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ISP News Archives for January 2016

Ofcom Tries to Resolve Vodafone Complaint of Unfair BT Ethernet Delays

8th Jan 2016 (2 Comments)

The national UK telecoms regulator has ruled that BTOpenreach does in some cases appear be in breach of several obligations because of the way that it delayed the provision of certain Ethernet (high-capacity data line) services to Vodafone, although the issue of compensation may be harder to resolve.

UK ISPA and ITSPA Adopt Ombudsman Services for Consumer Complaints

8th Jan 2016 (3 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) and Internet Telephony Services Providers Association (ITSPA) have officially swapped their Ofcom approved consumer complaints handler (ADR) scheme from CISAS to Ombudsman Services.

UPDATE Government Close to Achieving 90% UK Superfast Broadband Goal

8th Jan 2016 (23 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project takes a lot of flak, but this often overlooks some of the good progress that has been made. New data now appears to confirm that the original 90% coverage target for “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) availability is finally within touching distance.

Urban ISP Hyperoptic Launch FTTH Broadband January SALE

7th Jan 2016 (1 Comment)

Ultrafast fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic, which is deploying a 1Gbps capable FTTH/P broadband network to selected homes and businesses around twelve of the United Kingdom’s major cities, has updated their website with a number of January Sale discounts for those lucky enough to be covered.

UK ISP PlusNet Quietly Swaps to a Dedicated WBMC Network Platform

7th Jan 2016 (9 Comments)

Budget ISP PlusNet has quietly begun swapping from a ‘Shared’ to ‘Dedicated’ Wholesale Broadband Managed Connect (WBMC) platform via BTWholesale, which is a logical choice given their growing customer base and should afford them more direct control over network capacity / infrastructure.

The Co-operative Phone and Broadband Wins Social Enterprise Award

7th Jan 2016 (0 Comments)

The Chipping Norton-based Co-operative Phone and Broadband (The Phone Co-op) ISP has won the “Best Consumer Facing Social Enterprise” accolade at the annual UK Social Enterprise Awards, which were actually held at the end of last year (we have been a bit slow to notice).

TP-LINK Unveils First 60GHz WiFi Using 802.11ad Router – Talon AD7200

6th Jan 2016 (5 Comments)

Networking equipment firm TP-Link has today claimed to be the first manufacturer to launch a new broadband router (Talon AD7200) that can make use of the 802.11ad Wi-Fi standard, which is able to deliver ultra-fast speeds of up to 4.6Gbps via the 60GHz spectrum band.

UK Competition Regulator to Examine BT’s Superfast Broadband Prices

6th Jan 2016 (5 Comments)

Opposing appeals by both BT and TalkTalk against the approach taken last year by Ofcom’s new “margin squeeze” test, which is designed to keep the incumbent operator’s FTTC “fibre broadband” prices under control, have today been referred to the Competition and Markets Authority.

Good Broadband Helps Find the Top 69 UK Cities for Starting a Business

6th Jan 2016 (0 Comments)

A recent study from Quality Formations has ranked 69 of the United Kingdom’s cities by how attractive they are for starting a new company. Overall Derby came top and unsurprisingly the quality of local broadband plays an important part, both in terms of the best and worst cities.

Dumb Internet Filters Risk Making UK Libraries Less Useful

5th Jan 2016 (1 Comment)

The growing use of controversial Internet filters (censorship) in the United Kingdom is nothing new and many Libraries have implemented them, but a new study suggests that this approach could be damaging public access to the very information that libraries are supposed to provide.

Wales UK Expands Flexibility of Superfast Broadband Voucher Schemes

5th Jan 2016 (3 Comments)

The Welsh Government has today announced that their two voucher schemes, which are designed to help homes and businesses in disadvantaged areas gain access to faster broadband connectivity, are being expanded to further increase the number of people who can make use of them.

Longer Range WiFi “HaLow” Networks Coming via the 900MHz Band

5th Jan 2016 (2 Comments)

The Wi-Fi Alliance has officially launched its new WiFi “HaLow” technology, which is based off the long-in-development IEEE 802.11ah standard and uses the 900MHz radio spectrum band in order to deliver a longer range and lower power network solution.

No Flood Delays as Cityfibre Resumes York UK FTTH Broadband Rollout

4th Jan 2016 (0 Comments)

Construction of Cityfibre’s joint roll-out of a new ultrafast 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk in the UK city of York (England) has officially resumed today after work was paused due to the Christmas break. Happily the recent flood had no impact.

EE Will Lose UK CEO Olaf Swantee as Part of BT Merger Completion

4th Jan 2016 (2 Comments)

The £12.5bn merger between national UK telecoms giant BT and mobile operator EE, which has already gained provisional approval from the CMA (here), will result in the loss of EE’s CEO Olaf Swantee when the deal is finalised by around the end of January.

Waiting for Digital Scotland’s 2nd Fibre Broadband Extension Contract

4th Jan 2016 (4 Comments)

The Digital Scotland project has today announced that 500,000 additional premises have now been put within reach of BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, but there’s still no sign of the expected second contract in order to help expand coverage beyond the current target(s).

The Best UK Home Broadband ISPs for 2016 – ISPreview.co.uk Picks

4th Jan 2016 (24 Comments)

What’s more important, service quality or price? If only it were that simple. Choosing the right broadband ISP is never easy, not least because service performance and cost can vary due to a variety of often very muddy factors, but hopefully our annual editors pick might help to simplify the options.

UPDATE UK ISP Fuel Broadband Sneaks Price Rise onto their Latest Deal

3rd Jan 2016 (4 Comments)

Budget ISP Fuel Broadband, which is currently offering 12 months of free service on their ‘up to’ 17Mbps unlimited standard broadband package (includes an Amazon TV Fire Stick with a 30 day Prime trial), has quietly introduced a few New Year price rises into the on-going promotion.