Home » UK ISP News Archive » Monthly Archives: November 2015 (109 Posts Found)

ISP News Archives for November 2015

BTOpenreach Bring 330Mbps FTTP Broadband to 3,650 Swindon Homes

12th Nov 2015 (6 Comments)

It’s sometimes easy to forget that BTOpenreach still has the largest “ultrafast” 330Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network in the United Kingdom (details) as they rarely promote it, but there are exceptions, such as in the case of 3,650 new houses and flats being built in Swindon.

Broadband ISPs Warn UK Internet Snooping Law to Push Up Prices

11th Nov 2015 (0 Comments)

The Government has budgeted around £175 million+ over 10 years to cover the cost of storing everyone’s Internet records as part of their controversial new Investigatory Powers Bill (details), but MPs have been warned by ISPs that this might not even come close to covering the actual costs.

ISP PlusNet Offers 6 Months FREE 38Mbps FTTC “Fibre Broadband”

11th Nov 2015 (3 Comments)

Low cost UK ISP PlusNet has begun offering their ‘up to’ 38Mbps capable “Unlimited Fibre” (FTTC) broadband package free for the first 6 months of service (£14.99 per month thereafter).

Watford Council Deploys FREE WiFi to Sheltered Housing Areas

11th Nov 2015 (0 Comments)

The Watford Borough Council in Hertfordshire (England) has teamed-up with network operator intechnologyWiFi to deploy a free public WiFi (wireless Internet) hotspot service to cover local community centres and sheltered housing schemes.

Sky Broadband Adverts Banned for False “Best Customer Service” Claim

11th Nov 2015 (0 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned both a regional press and website advert for the Sky Broadband and Talk services after Virgin Media complained that the promotions misleadingly claimed that Sky offered the “best customer service” of any ISP, which could not be fully substantiated.

ISP TalkTalk Falls to 4.1M On-net Broadband Users and Offers Incentives

11th Nov 2015 (5 Comments)

After the recent cyber-attack TalkTalk, which dubiously skipped their previous Q2 2015 report (here), has today published a financial update for Q3 2015 (calendar) and revealed that they’ve lost -80K broadband subscribers in the past 6 months to make for a total of 4.1 million (on-net).

Price Hikes Set to Hit Virgin Media Broadband and Phone Customers

11th Nov 2015 (6 Comments)

Just like clockwork Virgin Media, which recently started boosting its cable broadband speeds up to 200Mbps (here), has this week announced a raft of major price hikes that will hit their new Internet and phone customers from 24th November 2015 and existing customers from 1st February 2016.

UK ISP TalkTalk Coughs to Misleading Savings on Leaflet Advert

10th Nov 2015 (8 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed that they’ve opened an investigation after TalkTalk admitted that they’d got the pricing wrong on one of their snail mailed leaflet adverts, which promised that new customers could “save up to £476 vs BT, [Sky Broadband] and [Virgin Media]“.

Virgin Media UK Extends WiFi to 250 London Underground Tube Stations

10th Nov 2015 (5 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has quietly announced that their UK network of public WiFi Hotspots has once again been expanded to cover an additional 100 London Underground Tube stations (total 250).

Vodafone UK Grows to 75K Fixed Broadband Users and 4G Improves

10th Nov 2015 (1 Comment)

Vodafone has today reported their latest Q3 2015 results (calendar), which reveals that the new fixed broadband service has grown ever so slightly to reach 75,000 customers (up by +5K net adds vs +4K in Q2). Meanwhile their 4G UK population coverage has reached 75% (82% by Ofcom’s definition).

Fibre Optic ISP Hyperoptic Gains Q-Mark Fire Stopping Installation Cert

10th Nov 2015 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which is currently deploying 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks around 12 UK cities, has today become the first such provider to be awarded the Q-Mark Fire Stopping Installation certification from local and international body BM TRADA.

Apple CEO Fires Encryption Warning Shots at UK Internet Snooping Bill

10th Nov 2015 (4 Comments)

The UK Government’s new Investigatory Powers Bill, which aims to expand the United Kingdom’s Internet snooping laws by forcing broadband ISPs to log a bigger slice of everybody’s online activity, has taken fire from Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, over its “very dire” move to damage encryption.

Sky and Amazon Settle Differences – Prime Instant Video Arrives on Roku

10th Nov 2015 (2 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband), which has a big investment in Roku UK’s popular video streaming kit and uses the hardware for their own Internet-based NOW TV video streaming service, appears to have finally reached a compromise with Amazon’s rival Prime Instant Video.

Village of Crazies Hill Grabs Home Secretary in Battle for Fast Broadband

9th Nov 2015 (4 Comments)

Residents of a tiny and comically named rural village called Crazies Hill (Berkshire, England) have reeled in the Government’s Home Secretary, Theresa May MP, to help in their battle after doubts were cast over whether or not the community would get access to faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services.

NextGen Digital Challenge Awards 2015 Names Best Altnet Broadband ISPs

9th Nov 2015 (0 Comments)

The NextGen Conference in London has unveiled the winners of their 5th annual Digital Challenge Awards, which are designed to celebrate projects from across the United Kingdom that offer great examples of digital progress. This year saw a number of altnet ISPs win awards for their efforts to improve broadband connectivity.

UPD5 Government Unveil 10Mbps Broadband Universal Service Obligation

7th Nov 2015 (121 Comments)

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has confirmed that the Government will introduce a new Universal Service Obligation (USO) that should give everybody the legal right to request a broadband connection capable of delivering a minimum speed of 10Mbps (Megabits per second) by 2020.

Gigaclear Expands 1Gbps Broadband to 4,000 Hertfordshire UK Homes

6th Nov 2015 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear has today unveiled a new £4 million plan that will expand the commercial coverage of their 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to 4,000 homes and businesses in parts of rural Hertfordshire (England).