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ISP News Archives for June 2016

Virgin Media Mobile Customers Face 1st July 2016 Price Rise

7th Jun 2016 (4 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s mobile tariffs have been told to expect a price rise of 1.6% from 1st July 2016, which they say is in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) rate of inflation announced in April when the figure was at its highest (it’s back to 1.3% now) and there are a few other increases too.

Artist Covers BT’s FTTC Broadband Cabinets with Weird Street Art

7th Jun 2016 (8 Comments)

Openreach’s (BT) big green FTTC superfast broadband Street Cabinets can be a bit dull and so an artist from Doncaster in South Yorkshire (England), Nick Boruk, has decided to help promote the new service by covering a few of them with a big Teddy Bear face (painted canvas cover). Ok then.

LLU Unbundled UK Copper Phone and Broadband Lines Decline to 9.8M

7th Jun 2016 (6 Comments)

The latest quarterly update from the Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA) has revealed that the era of traditional pure copper line based Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), which gives rivals greater control over part of BT’s UK telecoms infrastructure, may be entering into a slow decline.

EU Telecoms Regulators Consult on New Net Neutrality Guidelines

7th Jun 2016 (1 Comment)

The Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC), which represents national telecoms regulators from across the EU (e.g. Ofcom in the UK), has published its first draft guidelines for Europe’s new Net Neutrality rules that require ISPs and mobile operators to maintain an open Internet.

UK Telecoms Builder Firm John Henry Group Attracts Investment

7th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

The Cambridge-based John Henry Group (JHG), which helps to build new telecoms and fibre optic broadband infrastructure for operators like Virgin Media and BT, has won a £23.3 million investment from independent private equity company Growth Capital Partners (GCP).

ISP Aylesbury Vale Broadband Reveals Next Villages for 300Mbps FTTH

6th Jun 2016 (10 Comments)

The Aylesbury Vale Broadband network, which has recently rolled out a 300Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) service to part of both North Marston and nearby Granborough in rural Buckinghamshire (England), has today named the next two villages to benefit from their deployment.

TalkTalk Warns UK Consumers to Watch Out for Scammers

6th Jun 2016 (4 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk, which has itself recently been the subject of several major hacks and related personal data breaches that sadly triggered quite a few fraudulent calls to subscribers, has today joined with Get Safe Online to launch their nationwide ‘Beat the Scammers‘ information campaign.

UK ISP Internet Central Set to Hire 22 New Staff

6th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

Staffordshire-based business ISP Internet Central, which offers a range of Ethernet, broadband, fixed wireless and general telecoms services, appears to be enjoying a growth spurt and have announced plans to hire another 22 staff.

Ofcom Finds Vodafone UK Breached its Complaint Handling Rules

6th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today ruled that there are “reasonable grounds for believing” that mobile and broadband provider Vodafone breached consumer complaint handing rules by not having the correct procedures in place.

First Prices and Packages for Swindon’s Wireless Broadband Network

6th Jun 2016 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Swindon project in Wiltshire (England), which last month revealed the initial roll-out areas for UKB Networks controversial new 4G fixed wireless superfast broadband service (details), has now confirmed the first supporting ISPs and package prices for local residents.

First Phase 2 “Fibre Broadband” Roll-out Areas for Northumberland Named

6th Jun 2016 (3 Comments)

It’s been a year since BT and the Northumberland County Council signed a £4.1m deal (phase 2 extension contract) to further expand the reach of their “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) FTTC/P network to 95% of local premises by the end of 2017. Today we’ve learnt which areas will be the first to benefit.

Three UK Seeks More Mobile Spectrum from Ofcom to Tackle BT

6th Jun 2016 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has a problem with radio spectrum, it needs more. The operator had hoped to tackle this challenge by gobbling O2, but the EU’s competition body blocked that (here). Now they’re demanding more spectrum security from Ofcom and the regulator may have to deliver.

Ofcom Study Reveals Cat 6 4G Mobile Broadband Speeds in London UK

3rd Jun 2016 (5 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator has today produced an updated study of 4G based Mobile Broadband speeds in central London, which specifically looks at the performance impact of the latest Category 4 vs 6 (LTE-Advanced) networks. Once again EE wins the speed crown, but Vodafone are catching up.

UK ISP Sky Broadband to Trial 18Mbps Sky Fibre Lite FTTC Service

3rd Jun 2016 (9 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky Broadband) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they are about to start trials of a new 18Mbps unlimited usage Sky Fibre Lite (FTTC) product with around 20,000 customers, which is designed to tempt those on their slower ADSL2+ based service to upgrade to FTTC for a better speed.

Virgin Media Moot Roll-out of Cable Broadband into North Swindon

3rd Jun 2016 (5 Comments)

The already complicated situation in North Swindon (Wiltshire, England) just became even more interesting after Virgin Media appeared to indicate that its ultrafast (up to 300Mbps) cable and fibre optic broadband network would also be expanding into additional parts of the area.

AAISP Culls Line Rental Requirement on 1TB Home Broadband Service

3rd Jun 2016 (11 Comments)

Anybody interested in Andrews and Arnold’s (AAISP) Home::1 TeraByte broadband package, which combines either an ADSL2+ or ‘up to’ 80Mbps FTTC (VDSL) service with a 1 TeraByte (1000 GigaBytes) usage allowance, may like to know that it can now be taken without bundled line rental from the same ISP.

UK ISP TalkTalk Lodge Complaint Over BT’s Fault Investigation Charges

3rd Jun 2016 (12 Comments)

Ofcom has opened a new investigation after TalkTalk complained about the amount of money being charged by Openreach (BT) for their Special Fault Investigation (SFI) engineer service and Time Related Charges (TRC), which are often used to resolve customer phone or broadband problems.