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ISP News Archives for June 2016

EE Report UK Mobile Data Surge for England v Slovakia and Wales v Russia

21st Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE reports that Internet video streaming traffic over their 3G and 4G network surged during yesterday’s UEFA Euro 2016 football matches, which kicked off at 8pm and saw two games featuring UK teams; both played during the same 2 hour window (England v Slovakia and Wales v Russia).

Business ISP XLN Telecom Plans FREE WiFi for Every British High Street

21st Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

Internet provider XLN Telecom has announced that they intend to put free public WiFi on “every British high street” (i.e. they’ll have a presence on every high street, albeit not 100% coverage), but they’ll start by initially only providing it via 15,000 of their small business customers (at no extra cost).

UK ISP John Lewis Broadband Offers Discount on its Prices

21st Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

The broadband Internet division of high street retailer John Lewis has today followed up its recent price tweaks by introducing a 6 months free period on their unlimited ‘up to’ 17Mbps package and offering 3 months free alongside their two superfast (up to 38Mbps or 76Mbps) FTTC options.

Broadband ISP Subscribers Discouraged by Overseas Call Centres

21st Jun 2016 (9 Comments)

Does the location of your Internet provider’s call centre matter? The latest web-based survey of 1,155 ISPreview.co.uk readers has found that a third (34.6%) would rate the quality of their ISP’s call centre as “Poor” and 82.6% are discouraged from choosing a provider if they know that its call centre is based overseas.

Inquiry Threatens to Fine ISPs and Companies for Internet Security Fails

20th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

A cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published the outcome from an inquiry into Internet (cyber) security, which was setup following last year’s TalkTalk hack. The report recommends a series of changes, including jail terms for “data abusers” and fines for those who “fail to report, prepare for or learn from data breaches“.

UPD CMA Reject TalkTalk and BT Appeals Over UK Fibre Broadband Prices

20th Jun 2016 (2 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority has today rejected opposing appeals by BT and TalkTalk against Ofcom’s “margin squeeze” test, which is designed to keep the incumbent operator’s FTTC (VULA) based superfast broadband prices fair. But BT did win a small victory over its compliance period.

TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding Donates GBP220K Bonus to Charity

20th Jun 2016 (35 Comments)

The CEO of UK broadband provider TalkTalk, Dido Harding, has donated here annual £220,000 bonus to charity. The decision follows last year’s cyber-attack (here), which cost the operator tens of millions and resulted in a large number of subscribers having their personal data compromised.

RIP Billy Garrett – Founder of Rural Wireless ISP Beeline Broadband

20th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

We’d just like to take a moment to bid farewell to Billy Garrett, co-founder of wireless ISP Beeline Broadband that serves the Newton-on-Rawcliffe village and surrounding areas in North Yorkshire (England), who passed away recently.

Gigaclear Target 100000 Rural Premises for FTTP Broadband by End 2017

20th Jun 2016 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear, which is deploying an ultrafast Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to rural communities around the United Kingdom, has confirmed that they now aim to cover 100,000 homes and businesses by the end of 2017.

UK ISP BT Launches New Smart Hub Wireless Broadband Router

20th Jun 2016 (32 Comments)

Internet provider BT has today launched a new Smart Hub (aka – HomeHub 6) wireless router for subscribers of their ‘Infinity‘ superfast broadband (FTTC/P) packages, which offers improved WiFi performance, built-in 4G filters and other enhancements. But G.fast integration will have to wait.

The 2016-H1 Top 10 UK Fastest National Home Broadband and Mobile ISPs

18th Jun 2016 (8 Comments)

The first half of 2016 has seen average broadband speeds rise as consumers increasingly switch to faster services, with Virgin Media delivering the fastest average broadband download speeds and Zen Internet coming top for uploads. Meanwhile EE remains the king for Mobile Broadband.

Virgin Media UK Launches 50GB Capped Cable Broadband Packages

17th Jun 2016 (15 Comments)

One of our readers, Mike, has today informed ISPreview.co.uk that cable operator Virgin Media appears to have quietly introduced a new range of 50Mbps, 100Mbps and 200Mbps broadband packages, all of which feature a 50GB (GigaByte) monthly data usage allowance.

UK ISP BT Offers 3 Months FREE Unlimited Broadband or FTTC

17th Jun 2016 (2 Comments)

Telecoms operator BT has reduced the price of their unlimited standard (ADSL) and superfast broadband (FTTC) packages by offering them free for the first 3 months of service, which is then followed by a 9 month discount price. New customers will also get a BT Reward Card worth between £100 and £125.

UK ISPs Virgin Media and Cityfibre Complain of Quadrupling Fibre Tax

17th Jun 2016 (12 Comments)

Broadband providers Virgin Media and Cityfibre have complained that a change to the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) business rates (charges) for their network assets (e.g. any fibre optic cables that they put into the ground) is hitting them with a massive Fibre Tax hike.

UPDATE Government Seek Proposals for New Broadband Investment Fund

17th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

The Government has begun seeking proposals for its new Broadband Investment Fund (BIF), which was first announced in last year’s Autumn Statement (here) and is designed to help alternative network ISPs secure funds for building “ultrafast” (100Mbps+) broadband infrastructure.

UPD2 England vs Wales Euro 2016 Match Starts UK Internet Traffic Surge

16th Jun 2016 (9 Comments)

The UEFA Euro 2016 football match between England and Wales this afternoon, which kicked off at 2pm and occurred during working hours, triggered a 2 hour long surge of Internet traffic as office staff moved to keep a sly eye on proceedings by using video streaming services like iPlayer (BBC).

BDUK Confirm GBP408m for Expanded Rollout of Superfast Broadband

16th Jun 2016 (30 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK programme, which has already helped to make superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services available to 90% of the UK and is now working towards 95-97% within the next few years, has confirmed that £408m of public investment is being returned for future expansion.