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13th Jul 2015 (9 Comments)

Low cost ISP PlusNet appears to have quietly begun offering 12 months of free unlimited broadband service and weekend calls (£9.99 per month thereafter), which could be seen as a move to balance against a similar promotion from Sky Broadband that surfaced just before the weekend.

13th Jul 2015 (40 Comments)

The Broadband Delivery UK office has informed ISPreview.co.uk that the Digital Rutland project, which originally aimed to help BT roll-out “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) to 97% of the county by the end of 2013, has found “savings” worth £1.07m that can be reinvested to reach near universal cover.

11th Jul 2015 (4 Comments)

The Government has published a new document that very roughly sets out some of the legislation that will be made over the coming months and years in order to ensure the delivery of “world-class digital infrastructure in every part of the UK“. Some of the measures include plans to allow taller mobile masts and reduce fibre broadband deployment costs.

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10th Jul 2015 (0 Comments)

Sky Broadband has today launched a new deal that offers one full year’s worth of free broadband on both their standard unlimited (up to 17Mbps) and 25GB capped Sky Fibre Broadband (up to 38Mbps FTTC) packages, which must be taken with Sky Phone Line Rental at £16.40 per month and there’s more..

10th Jul 2015 (3 Comments)

Some of BT’s residential broadband subscribers report that their connections have recently been assigned an IPv6 Internet address, which has caused a few to speculate that the ISP might soon be ready to begin full scale customer trials. But you might have to wait a little bit longer for that.

9th Jul 2015 (18 Comments)

The CEO of BT’s Consumer Division, John Petter, has today hit back at Sky (Sky Broadband) for calling on Ofcom to launch a competition review of the operators BTOpenreach division. BT has now similarly demanded that the regulator include Pay TV into its Digital Communications Review and tackle Sky’s “dominance“.

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9th Jul 2015 (2 Comments)

Herefordshire-based Allpay Broadband has announced that it will begin withdrawing service from some rural areas because the local Government-backed Fastershire project, which is working with BT to deploy “fibre broadband” services to most of the county, is now achieving what it once set out to solve.

9th Jul 2015 (0 Comments)

Oxfordshire-based ISP EuropaSat, which currently offers a mix of satellite broadband services from operators like Eutelsat (Tooway), Avanti (HYLAS) and SES (Astra), has said that a new range of 30Mbps packages will go live this summer and should be followed by a 50Mbps service at the end of next year.

9th Jul 2015 (0 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has warned that Europe’s attempts to introduce a new Digital Single Market strategy by the end of 2016, which covers everything from tackling “illegal” Internet content to boosting investment in faster broadband or mobile networks, is in “serious danger” of missing its target.

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9th Jul 2015 (16 Comments)

Business ISP WarwickNet has joined forces with electrical connection specialists at Power Jointing & Distribution Services (PJDS) in order to push the energy regulator, Ofgem, into setting a new Code of Practice that could cut the time it takes to get a superfast broadband connection by up to 30 days.

9th Jul 2015 (4 Comments)

Security firms F-Secure and Mandalorian Security Services have teamed up to show how risky public WiFi hotspots can be, which they did by hacking into the Internet surfing activities of three politicians (David Davis MP, Mary Honeyball MEP and Lord Strasburger) while they were connected in London.

9th Jul 2015 (8 Comments)

The Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP, Dr Dan Poulter (Conservative), has secured a 30 minute debate on the topic of poor rural broadband and mobile connectivity for Monday next week, which will no doubt rehash many of the familiar concerns over the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project.

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9th Jul 2015 (0 Comments)

Networking IT kit manufacturer ZyXEL has published a new European Home Broadband Satisfaction study of five somewhat random EU countries including the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Sweden. Sadly the UK only came third due to 20% of consumers being unhappy with their service speeds and other gripes with support.

8th Jul 2015 (7 Comments)

The new Conservative Government has today released its Summer Budget 2015, but those hoping for some extra details on the broadband related announcements from the prior March 2015 budget will be left disappointed. But there is a £10m boost for 100Mbps+ connectivity in the South West.

8th Jul 2015 (4 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has pledged to “name and shame” private landlords in Wales who are making it difficult to deploy new fixed line superfast broadband services, most often by either delaying or refusing to give permission for BTOpenreach’s telecoms engineers to access the sites.

8th Jul 2015 (8 Comments)

When is a contract not a contract? A small but interesting ruling by the UK Advertising Standards Authority has cleared up a confusion over whether service providers should be allowed to promote short monthly (30 day) style contracts as “no contract” products.

7th Jul 2015 (11 Comments)

The state aid fuelled Superfast Cymru project, which is currently working with BT to make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connectivity available to 96% of Wales by the end of 2016, has signed a new deal that will extend the service to another 42,000 homes and businesses by June 2017. Also.. Fibre on Demand (FTTPoD) is coming back!

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