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ISP News Archives for August 2013

B4RNs Lancashire FTTH Broadband Network Aided by FREE 4×4 Land Rover

12th Aug 2013 (2 Comments)

The roll-out of B4RN’s (Broadband 4 Rural North) 1000Mbps capable and community-built Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network in rural Lancashire (England, UK) has been given a boost after the team won a FREE Land Rover Freelander 2 4×4 vehicle to help their efforts.

Most UK Net Users Only Keep a Fixed Telephone Line for Home Broadband

12th Aug 2013 (34 Comments)

Do we still need a fixed telephone line? The latest ISPreview.co.uk poll of 998 website visitors has found that 64.3% of respondents would happily get rid of the phone line if it wasn’t still required for their home broadband connection (20.9% answered with “no” and 14.7% said “maybe”).

Wifinity Raise GBP1.9 Million to Expand its UK Wireless Broadband Network

12th Aug 2013 (0 Comments)

Surrey-based wireless ISP Wifinity has managed to secure a debt finance facility of £1.9m from Santander Corporate & Commercial, which will be used to help expand the reach of their existing fixed wifi and public hotspot network around the United Kingdom. A private equity investment of £500,000 has also been secured.

UPD4 EZTV Cause Website Blocking Fail for UK Sky Broadband ISP Users

10th Aug 2013 (11 Comments)

Some Sky Broadband users were this week left frustrated after the ISP began sporadically blocking TorrentFreak, a well-recognised news source for the BitTorrent and P2P community. But the cause appears to have been a deliberate manipulation by one of the websites that Sky is required to block, which has highlighted the danger of overblocking.

Which UK Broadband ISP and Mobile Operator Gives Top Twitter Support

10th Aug 2013 (2 Comments)

An interesting new study from social media analyst WaveMetrix has taken a look at the United Kingdom’s biggest broadband ISPs to discover which gives the best support via Twitter. The study found that good support is about more than being the fastest to reply. Just ask Virgin Media, which wasn’t the fastest like Sky Broadband but still did well.

Cambridgeshire UK Wins GBP1.173m from EU for Business Broadband Boost

9th Aug 2013 (1 Comment)

The £45 million Connecting Cambridgeshire (England) scheme, which is currently rolling out BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services to 90% of local premises by the end of 2015, has won an extra £1.173m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to help get businesses connected.

Study Finds Most UK Consumers Unaware of ADR Complaints Scheme

9th Aug 2013 (4 Comments)

The UK communications regulator has today published a new GFK study into the performance of their Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) consumer complaint handler schemes, which found that only 25% of fixed broadband ISP customers that were considered eligible to use an ADR were actually aware of it.

BT Sign GBP27m Contract for Superfast Broadband in Derbyshire UK

9th Aug 2013 (9 Comments)

BT has today signed another state aid supported £27 million scheme with Derbyshire County Council (DCC), which aims to help expand the coverage of their fibre optic (FTTC/P) based broadband network to reach 95% of local premises by the end of 2016.

Oxfordshire UK Publish Map to BT and BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout

9th Aug 2013 (3 Comments)

The state aid supported £25 million Better Broadband for Oxfordshire programme, which was signed last week (here) and aims to bring superfast internet access (25Mbps+) to 90% of Oxfordshire by the end of 2015, has published a map of the expected rollout locations.

ISP Sky Broadband UK Strips International Calls from Sky Talk Anytime

9th Aug 2013 (1 Comment)

New customers looking to add the Sky Talk Anytime calls option to their broadband and phone service will, effective from Tuesday next week, no longer be able to benefit from unlimited calls to geographic landlines in 22 international destinations. But the price stays the same.

UPD ISPs Support New Broadband Switching Fix But Say Problems Remain

9th Aug 2013 (0 Comments)

Ofcom’s proposal to introduce a new harmonised Gaining Provider Led (GPL) solution for swapping broadband and phone provider has been given a warm welcome by most ISPs. But some providers’ fear that they could be left to chase vanishing customers for payments or that the system may soon end up being out of date.

UK Government to Finally Repeal ISP Website Blocking Powers

9th Aug 2013 (5 Comments)

Hidden deep within the text of the government’s new Draft Deregulation Bill 2013, which proposes to abolish UK regulation that’s “no longer of practical use” or is a threat to the economy, can be found a small line that would finally repeal the controversial Digital Economy Act 2010’s powers for enforcing mandatory website blocking upon ISPs.

36 Million UK Adults Access the Internet Daily But Millions Don’t Want It

8th Aug 2013 (0 Comments)

The Office for National Statistics has today published its annual ‘Internet Access – Households and Individuals‘ report, which found that 73% of adults in Great Britain (36 million) go online every day (up from 20m in 2006) and 83% (21m) of homes have an Internet connection (up from 80% in 2012 and 57% in 2006).

UPD3 Ofcom UK Reveal Chosen Solution for Easier Broadband ISP Switching

8th Aug 2013 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today revealed their chosen method for making it “simpler and more reliable” for consumers to switch phone or broadband ISP. As expected Ofcom has decided to adopt a Gaining Provider-Led (GPL) switching process that will put most of the power into the hands of your new provider instead of the old one.

Kent UK Wireless ISP VFast Launches New Website and Details Packages

8th Aug 2013 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP VFast (Orbitalnet), which covers most of Kent in south east England, has launched a sleek new website that’s significantly more informative than their old one and which even details their internet access packages (the old site only revealed this after a postcode check).

EE UK to Increase Standard Home Broadband Speeds up to 16Mbps

8th Aug 2013 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator and ISP EE (Everything Everywhere) looks set to follow Sky Broadband and some other ISPs by quietly increasing the advertised download rate (“typical speed“) of their standard (ADSL2+) based packages “up to” 16Mbps (Megabits per second).

Vodafone UK Joins O2 to Launch 4G LTE Mobile Broadband on 29th August

7th Aug 2013 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has announced that its new 4G (LTE at 800MHz) based Mobile Broadband network will officially launch on 29th August in London (though their first 4G-ready plans will be available from 12th August) and it will aim to cover 12 further cities by the end of 2013.