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ISP News Archives for February 2016

Europe Confirms Move to Harmonise 700MHz for Mobile Broadband

2nd Feb 2016 (1 Comment)

The European Commission has today moved to follow by Ofcom’s example and ensure that more radio spectrum will be made available for Mobile Broadband (3G, 4G and possibly 5G) services in the 700MHz band (694-790MHz) by 30th June 2020 “at the latest” (in all EU countries).

BT Updates on UK G.fast, SoGEA and “Slow Speed” Broadband Plans

2nd Feb 2016 (27 Comments)

BT has revealed some interesting new information on their UK plans for deploying ultrafast 300-500Mbps G.fast broadband technology, as well as SoGEA’s trial status, a possible extension of VDSL (FTTC) Vectoring, a new 18Mbps “Slow Speed” product for upgrading sub-2Mbps rural lines and more.

Welshwood Park’s FTTC Broadband Goes Live After Locals Pay GBP23K

2nd Feb 2016 (5 Comments)

The situation in Welshwood Park (Essex, England) is not your ordinary tale of slow broadband and stems from a decision 20 years ago, when locals refused to allow new cables to be laid. Sadly this made it harder to upgrade the area and so until now residents have been isolated from faster services.

UK ISP TalkTalk Confirm Loss of 101,000 Subscribers After Cyber-Attack

2nd Feb 2016 (11 Comments)

As feared last year’s cyber-attack (here) had a significant impact upon TalkTalk, albeit not nearly as big as some had predicted (here), with today’s vague trading update reporting that the ISP’s on-net subscriber base declined by -101,000 during the final quarter of 2015 (calendar).

UK Government to Debate Broadband Not-spots on Wednesday

1st Feb 2016 (16 Comments)

The UK Government’s Minister for the Digital Economy, Ed Vaizey MP, will on Wednesday hold a “not-spot summit“, which will bring broadband ISPs, mobile operators, politicians, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and Countryside Alliance (CA) together in order to debate how best to close the remaining gaps in fast broadband coverage.

UPD Last Ditch Warning – Ofcom Tell EU to Reject O2 and Three UK Merger

1st Feb 2016 (20 Comments)

The CEO of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom, Sharon White, has made one last ditch attempt to block the merger of mobile operators O2 and Three UK by calling on the European Commission’s competition regulator, which has the final say, not to ignore the serious competition concerns.

AAISP’s 80Mbps Home Broadband with 1TB Usage Cap Now Available

1st Feb 2016 (15 Comments)

Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) has officially made their new Home::1T broadband package available to order, which combines an ‘up to’ 80Mbps FTTC (VDSL2) connection with a monthly data allowance of 1 TeraByte (1000 GigaBytes) and line rental for a single cost of £60 per month.

BT Nears 8 Million Broadband Subs and Touts EE Mobile Fuelled Future

1st Feb 2016 (11 Comments)

BT has today released its latest Q4 2015 results (calendar) and confirmed that their retail division has a total of 7,996,000 broadband subscribers (up by +130K vs +82K in Q3), with 3,689,000 of those on their superfast BTInfinity (FTTC) service (up by +250K in Q4 vs +212K in Q3). The operator has also revealed some more details about their post EE merger plans.

UK Post Office Offers Half Price Unlimited Broadband for 18 Months

1st Feb 2016 (0 Comments)

The Post Office will today launch a new deal that offers their top unlimited broadband package at half price (£4 a month) for the first 12 months of service (£8 per month thereafter), although you still have to pay for line rental from the equivalent of £14 a month if pre-paid for a year or £16 as standard.

UPD Science and Tech Committee Warns of UK Internet Snooping Bill Costs

1st Feb 2016 (1 Comment)

The cross-party Science and Technology Select Committee (House of Commons) has today warned that the Government’s controversial new Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB) could cost significantly more than claimed and needs to be clearer about what it expects ISPs to actually do.