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ISP News Archives for 2014

UPDATE2 Court of Appeal Rules BT FTTC Broadband Infringes ASSIA Patents

11th Nov 2014 (11 Comments)

The Court of Appeal has this morning ruled that two patents owned by California-based ISP ASSIA, which relates to the field of Dynamic Spectrum Management, have been infringed upon by BT’s Next Generation Access (NGA) Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / BTInfinity) superfast broadband technology.

ITS Technology Builds Wireless Superfast Broadband to Derby Business Park

11th Nov 2014 (2 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group will soon deploy a new superfast fixed wireless broadband service to cover businesses on Derby’s (East Midlands, England) Pride Park, which can be found on the outskirts of the city centre (former industrial land between the River Derwent and railway lines).

UPDATE Vodafone Return to the UK Home Broadband Market in Spring 2015

11th Nov 2014 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has officially announced that it will have a second stab at the United Kingdom’s residential fixed line broadband market when it launches a new service for homes during Spring 2015.

Cotswolds Broadband Tender for GBP6.8m FTTP Rollout in West Oxfordshire

11th Nov 2014 (11 Comments)

The Cotswolds Broadband project, which has long planned to roll-out an open access 100Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to the majority of homes and businesses in West Oxfordshire (Chipping Norton), has now secured £6.8m in funding and is preparing to issue its Invitation To Tender for a supplier.

Virgin Media Signs WiFi Access Deal with Rival The Cloud (BSkyB)

11th Nov 2014 (0 Comments)

In an unexpected move Virgin Media has today announced a new partnership deal with The Cloud, which is owned by rival BSkyB (Sky Broadband), that allows the national cable operator access to 22,000 additional premium public WiFi hotspots across the United Kingdom.

The PostOffice Hikes its UK Phone Line Rental and Call Prices

11th Nov 2014 (5 Comments)

Customers of the Post Office’s phone service will be displeased to learn that the operator will be raising the price of their Home Phone line rental from £13 to £15 a month from 5th January 2014 2015, although it’s not all bad news because they’ve tweaked the price of their broadband services downwards to compensate.

EU Court Rejects Vtesse Networks Appeal vs State Aid for BT’s Broadband

11th Nov 2014 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Vtesse Networks, which was only last month gobbled up by Interoute Communications, has lost its appeal at the General Court of the European Union, which challenged the decision to award state aid to BT for its deployment of superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (England).

UK ISP TalkTalk Grows to 4.22m Broadband Users as York FTTP Build Starts

11th Nov 2014 (5 Comments)

Low cost ISP TalkTalk has published their latest Q3-2014 (calendar) results, which saw broadband subscribers increase by +15,000 in the quarter to total 4,221,000 (up from +10k in Q2 and the same in Q1). Meanwhile the joint roll-out of their 1Gbps capable FTTP broadband network in York has finally started the build phase. A new Talk2Go app for iOS and Android is also out (i.e. mobile calls over a fixed line).

UPDATE Origin Broadband Offers Phone Line Rental from £8.33 Monthly

11th Nov 2014 (3 Comments)

South Yorkshire ISP Origin Broadband has announced a new deal for Christmas that brings the cost of pre-paid Phone Line Rental down to the equivalent of just £8.33 inc. VAT per month for customers across the United Kingdom, which is significantly cheaper than most rival pre-paid line rental offers.

BT Deploys FREE WiFi Wireless Internet to Carlisle City Centre

10th Nov 2014 (0 Comments)

BT has successfully deployed a “free and unlimited” public WiFi wireless Internet hotspot service in the heart of Carlisle (i.e. most of the city centre and Longtown) in Cumbria (England), which will be extended to include Brampton later this month.

BT “Fibre Broadband” Expands to 150,000 Extra Premises in Scotland

10th Nov 2014 (6 Comments)

The £410 million Digital Scotland project has confirmed that 150,000 additional homes and businesses across the country can now gain access to BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network thanks to the state aid supported scheme, which aims to cover 85% of Scottish premises by the end of 2015 and 95% by the end of 2017.

Sky Broadband’s Shield Internet Filter Adds Watershed Feature

10th Nov 2014 (2 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband (BSkyB), specifically those who elect to enable the providers free network-level filtering “Shield” service that works to block websites which contain “adult content” from view by young eyes (censorship), may like to know that a new watershed feature has just been added.

Vodafone UK Connect First Rural Communities to 3G Mobile Broadband

10th Nov 2014 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that the hilltop market town of Minchinhampton in Gloucestershire (England) has officially become the first of 30 initial rural communities to receive 3G based mobile coverage via their new Rural Open Sure Signal Programme, with many more soon to follow.

BT Unveil New £5.99 FTTC Superfast Broadband, TV and Netflix Bundle

10th Nov 2014 (0 Comments)

As predicted last month the consumer division of BT has today announced the launch of a new package that bundles the ISP’s BTInfinity 1 (FTTC) superfast broadband connectivity with their YouView product (TV Starter Pack) and access to Netflix all integrated into a single bill from £5.99 per month (first 6 months).

Airwave Preps Trial of Wireless Broadband Service in Rural North Yorkshire

10th Nov 2014 (2 Comments)

Slough-based Airwave, which in June 2014 was selected as one of eight pilot projects for the Government’s £10m Innovation Fund (part of the national Broadband Delivery UK scheme), has announced that the rural village of West Witton (Wensleydale, England) will be among the first to benefit from their new Fixed Wireless Access technology trials.

Virgin Media’s Censorship Tool Bodges UK Customers Internet Traffic

10th Nov 2014 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has issued a brief apology after an unspecified number of their customers suffered problems accessing websites due to a fault with the ISPs Web Safe (Parental Control) service, which uses network-level filtering to block “potentially age-inappropriate websites” from the eyes of children.

Interview – Hyperoptic Talks UK 1000Mbps Broadband Coverage, TV and Uptake

10th Nov 2014 (6 Comments)

It’s been three years since Hyperoptic stepped out from the ashes of BE Broadband to became one of the first ISPs to build an ultrafast (1000Mbps) Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTP) broadband network for homes in London. Some doubted their prospects, but the gamble paid off and now the ISPs boss, Dana Pressman Tobak, has stopped back at ISPreview.co.uk to give us an update.