ISP News Archives for September 4, 2014

First came Apple TV, then Roku (inc. Sky’s NOW TV service) followed by Google’s Chromecast and now Amazon’s Fire TV box has arrived in the United Kingdom to help put your broadband ISP connection to good use by streaming video and TV content instead of just getting it via a Satellite or that ugly antenna at the top of your house.

The communications regulator has today spoken of its “concern” for small and medium sized businesses in the United Kingdom, which it fears may be struggling to get the best out of the available broadband and phone services. As a result Ofcom has set out a new plan that aims to both examine and tackle any related issues.

The £88k+ Fell End Broadband project in Ravenstonedale (South East Cumbria, England) has announced that its partly community built fibre optic (FTTH/P) network, which covers just 58 properties including 28 businesses over an 11km area, is now officially live.

Mobile operator EE has teamed up with Nokia Networks and Intel to test the new Liquid Applications technology, which among other things can redefine the role of base stations (these distribute the mobile signal to your phone) by adding cloud technology in a way that could deliver some big Mobile Broadband (4G / 3G) performance improvements to customers.

Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk looks set to release the first new firmware (v1.05t) for their recently launched “Super Router” (Huawei HG635), which boasts a built-in VDSL2 modem and the most recent Gigabit capable wireless networking (802.11ac). Better WiFi and UI improvements appear to be on the cards.

Fibre optic broadband ISP Seethelight, which serves thousands of customers across a number of housing estates via the Independent Fibre Networks Limited (IFNL) platform in the United Kingdom, is this morning recovering after a large outage struck their network after 2pm yesterday.