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ISP News Archives for 2012

European Commission Stalls UK Superfast Broadband Rollout Plans

4th Jul 2012 (36 Comments)

The government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) plan to roll-out superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services to 90% of the UK by 2015, which after spending £3m on consultants has left itself with a choice of just two firms (BT or Fujitsu), appears to have stalled after the European Commission (EC) expressed concern over the allocation of state aid.

BT Bid for Troubled UK South Yorkshire Digital Region Broadband Network

4th Jul 2012 (10 Comments)

The troubled Digital Region (DRL) network, which spent £100m of public funds building an alternative wholesale supplier to BT that could help 80% of premises in South Yorkshire access superfast broadband ISP services, has ironically whittled the bidders in its tender process down to a choice of either BTWholesale or ETDE SA.

ASA UK Advert Ban Stops ISPs Excluding Line Rental from Broadband Prices

4th Jul 2012 (6 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has today given UK ISPs three months to adapt after a revised ruling against Virgin Media banned the provider, and all others, from separating out the cost of compulsory phone line rental in their broadband bundles.

UK Internet Service Providers Association Reveals 2012 Award Winners

4th Jul 2012 (2 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today announced the winners of its 14th annual 2012 internet industry awards, which saw PlusNet pickup the gong for Best Consumer Broadband ISP. Similarly MacAce won the new Best Customer Choice award and Hyperoptic walked away with the prize for Best New ISP.

Zen Internet UK Confirm Plan to Launch 330Mbps FTTP Broadband Service

3rd Jul 2012 (2 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has today confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’re planning to launch a 330Mbps (Megabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband package using the latest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology upgrade, which was yesterday made commercially available (here) to the UK market.

CLA Expects UK Government to Miss its 2015 Superfast Broadband Target

3rd Jul 2012 (13 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), a land owners lobby group for England and Wales, has warned that the UK governments plan to help roll-out superfast broadband (24-30Mbps+) services to 90% of the country by 2015 (the last 10% will get at least 2Mbps) could be missed because of a “slow funding process” and “reliance on fibre optic networks“.

UPD UK Satellite ISP Tooway Direct Launches 18Mbps Broadband Package

3rd Jul 2012 (5 Comments)

Satellite ISP Tooway Direct (SSW), which uses Eutelsat’s KA-SAT spacecraft at 9° East to deliver broadband to almost anywhere in the UK, has revamped its services and launched a new Tooway 18 MAX package that pushes the top download rate up to 18Mbps (6Mbps uploads) alongside FREE hardware and connection.

Top 9 UK Fastest Broadband ISPs by Internet Speed for June 2012

3rd Jul 2012 (10 Comments)

The latest anecdotal monthly consumer broadband ISP speed testing results from Broadband.co.uk, which covers the past month of June 2012, reveals that the average UK internet download speed has shot up yet again from 15.286Mbps (Megabits per second) during May 2012 to 17.662Mbps now.

Three UK Come Top in Roaming Mobile Broadband Performance Study

2nd Jul 2012 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has been named the best overall provider in this year’s Broadband Genie Road Trip 2012 study, which tested all of the five main Mobile Broadband operators (plus Virgin Mobile) for reliability and performance while roaming on a 2:30hr trip from King’s Cross to Exeter in England.

Fake UK ISP Internet Piracy Warning Letters Expose Obvious DEAct Flaw

2nd Jul 2012 (1 Comment)

The Open Rights Group (ORG) has warned of a new email phishing attack that takes advantage of the governments Digital Economy Act (DEAct) by attempting to extort money from innocent internet users in the UK via FAKE notification letters, which allege to have detected copyright infringement (piracy) on the users broadband connection.

BT Makes 330Mbps Fibre Optic Broadband Available to UK Consumers

2nd Jul 2012 (7 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages ISP access to BT’s UK telecoms network, has today made its new “premium” ultra-fast 330Mbps (Megabits per second) capable fibre optic (FTTP) broadband service fully available to the market and consumers.

Orange UK Bundle 1000 Anytime Calls to Mobiles with Home Broadband

2nd Jul 2012 (0 Comments)

Orange UK (Everything Everywhere) informs us that new customers to its unlimited home broadband and anytime mobile calls package, which also comes with a £40 M&S voucher (Marks and Spencer), will now be able to get 1000 landline to mobile minutes instead of the usual 500.

AAISP Boss Fears Costly Technical Nightmare of UK Internet Snooping Law

2nd Jul 2012 (10 Comments)

The boss of broadband ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has warned that the UK governments new Communications Data Bill, which will expand existing internet snooping laws and force ISPs into monitoring a much bigger slice of everybody’s online activity, is “technically a nightmare” and will require providers to introduce “stupidly expensive black boxes“.

MP Claims Ofcom Slow to Save 2Million UK Freeview Homes from 4G Woe

30th Jun 2012 (5 Comments)

The Shadow Minister for Media, Helen Goodman MP (Labour), has today warned that both the UK government and Ofcom are “running out of time” to find a solution for the “4G” (LTE) Mobile Broadband interference problem, which could leave up to 2 million UK households without a full ability to watch Freeview based Digital TV (DTV) services.

BT Preps New UK Superfast Broadband Cabinets for Exchange Only Lines

29th Jun 2012 (18 Comments)

BTOpenreach has informed UK ISPs of a small, but potentially quite important, development that will allow it to deploy superfast broadband (FTTC) services on Exchange Only (EO) lines. This is where the phone line for a home is connected directly to a telephone exchange and does not go through a street cabinet.

Google and Bing Help Children to Bypass UK ISP Based Adult Website Blocks

29th Jun 2012 (4 Comments)

As the UK government consults on whether or not to force broadband ISPs into imposing default censorship of adult websites (here), it’s worth remembering just how ineffective such measures can be. One of the biggest problems is with internet search engines, such as Google and Microsoft’s Bing, which often maintain cached copies of related images and sometimes even videos.

Fluidata Boosts Capacity of its Broadband ISP Solution for UK Rural Areas

29th Jun 2012 (2 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has invested a further £2.5 million to massively boost the capacity of its new Service Exchange Platform (SEP), which makes it easier for a range of competitive broadband ISPs (i.e. not just BT based providers) to reach rural homes and businesses through a specially aggregated open access wholesale network.