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ISP News Archives for April 2014

Even Rich Urban Appartments in London Struggle to Get Superfast Broadband

7th Apr 2014 (65 Comments)

The challenge of bringing faster broadband connectivity to the masses is not solely a rural issue and nor is it always a matter of wealth, much as the millionaire residents of the One Hyde Park development in Knightsbridge (London) have begun to find out. Sometimes not even buying a modern £20m+ apartment will get you better than an ADSL line.

BT Sport Grabs Former Sky Broadband UK Boss Delia Bushell to be its MD

7th Apr 2014 (5 Comments)

The battle for broadband and TV dominance between BSkyB and BT took another twist today after it was revealed that the latter had nabbed the former Director of Sky Broadband and voice services, Delia Bushell, to take the new role of Managing Director at its TV and BTSport division.

Superfast Broadband Reaches the Lake District 9 Months Ahead of Schedule

4th Apr 2014 (12 Comments)

The £51 million Connecting Cumbria scheme, which is rolling out BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network to over 93% of the county by the end of 2015 (last 7% to get 2Mbps+), has managed to upgrade the first part of the Lake District some 9 months ahead of schedule.

GTC and Sky Sign 300Mbps FTTH Broadband and TV Deal for New UK Builds

4th Apr 2014 (10 Comments)

Utility infrastructure provider GTC has signed a new deal with Sky (Sky Broadband) that will make available a bundle of premium TV services, fixed-line home phone and fibre optic broadband speeds of up to 300Mbps (Megabits per second) to future new build homes across the United Kingdom.

European Parliament Clears Tougher Rules to Protect an Open Internet

3rd Apr 2014 (1 Comment)

The European Parliament’s vote today to “end [mobile] roaming charges” by Christmas 2015 and protect open access to the Internet arguably masks the real story, which is that several new amendments have introduced a clear and very specific reference for the “principle of net neutrality” (i.e. treating all Internet traffic as equal).

£775k Brings Superfast Broadband to 700 Extra Buckinghamshire UK Homes

3rd Apr 2014 (14 Comments)

The Buckinghamshire County Council in England has expanded its roll-out of BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network after an extra £775,000 was secured from the RCBF to cover 700 more homes in Cholesbury, St Leonards, Bellingdon and four villages north of Buckingham (Cholesbury Telephone Exchange).

SSE Telecoms Adds 30 New PoPs to its UK Fibre Optic Network

3rd Apr 2014 (1 Comment)

Network infrastructure developer SSE Telecoms has confirmed that ‘Project Edge’, which will expand the reach of their up to 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable “enterprise-class” fibre optic network across the United Kingdom, has now added another 30 Points of Presence (PoPs) to hit its target of 54.

EE UK Calls for BT Phonebook Charge to be Cut from Line Rental

3rd Apr 2014 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP EE has called on the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, to remove the “unjustified and discriminatory” charge for BT’s Phonebook, which gets passed on to consumers via the price they pay for standard fixed phone line rental.

Vodafone UK Pumps Extra GBP100m into 150 New Shops and 1400 Staff

3rd Apr 2014 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has boosted their presence in the United Kingdom by another £100 million in order to open 150 new shops and create 1,400 new jobs, which will form part of their annual investment in networks and services that’s currently set to hit £1 billion in 2014. But are they gearing up for something even bigger.

UPDATE Prime Minister Demands More Broadband Roll-Out Info from BT

3rd Apr 2014 (25 Comments)

The Prime Minister of the coalition Government, David Cameron, has joined recent calls from the Public Accounts Committee by demanding that BT “give more detail in their roll-out plans” so that rival ISP schemes can “see whether there are different ways of filling any gaps” in the planned broadband coverage.

Connecting Cheshire Expands Broadband Rollout to 1000 Extra Premises

2nd Apr 2014 (9 Comments)

The Connecting Cheshire project in England has found another £643k to help boost its state aid supported £28.5 million roll-out of “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services, which will add an additional 1,000 “rural” premises to BT’s local network coverage.

Lancashire UK Confirm Final Spring 2014 Superfast Broadband Rollout Areas

2nd Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Lancashire project in England has announced a finalized list of the next 15 communities to receive access to BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network under the state aid supported scheme, which intends to make the service available to 97% of local premises by the end of 2015.

The UK Top 7 Fastest Big Fixed Line Home Broadband ISPs – March 2014

2nd Apr 2014 (8 Comments)

The average home broadband ISP download speeds for the largest seven Internet access providers in the United Kingdom managed to reach 20.94Mbps in March 2014, while uploads hit 4.79Mbps. As usual BT and Virgin Media continued to hold the top spots for downstream performance.

Keycom and Vision Fibre Media Bring 1Gbps Broadband to Homes in Chelsea

2nd Apr 2014 (1 Comment)

Residents of the Kings Chelsea development in London (England) can now benefit from “ultra-fast” broadband speeds of up to 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) after Keycom and Vision Fibre Media joined forces to roll-out a new fibre optic infrastructure in the area.

24 Million Home Routers and ISPs Open to DNS DDoS Amplification Attacks

2nd Apr 2014 (1 Comment)

A new report from Nominum, which provides ISPs with DNS based analytics and monetization solutions, has claimed that 24 million home broadband routers, including many in the UK, could be exposing ISPs and their users to becoming unwitting participants in massive Internet DNS-based Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

UK ISP TalkTalk Slows Access to Imgur.com Website After IWF Block

2nd Apr 2014 (4 Comments)

Customers of budget broadband provider TalkTalk recently found their access to the hugely popular image sharing website – imgur.com – to be slow or virtually unusable due to the ISPs implementation of the Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) voluntary child abuse block list.

BT Openreach Offers “first ever” UK Wide 100Gbps Service to ISPs

1st Apr 2014 (24 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains BT’s national UK telecoms network, has moved to give big broadband ISPs and mobile operators more capacity for their networks by launching the “first ever UK-wide” 100Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable service.