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ISP News Archives for March 2016

FISP Calls for 1000Mbps Broadband to be Deployed Across London UK

31st Mar 2016 (23 Comments)

The Foundation for Information Society Policy (FISP) think-tank has said that some 20 cities in the United Kingdom are on their way to rolling out Gigabit (1000Mbps+) class broadband services, but London isn’t one of them and they want the capital’s mayoral candidates to change that.

Ofcom Find EE is the Fastest for Mobile Broadband in Major UK Cities

31st Mar 2016 (4 Comments)

A new study has examined the 3G and 4G based Mobile Broadband performance of mobile operators O2, EE, Three UK and Vodafone across five major cities including Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London and Norwich. Overall EE delivered the fastest Internet download and upload speeds in all cities, except Norwich.

Plusnet Gift 12 Months FREE Unlimited Broadband and GBP50 Cashback

31st Mar 2016 (2 Comments)

Budget ISP Plusnet has reintroduced their offer of 12 months free unlimited home broadband (up to 17Mbps) for new subscribers (normally £9.99 per month) and added in a £50 Cashback discount, although as usual you still have to pay the line rental charge on top (from £15.49 per month).

UK ISP BT Hikes the Cost of Premium Email Provision

31st Mar 2016 (2 Comments)

Subscribers to BT’s Premium Mail (email) service, which is offered to customers who don’t want the ISP’s consumer broadband product any more (e.g. because they’ve switched providers) but still wish to keep their email address alive, will be hit with a big price hike on 6th May 2016.

Adopting 700MHz for Mobile May Force 160K UK Homes to Replace Aerials

31st Mar 2016 (5 Comments)

The on-going effort to re-purpose the 700MHz radio spectrum band (currently used by UK Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) services) and make it available for use by Mobile Broadband (4G, 5G etc.) in time for 2020 (Q2) could force 100,000 – 160,000 UK households to replace their aerials.

Ofcom Launch Basic UK Mobile and Fixed Broadband Coverage Checker

31st Mar 2016 (4 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator has today launched a new tool that aims to give consumers a better idea about the performance and coverage of local mobile (2G, 3G and 4G) and fixed line broadband services. But it only uses data from the “major communications providers” and is very basic.

Ofcom List the Naughtiest UK Mobile, Phone and Broadband ISPs – Q4 2015

30th Mar 2016 (2 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has released their latest complaints report to the end of 2015, which reveals what mobile, TV, phone and broadband providers in the United Kingdom attracted the most consumer complaints. EE topped the naughty list for broadband, while TalkTalk dominated for fixed line phone gripes.

Researchers in Scotland Promise Self Healing 5G Mobile Networks

30th Mar 2016 (0 Comments)

Future 5G based Mobile Broadband networks are expected to be extremely fast (peak speeds of up to 10Gbps), but new EU supported research taking place at the University of West of Scotland (UWS) could also make them “self-healing” to boost performance, protect against DDoS attacks and recover faster from outages.

Dorset Wireless ISP Juice Broadband Approved for 2Mbps Subsidy Scheme

30th Mar 2016 (0 Comments)

Rural Dorset (England) ISP Juice Broadband, which offers a 40Mbps capable wireless broadband service to parts of Bournemouth, Poole and the surrounding areas, is the latest to be named as an approved supplier for the £60m “2Mbps for all” rural broadband subsidy.

Network Rail Moots Sale of UK Fibre Optic Infrastructure Assets

30th Mar 2016 (5 Comments)

Reports suggest that Network Rail’s large track-side fibre optic infrastructure, which carries all sorts of transport, video (CCTV etc.) and data communications, could be sold off or shared out through a wholesale or joint venture agreement in order to raise money for more railway improvements elsewhere.

Fragmented Internet TV Content Licensing Risks Igniting Piracy Surge

30th Mar 2016 (11 Comments)

Competition is a notoriously complicated animal and if done correctly it can foster a more affordable and dynamic market. But equally there are times when it may have the opposite impact, which is something we’re starting to see in the TV content market and if left unchecked there is a risk that it may push consumers into the more accessible arms of Internet piracy.

Liverpool to Rent Out Underground Ducts to Foster Fibre Optic Broadband

29th Mar 2016 (3 Comments)

The city of Liverpool is already well covered by “superfast” (24Mbps+) capable broadband services, but the local authority are now looking to further boost connectivity to “ultrafast” levels (usually 100Mbps+ or Gigabit territory) by renting out their underground cable ducts to private investment.

The Importance of Video Compression to Broadband ISP Speeds

29th Mar 2016 (5 Comments)

Internet video content represents a huge slice of online traffic (approx. 64%) and its quality is always improving, yet contrary to logic you don’t always need a faster broadband speed to keep up. In fact today a slower connection can view content that yesterday would have required something much faster.

Which is the Cheapest UK Phone and Unlimited Superfast Broadband ISP

26th Mar 2016 (7 Comments)

It’s not easy to compare prices between the different unlimited superfast broadband ISPs, not least due to the huge variety of special offers, features, vouchers and discounts that pervade the market and change on an often weekly basis. In this article we examine how tricky it is to find the “cheapest“.

Ofcom 2016 Report – Average UK Home Broadband Speeds Reach 28.9Mbps

25th Mar 2016 (10 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published their re-jigged annual 2016 report into the Internet performance of the United Kingdom’s largest fixed line home broadband ISPs and their customers, which reveals that the average home download speed has jumped from 22.8Mbps last year to 28.9Mbps now. But the gap between rural and urban areas is still significant.

New Micro Fibre Optic Cable to Help BT Openreach’s UK Network Capacity

25th Mar 2016 (5 Comments)

Openreach (BT) looks set to further boost capacity on their UK fibre optic network and harness spare space in some existing cable ducts by overblowing a new-ish type of super small fibre optic cable (72-fibre at 5mm diameter), which could save a bit of time and money.

Wales UK Moots Taller Mobile Masts to Improve Network Cover

24th Mar 2016 (6 Comments)

One of the historic problems with improving mobile network (2G, 3G and 4G etc.) coverage has been the fact that local laws often limit their height in order to placate NIMBYs. But this is slowly changing and the Welsh Government are looking to follow suit.