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ISP News Archives for September 2014

London Mayor Pushes ISPs to Ensure 99% Superfast Broadband Cover

16th Sep 2014 (11 Comments)

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson (Conservative), will today meet some of the United Kingdom’s largest ISPs and mobile operators (including Virgin Media, BT and O2 UK) at a ‘Connectivity Summit’ where it’s hoped that a strategy can be devised to help improve the city’s superfast broadband connectivity.

Virgin Media Confirm 1000Mbps FTTH Broadband Trial for Papworth Everard

16th Sep 2014 (11 Comments)

Virgin Media has today confirmed our report from last month and said they’re teaming-up with the John Henry Group to trial a new fibre optic based narrow-trenching deployment technology in the large village of Papworth Everard, which resides near the city of Cambridge (England). Locals can expect to receive download speeds of up to 1000Mbps.

The Black Country Finally Agree GBP7.5m Superfast Broadband Rollout

16th Sep 2014 (7 Comments)

The Black Country (Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton) in England’s West Midlands has, after sitting out the first round of funding from the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme, finally agreed a £7.5m project to make superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services available to 95% of local premises by 2017.

ISP Origin Broadband Tries to Move on from their Digital Region Woes

16th Sep 2014 (5 Comments)

South Yorkshire ISP Origin Broadband has attempted to move on from last month’s customer support and connectivity troubles (here), which related to the closure of Digital Region’s (DRL) local network, by officially launching their new services and offering free unlimited broadband to “everyone within reach of our network who takes line rental“.

UPDATE Direct Save Telecom Launch FTTH Broadband for New Build Homes

15th Sep 2014 (5 Comments)

In an unexpected move the budget ISP Direct Save Telecom has today announced the launch of a new “low-cost unlimited high-speed” Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) based broadband service for new builds in the United Kingdom, with prices starting from just £4.95 per month. But details appear to be in short supply.

South West Trains in England Goes LIVE with FREE WiFi

15th Sep 2014 (1 Comment)

People travelling on the South West Trains service in England, specifically those who use the main line route from London Waterloo to Weymouth and Portsmouth, will from today be able to make use of a new on-board FREE wireless Internet (WiFi Hotspot) service, just so long as it’s one of the operators Class 444 Desiro electric trains.

Funding Woes as Middlesbrough Expands BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

15th Sep 2014 (0 Comments)

The Middlesbrough Council in North East England has this week approved additional funding of £493k, which will be used to help make BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services available to 95% of people by 2017 (including an additional 500 local businesses). But the funding represents less than half what was actually made available.

Fibre GarDen to Start Community FTTP Broadband “Big Dig” in Cumbria

15th Sep 2014 (3 Comments)

The Digital Dales (Fibre GarDen) project, which is a community owned co-operative that aims to construct a new superfast broadband (30-100Mbps capable) Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in rural parts of Garsdale and Dentdale (Cumbria, England), has confirmed that the construction phase will begin on Monday 5th October 2014.

Virgin Media Blame EE for Slow UK Mobile Internet Speed and SIM Fail

15th Sep 2014 (5 Comments)

Customer of Virgin Media’s mobile division (Virgin Mobile) have, over the past couple of weeks, apparently been sent defective SIM cards that resulted in slow Internet (Mobile Broadband) speeds and or a complete loss of related connectivity. Existing customers are also experiencing problems with data performance.

Rural FTTP Broadband ISP Gigaclear Headed to the London Stock Exchange

15th Sep 2014 (0 Comments)

Gigaclear, which specialises in rolling out true 1000Mbps capable fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband services to rural communities across the United Kingdom, looks set to float its way onto the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in order to initially raise an additional £20m to help fund an even more aggressive expansion strategy.

BT and Big UK Telco’s Warn of Increased Costs for an Independent Scotland

15th Sep 2014 (20 Comments)

The heated debate over Scottish independence, which is due to be decided in a referendum this week (Thursday 18th Sept), took another twist over the weekend as national telecoms and broadband operators including BT, TalkTalk, O2 (Telefonica UK), Vodafone, EE and Three UK united in a rare show of unity to highlight some of their considerations.

INGNL Look to Expand UK 300Mbps FTTH Network to New-Build Homes

12th Sep 2014 (1 Comment)

The Independent Next Generation Networks Limited (INGNL) has hinted at plans to expand the reach of their carrier-neutral Next Generation Wholesale Access Network (NGANs) in order to deliver broadband speeds of 300Mbps (Megabits per second) to new-build town and urban developments that have been approved by the UK Government and local planning authorities.

Sky Seeks Code Powers to Support New UK PIA and SLU Broadband Trials

12th Sep 2014 (1 Comment)

Ofcom has proposed to grant Code Powers to BSkyB Ltd. (Sky Broadband) in order to both make it easier for them to maintain and develop their core fibre optic network (e.g. quicker approval for street works) and to support trials of new solutions, such as a Passive Infrastructure Access (PIA) and Sub-Loop Unbundling (SLU) related broadband services.

ISP Sky Broadband Offers 6 Months Free Fibre Unlimited FTTC Service

12th Sep 2014 (0 Comments)

After being delayed from last week Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today moved to entice both new and existing customers to adopt their ‘up to’ 38Mbps capable FTTC based superfast broadband (Sky Fibre Unlimited) service by offering it FREE for the first 6 months of service (£20 per month thereafter).

Vodafone Eye Virgin Media’s Liberty Global as EU Clears BSkyB Acquisitions

12th Sep 2014 (5 Comments)

At times Vodafone’s on-going attempts to grab a slice of the UK and or EU fixed broadband, TV and phone market can seem akin to throwing a bunch of big names around and seeing what sticks. So it’s little surprise to find that they seem to have moved from sniffing around BSkyB (Sky Broadband) to showing interest in Virgin Media’s parent, Liberty Global. Meanwhile BT continues to threaten.

BT Says Sorry for Lengthy Isle of Bute Broadband Provision Delays

11th Sep 2014 (5 Comments)

Several Rothesay locals, which is a small but principal town of around 5,000 people on the Isle of Bute (West Scotland), have complained after BT advised that it would not be possible to connect their new premises to broadband until November 2014 due to capacity problems at the nearby telephone exchange (the normal wait is usually around 2 weeks).

GiffGaff UK Scraps Unlimited Mobile Broadband Data Plans

11th Sep 2014 (21 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator GiffGaff look set to be disappointed when it removes the “Unlimited Internet” component from two of their top interchangeable monthly SIM-only (goodybags) plans. The allowance will, effective from 24th September 2014, instead be replaced by a capped quota of just a few GigaBytes and a new Traffic Management change will drop some speeds to just 300Kbps (0.3Mbps).