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ISP News Archives for July 2013

UK ISP BT Retail to Launch 300Mbps FTTP Broadband Package

10th Jul 2013 (19 Comments)

The consumer division of BT has confirmed that it will shortly launch a new BTInfinity 300 ultrafast broadband package using Openreach’s fastest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) product, which will offer download speeds of up to 300Mbps (20Mbps uploads) from £50 a month.

France Replaces ISP Cut-Off Policy for Internet Piracy with Automatic Fines

10th Jul 2013 (2 Comments)

France has scrapped its expensive and highly controversial anti-piracy Hadopi law, which threatened to disconnect internet users that continued to infringe copyright after warnings. But it has been replaced with a series of automatic fines. Could this also be the future of the UK’s much troubled Digital Economy Act (DEAct)?

ASA Ban Lycamobile Advert for Unlimited UK Data, Calls and Texts Claim

10th Jul 2013 (1 Comment)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a website advert for Lycamobile’s various “ALL IN ONE” bundles, which misleadingly claimed to offer “unlimited” mobile broadband data, calls and text messages but later stated a specific limit on the use of such services.

UPD Ofcom UK Considers Sky Broadband Call for Unbundled FTTC Product

10th Jul 2013 (7 Comments)

Ofcom has confirmed that they’re considering a “difficult to assess” request by Sky Broadband (BSkyB) for BT to offer a new unbundled (LLU) superfast broadband (FTTC) product, which would most likely give UK ISPs more control and price flexibility over their services.

CBI Report Tells UK to Fix Rural and Urban Broadband Divide Before 2015

10th Jul 2013 (1 Comment)

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which lobbies on behalf of some 240,000 businesses (around a third of the private sector workforce), has published a new Let’s Get Digital! report that calls on the government to stop “short-term thinking” and adopt a cross-party approach to solve the national roll-out of superfast broadband before 2015.

DCMS Detail 3 Options for Wireless Internet in Super-Connected UK Cities

9th Jul 2013 (1 Comment)

The government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has today published a new document that outlines the three wireless connectivity options available for cities taking part in the troubled, state-aid supported £150m Super Connected Cities Programme (SCCP).

Ofcom UK Open 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz to 4G Mobile Broadband

9th Jul 2013 (2 Comments)

The communications regulator, Ofcom, has today officially allowed Mobile Network Operators (MNO) in the United Kingdom to repurpose their existing radio spectrum (specifically 900MHz, 2100MHz and 1800MHz) for use by the new generation of superfast 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband services.

BT Sign £264m Superfast Broadband Upgrade Contract for Scotland UK

9th Jul 2013 (4 Comments)

The government of Scotland has today signed a state aid supported £264 million deal with BT that will make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 85% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2015 and around 95% by the end of 2017. As before we don’t know what proportion of those will get “superfast” (25Mbps+) speeds.

UPD Alcatel-Lucent on G.Fast and Vectoring 2 for Future 1Gbps FTTC Broadband

9th Jul 2013 (8 Comments)

Alcatel-Lucent has posted some tantalising details from its recent trial of future G.Fast and prototype Vectoring 2.0 technology at Telekom Austria, which could one day push today’s up to 80Mbps capable FTTC (VDSL2) broadband ISP lines to deliver speeds of up to 1100Mbps (1.1Gbps).

Netflix Name Top 6 UK Fastest Broadband ISPs for Streaming – June 2013

9th Jul 2013 (2 Comments)

Netflix UK‘s unlimited movie and TV video streaming service has released its latest monthly Netflix ISP Speed Index update for June 2013, which is designed to reveal which ISPs deliver “the best streaming experience“. Suffice to say that not a lot has changed since earlier this year and Virgin Media remains top.

Timico CTO Calls for BT Split and National UK FTTP Broadband Network

9th Jul 2013 (10 Comments)

The Co-Founder and CTO of UK ISP Timico, Trefor Davies, has called for “government intervention” to split off the “rural bits” of BTOpenreach’s network (BT can keep the urban bits that compete with Virgin Media) and to help rollout a truly national ultrafast fibre optic (FTTP) service to every home and business.

8 Top Tips for Keeping Your Wireless Broadband ISP Router Cool

9th Jul 2013 (10 Comments)

Temperatures in some parts of United Kingdom are beginning to creep past 30c and this means that some of you, the unfortunate few, might be having the occasional problem with overheating broadband ISP routers and modem devices. So here are a few quick tips for avoiding this problem.

Birmingham to Blanket UK City Centre with Unlimited FREE WiFi Access

8th Jul 2013 (0 Comments)

The Birmingham City Council (BCC) will shortly (15th July 2013) vote on a new scheme to help improve broadband coverage in the city by rolling out an “unlimited” free wireless internet (wifi) hotspot service across “key parts of the city centre“.

Nearly Half of EU Internet Users Would Swap ISP for Faster Broadband

8th Jul 2013 (0 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has revealed that 45% of EU citizens would upgrade their broadband connection or swap ISP entirely to get faster internet speeds. Separately another 40% said that they found it difficult to access internet content and services due to “insufficient speed or download capacity“.

EE Gives Top Data Mobile Speeds in Birmingham, Nottingham and Coventry

8th Jul 2013 (0 Comments)

Mobile operators EE and Three UK have once again come top of a new RootMetrics study into Mobile Broadband performance across the three cities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Coventry in England.

BT and BDUK Help First Norfolk UK Areas Go Live with Superfast Broadband

8th Jul 2013 (2 Comments)

The £41 million state aid supported scheme to roll-out BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) ISP network to more than 80% of Norfolk’s (England) premises by the end of 2015 has confirmed that the first communities are now live and more will soon follow.

Heroic UK ISP Boss Forcing Junk Email Spammers to Pay Up

8th Jul 2013 (6 Comments)

Junk email, we all hate it! But what if you could do something that would make them pay you for clogging up your inbox? The Director of broadband ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has found a way after he successfully won £40 (well.. almost) by taking two email spammers to task.