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ISP News Archives for August 26, 2014

 
AAISP Fears Broadband Too Costly for ISPs in an Independent Scotland

26th Aug 2014 (24 Comments)

The boss of bracknell-based ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has waded into the heated debate over Scottish independence by warning that some smaller broadband ISPs based in the rest of the United Kingdom might “simply cut off Scotland” because of higher costs. As our Scottish cousins might say, “a nod’s as guid as a wink tae a blind horse“.

BT’s Broadband YouView TV Service Blocks Unauthorised STBs

26th Aug 2014 (9 Comments)

Customers of BT’s YouView (IPTV) based broadband TV service can no longer access the ISPs premium content (e.g. the Discovery Channel, FOX, SyFy, MTV etc.) by using unauthorised set-top-boxes, such as those purchased from third party retailers.

UPDATE DNS Fail Stops Virgin Media Users Accessing ntlworld.com Email

26th Aug 2014 (5 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media, specifically those with email addresses that use the ntlworld.com domain, have been unable to access their email for almost 24 hours after an unspecified problem hit the ISPs related Domain Name Servers (DNS).

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Rural Shops Alliance in Urban Broadband Funding Moan to UK Government

26th Aug 2014 (12 Comments)

The Rural Shops Alliance (RSA), a trade association that claims to represent over 8,000 rural retailers across the United Kingdom, has described the Government’s city-focused Connection Voucher scheme as “bizarre” for “subsidising businesses which already have the potential to access superfast broadband“.

Let’s Stop Having Different UK Definitions for “Superfast Broadband”

26th Aug 2014 (27 Comments)

What is “superfast” or “fibre broadband“? The answer seems to vary depending upon whether or not you’re asking a Local Authority (council), the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) office, mobile operators or the national telecoms regulator. The situation has become ridiculously confusing.

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