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ISP News Archives for August 2015

West Yorkshire and BT Complete BDUK Phase 1 Fibre Broadband Rollout

12th Aug 2015 (0 Comments)

The Superfast West Yorkshire project in England has today announced that 97% of local premises can now access a “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) service from BT, which means that the first deployment contract has completed ahead of its original end of September 2015 goal.

Vodafone Connect Expands Home Broadband to Entire Customer Base

12th Aug 2015 (0 Comments)

As promised Vodafone has today announced that their recently launched fixed line home broadband and phone packages, which were initially only available to some customers living in certain parts of the country, have now been expanded to the rest of their customer base.

UPD On Target – BDUK Bring Superfast Broadband to 3 Million UK Premises

12th Aug 2015 (12 Comments)

The Government’s £1.7bn (public funding) Broadband Delivery UK project, which is primarily working with BT to make fixed line superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services available to 95% of the United Kingdom by 2017/18, has confirmed that 3 million homes and businesses can now benefit from its effort.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Confirm GBP5.3m Broadband Boost

12th Aug 2015 (0 Comments)

The Connecting Cambridgeshire project in England has today become the latest Broadband Delivery UK scheme to confirm that BT will return £5.3 million through clawback to be reinvested in improved coverage of superfast broadband (24Mbps+) connectivity.

New 53Tbps UK to USA Transatlantic Fibre Optic Cable Nearly Complete

11th Aug 2015 (9 Comments)

The United Kingdom is on the verge of benefitting from a major Internet capacity boost in our connectivity with the USA and Canada. After 12 long years of waiting, the first new transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable network – Hibernia Express – is finally making landfall on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Digital Scotland Confirm GBP17.8m Clawback Boost for Rural Broadband

11th Aug 2015 (23 Comments)

The £410m Digital Scotland project has become the latest to confirm a £17.8 million clawback (gain share) reinvestment boost, which will be used to extend the reach of high-speed broadband services into poorly served areas.

EE UK Offers Unlimited Home Broadband for GBP1 Per Month

11th Aug 2015 (3 Comments)

Mobile and Internet provider EE will later this morning launch a new promotion that reduces the price of their unlimited Home Broadband and free UK weekend calls package from £9.50 to just £1 per month for the first 12 months of service. Plus they offer up to £100 to help cover the cost of any exit fees if you leave your old ISP early.

UPD Ofcom Intervene to Tackle BT’s Naughty GBP5 Sport Pack Upgrade

10th Aug 2015 (8 Comments)

Remember when BT introduced the new premium BTSport TV Pack at the start of this month for an extra £5 (here)? Do you also remember how BT then tried to force that pack onto their existing customers, unless they specifically opted-out? Well Ofcom wasn’t happy and neither were many of BT’s customers.

Aylesbury Vale Broadband Project Starts Rollout of Fibre Optic Network

10th Aug 2015 (1 Comment)

Residents in the rural Buckinghamshire (England) villages of North Marston and Granborough could soon be connecting to ultrafast broadband speeds after the £1.5m Aylesbury Vale Broadband project finally began digging its new fibre optic cable into the ground, which should take around 4 weeks to complete.

UK ISP BT Launches App to Help Customers Manage their Account

10th Aug 2015 (0 Comments)

Customers of BT’s consumer broadband and phone services can now monitor the network status of their local area, remotely reboot their HomeHub wireless router, get support and manage their accounts online via the new MyBT Smartphone app for Android and iOS (iPhone) devices.

Survey to Reveal Broadband Slowspots on Scotland’s Southern Borders

10th Aug 2015 (5 Comments)

The Southern Uplands Partnership (SUP) has launched a new survey for those who live in rural communities along Scotland’s southern border region, which they hope will help to identify the areas that are most in need of better broadband connectivity and thus public funding support.

Broadband Delivery UK Spent £5M on Marketing from Sep 2014 to Feb 2015

10th Aug 2015 (6 Comments)

The government’s Broadband Delivery UK project, which is responsible for overseeing the national £1.7bn publicly funded roll-out of fixed line superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services to 95% of people by 2017/18, spent £5.041 million of its budget on publicity (adverts) during the six months from September 2014 to February 2015.

UK ISP Zen Internet Expands IPv6 Trial to Entire Customer Base

7th Aug 2015 (1 Comment)

Rochdale ISP Zen Internet has announced that their previously limited trial of Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6), which is designed to replace the old IPv4 Internet addressing standard, is now being opened up to all of their 95,000 or so broadband subscribers.

FOX News Copyright Holders Censor Sky News UK Live Stream

7th Aug 2015 (6 Comments)

The Sky News TV channel, specifically its official YouTube based live video stream, was taken down last night following a complaint by FOX News in what appears to be the latest example of overzealous automated copyright linked Internet stupidity. On top of that Fox, which shares its parent company with Sky, also managed to screw up its own stream. Doh.

BT and Virgin Media Offer 9 Month UK Student Broadband Contracts

7th Aug 2015 (2 Comments)

Over the next few months a new batch of students will be looking to take up their university or college places and as such BT and Virgin Media have introduced new packages that seem tailored to their needs with a shorter 9 month contract term. Mind you they’re not the only options in town.

Cumbria Confirm GBP2.5M Reinvestment Boost for Superfast Broadband

6th Aug 2015 (0 Comments)

The Connecting Cumbria project, which is currently aiming to roll-out “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services with BT to 95% of local premises by around mid-2018, has become the next Broadband Delivery UK scheme to confirm a clawback (gain share) linked reinvestment boost of £2.5 million.

Sky UK Probed Over Contract Cancellation and Termination Gripes

6th Aug 2015 (4 Comments)

Ofcom has launched an own-initiative investigation into Sky’s (Sky Broadband) compliance with their rules for governing service cancellation and terminations, which appear to have arisen following a bout of customer complaints.