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ISP News Archives for March 2013

Virgin Media Business UK Expand Free Superfast WiFi into Bradford City Park

5th Mar 2013 (0 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media Business has expanded its free “superfast” public wireless (wifi) network into Bradford’s City Park by using the latest small cell technology. It is the second location in Bradford to benefit from the service after Bridge Street went live with an identical solution last year.

ISP TalkTalk UK Prep New 500Mbps PowerLine and WiFi Adapters

4th Mar 2013 (19 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk looks set to begin offering a special branded version of DLink’s latest DHP-W311AV PowerLine adapters to its Plus TV (YouView) based home broadband customers in the not too distant future. The new kit is able to both extend your wifi network and convert a buildings electrical cable into a faster wired network.

Railway Dispute Hampers 1Gbps Fibre Broadband Rollout in Lancashire UK

4th Mar 2013 (22 Comments)

A debate over costs between B4RN (Broadband 4 Rural North), which wants to run its “hyperfast” 1000Mbps (Megabits) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTH) cable over a railway bridge (viaduct) that crosses the River Lune in North Lancashire (England), and the state-owned Network Rail is threatening to delay the project.

Lord Alan Sugar Leaves Non Executive Chairman Role at YouView UK

2nd Mar 2013 (5 Comments)

YouView YourView, the broadband ISP based video-on-demand and catch-up TV (IPTV) service, have announced that Lord Alan Sugar, whom is perhaps best known as the man who founded Amstrad and says “Your’re fired!” a lot on a certain TV show, has decided to leave his role as Non-Executive Chairman.

The UK Top 8 Fastest Home Broadband ISPs for February 2013

2nd Mar 2013 (0 Comments)

The latest monthly summary of anecdotal consumer broadband ISP speed testing data from Broadband.co.uk has revealed that the average download speed in the United Kingdom slipped from 16.914Mbps in January 2013 to 16.514Mbps now, while the average upload speed jumped to 2.704Mbps (up from 2.387Mbps).

Tougher Powers to Tackle UK Telecoms Cable and Metal Theft Become Law

1st Mar 2013 (0 Comments)

The House of Lords yesterday granted Royal Assent to a Private Members’ Bill, the Scrap Metal Dealers Act (2012-13), which will bring in new rules to tackle rogue scrap metal traders that have been helping to fuel a rise in the theft of copper broadband and phone cables (plus other metals from different industries).

Ofcom UK Releases 4G Mobile Spectrum to the Five Winning Auction Bidders

1st Mar 2013 (3 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today issued radio spectrum licences to the five winners of their recent 4G auction for the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands. The move means that BT, O2, Three UK, EE and Vodafone are now “free to deploy” related LTE superfast Mobile Broadband networks.

Musicmetric Data Claims ISP Blocking of Piracy Sites Has Limited Impact

1st Mar 2013 (0 Comments)

Analyst firm Musicmetric has published new data to show that court ordered website blocks (censorship) imposed by broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom against internet piracy websites (e.g. The Pirate Bay) have had “little impact” on “illegal” BitTorrent based file sharing (P2P) activity.

UPDATE8 ISP O2 UK and BE Sell Home Broadband and Phone Service to Sky

1st Mar 2013 (51 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (BE Broadband), which is owned by Spanish multinational Telefonica, has today confirmed that their struggling fixed line Home Broadband and Home Phone service is to be taken over by arch rival BSkyB (Sky Broadband) for a consideration of £180 million.