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ISP News Archives for June 2016

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.

Residents of Big Apartment Blocks Favour Ultrafast FTTH Broadband

13th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

A new online survey of 2,000 Multi Dwelling Unit (MDU) residents in the U.S. and Canada, which was conducted by RVA LLC on behalf of the FTTH Council Americas, has claimed that apartments with pure fibre optic FTTH broadband suffered fewer service woes and attracted a higher value.

Blackdown Hills Communities Hope for Better Broadband with EU Money

13th Jun 2016 (1 Comment)

Villages in the rural Blackdown Hills, which represents a 370km2 area of natural beauty that straddles the border between Somerset and Devon in South West England, appear to have become tired of waiting for better broadband and have instead put in a bid for £4.6m from the EU to support their own plan.

BT and Sky Enter the Top 10 Most Green Companies in the World

13th Jun 2016 (3 Comments)

A new study, which examined the environmental performance (i.e. corporate sustainability and environmental impact) of the world’s largest publicly-traded companies by market capitalisation, has ranked BT Group as the 3rd best in the world and Sky PLC (Sky Broadband) 8th from a total of 500 companies.

Vodafone UK Launch Rapid Mobile Phone Replacement Service

13th Jun 2016 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has claimed that some small UK businesses could suffer as much as £12,310 in lost revenue by not having access to their mobile phones for a day. In order to tackle this the operator has launched ‘Rapid’, which gets a replacement device to the business within 4 hours of an approved insurance claim being made.

BT and its Unions Issue Letter to Staff Over the Risks of a Brexit Vote

13th Jun 2016 (23 Comments)

The senior bosses of telecoms and broadband giant BT have joined with the leaders of the CWU and Prospect unions to issue staff with a new letter that warns about the possible impact upon their business of a vote to leave the EU, which if recent polls are to be believed may now be looking more likely.

100Mb Community FTTP Broadband Connects Rural Herefordshire Villages

11th Jun 2016 (6 Comments)

A new 100Mbps capable community and government grant funded fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network has officially launched in rural Herefordshire (England) today. The network serves two small rural villages – Dewsall Court and Callow – as well as a few surrounding premises.

Ofcom UK Consult on Automatic Compensation for Broadband ISP Faults

10th Jun 2016 (29 Comments)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has launched their first consultation on plans to give consumers an automatic right to compensation from their broadband ISP when things go wrong, such as due to a “loss or reduction of service.” But we might all end up paying more for our service to support it.

3.9 Million Businesses Hit by Internet Outages in 2015, Lose GBP12.3bn

10th Jun 2016 (4 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 500 businesses in the United Kingdom, which was commissioned by an ISP called Beaming, has claimed that 3.9 million enterprises (72% of businesses) suffered “up to” 8 Internet outages and 43 hours of downtime each during 2015 and they could have lost productivity worth an estimated £12.3 billion.

East Riding of Yorkshire Suffers GBP10m Broadband Funding Shortfall

9th Jun 2016 (9 Comments)

The Broadband East Riding project in Yorkshire (England), which is being conducted with support from BT, will need another £10 million of funding if it is to reach the goal of making a superfast broadband (24Mbps+) network available to 95% of local premises.

Fibre Optic ISP Gigaclear Improves Rural UK Customer Support

9th Jun 2016 (4 Comments)

Gigaclear, which deploys Gigabit class FTTP broadband to rural areas across the United Kingdom, claims that it can now answer 90% of calls within just 30 seconds after adopting new technology. The upgrade is necessary because they expect to quadruple their customer base in the next 12 months.

KCOM Clarify Level of FTTC in its Fibre Optic FTTP Broadband Rollout

9th Jun 2016 (5 Comments)

The Hull and East Yorkshire (England) focused telecoms operator KCOM has kindly confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that around 8% (12,000 premises) of their planned fibre optic based broadband roll-out to 150,000 local premises will be catered for via the slower Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) service.

Virgin Media Plan FTTP Broadband for 69K Wrexham and Chester Premises

8th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has revealed that some 45,000 homes and businesses in Chester (Cheshire, England) and 24,000 in Wrexham (North Wales) will be among the next to gain access to their ‘up to’ 300Mbps broadband and TV bundles, which is part of their on-going £3bn Project Lightning network expansion.

UPDATE BSG Publish Revised UK ISP Open Internet Code of Practice

8th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

As expected the Broadband Stakeholders Group, which acts as a think-tank for UK government policy, has today published a revised 2016 Open Internet Code of Practice for ISPs that works to protect Net Neutrality by bringing the self-regulatory approach into line with new EU regulation.

UK ISP TalkTalk Cull 6 TV Channels from their Entertainment Package

8th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

Subscribers who take one of TalkTalk’s broadband, TV (YouView), phone and or mobile bundles may be displeased to learn that the ISP’s Entertainment Package of premium television will lose six of its channels from 30th June 2016, including some big names like the ‘Discovery Channel’.

Cisco Predict UK Broadband Speeds of 51Mbps by 2020 vs 48Mbps Global

8th Jun 2016 (9 Comments)

Cisco has today published its 11th annual 2016 Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast, which predicts that world Internet traffic will grow from 72,521 PetaBytes per month in 2015 to 194,374 PB in 2020. Meanwhile average fixed broadband speeds in the UK will double from 24.7Mbps in 2015 to 51.3Mbps in 2020 (roughly level with the global average).

UPD Q1 2016 Uptake Stats for the BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

8th Jun 2016 (34 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK scheme has published its latest Q1 2016 take-up data for their roll-out of superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom, which confirms that almost all local authorities have now passed the 20% threshold for clawback.