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ISP News Archives for December 2015

BT Openreach Confirm UK LLU and Line Rental Price Changes for 2016

31st Dec 2015 (23 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains and manages access to BT’s national UK telecoms network, has announced a series of line rental, local loop unbundling (LLU), electricity and engineering related price changes that will be introduced from 1st April 2016. Thankfully most of the adjustments are reductions.

24 Million Internet Devices Connect to Virgin Media on Christmas Day

31st Dec 2015 (14 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media reports that the average household in the United Kingdom had five different Internet-enabled gadgets connected to their broadband network on Christmas day, which peaked at 10pm and the majority of devices were identified as being Smartphones connected via WiFi.

Ofcom Attempts to Lure Former BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to its Board

31st Dec 2015 (0 Comments)

The endless debate over whether or not the national UK telecoms regulator will separate BT from control of Openreach has introduced another twist after it was revealed that Ofcom are attempting to lure Ben Verwaayen in for a directorship position on their board.

Netflix’s 2014 vs 2015 UK Broadband Speed Index Sees Virgin Media Top

31st Dec 2015 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media continues to hold the top spot in Netflix’s latest UK ISP Speed Index, which measures the popular Internet Movie and TV service’s video streaming performance on different broadband providers; but it doesn’t mean much.

Examining the Changing Cost of UK Phone Line Rental and its Future

30th Dec 2015 (21 Comments)

Home phone lines aren’t as popular as they once were, with consumers increasingly turning to mobile and VoIP (e.g. Skype) alternatives. At the same time ISPs have been gutting free voice call options from related broadband bundles and yet despite all of this the price of line rental continues to soar.

BT Openreach Retreats from Direct UK Customer Contact Proposal

29th Dec 2015 (5 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains and manages access to BT’s national UK phone and broadband network, has reportedly scrubbed a proposal from its new Charter that would have allowed consumers to contact them directly. Apparently a number of ISPs complained, but BT probably won’t be too upset.

North Lincolnshire Reveals Initial Phase 2 Fibre Broadband Rollout Plan

29th Dec 2015 (0 Comments)

The Northern Lincs Broadband project in England, which has already helped to make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 92.5% of local premises, has revealed the first tentative roll-out plan for the second contract that will cover an additional 4,000 – 5,000 properties.

AAISP to Launch 80Mbps Home Broadband with a 1 TeraByte Data Cap

29th Dec 2015 (25 Comments)

UK ISP Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) has furnished us with the first details of their new ‘up to’ 80Mbps FTTC (VDSL2) based Home::1T broadband package, which gives subscribers a soft monthly data allowance of 1 TeraByte (1000 GigaBytes) and also includes line rental into a single price.

The 2015 Worst UK Home Broadband ISPs for Advertising Complaints

29th Dec 2015 (2 Comments)

Some broadband ISPs are worse than others when it comes to “misleading” promotions of their services. So, as we prepare to bid farewell to another year, ISPreview.co.uk takes a quick look back over the past 12 months to see which providers suffered the most bans for bad advertising.

BDUK Brings Superfast Broadband to 3.5 Million Extra UK Premises

27th Dec 2015 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK programme, 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 officially helped to cover an additional 3.5 million homes and businesses.

Virgin Media User Embarrassed by Randomly Generated WiFi Password

27th Dec 2015 (4 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has suffered a small bit of mild comical embarrassment after one of the randomly generated WiFi passwords for their SuperHub routers gave one elderly home owner a rather silly network key of (NSFW)..

Solway Comms Setup Temporary Wireless Broadband for Flood Hit Carlisle

27th Dec 2015 (0 Comments)

Cumbria-based ISP Solway Communications has moved to help at least some of those affected by the recent floods in Carlisle by installing a free superfast wireless broadband network for the Warwick Road area. On top of that it will be completely free of charge for at least the next 3 months.

The 2015 vs 2014 Top UK Fastest Home Broadband and Mobile ISPs

27th Dec 2015 (13 Comments)

We take a quick look back over the past year to see how much the national UK fixed line Home Broadband and Mobile providers have improved in terms of Internet connection speed. Unsurprisingly Virgin Media and EE Mobile remain top of their respective categories, but that’s only part of the picture.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2015 from ISPreview.co.uk

24th Dec 2015 (3 Comments)

Ho ho ho it’s that time of year again, Christmas once more. Festivities galore. As usual we’ll be joining millions of others by taking a few days break to gobble turkey, “sip” a little brandy and maybe suffer one of those infuriating shopping queues with repetitive “festive” songs.

Farmers Criticise Government’s Rural Quick Fix of Satellite Broadband

24th Dec 2015 (16 Comments)

The National Farmers Union (NFU), which supports around 55,000 members across the United Kingdom, has criticised the Government’s new Satellite broadband subsidy scheme. The organisation warns that the solution “does not work that well for everyone” and might struggle to meet its targets.

Citizens Advice Says Broadband ISP Adverts Mislead and Confuse People

23rd Dec 2015 (9 Comments)

Once again the Citizens Advice agency has claimed that “misleading adverts” for home broadband packages are making it “too difficult” for consumers to work out which promotion is the cheapest. But their proposed fix of forcing ISPs to include line rental into a single price could create new problems.

ISP TalkTalk Offer 18 Months FREE Broadband and 12 Months FREE Fibre

23rd Dec 2015 (10 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today become the latest to launch a new batch of discounts for Christmas, which are being headlined by the offers of 18 months free unlimited broadband (up to 17Mbps) or 12 months free unlimited “Superfast Fibre Broadband” (up to 38Mbps FTTC).