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ISP News Archives for July 2015

Ofcom to Make UK Mobile Network Operator Switching Even Easier

28th Jul 2015 (5 Comments)

Switching to a different Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in the United Kingdom could soon become even easier after the national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, proposed a number of changes that they claim would harmonise and thus simplify the process by taking a cue from home broadband ISP migrations.

BT Double Superfast Broadband Infinity 1 Usage Cap from 20GB to 40GB

28th Jul 2015 (2 Comments)

New customers who take BT’s entry-level FTTC superfast broadband bundle (BTInfinity 1 + Weekend Calls) for £10 per month should note that the ISP has increased its monthly usage allowance from 20GB to 40GB, albeit only for a limited time. On top of that they also intend to re-add the £75 and £125 Sainsbury’s gift vouchers to their packages.

BLAZE Wireless Plan 100Mbps Broadband Service for Arun Valley

27th Jul 2015 (5 Comments)

Hybrid fibre optic and wireless broadband ISP BLAZE Wireless has announced that their network, which launched last year with coverage around parts of Chichester in West Sussex (here), now looks set to be expanded to reach slowspots in the Arun Valley area.

UK ISP Zen Internet Launches Limited IPv6 Trial

27th Jul 2015 (6 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has just become the latest broadband and phone provider to announce a trial of Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6), which is designed to replace the old IPv4 Internet addressing standard.

EE Home Broadband Growth Slows as UK 4G Coverage Hits 90 Percent

27th Jul 2015 (3 Comments)

Mobile giant EE has reported their latest Q2 2015 results today, which revealed that the operators 4G network coverage had reached the 90% (population) milestone. Elsewhere their fixed line home broadband subscriber growth slowed to total 919,000 (up by +35K in Q2 vs +50K in Q1 and +44K in Q4 2014).

New Broadband ISP Switching Rules Unlikely to Fuel UK ISP Exodus

27th Jul 2015 (3 Comments)

The latest survey of 748 ISPreview.co.uk readers has found that 85.2% of respondents have at some point switched their Internet or phone provider, although just 15.2% anticipate that Ofcom’s simplified new broadband and phone switching process will make them more likely to migrate to another ISP in the future.

Significant Telecoms and Internet Outage on Shetland Causes Chaos

26th Jul 2015 (0 Comments)

The Shetland MSP Tavish Scott has called for an “urgent investigation” after residents on the remote Scottish Shetland Islands were left without vital emergency services cover for around five hours on Saturday due to a major telecoms outage with BT’s infrastructure. Several thousand local phone, mobile and broadband connections were also disrupted.

Vodafone UK Report 70K Fixed Broadband Users and Moot National FTTH

25th Jul 2015 (14 Comments)

Mobile giant Vodafone UK has just reported their latest results to the end of June 2015 (Q2), which reveals that their fixed broadband customer base has increased by +4,000 to total 70,000 and 4G subscribers have grown from 3M in Q1 to 4.7M now, with related outdoor network coverage reaching 68%.

BT Kicks Off New Round of Annual UK Phone and Broadband Price Hikes

24th Jul 2015 (33 Comments)

Just like clockwork BT has announced a raft of new inflation busting price hikes of around +6-7% (overall) that will hit millions of their phone and broadband customers across the United Kingdom from 20th September 2015, but the rest of the ISP industry is certain to follow.

ITS Criticises Ofcom Over Claims the Final 5% Won’t Get Fibre Broadband

24th Jul 2015 (21 Comments)

The Director of Strategy for ITS Technology, David Cullen, has said that the CEO of national UK telecoms regulator Ofcom, Sharon White, was wrong to tell MPs that those living in the final 5% of the country are “not going to get” fibre broadband style connectivity to improve their Internet access.

Vodafone UK Does Deal to Harness MS3 Fibre Optic Network in Hull

24th Jul 2015 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has signed a 10-year deal to harness MS3’s new fibre optic infrastructure in Hull (East Yorkshire, England), which will help to feed their network with capacity and support the introduction of new business services.

Virgin Media UK Customers Annoyed by TV Price Hike and TiVo Rebooting

24th Jul 2015 (23 Comments)

An unspecified number of Virgin Media’s broadband bundle customers, specifically those who take one of the cable operators TiVo set-top-boxes, have been unable to watch their favourite shows because the kit keeps rebooting itself. Also there’s a +£3 TV price rise coming in September, hurray?

UPDATE3 UK Gov Moots TAX on Broadband ISPs to Fix Internet Slowspots

23rd Jul 2015 (16 Comments)

The Government is allegedly anticipating that it will need another £500m to bring superfast broadband (24Mbps+) connectivity to the final 5% of premises across the United Kingdom, which may well be achieved through a new “levy” (TAX) on broadband ISPs. Warning, we’ve been here before.

BT’s “Fibre Broadband” Finally Arrives in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute

23rd Jul 2015 (1 Comment)

After a long wait some 2,700 premises in Rothesay, which is the main town of around 5,000 people on the Isle of Bute (West Scotland), have finally been given access to “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC) connectivity as part of the wider Digital Scotland project.

Government and BT Pilot Brings FREE WiFi to 100 Public Libraries

22nd Jul 2015 (2 Comments)

The Government appears to be carrying out its £7.4 million funding commitment for public libraries in England (March 2015 Budget), which pledged to “support libraries” by providing them with Internet access and WiFi connectivity.

UK Citizens Advice Accuses Broadband ISPs of False Price Promises

22nd Jul 2015 (0 Comments)

The Citizens Advice agency has once again criticised the way in which some home broadband ISPs promote their services, such as via allegedly “hidden charges” like phone line rental, starter fees and router delivery costs.

Ofcom – No “Fibre Broadband” for the UK’s Final 5 Percent of Premises

22nd Jul 2015 (20 Comments)

The CEO of the United Kingdom’s communications regulator, Sharon White, has told a Culture, Media and Sport Committee in Parliament that in her view those who live in the final 5% of premises that have yet to benefit from superfast broadband will not get “fibre” connectivity. “We are not going to get there through fibre,” said White.