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ISP News Archives for June 14, 2016

UPDATE UK ISP TalkTalk Suffering More Unexplained Website Woes

14th Jun 2016 (6 Comments)

Once again websites and email services that belong to broadband ISP TalkTalk appear to be suffering from further disruption today and have been up and down like a yo-yo, although so far the provider hasn’t provided much of an explanation for the problems.

Judge Orders BT Openreach to Pay GBP500k After Engineer Accident

14th Jun 2016 (14 Comments)

The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales (Old Bailey) has fined a “disappointed” BT (Openreach) £500,000 and ordered it to pay costs of £98,913.51 after one of their engineers, David Spurgeon, fell 7 metres from a loft, shattering both ankles and suffering back injuries.

BT Openreach Reveals G.fast Broadband Cabinet Extension Pod

14th Jun 2016 (34 Comments)

We already know a lot about BT’s forthcoming roll-out of “ultrafast” 300-500Mbps G.fast technology and last month’s new technical document (here) similarly appeared to confirm that the operator had opted to deploy the service from street cabinet extensions. This week we finally got a look at one.

Virgin Media Deal to Put Ultrafast Broadband into UK New Build Homes

14th Jun 2016 (1 Comment)

Virgin Media has mirrored BT’s move from earlier this year (here) by signing a new partnership deal with the Home Builder’s Federation (HBF), which should make it easier to ensure that new build homes in England and Wales are prepared for the operator’s 300Mbps coax and fibre optic broadband network.

North Lincolnshire UK Begins Phase 2 BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

14th Jun 2016 (9 Comments)

The Northern Lincs Broadband project in England today announced that the rural village of Appleby has become one of the first to benefit from their new Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract with BT, which will expand “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) to an additional 3,400 premises.

ISPA Publish UK Internet Hero and Villain Awards Shortlist for 2016

14th Jun 2016 (1 Comment)

Once again the UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today revealed the shortlist of potential winners for their annual Internet Hero and Internet Villain awards. It’s perhaps no surprise to find that people like Donald Trump (US presidential candidate) are up for the villain gong.

UPD Fibre Break Hits Gigaclear’s Gloucestershire Fibre Optic Network

14th Jun 2016 (7 Comments)

The on-going state aid supported deployment of Gigaclear’s new 5Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network in rural Gloucestershire (England) has suffered a blip today after their main fibre optic cable in the area was damaged, resulting in a loss of service for some locals.

EU Losing Ground in the Race to Roll-out Ultrafast 5G Mobile Networks

14th Jun 2016 (2 Comments)

The European Commission has launched a new consultation that aims to devise a coordinated roll-out plan for the next generation of 5G mobile networks across its 28 EU member states, which predicts a 2019/2020 introduction. But the USA, South Korea and China are aiming to launch much sooner.

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