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ISP News Archives for October 2015

First Customers Live on BT 500Mbps G.fast Broadband Trial in Newcastle

9th Oct 2015 (6 Comments)

As expected BT has today confirmed that their second major trial of future G.fast broadband technology (ITU G.9701), which will initially offer speeds of up to 330Mbps (50Mbps upload) before rising to 500Mbps over the next decade, has begun in Gosforth (Newcastle, North England).

BT Fights Back – Calls for Ofcom Regulatory Changes to Boost Broadband

9th Oct 2015 (7 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has today set out the regulatory changes that it believes would help consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom to enjoy the “best possible” outcomes, such as faster broadband services, while also attempting to fend off rivals that would rather Ofcom broken the operator up.

AOL Helps UK ISP TalkTalk to Improve their Portal Content

9th Oct 2015 (1 Comment)

Internet content firm AOL (Huffington Post, Buzzfeed etc.) has entered into a new partnership with broadband provider TalkTalk, which should improve the content available on the ISPs website portal. Not too difficult then.

UK Land Owners Warn Ofcom NOT to Split Openreach from BT

8th Oct 2015 (7 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association, which represents thousands of landowners across England and Wales, has given BT a bit of unexpected support by warning Ofcom not to split the telco from control of their national network (Openreach) as it would create too much of a “distraction“.

First Large-Scale Field Trial of 5G Mobile Delivers Speed of 3.6Gbps

8th Oct 2015 (2 Comments)

Chinese firm Huawei and Japanese telecoms giant NTT DOCOMO have conducted the world’s first large-scale field trial of next generation 5G mobile broadband technology using the sub-6GHz band, which has been able to achieve an impressive peak speed of 3.6Gbps (Gigabits per second).

UK ISP BT Cuts 76Mbps Capable FTTC Broadband Price to GBP25

8th Oct 2015 (3 Comments)

The price of BT’s top ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable unlimited BTInfinity 2 (FTTC) superfast broadband package has quietly been reduced from £30 to £25 per month for new customers, at least until 14th October 2015. A £100 Sainsbury’s gift card is also accompanying the new deal.

After 1 Week Sky Broadband Finally Fixes Access to PS4 Rocket League

8th Oct 2015 (0 Comments)

A fix introduced earlier this morning means that customers of Sky Broadband should finally be able to access the PlayStation 4 based online multiplayer video game called ‘Rocket League’, which has been largely inaccessible since the end of last month

UK ISP BT Tweaks its Consumer 4G Mobile SIM-Only Plan Prices

8th Oct 2015 (0 Comments)

BT will today make a few small adjustments to the prices of their 4G based consumer mobile phone service (BTMobile), which will see some SIM-only tariffs go up in price and others being reduced.

Ofcom CEO Sees Danger in UK Telecoms Consolidation and Rising Prices

8th Oct 2015 (5 Comments)

Sharon White, the CEO of Ofcom, told an event at the LSE’s Hong Kong Theatre last night that she wants to drive more “competition” into the market and rejects greater “consolidation“. White also raised concern about rising prices and said that too many people still suffer “poor or no access” to modern mobile and broadband.

UPDATE Bristol City Commercialises Ultrafast BNET Fibre Optic Network

7th Oct 2015 (1 Comment)

The Bristol City Council (BCC) in South West England has given its approval to a 20-year deal with two alternative network ISPs, Net Support UK and ITS Technology Group, which will see the city’s fibre optic BNET broadband infrastructure being used to help connect local premises.

The Kenton Group Touts 320Mbps Bonded FTTC Broadband

7th Oct 2015 (11 Comments)

The Kenton Group, which supplies specialist network access services to ISPs and others, has today announced the launch of its new Velocity Lite “ultrafast” broadband solution that offers speeds of up to 320Mbps over bonded FTTC lines.

Ofcom Disappointed by Breach in BT’s Regulatory Undertakings

7th Oct 2015 (2 Comments)

Ofcom are “disappointed” after a screw-up forced BT to request the temporary use of shared computer systems across their divisions with BTOpenreach, which is a breach of the 2005 Undertakings and their commitment to “functional separation” of systems and processes.

The UK PostOffice Confirms Line Rental and Phone Call Price Hikes

7th Oct 2015 (0 Comments)

Consumers who take one of the PostOffice’s phone bundles, most often alongside a broadband bundle, are being informed this week that from 9th November 2015 they too will become the latest ISP subscribers to suffer from the dreaded annual price hikes in line rental and call charges.

UK ISP TalkTalk’s 4G Femtocell Broadband Routers Still Some Way Off

7th Oct 2015 (1 Comment)

TalkTalk’s plans for launching a new home broadband ISP router with small cell based 4G (LTE) femtocell technology inside, which could help to cut mobile costs and boost indoor network coverage, continue to show huge promise, but we’re unlikely to see a final product anytime soon.

Vodafone Signs Deal to Access Cityfibre’s UK Fibre Optic Network

6th Oct 2015 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has today signed the first deal under a new Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Vodafone, which will give the mobile giant access to their various networks across the United Kingdom.

Standalone Naked FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Unlikely to Launch Until 2017

6th Oct 2015 (16 Comments)

A recent update from BTWholesale suggests that the newly proposed SoGEA (Naked VDSL) product, which would give you the ability to order a standalone superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC) line without also having to pay a separate fee for the phone service, might not see a commercial launch until late 2017.

UK ISP Timico Scraps Unmetered Offpeak Usage for Coms Customers

5th Oct 2015 (1 Comment)

Former broadband customers of business ISP Coms (including many ex-ADSL24 subscribers), which was gobbled by Timico in a £2.5m deal during May 2015 (here), have been told that as part of the migration process they will lose their unmetered off-peak data allowance.