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ISP News Archives for 2014

The Top 50 Slowest and Top 10 Fastest UK Streets for Broadband Speed

24th Apr 2014 (17 Comments)

A new report from uSwitch, which is based on 1,896,977 consumer Internet speedtests conducted during the August 2013 to January 2014 period, claims to have revealed the slowest and fastest streets in the United Kingdom for broadband speed. But we wouldn’t rely on the results.

Average Global Internet Download Speeds Top 3.8Mb as UK Hits 9.4Mb in 2013

23rd Apr 2014 (1 Comment)

At the end of 2013 the average global broadband download speed, according to Akamai’s State of the Internet report, increased by 5.5% during the final quarter to top 3.8Mbps. By comparison the United Kingdom skipped from 14th to 13th fastest and saw its speed rise by 3.3% in the quarter to total 9.4Mbps.

ASA Ban TalkTalk TV Advert for Misleading Catch Up Content Availability

23rd Apr 2014 (6 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a television advert for TalkTalk’s broadband TV (YouView) service after it failed to make clear that “some catch-up [TV] content is excluded from the on demand services“.

Sky Told to Stop Exaggerating Availability of Live Channels on NOW TV

23rd Apr 2014 (5 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority has told Sky (BSkyB) to stop exaggerating the availability of paid live TV channels (Entertainment Pass) via their Internet-based NOW TV service.

4G Mobile Broadband Could Doom Public WiFi Wireless Internet Hotspots

23rd Apr 2014 (9 Comments)

Public WiFi hotspots have become increasingly common over the past few years and now even the government’s £150m Super-Connected Cities Programme (SCCP) is seeking to boost their coverage. But is such investment becoming a waste of money and might we be about to witness the end of public wifi as we know it.

BT Based FTTC Broadband Rollout in Shetland Progresses

22nd Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

The £410 million Digital Scotland partnership with BT has, following Shetland Telecom’s local work and last year’s £26.9m deal to build 20 new fibre optic submarine cables around the Highlands and Islands (here), expanded its roll-out of “fibre broadband” (FTTC) services to premises in Lerwick on Shetland.

Keycom Gobbles RAF Supplying Broadband ISP TriCommunications

22nd Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

Keycom (Media Force), a specialist supplier of high-speed broadband for students, the armed forces, key-workers, housing associations and some homes around the United Kingdom, has acquired an ISP that is responsible for serving six RAF bases in England – TriCommunications Ltd.

UK ISP Fluidata Awarded for Rural Broadband Service Exchange Platform

22nd Apr 2014 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise (Innovation Category), which was secured in recognition of their efforts to boost rural broadband connectivity through the introduction of an aggregated open access wholesale network called the Service Exchange Platform (SEP).

The UK’s Fastest Fixed Line Home Broadband Providers are Small ISPs

22nd Apr 2014 (5 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media often wins awards for being the fastest national consumer broadband provider, at least in terms of average download speed, but this overlooks the contribution of considerably faster services from smaller ISPs that are frequently shunned. We take a closer look at the real-world performance of these providers.

Happy Easter 2014 from ISPreview.co.uk

18th Apr 2014 (8 Comments)

Just a quick message to say that we hope all of our readers, whatever your religious beliefs, have a very Happy Easter and or a relaxing extra-long weekend (assuming you’ve been lucky enough to get some time off work).

The Tricky Question of Censorship and Age Verification via Broadband ISPs

17th Apr 2014 (5 Comments)

One of the more puzzling aspects of the on-going political debate over Internet censorship (Parental Controls) is the issue of Age Verification, which has some politicians aggressively calling for a system that can verify an Internet user’s age before the ISPs network-level filters can be disabled. But is it even possible and do we really need it?

A Quick Snapshot of BT’s Recent Broadband Provisioning Performance

17th Apr 2014 (3 Comments)

The intense storms that ravaged much of the United Kingdom over winter clearly had an impact on BTOpenreach’s engineering crews (here) and some of the affected areas are only now getting back to normal. But what do the statistics say about the effect on new broadband provisions and missed appointments? Let’s take a look.

Entanet Based ISPs to Launch Cheaper FTTC Broadband Installs and Migrations

16th Apr 2014 (4 Comments)

Business ISP Entanet, which supplies wholesale Internet access and related communication services to a number of ISPs and businesses across the United Kingdom, has moved to boost sales by allowing their resellers to offer Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based superfast broadband connections with a free installation or migration.

UK ISPs Continue the War of Fictional Headline ADSL Broadband Speeds

16th Apr 2014 (3 Comments)

Customers aren’t likely to notice much of a difference but the headline (advertised) download speed of Sky Broadband’s standard unlimited Internet access product has just been raised again from “up to” 16Mbps to 17Mbps, even though it’s still the same old ADSL2+ based connection underneath. No doubt more ISPs will soon follow.

UPD Average UK Home Broadband ISP Speeds Climb to 17.8Mbps – Ofcom

15th Apr 2014 (21 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published its latest biannual report into the real-world Internet speeds of fixed line broadband ISP consumers across the United Kingdom, which reveals that the average download rate has risen to 17.8Mbps (up by +17.41% from 14.7Mbps in August 2013). Sadly a huge gap still exists between urban and rural areas.

9 Extra Berkshire UK Villages to Get Superfast Broadband

15th Apr 2014 (2 Comments)

A new grant worth £550,000 from the often criticised Rural Community Broadband Fund (RCBF) looks set to help 9 additional villages (3,300 properties) in the south eastern county of Berkshire (England) to receive a “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) service from BT.

UPDATE2 Sky, TalkTalk and CityFibre to Launch 1Gbps FTTP Broadband in York

15th Apr 2014 (15 Comments)

In a major development two of the United Kingdom’s largest ISPs, TalkTalk and Sky Broadband (BSkyB), have “joined forces” with fibre optic infrastructure developer CityFibre to expand its existing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the City of York (England) by launching a 1000Mbps capable “ultra-fast” broadband service to thousands of local homes.