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ISP News Archives for December 2015

Nick Herbert MP Calls for Radical Change to Improve UK Broadband

16th Dec 2015 (55 Comments)

The Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert, has today added his voice to the calls for a radical shake-up of the United Kingdom’s telecoms and broadband market, one that could see investment in true fibre optic (FTTH/P) infrastructure and the break-up of BT (Openreach).

UK Rural Affairs Committee Calls for More Effort to Improve Broadband

15th Dec 2015 (11 Comments)

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has today published its latest report into the Government’s (DEFRA) performance, which among other things warns that the on-going “absence of effective internet and mobile connectivity” is hampering economic growth in some rural areas.

Ofcom Name the Worst UK Mobile, Phone and Broadband ISPs – Q3 2015

15th Dec 2015 (7 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published their latest Q3 2015 complaints report, which reveals the volume of gripes received for all of the United Kingdom’s largest broadband, phone, mobile and TV providers. As usual EE takes a beating, while Sky Broadband and Virgin Media win praise.

BT’s G.Fast Cost and a £500m Risk to Openreach from Ofcom and the EE Deal

15th Dec 2015 (12 Comments)

Financial analyst firm Redburn has published a new piece of research that offers some extra cost predictions for BT’s forthcoming roll-out of 500Mbps G.fast broadband tech and also warns that the merger with EE could help create a £500m+ risk to Openreach’s cash flow.

The UK BT and BDUK “Fibre Broadband” Uptake Figures for Q3 2015

14th Dec 2015 (16 Comments)

Last month the Government confirmed that their Broadband Delivery UK project with BT had so far managed to extend superfast (24Mbps+) capable “fibre broadband” services to 3,311,843 extra premises and today we’ve also got the latest consumer take-up figures for each local authority.

Openreach Set Final Withdrawal Date for FTTC Installs with VDSL Modem

14th Dec 2015 (17 Comments)

BTOpenreach has today formally confirmed that the ‘Basic Engineer’ and also ‘Managed Engineer’ Installation options for their ‘up to’ 80Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband lines, specifically those installs that included a simple VDSL Modem (pictured), will be withdrawn from 31st March 2016.

Superfast Cymru and BT Bring 330Mbps FTTP Broadband to Nasareth

14th Dec 2015 (2 Comments)

The state aid supported Superfast Cymru project with BT has today announced that their ultrafast 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has been made available to premises in the village of Nasareth (Gwynedd). The one in Wales, of course, and NOT the childhood home of Jesus.

Cairngorms National Park Aims for GBP1.2m Community Broadband Fix

14th Dec 2015 (0 Comments)

The Board of the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) have agreed to work in partnership with the Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) initiative in order to setup a community organisation, which aims to deliver faster broadband services to around 1,000 premises in the region’s remotest areas.

UPDATE CityFibre Raise £180m Financing and Gobble KCOM’s UK Fibre Network

14th Dec 2015 (5 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has today announced that they’ve found financing of £180m to help expand and commercialise their national UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband / Ethernet network and one of their first moves is to gobble KCOM Group’s UK network assets for £90m.

Site Status – UK ISP Listings Database Update

13th Dec 2015 (0 Comments)

Just a quick note to say that we’ve finished another full update sweep of our UK ISP Listings database, which is performed every few months to ensure that all our prices and information are up-to-date (i.e. many smaller ISPs don’t keep us up-to-date, so we have to check hundreds of records manually).

Virgin Media Scales Back North Swindon Rollout Due to Rival Network

12th Dec 2015 (7 Comments)

Reports claim that Virgin Media has scaled back its urban superfast broadband (EuroDOCSIS3 cable) roll-out plans for North Swindon (Wiltshire, England) because of the local authority’s £1.9m contract with UKB Networks, which is deploying a fixed wireless service in the area.

A Sliver of New Detail on the Government’s Broadband Investment Fund

11th Dec 2015 (4 Comments)

After some prodding and probing we’ve managed to secure a slither of additional information on the Government’s recently proposed Broadband Investment Fund, which is designed to help alternative network providers to secure funding to build out their infrastructure.

Virgin Media’s 200Mbps Broadband to Cover 6 Big Leicestershire Villages

10th Dec 2015 (18 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has announced that their £3bn “Project Lightning” network expansion will use a mix of pure “Fibre to the Home” (FTTH/P) and DOCSIS technology to bring “ultrafast” broadband speeds of up to 200Mbps to 16,000 premises across six large villages in Leicestershire (England).

Government Picks EE to Deliver 4G Network for UK Emergency Services

10th Dec 2015 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator EE, which is on course to become part of BT, has today secured the sometimes controversial contract to deliver a new communications network for Britain’s Emergency Services (Police, Fire / Rescue and Ambulance) by using their new 4G (LTE) infrastructure.

Mixed Results as Ofcom Compares UK Broadband to 18 Major Countries

10th Dec 2015 (16 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published their annual International Communications Market Report 2015 (ICMR), which among other things compares the performance of broadband and telecoms networks in the United Kingdom with 18 other key countries around the world.

UPD Cotswolds Broadband Prep Spring 2016 Rollout in West Oxfordshire

9th Dec 2015 (1 Comment)

The Cotswolds Broadband project, which last year tendered for a supplier to help roll-out a new mixed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and wireless superfast broadband network to rural premises in West Oxfordshire (England), has confirmed that construction will finally get under-way during spring 2016.

TalkTalk Offer FREE Access to 6 Premium TV Channels for Christmas

9th Dec 2015 (0 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has advised that new and existing customers of their TV (YouView) offering broadband and phone bundles will benefit from free access to six premium channels over the Christmas holiday period.