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ISP News Archives for March 2014

European Court of Justice Says ISPs Must Block Piracy Websites

27th Mar 2014 (8 Comments)

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has today ruled that Internet Service Providers (ISP) across the EU can now be ordered to block their customers from being able to access a copyright-infringing website (e.g. The Pirate Bay). But national courts will still have the final say.

JT Connect 7600 Subscribers to its Jersey Fibre Optic Broadband Network

27th Mar 2014 (10 Comments)

A recent update from JT Global (Jersey Telecom) has revealed that 7,600 customers have now subscribed to the operators 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network on Jersey (Channel Islands), which is being rolled out to around 42,000 premises by the end of 2016 (plus 5,000 on Guernsey).

BT TV Waves Goodbye to Chief Executive Officer Marc Watson

26th Mar 2014 (5 Comments)

Marc Watson, CEO of the BT TV Group and one of the architects behind the operator’s storm into the United Kingdom’s broadband-based Pay TV market, has announced his decision to leave the telecoms giant in pursuit of a “fresh challenge“. The announcement comes before the next round of a battle with BSkyB over ownership of TV sporting rights.

Vodafone UK Scrap No Expiry for OLD PAYG Mobile Broadband Users

26th Mar 2014 (5 Comments)

One of the problems with modern pay-as-you-go Mobile Broadband packages is that you get a short expiry time of 30 or 90 days on the data allowance but it didn’t use to be that way. Back in 2008/9 Vodafone launched a dongle (USB Modem) with a “no expiry” period, which many customers have continued to use.. until now.

UPD ISPs BT and EE Attract Most Home Broadband Complaints in Q4 2013

26th Mar 2014 (3 Comments)

BT and EE’s home broadband packages generated the highest level of customer gripes during the final quarter of 2013. The data, which comes from Ofcom’s quarterly consumer complaints report, also revealed that TalkTalk were the worst for fixed phone providers, while Orange UK came bottom for mobile and BT also failed at Pay TV.

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Sckipio Predicts Ultrafast 1Gbps G.fast Broadband Deployments for 2015

26th Mar 2014 (81 Comments)

Israel-based modem maker Sckipio has predicted that pressure from rival cable platforms could push telecoms operators like BT in the UK to begin rolling out next gen G.fast (aka – FTTC2 / ITU G.9700) broadband technology, which might deliver speeds of up to 1000Mbps over some hybrid fibre optic and copper lines, much sooner than expected.

EE UK Offers 6 Months Half Price Unlimited FTTC Home Broadband

26th Mar 2014 (1 Comment)

Mobile and Internet provider EE will today expand the half price promotion on their unlimited superfast “Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) packages to cover the first 6 months of service. In addition, the one-off connection fee has also been reduced from £50 to just £25.

North Lincolnshire UK Shows How to do a Proper BDUK Broadband Map

25th Mar 2014 (5 Comments)

The North Lincolnshire Council in England deserves some credit after they published a fairly detailed and interactive postcode map of the local Northernlincs Broadband (NLBB) project, which is working with BT to ensure that “92.5% of premises in each area will have access to superfast broadband” (FTTC) by spring 2015.

EU and UK Next Gen Broadband Uptake Improves But 100Mbps Still Rare

25th Mar 2014 (5 Comments)

A new report into the state of Internet connectivity around Europe (price and speed) has today revealed that nearly one in five EU fixed broadband subscriptions went to a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) service but ultrafast connections (100Mbps+) are still rare, with penetration (subscriptions as a % of population) standing at just 1.2% (0.4% in the UK).

BT and EE Finalise and Sign UK Mobile Virtual Network Operator Deal

25th Mar 2014 (2 Comments)

BT has today signed a multi-year agreement that will allow them to build a new Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform and services using EE’s 2G, 3G and 4G based network in the United Kingdom, which also means they’ll be “carefully” parting ways with their existing MVNO partner Vodafone UK.

GBP10m Competitive UK Rural Broadband Fund Now Open for Bids

24th Mar 2014 (27 Comments)

The Government’s Culture Secretary, Maria Miller (MP), has announced that their new £10 million Competitive Fund, which aims to “test innovative solutions to deliver superfast broadband services to the most difficult to reach areas” (i.e. the rural / final 5% of the United Kingdom), is now open for bids in three different categories.

HiWiFi Extends 16Mbps Wireless Broadband to Hannington Village

24th Mar 2014 (1 Comment)

Basingstoke-based ISP HiWiFi has confirmed that their 16Mbps capable fixed wireless broadband network is now available to over 300 people in the English civil parish village of Hannington in the county of Hampshire.

Piracy Website Blocks by UK ISPs Trigger 20 Percent Fall in P2P Traffic

24th Mar 2014 (12 Comments)

The annual Digital Music Report 2014 from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has claimed that the website blocking measures implemented by ISPs have become a “widely-accepted and effective way of curbing piracy online“, especially in Europe and the UK where BitTorrent (P2P) file sharing traffic is said to have fallen.

UPDATE BT Prep UK Fibre-to-the-Remote-Node FTTRN Broadband Trials

23rd Mar 2014 (95 Comments)

The Superfast North Yorkshire project in England, which last week touted extra funding to help reach their 100% coverage target for BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network (here), now looks set to become the first UK county to trial the operators latest Fibre-to-the-Remote-Node (FTTRN) technology for even faster speeds.

Durham Extend BT Superfast Broadband Coverage to 96% with RCBF Money

22nd Mar 2014 (7 Comments)

The Digital Durham and Tees Valley project in North East England has confirmed new funding with BT and the Rural Community Broadband Fund (RCBF) that will push their existing superfast broadband (25Mbps+) coverage target up from 94% to 96% by September 2016.

UK ISP Pulse8 Scraps 12 Month Contracts for FTTC Superfast Broadband

22nd Mar 2014 (16 Comments)

At present you’d be hard pressed to find an ISP that offers an up to 40-80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based superfast broadband service with anything less than a 12 month contract, which is how it comes packaged by the supplier. But Devon-based ISP Pulse8 has decided to do away with this and take a risk on a 1 month term.

Ofcom Revising Broadband Speed Code of Practice for UK ISPs

21st Mar 2014 (9 Comments)

The communications regulator has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’re currently working to finalise a number of revisions to their Voluntary Code of Practice for Broadband Speeds, which requires ISPs to adhere to a certain set of standards when communicating what performance a customer can expect to receive.