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ISP News Archives for 2012

27 UK Cities Shortlisted for Tiny GBP50m Pot of Ultrafast Broadband Funds

4th May 2012 (6 Comments)

The UK governments Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has today published a shortlist of 27 smaller cities that will be able to bid for a slice of £50 million in public funding, which was set aside in the recent 2012 Budget to help roll-out “ultrafast” fibre optic based 80-100Mbps+ (Megabits per second) broadband services.

Half of UK People Want Tougher Laws to Prevent Unlawful Internet Downloads

4th May 2012 (7 Comments)

Media law group Wiggin has released its latest annual 2012 Digital Entertainment Survey, which conducted an online survey of 2,500 UK respondents (“representative of the national demographic“) and discovered how 53% agreed that the internet “requires more regulation” to prevent broadband ISP customers from “downloading unauthorised content“. But only a minority were found to engage in internet piracy.

INTUG Challenges EU Claim that the UK Has Full Coverage of Basic Broadband

4th May 2012 (6 Comments)

The International Telecoms User Group (INTUG), an association of business users of telecommunications services, has heavily criticised the European Commission (EC) after a new report claimed that the UK had “already achieved full coverage for basic broadband services” in time for their 2013 target (EU Digital Agenda).

UPD2 PM David Cameron to Push for Mandatory ISP Adult Internet Content Filters

4th May 2012 (3 Comments)

The UK governments Prime Minister (PM), David Cameron, looks set to put his support behind the controversial Parliamentary Inquiry into Online Child Protection by forcing broadband ISPs to offer automatic blocks on pornographic internet sites (adult content).

Virgin Media UK Offers up to GBP60 Credit with 6 Months Half Price Broadband

4th May 2012 (1 Comment)

Cable giant Virgin Media UK has combined its existing free installation (only on some packages) and six months half price promotions on their various superfast broadband, phone and or TV service bundles (aka – collections) with the addition of a new account credit worth up to £60 off your first bill.

LSE Identifies GBP1.1bn Shortfall in UK Governments Broadband Funding

3rd May 2012 (6 Comments)

A new study from the London School of Economics (LSE) has estimated that the UK governments plan to make superfast broadband (24Mbps+) ISP services available to 90% of “people in each local authority area” by 2015 is now at risk due to a significant shortfall of £1.1 billion.

Everything Everywhere Begins New 4G Mobile Broadband Trial in Cumbria

3rd May 2012 (1 Comment)

Mobile group Everything Everywhere (Orange UK and T-Mobile) has this week begun a short trial of superfast “4G” Long Term Evolution (LTE) Mobile Broadband technology in rural Cumbria (Northern England), which centres on the area of Threlkeld near one of the Lake District’s most visited peaks.

The Cloud Deploy FREE Public Wireless Internet Service at Broadgate in London

3rd May 2012 (0 Comments)

Public UK WiFi Hotspot operator The Cloud, a BSkyB company, has installed a new “high-speed” public wireless internet service at the Broadgate office block in London’s Square Mile. The service is expected to benefit thousands of people who visit and work in the area, although only the first 60 minutes per day will be free.

BT Issues Weather Warning for its UK Phone and Broadband Network

3rd May 2012 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has officially declared a status of Matters Beyond Our Reasonable Control (MBORC) in the areas worst affected by recent bad weather and flooding, which has resulted in serious delays to related telecoms repair and upgrade work across the United Kingdom.

TalkTalk UK ISP Trial Reveals New Router for Forthcoming YouView TV Service

3rd May 2012 (0 Comments)

Broadband provider TalkTalk UK appears to have revealed the first picture of its next generation ‘Plus‘ package router (Huawei HG533), which is specifically said to include support for their forthcoming YouView (IPTV) based TalkTalkTV service (due to launch sometime during “summer 2012“).

Internet Piracy Measures Push 40% Rise in Young Adults Surfing Anonymously

3rd May 2012 (3 Comments)

A new study conducted by Sweden’s Lund University (Cybernorms.net) has revealed that 40% more 15 to 25-year-olds are now “hiding their activities online” than in 2009, such as by using services like Virtual Private Networking (VPN), and often as a means to avoid the increasing crackdown against internet piracy and unlawful file sharing.

UK Internet Provider Griffin Celebrates 20th Birthday

3rd May 2012 (0 Comments)

Derby-based business ISP Griffin (Griffin Internet), a UK focused channel supplier of managed internet (IP) services that first began life all the way back in 1992 before the modern online world had sprung up, has this week celebrated its 20th year in the industry with an ample supply of “champagne and bucks fizz“.

Mobile Devices Set to Dominate Internet Email Usage by the End of 2012

2nd May 2012 (1 Comment)

Return Path, an email certification and reputation monitoring company, has predicted that by the end of 2012 more people will be reading internet emails on a mobile device (e.g. Smartphone, Tablet etc.) than via a computer desktop or webmail service.

BSkyB Tops 3.86 Million UK Sky Broadband ISP Subscribers

2nd May 2012 (2 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today released its latest financial results to 31st March 2012 (Q1), which confirms that it managed to add a staggering +212,000 new home broadband subscribers during the first quarter to reach a new total of 3,863,000 (well above the +166,000 added in Q4-2011). A very strong quarter indeed.

The Top 9 UK Fastest Big Broadband ISPs for April 2012

2nd May 2012 (3 Comments)

The latest monthly anecdotal consumer broadband ISP speed testing data from Broadband.co.uk, which covers the month of April 2012, reveals that the average UK internet download speed has surged upwards once again from 10.73Mbps (Megabits per second) in March 2012 to 14.12Mbps now.

Direct Save Telecom Claims to Offer the UK Cheapest Broadband Deal

1st May 2012 (0 Comments)

Home phone and internet provider Direct Save Telecom claims to have launched “the UK’s lowest priced broadband deal” today, which provides new customers with an ‘up to 24Mbps’ broadband connection (“typical” speed of up to 13Mbps), 20GB usage allowance and free evening / weekend calls for just £2.49 per month.

UK Broadband ISP Connections Top 20.43 Million in Q4 2011

1st May 2012 (1 Comment)

The communications regulator, Ofcom, has confirmed in its latest quarterly Telecommunications Market Data Tables (Q4 2011) update that the UK is home to a total of 20.43 million fixed line home and small business broadband connections (excludes corporate), which includes 412,000 from superfast fibre optic based services (FTTC etc.).