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ISP News Archives for August 2015

Virgin Media to Install WiFi Hotspots in its UK Street Cabinets

17th Aug 2015 (8 Comments)

Last month we revealed that Virgin Media had begun to trial a new FON style technology that would turn their SuperHub cable broadband routers into public WiFi hotspots (full details). Today it’s being reported that they’ll soon be doing something similar with their huge network of UK street cabinets.

1Gbps FTTP Network in Peterborough UK Extended to Orton Southgate

17th Aug 2015 (0 Comments)

It’s been almost five months since Cityfibre completed the roll-out of a new 90km long Peterborough CORE fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network in the city of Peterborough (East England) and now an additional extension to reach hundreds of businesses in Orton Southgate has just finished.

DIY Rural Farmer Turns 4G Mobile into 45Mbps+ Home Broadband

17th Aug 2015 (34 Comments)

A Wiltshire farmer has setup Agri-Broadband to help remote rural farmers turn weak 4G (Mobile Broadband) signals into superfast home broadband connections by using a custom built wireless mast and a lot of fibre optic cable. But it probably won’t work for everybody and isn’t cheap.

Worcestershire Broadband Rollout Criticised Again for Wasting Money

17th Aug 2015 (27 Comments)

The Superfast Worcestershire (England) project, which is rolling out “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) to 95% of the county by summer 2018 (94% will get “superfast” 24Mbps+ speeds), has been criticised again for low-uptake and giving up to £8.5m of public funding to prop up BT’s commercial business.

ISP Zen Internet Joins UK Ultrafast G.fast and 1Gbps FoD2 Broadband Trial

14th Aug 2015 (30 Comments)

Last month BTOpenreach began inviting ISPs to join the first large-scale customer trial of next generation 500Mbps capable G.fast and 1Gbps FTTP-on-Demand broadband technology, which is starting this month in Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire). Zen Internet has now become the first to confirm their participation (8 ISPs are involved).

UK ISP TalkTalk Offers 18 Months of FREE Unlimited Broadband

14th Aug 2015 (2 Comments)

Budget Internet provider TalkTalk appears to have responded to their rivals by offering 18 months of free “totally unlimited” Simply Broadband (up to 17Mbps) to new customers, although you still have to take line rental from the equivalent of £15.03 a month when pre-paid or £16.70 as a standard charge.

Worcestershire Benefits from BT GBP3m Fibre Broadband Reinvestment

14th Aug 2015 (1 Comment)

The Superfast Worcestershire project in England has confirmed that even more premises will soon gain access to BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network thanks to a reinvestment boost of £2.1m due to stronger than expected take-up. A further £0.9m will also come from deployment “savings“.

Ofcom Effectively Gives Green Light to GBP12.5bn EE and BT Merger

14th Aug 2015 (6 Comments)

BT’s proposed £12.5bn UK merger with mobile giant EE has been given a boost after the national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, advised the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that it didn’t have any major objections to the deal and suggested that existing regulation could tackle most concerns.

PlusNet and Virgin Media Top Simplifydigital 2015 UK ISP Awards

13th Aug 2015 (6 Comments)

Comparison site Simplifydigital.co.uk has today unveiled the winners of their 2015 Customer Choice Awards, which saw most of the big broadband ISPs (except BT and EE) pickup wins across several broadband, phone and TV categories based on their levels of satisfaction. But sadly you won’t find any smaller ISPs listed.

Ofcom Launch Optimistic UK Mobile Network Coverage Checker

13th Aug 2015 (12 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has launched a new Mobile Coverage Checker, which they hope will make it easier for consumers in the United Kingdom to view the 2G, 3G and 4G (Mobile Broadband) signal quality of Mobile Network Operators in any given area. But it’s not that different from what is already on offer.

More VDSL2 Based Openreach FTTB and FTTrN Broadband Pilots Go Live

13th Aug 2015 (5 Comments)

BTOpenreach appears to have expanded their pilots of ‘up to’ 80Mbps capable VDSL2 based Fibre-to-the-Basement (FTTB) and Fibre-to-the-Remote-Node (FTTrN) broadband technology to parts of Gatwick airport (West Sussex) and Rotherhithe (London), respectively.

Rutland UK Finally Signs Extended Fibre Broadband Rollout Deal with BT

12th Aug 2015 (15 Comments)

The small rural county of Rutland in England is to benefit from increased “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) coverage after it became one of the last Broadband Delivery UK projects to sign a £1.1m Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract with BT, which will push the service out to another 900 premises.

Oops BT Tries to Charge ISP GBP25K for Fixing a Broadband Line

12th Aug 2015 (9 Comments)

As mistake go, this could be a comical whopper. BTOpenreach has handed Internet provider Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) a staggering bill of £25,200 and all for fixing a single customer’s faulty Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband line.

Essex Names First Areas to Benefit from Future Fibre Broadband Rollout

12th Aug 2015 (2 Comments)

The Superfast Essex project in England, which a few months ago announced that its contract with BT would be extended to push “superfast fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services out to 95% of the region (55,000 extra premises), has today unveiled the first areas to benefit. The deployment date has also been brought forward by a year.

Scotland Reveals Next 24 Local Areas for “Fibre Broadband” Upgrades

12th Aug 2015 (0 Comments)

The Digital Scotland project, which is working with BT to deploy “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to 85% of premises in Scotland by the end of 2015/16 and 95% by the end of 2017 March 2018, has announced the next 24 local authority areas (73,000 premises) that will benefit.

Staffordshire Confirm GBP2.4m BT Clawback to Extend “Fibre Broadband”

12th Aug 2015 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Staffordshire project is the latest to confirm that BT will return £2.4 million as a result of clawback in their first Broadband Delivery UK contract, which can be reinvested to improve the local coverage of faster “fibre broadband” services.

North Lincolnshire Touts GBP1m Clawback from BT for Better Broadband

12th Aug 2015 (0 Comments)

The clawback spam continues as the Northern Lincs Broadband project confirms that its first roll-out contract, which completed in June 2015 after bringing BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 92.5% of premises, delivered “savings” of over £1m that will be put back into further expanding coverage.