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ISP News Archives for June 2013

BT Sign £14.57m BDUK Deal to Rollout Superfast Broadband in Warwickshire

6th Jun 2013 (9 Comments)

The Warwickshire County Council (WCC) has today signed a new state aid supported deal with BT that will see the operators superfast fibre broadband (25Mbps+) services being deployed to cover 91% of local premises by Spring 2016.

UK ISP Kijoma Hoping to Expand its Wireless Broadband into Anslow

6th Jun 2013 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless ISP Kijoma Broadband, which last year announced that its network would be expanded into parts of Staffordshire (England), has confirmed that it’s submitted an application to build a new mast that would cover the village of Anslow.

UPDATE3 UK Culture Secretary Hauls in ISPs to Expand Internet Censorship

6th Jun 2013 (8 Comments)

The UK government’s culture secretary, Maria Miller, has called in major mobile operators, broadband ISPs and online content giants (BT, Sky, Facebook, Twitter etc.) to a special summit on 17th June 2013 where she intends to urge stricter censorship of internet websites and services that distribute “harmful material”.

Suffolk UK Reveals First Areas to Benefit from £40m Broadband Upgrade

5th Jun 2013 (12 Comments)

The Suffolk County Council has named the first locations that will benefit from its state aid supported project to make BT’s superfast fibre broadband (25Mbps+) services available to 85-90% of local premises by the end of 2015.

UPD Internet Piracy Warning Letters from UK ISPs Delayed to Late 2015

5th Jun 2013 (1 Comment)

The UK government’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that it now expects broadband ISPs to start issuing their first warning Notification Letters to customers, those whom are suspected of internet piracy, during “the latter half of 2015“. Over a year’s delay from the previous “early” 2014 target.

ASA Bans UK ISP BE Broadband from Using Unlimited Downloads Claim

5th Jun 2013 (7 Comments)

Internet provider BE Broadband (aka – BE Unlimited), which is now owned by BSkyB (Sky Broadband), has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that they can no longer claim to offer “unlimited downloads” after the ISP threatened to disconnect customers that make heavy use of their service.

ISP XLN Telecom Launch Cheaper Business Broadband and Phone

5th Jun 2013 (2 Comments)

Business ISP XLN Telecom has today announced the launch of its new range of ‘Connect‘ packages, which bundle broadband and phone services together for a cheaper price that it hopes will help to attract plenty of new SME customers.

Three UK Restores Mobile Broadband Network After National Outage

4th Jun 2013 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Three UK has managed to restore its “Ultrafast” 3.9G 3G based Mobile Broadband platform after a significant number of their customers around the country found themselves unable to access the Internet.

RootMetrics Say EE are the Best for Mobile Broadband in London UK

4th Jun 2013 (0 Comments)

RootMetrics has labelled EE as the fastest Mobile Broadband operator in London (England), as well as the best for text messages and calls, after it steamed past distant rivals like Three UK to record the best overall performance.

Kent Wireless ISP VFast Partners Vonage to Offer Cheap Voice Calls

4th Jun 2013 (2 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP VFast (Orbitalnet), which covers a large swathe of Kent in South East England, has partnered with internet voice provider Vonage to offer residential Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services and cheaper UK or international calls.

New Safeguard to Guarantee Open Internet Access without Restrictions

4th Jun 2013 (7 Comments)

The Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has proposed a new EU “safeguard” to ensure that broadband ISPs and mobile operators give every citizen a “guarantee of access to the full and open internet, without any blocking or throttling of competing services“.

Portsmouth UK Virgin Media Users Suffer Lengthy Outage After Cable Cut

4th Jun 2013 (5 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s cable broadband and TV network in Portsmouth on the south coast of England could be left without service for up to three days after contractors conducting roadworks cut through one of the operators vital cables. Separately Virgin are also testing a new Traffic Management policy on the 100Mbps+ package.

UK Top 7 Fastest Fixed Line Home Broadband ISPs for May 2013

4th Jun 2013 (3 Comments)

The latest anecdotal monthly study of consumer broadband ISP speed testing data from Broadband.co.uk has found that the average download speed in the United Kingdom has fallen from 19.014Mbps in April to 18.180Mbps in May 2013. Average upload speeds also hit 2.881Mbps (down from 3.068Mbps).

Whack a Mole Game Continues as UK ISP Clamps Down on Pirate Proxies

3rd Jun 2013 (13 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) appears to have become the first major UK ISP to extend its court ordered censorship of specific websites that facilitate internet piracy (e.g. The Pirate Bay) to include a wide range of proxy servers, which allows users to bypass such blocks without needing to use a VPN or other solution.

Ofcom Set to Unveil New UK Phone and Broadband ISP Switching Solution

3rd Jun 2013 (3 Comments)

It’s been a long time coming but the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has informed ISPreview.co.uk that their chosen method for making it both “simpler and more reliable” for consumers to switch phone or broadband ISP is finally close to being announced. No really, this time it’ll actually happen. We hope.

MetroNet UK Brings Hybrid Fibre and Wireless Broadband to Chester

3rd Jun 2013 (0 Comments)

As expected ISP Metronet UK has expanded the coverage of its “ultrafast” hybrid fibre optic (Dark Fibre) and carrier grade wireless broadband network to reach businesses in the city of Chester (North West England).

BT Hikes Annual Price of UK Phone Line Rental Saver Plan to GBP141

3rd Jun 2013 (41 Comments)

Customers who take BT’s Line Rental Saver solution alongside their phone or broadband bundles, which allows you to save a fair bit of money by paying for a year’s line rental in advance, will be displeased to learn that the cost has just risen from £129 to £141 (up 9%). ISPs around the UK are likely to follow suit.