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ISP News Archives for June 2015

Cybermoor Hunt GBP150k to Build Fibre Optic Broadband in Northumberland

12th Jun 2015 (0 Comments)

Cybermoor Networks has launched a new “community share offer” in order to help it raise the £150,000 needed in order to roll-out a new ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTH/P) and fixed wireless broadband network around the South Tyne Valley in West Northumberland (England).

UK ISP Customers Suffer Website Access Problems Due to Level3 Outage

12th Jun 2015 (6 Comments)

A number of broadband ISPs and their customers in the United Kingdom, specifically those that move some Internet traffic over the global Level(3) Communications network, are currently being impacted by an outage that may create problems for you when attempting to access certain websites.

UPDATE Sky Broadband Push Router Firmware Update with IPv6 Support

12th Jun 2015 (8 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband have informed us that the ISP is pushing out a new firmware update for their “Sky Hub” SR101 broadband routers, which appears to finally add support for the new “new” IPv6 Internet addressing standard that Sky plan to trial.

LA6B4RN to Bring 1Gbps Broadband to Leck and Cowan Bridge – Lancashire

12th Jun 2015 (4 Comments)

The B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) project has spawned another spin-off scheme called LA6B4RN, which is proposing to roll-out a 1000Mbps capable pure fibre optic (FTTH) broadband network to connect every property in the rural villages of Masongill, Ireby, Leck, Cowan Bridge and Overtown (Lancashire, England).

Gov Consultation Opens to Improve UK Mobile Coverage on Trains

12th Jun 2015 (3 Comments)

Mobile reception when on-board one of the United Kingdom’s many train services is, more often than not, a mixed bag where patches of good reception can quickly evaporate into nothing to interrupt your entertainment or work flow. As such the Department for Transport has launched a new consultation with the aim of finding a solution.

UPDATE Ofcom Propose Big Price Cuts for BT’s UK Wholesale Leased Lines

12th Jun 2015 (2 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator has today proposed a raft of “significant real-terms price reductions” for mobile operators, broadband ISPs, public sector organisations and businesses that buy BT’s high-speed wholesale Leased Line links, which form part of a market worth £2bn across the United Kingdom.

Netflix UK’s Internet TV and Movie Stream Service in HD Price Hike

11th Jun 2015 (5 Comments)

Netflix UK, the broadband-based unlimited movie and TV video streaming service, has increased the price of their HD quality Standard Plan for new customers by an inflation busting 7.15% from £6.99 to £7.49 per month. But existing customers are safe.. at least for now.

Ofcom Probes Vodafone UK’s Billing and Complaints Handling

11th Jun 2015 (0 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has launched an own-initiative investigation into Vodafone’s billing and complaints handling procedures after an unspecified number of the mobile operator’s customers in the United Kingdom made related complaints.

Cornwall UK Signs BT Contract for 99 Percent Superfast Broadband Cover

11th Jun 2015 (0 Comments)

As expected the Cornwall Council in south west England has today signed a new £7.6m contract with BT to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) speeds available to 99% of the county within the next few years.

Ofcom Consult on BTSport Tweaks to FTTC Broadband Margin Squeeze Test

11th Jun 2015 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today launched a consultation on several new tweaks to the FTTC “margin squeeze” test, which is designed to keep the BT’s “fibre broadband” prices under control by forcing them to “maintain a sufficient margin between [their] wholesale and retail superfast broadband charges“.

BT Claims Future G.fast Broadband Delivers 300Mbps Speeds at 350 Metres

11th Jun 2015 (61 Comments)

The CTO of BT’s Wholesale division, Colin Bannon, has revealed that their future G.fast (ITU G.9701) broadband technology has also been tested on longer copper lines of 350 metres and the operator found that at this distance it was still able to deliver Internet speeds of 300Mbps.

UPDATE Ofcom – Slow Broadband Speeds Mean You Can Exit Contract Anytime

11th Jun 2015 (13 Comments)

Consumers who suffer significantly slower broadband speeds than promised by their ISP will, under Ofcom’s new rules, be allowed to exit their contract at any time. But the new rules will only apply to providers that offer ADSL2+ (up to 20Mbps) or FTTC / VDSL (up to 40-80Mbps) based services (i.e. Virgin Media is excluded).

Uptake Surge as 24,000 Small UK Firms Take Superfast Broadband Vouchers

10th Jun 2015 (9 Comments)

The national UK Connection Voucher scheme, which offers grants worth up to £3,000 to help SME businesses get a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) connection installed, has seen a massive surge in interest with 24,000 businesses now taking one. But the money could run out by the end of 2015.

EU Regulators Find Internet Restrictions Cause Consumers to Switch ISP

10th Jun 2015 (1 Comment)

The Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications, which represents telecoms regulators from across the EU (e.g. Ofcom in the UK), has conducted a new survey to uncover consumer attitudes towards Net Neutrality. The study unsurprisingly reveals that consumers would switch ISP if a provider imposed certain limits on their access.

WarwickNet Becomes First ISP to Deploy FTTC Broadband Vectoring Tech

10th Jun 2015 (10 Comments)

Business ISP WarwickNet appears to have stolen a march on rival BT by becoming the first Internet provider in the United Kingdom to commercially deploy VDSL2 Vectoring (ITU-T G.993.5) technology, which improves performance by reducing crosstalk interference, on their superfast SLU Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband lines.

Ofcom Open Investigation into the Difficulty of Cancelling ISP Contracts

10th Jun 2015 (9 Comments)

Communication providers (broadband, mobile, TV and phone) that make it hard for customers in the United Kingdom to cancel or switch their service have been placed under the spotlight after the national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, launched a new monitoring and enforcement programme to assess the problem.

UPDATE Vodafone Connect Unveils New UK Home Broadband Packages

10th Jun 2015 (8 Comments)

Vodafone has today taken the wraps off their new fixed line home broadband and phone packages, which marks the operators second stab at a notoriously competitive market that they originally quit in 2011. But have they done enough this time to combat BT and the other established ISPs.