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ISP News Archives for July 2014

Greater Manchester UK Begins BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

17th Jul 2014 (41 Comments)

The £15m Get Digital Faster project, which is working with the EU and Broadband Delivery UK office to extend BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to a further 45,000 premises in the Greater Manchester (England) area by March 2016 (900k+ have already been passed), has finally upgraded the first street cabinet in Fowler Street.

Three UK Bring WiFi to London Underground and Refresh SIM Only Plans

17th Jul 2014 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Three UK has signed an agreement with Virgin Media that will enable their customers to access the cable operators WiFi wireless Internet network at 137 London Underground stations for free, just as Vodafone, EE and O2 already can. The provider has also refreshed their SIM-Only plans with better Mobile Broadband allowances.

GEO Networks UK Acquires Digital Regions Remaining Fibre Optic Assets

16th Jul 2014 (1 Comment)

GEO Networks (Zayo Group), a dedicated fibre optic solutions provider for the United Kingdom, has gobbled up around 1,000 miles worth of fibre optic cabling in South Yorkshire (England), which use to belong to the now defunct Digital Region (DRL) broadband network, for an undisclosed sum.

AAISP Pledges to Protect UK Users from Government Internet Snoops

16th Jul 2014 (8 Comments)

As the controversial Data Retention and Investigation Powers Bill (DRIP) slips its way through the House of Commons and into the House of Lords, the outspoken boss of broadband ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has promised to use “all practical legal means” in order to protect their customers from state sponsored Internet snooping.

West Berkshire UK Begins BT and BDUK Fibre Broadband Rollout

16th Jul 2014 (1 Comment)

The £8.06m Superfast Berkshire project, which is working to deploy BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to “around” 91% of local premises by the end of September 2015 (possibly reaching 95% by 2017), has finally begun its roll-out and revealed the first few communities to benefit.

UPDATE RSA Slams BT and Virgin for Lack of Broadband Competition in Cities

16th Jul 2014 (9 Comments)

The RSA’s City Growth Commission, which claims to be an “enlightenment organisation” committed to finding innovative practical solutions to modern social challenges, has published a new report that calls on the Government to improve broadband provision in UK cities and criticises BT and Virgin Media for working to “constrain supply and market competition“.

England’s National Parks Agree to Better Mobile Broadband Coverage

15th Jul 2014 (3 Comments)

The National Parks England (NPE) and UK Mobile Operators Association (MOA) have reached a new “landmark agreement” that aims to boost the coverage of mobile phone and Mobile Broadband connectivity in protected rural areas, albeit while also “minimising any adverse environmental impacts” and working “proactively and pragmatically in order to achieve these aims“.

Scotland Reveals Next BT Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas – H2 2014

15th Jul 2014 (1 Comment)

The £410m Digital Scotland project, which aims to ensure that 85% of premises in Scotland can access BT’s “fibre broadband infrastructure” (FTTC/P) services by the end of 2015 (rising to around 95% by the end of 2017), has today announced the next batch of telephone exchange areas to benefit (representing 90,000 extra homes and businesses).

Alternative Superfast Broadband Plan for South Yorkshire UK Picks BT

15th Jul 2014 (18 Comments)

The South Yorkshire (England) councils of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield appear to have progressed a proposal to roll-out superfast broadband (24Mbps+) connectivity across the region by matching an investment offer of £10.4 million from the Broadband Delivery UK programme, which will help to replace the defunct Digital Region network. BT is set to supply.

UPDATE2 Email Migration Woes Cause Headaches for BT Mail Users

15th Jul 2014 (12 Comments)

Several thousand customers of BT’s Mail (email) service have experienced difficulties accessing their inboxes over the weekend after a fault with the migration from their old Yahoo! platform to the new Openwave Messaging (formerly Critical Path) based service prevented access, with some customers even being told to expect a loss of messages.

Northamptonshire Expand BT and BDUK Fibre Broadband at no Extra Cost

14th Jul 2014 (12 Comments)

The £11.4m Superfast Northamptonshire project, which is currently working with BT to make superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services available to about 90% of premises by September 2015 (possibly later reaching 95-100% by 2017), has announced that an additional 3,000 homes and business will now benefit and at no extra cost

UPDATE YouView Broadband TV Service Brings Faster Humax DTR-T2000

14th Jul 2014 (6 Comments)

The broadband based YouView (IPTV) catch-up and video-on-demand TV service, which is also bundled via several broadband ISPs (BT, TalkTalk etc.), has today launched a cheaper and faster set-top-box for retailers called the Humax DTR-T2000 (NOT to be confused with the HDR-2000T). But sadly there’s still no mention of WiFi support.

UPDATE Independent Scotland Could Gain a USO for Broadband Internet

14th Jul 2014 (3 Comments)

The Scottish Government has announced that it will set-up a Rural Connectivity Commission as part of their new proposals, which would aim to improve the country’s postal, transport, mobile and broadband Internet access connectivity in the event of a vote in favour of becoming independent from the United Kingdom (i.e. referendum on 18th September 2014).

UPDATE UK FSB Seek 10Mbps Broadband for All by 2018 and 100Mb by 2030

14th Jul 2014 (56 Comments)

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has today called on the Government of the United Kingdom to improve their current broadband coverage ambitions by raising the Universal Service Commitment (USC) from 2Mbps (Megabits per second) of Internet download speed to 10Mbps by 2018-2019, which would then rise again to 100Mbps+ by 2030.

Lycamobile’s UK Unlimited 4G Mobile Broadband Data Advert Faces Ban

14th Jul 2014 (8 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) looks set to ban an add-on service from Lycamobile, which perhaps misleadingly claimed to offer “UNLIMITED 4G DATA“, after the mobile operator failed to respond to the advertising watchdogs enquiries.

Government Offers GBP382K to Fibre GarDen Project in Cumbria UK

11th Jul 2014 (2 Comments)

After a period of uncertainty the community owned co-operative Digital Dales (Fibre GarDen) project, which hopes to build a new fibre optic (FTTP) based superfast broadband (50-100Mbps) network in rural parts of Garsdale and Dentdale (Cumbria, England), might finally be back on track thanks to an offer of £382,500 in public funding.

ISP PlusNet Tweaks UK Business Broadband and Phone Price Discounts

11th Jul 2014 (9 Comments)

After reducing the prices for their residential customers (here) it’s little surprise to find that PlusNet Business will today also tweak the cost of their broadband and phone bundles for business customers, which will be available to those who sign up for a 24 month contract (note: business prices are +vat).