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ISP News Archives for January 22, 2013

EE UK Launch New 20GB Mobile Broadband Plan on 4G Service

22nd Jan 2013 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (4GEE) has today launched a new SIM-Only Mobile Broadband plan for its most data hungry 4G “super-users” (this currently means fewer than 1% of their customers), which offers a healthy allowance of 20GB (GigaBytes) per month and comes with a special launch price.

BT Superfast Broadband Contract for Devon and Somerset UK Delayed

22nd Jan 2013 (3 Comments)

The joint Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project in England, which is worth over £100m and hopes to make superfast broadband speeds of 25Mbps+ available to 85% of local premises by 2015 (rising to 100% by 2020), has been delayed following “significant” contract issues with BT.

Deddington Homes Get Access to BT’s First UK Fibre Only Broadband Pilot

22nd Jan 2013 (3 Comments)

BTOpenreach confirms that homes and businesses in the rural village of Deddington (Oxfordshire, England) can now choose to connect via the first UK Fibre-Only Exchange (FOX) trial, which aims to replace the old copper line products with “ultra-fast” fibre optic phone and broadband (FTTP) services.

Ultrafast FTTH Fibre Optic Broadband Connections Pass 199000 UK Homes

22nd Jan 2013 (5 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe, which champions adoption of true Fibre-to-the-Home based fibre optic broadband ISP connections, has revealed that FTTH services passed 199,000 homes in the United Kingdom during December 2012 (up from 175k a few months earlier) with a take-up rate of about 8.5%.

CAT Refuse BT Permission to Extend Appeal Deadline vs GBP95m Ofcom Fine

22nd Jan 2013 (5 Comments)

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has refused BT permission to extend the deadline for appealing against Ofcom’s final determination on its wholesale Ethernet charges. The regulator last year fined the telco £94,823,000 after it was found to have overcharged several broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom.

Fibre Eating Mice Delay First 1Gbps B4RN Broadband Links in Arkholme

22nd Jan 2013 (16 Comments)

The Broadband For the Rural North (B4RN) scheme, which is attempting to deploy a new community funded and built fibre optic broadband (FTTH) network in parts of rural Lancashire (England, UK), faced an unexpected delay over Christmas after rodents nibbled their way through one of the operators fibre ducts.

UPD ISPs React to the Dangers of Adopting IPv4 Internet Address Sharing

22nd Jan 2013 (13 Comments)

Internet providers from around the United Kingdom have given a decidedly mixed response after we asked a group of them whether IPv4 address sharing (Carrier Grade NAT) was the future of fixed line broadband (i.e. until full IPv6 adoption). CGNAT allows a single IP address to be shared between several users but this can introduce serious problems.

ISP TalkTalk UK Offer FREE Phone Line Install with Half Price Broadband

22nd Jan 2013 (2 Comments)

Customers who take TalkTalk’s budget priced Essentials bundle, which currently combines half price “unlimited” broadband with free evening and weekend calls to UK landlines (£3.25 a month), can for a limited time also benefit from free installation on any new or reactivated phone line (saving of £50).

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