ISP News Archives for January 13, 2014

Consumers who own an Asus RT-AC68U, RT-AC56U, RT-AC66U, RT-N66U or RT-N16 wireless broadband router would be well advised to keep an eye out for a new firmware update that adjusts the devices default security settings, which is designed to stop attached USB Storage drives from becoming accessible to the Internet.

BT has today announced the appointment of Joe Garner (aged 44), the former head of HSBC’s UK bank, to be the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Openreach division when current boss, Liv Garfield, steps down to become CEO of water company Severn Trent.

Commuters who travel on any of the 713 Lothian Buses and 27 Trams in Edinburgh (Scotland) look set to benefit from a free wireless Internet access (wifi) service as part of the UK Government’s £150m “super-connected cities” initiative (Urban Broadband Fund).

The Government has proposed a new £10 million scheme, which would be based off its existing Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme, to help deploy superfast broadband services across 90% of South Yorkshire in England (most likely with BT’s help). The region suffered a £155m failure last year when the alternative Digital Region network collapsed.