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KC Bring FREE Public WiFi Wireless Internet to the Town of Beverley

12th Jun 2014 (0 Comments)

The medieval market town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire (England) area is to give locals and visitors access to a free “high-speed” wireless Internet (wifi hotspot) service following a new deal with the local telecoms incumbent KC. Sadly it will only be free to use for the first 20 minutes.

Superfast Essex UK Project Begins Vague BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

12th Jun 2014 (26 Comments)

The Superfast Essex scheme, which is worth £24.62 million and aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 87% of local homes and businesses by the end of summer 2016 (with plans to reach 95% through additional funding), has finally started Phase One of its deployment, albeit without telling locals which communities will benefit next or offering a clear timescale.

UK Superfast Broadband Uptake and ISP Market Share – Q4 2013

11th Jun 2014 (0 Comments)

Telecoms analyst Point Topic has revealed that there were an estimated 22,782,100 active fixed line broadband subscribers in the United Kingdom at the end of 2013 (including from smaller altnets), which includes 5,615,780 superfast broadband (25Mbps+) / NGA users (24.6% of the total). But as expected, Virgin Media and BT continue to dominate.

EE Boost UK Customer Service Quality with 300 New Jobs in Derby

11th Jun 2014 (3 Comments)

Mobile and broadband provider EE (Everything Everywhere) has announced the creation of 300 new customer-facing jobs in Derby, which forms part of their on-going effort to put the troubled past behind them and potentially become “number one for customer service in the telecoms sector“.

The Black Country Slowly Moving Forward with Fibre Broadband Rollout Plan

11th Jun 2014 (2 Comments)

The Black Country (i.e. stems from a heritage of coal mining and heavy industrialisation), which represents Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton in England’s West Midlands, appears to finally be making progress with their Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) plan to make superfast broadband (25Mbps+) services available to 95% of local premises by 2017. But a supplier still hasn’t been chosen.

ASA Uphold TalkTalk Complaint Against Misleading BT Sport TV Advert

11th Jun 2014 (6 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint by TalkTalk and several others against a TV advert for BT’s Sport service, which failed to make sufficiently clear that it wasn’t free to business customers or that it was only available to view online, unless customers also had access to Sky Digital or BT TV with superfast broadband via BTInfinity.

Wales UK Superfast Broadband Rollout Project Reaches 135K Premises

10th Jun 2014 (2 Comments)

The Superfast Cymru scheme, which is supported by public funding and aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network (speeds of up to 80Mbps) available to 96% of Welsh premises by the end of spring 2016, has now helped a total of 134,707 premises (most are homes and 4% businesses) in Wales to access the new connectivity.

Global Internet Traffic Tops 29K PetaBytes a Month and Set for 83K by 2018

10th Jun 2014 (0 Comments)

Cisco has published its 2014 Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast, which reveals that consumer Internet traffic has grown from 26,213 PetaBytes in 2012 to 29,071PB at the end of 2013 (excluding business traffic) and, fuelled by a +29% annual growth in online video content, it’s expected to hit 83,298PB by 2018. But the predictions may not be reliable.

Sky Broadband UK Offer 24 Months FREE Internet with Sky Sports TV

10th Jun 2014 (3 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has announced the imminent launch of a new Sky Sports TV bundle that will come with two years’ worth of free unlimited standard broadband (normally £7.50 a month when taken alongside a Sky TV package).

Internet Content Devs Failing to Take Advantage of Superfast Broadband

10th Jun 2014 (7 Comments)

A new take-up map for superfast broadband (30Mbps+) connections in the United Kingdom has caused Point Topic to complain that millions of consumers are still “waiting for something to buy” because Internet content developers still haven’t come up with a “killer app” to take advantage of the service.

UPDATE Delay Fears Strike KC’s Fibre Optic Broadband Rollout in Hull

10th Jun 2014 (1 Comment)

KC’s plan to make their ‘up to’ 350Mbps capable fibre optic (FTTP/C) Lightstream broadband network available to 45,000 premises accross Hull in East Yorkshire (England) could be facing a significant delay after KCOM Group’s latest preliminary results appeared to change the projects timescale.

CityFibre Target 20 UK Cities and 1Million Premises for 1Gb Broadband by 2016

10th Jun 2014 (9 Comments)

Fibre optic network developer CityFibre appears to have set itself the difficult task of rolling out their 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/H/T) network to reach 1 million homes, businesses and public sector sites by 2016, which will take place in 20 cities across the United Kingdom.

Vodafone UK Expands 4G Mobile Broadband to 5 South England Towns

9th Jun 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has announced that their “ultrafast” 4G based Mobile Broadband network will reach five of the “largest cities and towns” in the South of England this summer 2014, which will benefit nearly 1 million people and over 35,000 businesses.

Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Smart TV’s Face Hacker Threat

9th Jun 2014 (0 Comments)

Modern televisions and set-top-boxes that have adopted the pan-European Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Television (HbbTV) specification, which supports Internet capable features like digital teletext, catch-up TV (IPTV), electronic programme guides, interactive advertising, games and more, could be vulnerable to a simple radio attack by hackers.

Xwavia Deploys Superfast Wireless Broadband to Conwy in Wales UK

9th Jun 2014 (4 Comments)

As promised Xwavia (formerly eXwavia), fresh from its somewhat controversial injection of new investment by the Welsh Government (here), has confirmed the deployment of its 10-100Mbps capable wireless broadband network into the market town of Conwy on the north coast of Wales.

All New Berkeley UK Homes to be Fibre Optic Broadband Compatible

9th Jun 2014 (13 Comments)

Property developer Berkeley Group has become one of the first house builders to announced that it will seek to provide all new homes in the United Kingdom with “fibre optic broadband” infrastructure by 2016.

Interview – CityFibre Talk 1Gb FTTP Rollout with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk

9th Jun 2014 (17 Comments)

The Director of Strategy and Policy at urban fibre optic developer CityFibre, Mark Collins, has today revealed more to ISPreview.co.uk about their Joint Venture plans with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk to roll-out an “ultra-fast” 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/H) broadband network for UK homes in three cities, starting with York.