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ISP News Archives for February 2014

INCA Launch UK Superfast Broadband Notspot Registration Scheme

3rd Feb 2014 (1 Comment)

The Independent Networks Cooperative Association, which works to support altnet ISPs and the development of Next Generation Access networks around the United Kingdom, has launched a new registration scheme to identify Superfast Broadband “Notspots“. It wouldn’t be the first.

BT Bring FREE One Click WiFi Access to 36 UK glh. Hotels

3rd Feb 2014 (1 Comment)

Guests of UK hotels run by glh. (e.g. thistle, AMBA Hotels, CLERMONT, The Cumberland and LITE NITE), the London-based global hotel subsidiary of Singapore-listed GuocoLeisure Group, can now get free one-click access to wireless Internet connectivity thanks to a new deal with BT WiFi.

Northamptonshire Begins Upgrading First Areas to Superfast Broadband

3rd Feb 2014 (1 Comment)

The £16.26m Superfast Northamptonshire project in England, which aims to deliver “full countywide coverage by 2017 at next generation access speeds (30 mbps and above)“, has today begun its local roll-out of BT’s related “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network.

Three UK and EE Invest GBP1bn into Shared 4G Mobile Broadband Network

3rd Feb 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operators EE (T-Mobile and Orange UK) and Three UK have agreed to expand their 50/50 network sharing deal, through the umbrella organisation called Mobile-Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), with an extra investment of £1 billion to improve 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband coverage and cut costs.

Innocent Home Owners Suffer Due to Crimes Committed on their Open WiFi

3rd Feb 2014 (5 Comments)

The Scottish Government’s “Cyber Integrator” (cybercrime tzar), Keith McDevitt, has warned home owners to close their open wifi networks (wireless) after finding that an increasing number of cyber criminals, such as Internet paedophiles, were using them to commit offences that ISPs often trace back to innocent broadband users.

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The Importance of Connecting ADSL and FTTC Broadband via Twisted Pair Cable

3rd Feb 2014 (11 Comments)

It’s often painfully easy to find yourself buying or receiving the wrong sort of RJ11 telephone cable to connect between a BT faceplate / master socket and your ISPs broadband ADSL / VDSL (FTTC) modem or router. Sadly this can have an impact on your lines performance so it’s important to understand why and if you should care.

FRITZ!Box 7490 Broadband VDSL and ADSL Router Adds Gigabit WiFi

2nd Feb 2014 (1 Comment)

Germany-based networking kit manufacturer AVM, which are best known for their series of advanced and absurdly feature rich FRITZ!Box broadband ISP routers, has improved upon their existing line-up by launching the FRITZ!Box 7490. The major change over their previous 7390 is the addition of 1.3Gbps capable 802.11ac WiFi technology.

UPDATE Virgin Media UK to Begin Broadband Speed Upgrades to 152Mbps

1st Feb 2014 (27 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s (Liberty Global) national UK cable network can expect to start receiving a significant broadband download speed boost, at no extra cost, when the operator this month begins rolling out its latest network upgrades and pushes their top package speeds up to 152Mbps (Megabits per second).