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ISP News Archives for April 27, 2016

Police Called in After Land Boundary Dispute Over BT Street Cabinet

27th Apr 2016 (35 Comments)

An odd situation has erupted in Norfolk (England) after the 85-year-old owner of a bungalow on Framingham Earl Road (Yelverton) hampered Openreach’s (BT) efforts to conduct maintenance and upgrade work on their PCP Street Cabinet. The pensioner claims the cabinet is built on his private land, but the local authority says it’s public land.

Guernsey Developing Strategy to Improve Superfast Broadband Cover

27th Apr 2016 (1 Comment)

The States of Guernsey (Channel Islands) have published a new Connectivity Review, which appears to be the first salvo in what could end up forming the foundation for state intervention to expand the reach of NGA superfast broadband services and improve other aspects of digital connectivity.

EE UK Builds Alliance to Develop 5G and 4G LTE Broadcast Data Tech

27th Apr 2016 (0 Comments)

Mobile giant EE (BT) has formed a new alliance with several other operators, including Verizon (USA), Telstra (Australia) and kt (South Korea), in order to facilitate the development of LTE-Broadcast (LTE-B) technology that enables operators to send a single stream of data to all mobile users in one area.

Virgin Media Commits to Huge UK Rollout of Ultrafast FTTP Broadband

27th Apr 2016 (25 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has announced that their on-going £3bn “Project Lightning” network expansion will work to ensure that “at least a quarter” of the additional 4 million UK premises being reached by 2020 2019 are to be connected using ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) technology.

UK ISP Plusnet Cuts ADSL and Fibre FTTC Broadband Bundle Prices

27th Apr 2016 (1 Comment)

Budget ISP Plusnet has unveiled a new round of special offers, which includes 18 months of free ‘up to’ 17Mbps unlimited broadband (£9.99 thereafter), 6 months of free ‘up to’ 38Mbps Unlimited Fibre (£14.99 thereafter) and 6 months of ‘up to’ 76Mbps Fibre Extra at £5 per month (£19.99 thereafter).

ISP John Lewis Broadband Raises UK Prices and Add Unlimited Fibre

27th Apr 2016 (0 Comments)

The Internet access division of high street retailer John Lewis has informed customers about a number of big changes, which among other things will see all their standard broadband users being upgraded to “unlimited” usage, the introduction of a new 76Mbps Fibre Extra option and various price changes.

Alternative Business ISP Metronet UK Gets New CEO – Lee Perkins

27th Apr 2016 (0 Comments)

Manchester-based ISP Metronet UK, which builds fibre optic and wireless broadband networks for businesses across various parts of the United Kingdom, appears to have had a change of CEO with former boss Elliot Mueller being replaced through the appointment of Lee Perkins.

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