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ISP News Archives for October 2014

A1 Telekom First to Connect Customer via 536Mbps G.fast Broadband

16th Oct 2014 (55 Comments)

Austrian ISP A1 Telekom (Telekom Austria Group) and Alcatel-Lucent claim to have connected the first customer in the world to a domestic copper telecoms network using G.fast (ITU G.9700/1) technology, which some predict could eventually replace BT’s up to 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) service in the United Kingdom.

VIDEO Samsung Demo Next Gen 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds of 7.5Gbps

16th Oct 2014 (0 Comments)

Electronics giant Samsung claims to have successfully delivered record setting Mobile Broadband speeds of a staggering 7.5Gbps (Gigabits per second) using a prototype of their next generation 5G technology, with the uninterrupted speeds falling away to 1.2Gbps when the service was tested while travelling at just over 60Mph (Miles per hour) on a 4.35km long racetrack.

UK ISP Eclipse Internet Quietly Withdraws Home Broadband Products

16th Oct 2014 (6 Comments)

Without even so much as a whisper the KCOM owned ISP Eclipse Internet has quietly updated their website to remove residential home broadband and phone products in order to re-focus more on the delivery of business services.

Growth Improves as Sky Broadband Reaches 5.32m UK Customers

16th Oct 2014 (0 Comments)

After a predictable slowdown in the second quarter Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today seen its growth improve in Q3-2014 by adding an extra +75,000 (up from +50k in Q2 and +70k in Q1) home broadband subscriptions to total 5,322,000, which has no doubt been helped by the recent spate of aggressive discounts (24 months free broadband etc.).

EE UK Ready to Switch-On 300Mbps 4G LTE Advanced Mobile Speeds

16th Oct 2014 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has told ISPreview.co.uk that their ultrafast 300Mbps (peak – shared capacity) capable 4G network upgrade, which will make use of the latest LTE-Advanced (Long Term Evolution) and Carrier Aggregation technology, is imminently due to exit its trial phase and go live.

Wales UK Reveals Autumn 2015 BT “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Plan

16th Oct 2014 (2 Comments)

The Superfast Cymru project has this morning announced the next batch of communities that, from September 2015 onwards, will be upgraded to support BT’s “fast fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network. The announcement means that related work is now effectively planned to take place in every telephone exchange across Wales.

Mobile Operator EE Gives a Christmas Gift of FREE 4G Data

15th Oct 2014 (4 Comments)

Customers of EE’s mobile network in the United Kingdom, specifically those new subscribers who take a Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) Smartphone or Tablet computer, will this Christmas be given 100MB (MegaBytes) of free mobile data each and every month.

17 BT Fibre Broadband FTTC Cabinets Go LIVE on the Shetland Islands

15th Oct 2014 (16 Comments)

Residents of the remote Shetland Islands community will be pleased to learn that the first 17 street cabinets (serving 4,000 premises) equipped with BT’s up to 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband technology have gone live today. The work forms part of the wider £410m Digital Scotland partnership.

Study Finds UK ISP Internet Censorship Not the Best Approach for Kids

15th Oct 2014 (2 Comments)

A new survey of over 2,000 children (aged 14 – 17) from across the United Kingdom, which was jointly conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute and The Parent Zone, has claimed that restricting kids from accessing the Internet by using network-level ISP censorship (Parental Control) systems might not be as effective as allowing them to self-regulate their own online use.

Vodafone UK Deploy LTE Advanced for “ultra-fast” 4G Mobile Broadband

15th Oct 2014 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has joined EE to become the second 4G based Mobile Broadband provider to make use of the latest Carrier Aggregation (LTE-Advanced) technology, which from this month should deliver a significant Internet speed and modest coverage boost for customers in Birmingham, Manchester and London (assuming the user owns supporting hardware).

JT Gets Sure Advert Banned for Misleading “UNLIMITED” Data Claim

15th Oct 2014 (4 Comments)

The Jersey (Channel Islands) based telecoms operator JT has managed to get a website and press advert for rival Sure Ltd. banned after the provider misleadingly promoted their pay monthly mobile tariffs as offering both “UNLIMITED” data and txt messages, which was despite the operator applying restrictions in its Fair Usage Policy (FUP).

BT and Sky Get Virgin Media Ads Banned for Misleading Price Claims

15th Oct 2014 (15 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has once again banned several adverts for Virgin Media’s various broadband, phone and TV bundles after BT and Sky Broadband (BSkyB) complained that the operator misrepresented the pricing and potential savings of its packages.

SHOCK As Study Finds Naff Mobile Broadband Coverage on UK Trains

14th Oct 2014 (11 Comments)

A new study from Global Wireless Solutions has discovered what most UK rail commuters already knew, that Mobile Broadband connectivity on the train is more often than not a pile of poop. Indeed 30.3% of mobile Internet tasks and 1 in 7 voice calls attempted on commuter train routes failed during testing. But Vodafone and EE put in the best performance.

Argos and TalkTalk Gift Free Broadband and Tablets to Get People Online

14th Oct 2014 (1 Comment)

High street retail giant Argos has joined forces with Go ON UK and ISP TalkTalk in order to make 10,000 free tablet computers and one year’s worth of free broadband connectivity available to those who take part in a workshop at one of over 120 participating stores, costing £20 per person (ah.. so it’s not completely free then).

Gloucester UK Moot City Centre FREE WiFi Hotspots via CCTV Network

14th Oct 2014 (0 Comments)

The Gloucester City Council is currently developing a plan to upgrade their existing CCTV infrastructure, which will include support for supplying a free public WiFi wireless Internet network in the city centre.

Vodafone UK Expands 4G Mobile Broadband Roaming to 23 Countries

14th Oct 2014 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that customers of their ‘Red’ 4G (LTE) based mobile voice and Internet services in the United Kingdom will now also be able to make use of the same connectivity in 23 destinations worldwide.

Devon UK Village Gets 80Mbps Broadband via BT’s 4km Microwave Radio Link

14th Oct 2014 (4 Comments)

The joint £94m BT and Connecting Devon and Somerset project in England has successfully used a “pioneering new” 4 kilometre microwave radio link to help supply capacity for an FTTC (up to 80Mbps) equipped Street Cabinet in the remote Devon village of Northlew, which would have otherwise required the installation of an expensive fibre optic cable.