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ISP News Archives for January 2015

UPDATE Lords in 2nd Attempt to Sneak UK Internet Snooping Law into Bill

31st Jan 2015 (11 Comments)

The former Metropolitan Police Chief, Lord Blair, with support from Lord Carlisle, Lord King and Lord West, has once again attempted to sneak a controversial new Internet Snooping law into the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill (CTSB) after initially withdrawing it last Monday.

UPDATE D-Link Broadband Routers Vulnerable to DNS Hijack Attack

31st Jan 2015 (0 Comments)

A Bulgarian security researcher called Todor Donev has demonstrated a new proof of concept attack against one of D-Link’s ADSL based wireless broadband routers (D-Link DSL-2740R), which allows a hacker to change the routers default Domain Name Server (DNS) details and thus hijack its web traffic. Other routers could also be vulnerable.

BT Extend UK Vectoring Trials to Fix FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Speeds

30th Jan 2015 (22 Comments)

BTOpenreach’s long running VDSL2 Vectoring (ITU-T G.993.5) trial, which aims to improve the performance of BT’s existing “up to” 80Mbps capable hybrid Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) superfast broadband lines by significantly reducing crosstalk interference, has been extended to 100 DSLAMs in selected areas that will benefit from the upgrade.

uSwitch 2015 Awards Name Virgin Media UK Best Broadband Provider

30th Jan 2015 (5 Comments)

The annual uSwitch.com Broadband Awards 2015, which took place last night at The Gherkin in London, have unveiled a variety of winners across multiple categories for broadband, TV, phone and mobile services. Top among the winners was Virgin Media, which took three awards for Best Customer Rated Broadband, Fastest Broadband and Best Broadband Provider.

BT Top 7.59m Broadband Subscribers and Grow FTTC to Cover 22M Premises

30th Jan 2015 (38 Comments)

BT has today published its latest results for Q4-2014 (calendar), which revealed that their retail division had added +119,000 broadband subscribers in the quarter to total 7,592,000 (up from the +88k added in Q3 and the +104k in Q2). Meanwhile almost 22 million UK premises can now access the operators “Fibre Broadband” (FTTC/P) network.

BT Confirm UK Rollout of 1000Mbps G.Fast Ultrafast Broadband from 2016/17

30th Jan 2015 (95 Comments)

The national telecoms operator, BT, has today delivered an earlier than expected surprise by announcing their intention to deploy the next generation hybrid-fibre G.fast (ITU G.9701) broadband technology across the United Kingdom from 2016/17, with “most homes” told to expect speeds of ‘up to’ 500Mbps (Megabits per second) and there’s also a “premium” option for up to 1000Mbps (the premium may come via FTTP).

UPDATE 39 England Growth Deals Gain £1bn Funding Boost to Help Broadband

29th Jan 2015 (5 Comments)

The government has today announced that they intend to invest a further £1 billion into 39 Local Growth Deals with businesses and local authorities across England, which among other things will help to roll-out superfast broadband connectivity to even more homes and businesses.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Confirms Quad Play Bundle with O2 Based Mobile

29th Jan 2015 (2 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced a new multi-year wholesale partnership with mobile operator Telefonica UK (O2) that will allow the ISP to offer a new range quad-play bundles to their customers, including 2G, 3G and 4G (Mobile Broadband) based mobile tariffs.

Cornwall UK Confirms Growth Deal for 99% Fibre Broadband Coverage

29th Jan 2015 (1 Comment)

The Government’s Minister for Rural Affairs, Dan Rogerson (LibDem), will later today launch a new Growth Deal for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in England that will confirm the Local Authorities existing plan to push “fibre broadband” coverage from the current target of 95% to over 99%.

UPD Public Accounts Committee Still Critical of BT and BDUK Broadband Rollout

28th Jan 2015 (47 Comments)

The Public Accounts Committee, which holds some responsibility for examining the Government’s public expenditure, has today hosted a third session in order to examine if any progress has been made on their prior recommendations for the joint state aid supported BT and Broadband Delivery UK rollout of superfast broadband.

Small Improvement in UK Satisfaction with Broadband and Phone Services

28th Jan 2015 (3 Comments)

Ofcom has published its annual Consumer Experience Report, which shows that satisfaction with fixed line broadband ISP and phone service reliability has ever so slightly improved over the past year. But the proportion who were dissatisfied with their service remains at 9% for broadband customers, 6% of mobile users, 4% of landline callers and 4% of TV viewers.

BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout is Ahead of Schedule and Made Savings

28th Jan 2015 (22 Comments)

The National Audit Office has, in anticipation of today’s Public Accounts Committee event, published a useful report into its views on how effective the joint BT and Broadband Delivery UK scheme has been in terms of its costs, coverage and competition. The report finds that BT’s Phase 1 deployment is running “ahead of schedule” and BDUK predicts total savings of approximately £72m by 2017-18, which could be reinvested.

BDUK Gifts Northern Rail GBP750k for On-board Train FREE WiFi Upgrade

28th Jan 2015 (12 Comments)

Commuters travelling on Northern Rail’s trains from Leeds and Bradford (England) can now access free on-board wireless Internet (WiFi) connectivity thanks to a new scheme that has been funded by £750,000 from the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK programme. This appears to be the first on-train scheme that BDUK has funded.

Progress in Tackling Warwickshire’s Slow Exchange Only Broadband Lines

27th Jan 2015 (1 Comment)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK programme is increasingly starting to tackle the historic curse of BTOpenreach’s pure copper Exchange Only Lines (EOL) and the latest example of this comes from several remote rural villages in the English county of Warwickshire.

UPDATE Norfolk Sign BT Deal to Expand Fibre Broadband Coverage to 90%

27th Jan 2015 (10 Comments)

The Better Broadband for Norfolk project in England, which currently aims to make BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) service available to 80% of local premises by the end of 2015, has today signed a second (Phase 2) contract worth £17.9m that will extend the services reach to 90% of the county’s homes and businesses.

BT Moot Free FTTP Broadband Trials for New UK Housing Developments

26th Jan 2015 (24 Comments)

BTOpenreach are currently reviewing their approach to the provision of Superfast Broadband (24Mbps+) at major housing developments and, as part of this strategy, the operator is evaluating a series of “free trials” for their 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology across the United Kingdom.

Worcestershire UK Cheers BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband Uptake Surge

26th Jan 2015 (19 Comments)

The £20m Superfast Worcestershire scheme in England, which is using state aid to help BT deploy “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to 90% of local premises by June 2016, appears to have seen take-up of related services skyrocket since its seemingly dismal showing of 3.2% in September 2014.