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ISP News Archives for September 2015

UK Enterprise Bill 2015 Includes Brief Mention of Broadband

19th Sep 2015 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has published its new Enterprise Bill, which among a mass of other changes also includes a brief mention of some tweaks that will “support the roll-out of telecommunications and broadband across” the United Kingdom.

BT Pledges to Bring Majority of Customer Support Back into the UK

18th Sep 2015 (7 Comments)

BT has today promised to answer “more than” 80% of its customers’ calls in the United Kingdom by the end of 2016 and they plan to go further in the future, which could be a reflection of how it’s no longer as costly to run a UK call centre as it once was and consumers dislike distant outsourcing.

UPDATE Vodafone Bring 3G to High Kelling, Hillington and Upper Sheringham

18th Sep 2015 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has expanded the reach of their Rural Open Sure Signal (Femtocell) technology to bring 3G based Mobile Broadband and voice services to three further remote rural communities in Norfolk (England), including High Kelling, Hillington, and Upper Sheringham.

BT Reminds Northampton – We Also Connect Businesses to Fibre Broadband

18th Sep 2015 (0 Comments)

BT’s state aid supported roll-out of “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services has sometimes been criticised for not giving enough attention to businesses, perhaps fearful for the loss of any lucrative leased line revenues. As such they’re keen to tout some recent improvements at Northampton’s Waterside Enterprise Zone.

Sky Attacks BT Openreach for Not Spending Enough on Broadband

18th Sep 2015 (34 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has ratcheted up the pressure on Ofcom’s Strategic Review of the UK’s digital communications market, which will decide whether or not to separate BT from control of their telecoms and broadband network, by criticising the operator’s alleged lack of investment and interest in building a national Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network.

VIDEO – Lovely Animated Map of the Worlds Undersea Fibre Optic Cables

18th Sep 2015 (4 Comments)

It’s a Friday morning, so what better way to start the day than by showing off a new video from Business Insider and TeleGeography, which depicts in colourful fashion all of the many high-capacity undersea fibre optic cables that help to connect this world of ours to the Internet.

UK ISP SSE Cuts Unlimited Superfast Fibre Broadband Prices

17th Sep 2015 (5 Comments)

Utility provider SSE (Southern Electric) might have today removed the popular 24 months free service offer from their standard ‘up to’ 17Mbps broadband bundles, but they’ve also introduced a new 6 months free discount on their ‘up to’ 38Mbps “Superfast Fibre” (FTTC) option.

Gloucester Switches-On FREE Public WiFi Service in City Centre

17th Sep 2015 (0 Comments)

The Gloucester City Council and BT have today jointly switched on a new network of free unlimited wireless Internet access (WiFi) hotspots across the city centre, which is naturally called GloucesterCityWIFI (SSID).

UPDATE A Quick Update on BT’s G.fast and FOD2 Ultrafast Broadband Trial

17th Sep 2015 (45 Comments)

At the end of last month BTOpenreach began connecting customers to their large-scale 6-9 month trial of 500Mbps capable NGA2 G.fast broadband technology and 1Gbps Fibre-on-Demand (FOD2) in the market town of Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire). Now we have the first official progress update.

ISP Hyperoptic Begins Rollout of 1000Mbps Broadband in Glasgow City

17th Sep 2015 (3 Comments)

Pure fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has today announced that their Gigabit (1000Mbps) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network is now being deployed to the city of Glasgow in Scotland, with the first homes to benefit existing inside the ‘Glasgow Harbour’ urban regeneration area.

UPDATE2 Apple iOS9 Update – Beware Tonight’s Mild Internet Slowdown

16th Sep 2015 (0 Comments)

Consumer technology giant Apple will later this afternoon (5-6pm) begin the process of releasing the latest major software update (iOS9) for their most popular iPhone and iPad devices, which has historically resulted in slightly slower Internet performance for some users.

TalkTalk Cuts Unlimited Superfast Fibre Broadband to GBP5 Per Month

16th Sep 2015 (9 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has reduced the cost of their ‘up to’ 38Mbps (2Mbps upload) capable unlimited “Superfast Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) service to just £5 a month for the first 6 months of service and then £10 per month for 12 months (£15 thereafter). A free connection and £50 Love2shop voucher are also included.

Government to Start Rural Pilot of Free Broadband Satellite Subsidy

16th Sep 2015 (30 Comments)

As expected the Government has announced that they’re launching a pilot of their proposed subsidy (voucher) scheme to support the installation of “superfast” (24Mbps+) capable Satellite broadband services in remote rural areas, which will begin this month in Suffolk and West Yorkshire (England).

Taiwan Begins Worlds First Commercial Rollout of G.fast Broadband

16th Sep 2015 (20 Comments)

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) in Taiwan has this week officially begun the world’s first commercial deployment of next generation G.fast broadband technology, which is the same service that BT are currently trialling (here) for launch in the UK during 2016/17.

PlusNet Finally Sets Closure Date for Sibling UK ISP Madasafish

15th Sep 2015 (4 Comments)

Chances are that most of you won’t have heard about the once popular little ISP called Madasafish, which following BT’s purchase of the Brightview group was ultimately merged under PlusNet’s wing all the way back in late 2007. But soon the little fish will be no more.

UPDATE First Pictures of New Virgin Media Cable Router SuperHub v3

15th Sep 2015 (18 Comments)

Liberty Global, which owns cable operator Virgin Media as well as other ISPs (e.g. Ziggo, Telenet and UPC), has offered up the first look at their new “Connect Box” device (Virgin’s next combined broadband router and cable modem). The name may be changed in the UK to SuperHub v3.

UPDATE Data Corruption Issue Hitting Broadband Users Near Edinburgh

15th Sep 2015 (4 Comments)

Broadband users with connections that are based off BTOpenreach’s national network (e.g. BT, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk), specifically those who reside around the eastern side of Edinburgh in Scotland (East Lothian), appear to be suffering from a curious fault that is causing downloads to corrupt.