband ISPs more liable for the content they deliver; but will something similar replace it?

Virgin Media UK Connects 41 of 120 London Tube Stations to its FREE WiFi

4th Jul 2012 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has today confirmed that 41 London underground tube stations have been connected to its free public wireless internet access (WiFi) service, which will rise to 82 before the end of July 2012 and 120 before the end of this year.

UPD YouView UK Subscription Free Broadband TV Service Heads to Retail

4th Jul 2012 (4 Comments)

The YouView (Project Canvas) IPTV product, a subscription free, broadband internet based, video-on-demand and catch-up TV service that will be bundled by several big ISPs, has today confirmed that it will be available through major retailers by the end of July 2012. TalkTalk has also pledged to reveal its related bundle at a Strategy Day for investors on 26 July.