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O2 Travel Adverts Banned for Omitting 15MB Mobile Internet Data Cap

30th Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has once again had to ban two adverts for O2’s mobile Internet data roaming tariff (O2 Travel) after it claimed to offer “a day’s data for £1.99 … whatever you get up to on the continent“, which failed to mention the small matter of a 15MB usage cap.

Superfast Essex Project Gets New Website and Postcode Checker

29th Apr 2014 (6 Comments)

The £25 million Superfast Essex project, which is working to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to around 87% of local homes and businesses by the end of summer 2016, has launched a revamped site that now includes a postcode based availability checker. But precise details of the roll-out are still extremely thin.

UPD Gigaclear Begins Rollout of 1Gbps Fibre Optic Broadband in Underriver

29th Apr 2014 (2 Comments)

As expected Gigaclear has today begun to deploy their new 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) based fibre optic broadband ISP network out to rural residents of Underriver village and the surrounding areas in Kent (England).

Better Broadband for Suffolk UK Publishes 2nd Open Market Review

29th Apr 2014 (8 Comments)

The £40m Better Broadband to Suffolk project in England, which aims to roll-out BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to more than 90% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2015 (note: 85% will get “superfast” speeds of 24Mbps+), has published the results from its second Open Market Review (OMR) which focuses on the future plans to reach around 95% by 2017.

ISP Zen Internet Sorry After 11k UK Users Hit by 8 Hour Broadband Outage

29th Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

Popular ISP Zen Internet has apologised after 11,000 of its broadband customers (FTTC and ADSL etc.) were left without service for nearly 8 hours on Sunday (27th April 2014) after a fibre optic cable broke. Sadly the provider’s network then failed to transfer affected services over to alternative circuits.

BT Openreach List Latest 163 UK Exchange Upgrades for FTTP on Demand

28th Apr 2014 (28 Comments)

BTOpenreach has kindly responded to this morning’s article by confirming the latest batch of 163 telephone exchanges that have been upgraded to support the Fibre on Demand (FoD / FTTPoD) service, which makes their “ultra-fast” and ultra-expensive 330Mbps (30Mbps uploads) fibre optic broadband (FTTP) product available via FTTC capable lines.

North Lincolnshire Reveal Tentative Rollout Plan for Extra Broadband Cash

28th Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

The state aid supported Northernlincs Broadband project appears to have revealed the first details about which areas can expect to benefit from the additional Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) cash injection of £1.18 million, which was first announced in February 2014.

UPDATE ISP TalkTalk Block Women’s Rights Website for Alleged Pornography

28th Apr 2014 (2 Comments)

Customers of budget broadband provider TalkTalk, specifically those whom have enabled the operators network-level HomeSafe Internet filtering censorship system (Parental Controls), have complained that the system is incorrectly blocking the women’s rights website https://sherights.com under the questionable category of “pornography“.

EE UK Fixed Broadband Customers Grow to 745000 as 4G Users Hit 2.9m

28th Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP EE UK has recorded one of its best quarters of fixed line broadband subscriber growth after it added more than +19,000 customers in Q1-2014 to total 745,000 (up from +12k in Q4-2013). Meanwhile their 4G mobile customer base grew from 1,996,000 in Q4-2013 to reach 2.9m now (+889k in the quarter).

UPDATE2 Breaking Down the UK Costs of 330Mbps FTTP on Demand Broadband

28th Apr 2014 (52 Comments)

BTOpenreach’s new FTTP on Demand (FoD) product offers the attractive potential for anybody within reach of an FTTC capable line to order a full fibre optic broadband connection, which can deliver stable speeds of 330Mbps (30Mbps uploads) using Fibre-to-the-Premises technology. But have cost and confusion killed the attraction.

Ofcom Finds UK Fixed Line Broadband ISP Connections Reach 22.6 Million

25th Apr 2014 (3 Comments)

The communication regulator’s final Telecoms Market Data Tables update for last year has revealed that the United Kingdom ended 2013 with a total of 22,577,000 fixed line residential and small business broadband ISP connections (excludes corporate lines), which is up by +941,000 (4.3%) in the year as ADSL’s existing market share declines.

Ofcom Propose Code Powers to Help MS3 Expand Dark Fibre Network in Hull

25th Apr 2014 (1 Comment)

MS3 Networks has won provisional approval from Ofcom that would grant the operator Code Powers (making street works easier etc.) in order to help expand their independent and ultra-fast Dark Fibre optic broadband ISP network in Hull (East Yorkshire, England), which is already being used by a number of local businesses and competes with KC’s own FTTP deployment.

Virgin Media WiFi on London Underground Now Available at 137 Stations

25th Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

Virgin Media has announced that a further 6 London Underground Train/Tube Stations will join its related network of public wireless Internet (WiFi) hotspots tomorrow, which raises their total coverage to 137 stations (up from 131 in February 2014). More are also due to be added to the network by the end of this summer.

EE Expand UK 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Network Coverage to 72 Percent

25th Apr 2014 (2 Comments)

EE (4GEE) has announced that its “superfast” 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) based Mobile Broadband (4GEE) network has now arrived in a total of 200 cities and towns (12 new additions went live this week), which means that their related network coverage (population) of the United Kingdom has expanded to 72%.

FIBREWiFi Unveil New Superfast Wireless Broadband Packages for Essex

25th Apr 2014 (13 Comments)

Chelmsford-based fixed wireless access provider FIBREWiFi (Buzcom) has revealed that they’re launching a range of new superfast broadband packages, which will offer symmetric Internet speeds of up to 100Mbps for businesses and homes in Essex (East of England).

BT Openreach Improves Mapping with New GBP23m Ordnance Survey Deal

24th Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains BT’s national UK telecoms network, has enhanced their existing relationship with the Ordnance Survey by signing a new 5-year agreement worth £23 million. The deal is more than a mere extension and should help to make their broadband and phone engineers more efficient and effective.

CityFibre Begins Build of New 1Gbps Fibre Optic Network in Peterborough

24th Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

As expected CityFibre, in partnership with Peterborough City Council in the east of England and IT services provider Serco, has officially begun the installation of an almost 90km long new fibre optic cable network (aka – Peterborough CORE) in the city centre.