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ISP News Archives for March 31, 2014

UK PostOffice Tweaks its Broadband and Phone Prices

31st Mar 2014 (4 Comments)

The Post Office has quietly tweaked their broadband and phone prices, which sees the standard cost of line rental increase from £12 to £13 inc. VAT per month, while the price of broadband access has fallen to compensate and you now get a £50 bill credit. Sadly free UK evening calls have been removed.

Ofcom to Boost UK Base Station Power for 1800MHz Based 3G and 4G Mobile

31st Mar 2014 (2 Comments)

The communications regulator has today proposed to boost the maximum permissible “base station transmit power” in the 1800MHz radio spectrum band for 3G (UMTS) and 4G (LTE / WiMAX) based Mobile Broadband and voice services by +3dB, which could improve coverage and capacity.

UPDATE Ofcom UK Investigates Unicom’s Sales and Marketing Tactics

31st Mar 2014 (9 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has opened an own-initiative investigation into Universal Utilities (Unicom) after a series of consumer complaints raised concerns about the fixed-line broadband and phone providers sales and marketing tactics in respect to their service terms and contracts.

Virgin Media Business to Rollout Ultra-High-Speed Broadband to UK Schools

31st Mar 2014 (11 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media Business has announced that its cable and fibre optic based broadband and communications network, which since 2011 has already helped to connect more than 2,000 schools across London (here), will now be deployed across the United Kingdom as part of a new deal that could be worth £1 billion.

Nottinghamshire UK Reveals Phase 1 BDUK Broadband Rollout Areas

31st Mar 2014 (0 Comments)

The £20 million Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire project in England has released a provisional list of the first areas to benefit from BT’s roll-out of “fibre broadband” (FTTC) services, which aims to reach 95% of local homes and businesses by the end of March 2016.

BDUK Coverage Data Still Elusive in Northumberland Broadband Rollout

31st Mar 2014 (1 Comment)

A fresh attempt to secure full coverage data for the Government’s many Broadband Delivery UK schemes has once again failed after BT refused to release the information for a related project in Northumberland, which is despite earlier saying that they were “okay” for such detail to be published.

Telford and Wrekin Set to Re-join BT and BDUK Superfast Shropshire Scheme

31st Mar 2014 (0 Comments)

The Telford and Wrekin council looks set to re-join the £24.6m Connecting Shropshire project in England, which is currently rolling out BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 93% of local premises by the end of Spring 2016, after it submitted a formal expression of interest.

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