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ISP News Archives for July 2016

EU Propose Legally Binding Broadband Universal Service Obligation

30th Jul 2016 (7 Comments)

The United Kingdom is already building a legally binding Universal Service Obligation (USO) for 10Mbps broadband speeds and a new leak of future EU telecoms proposals appears to confirm that the European Commission are planning to do something similar.

Farewell to BT’s Unloved 2Mbps Rural Broadband Enabling Technology

30th Jul 2016 (12 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has informed ISPs of their intention to stop deploying Broadband Enabling Technology (BET) to additional exchanges. The service could be used to extend the reach of a 1-2Mbps DSL line up to around 10km from a local telephone exchange, provided you had very deep pockets.

KCOM Boast £187m Boost to the Economy in Hull and East Yorkshire

29th Jul 2016 (1 Comment)

The incumbent telecoms and broadband operator for Hull and parts of East Yorkshire in England, KCOM, has hailed a new report that claims they have a “substantial impact” upon the local area by generating 1,600 Full-Time Equivalent jobs and delivering a £187m economic boost.

Ofcom UK to Improve Broadband, TV, Mobile and Phone Bundle Switching

29th Jul 2016 (8 Comments)

One of the problems with the current process of switching between communications providers is that it doesn’t always work properly for bundles (i.e. Broadband, Phone and TV and Mobile) or between different networks (e.g. Openreach to Virgin Media), but now Ofcom intend to change that.

Virgin Media Sorry for “inconvenience” After Street Works Encircle House

29th Jul 2016 (19 Comments)

Installing new fibre optic broadband cables is an important, but often disruptive, element of street works and sometimes it creates problems. Take Virgin Media for example, whose engineers managed for a short period to all but encircle one family home in Bolton (Greater Manchester, England).

City of London Agrees Standard Wayleave Deal to Boost Fibre Broadband

28th Jul 2016 (1 Comment)

The City of London Corporation has successfully agreed a new standardised wayleave template with local developers, landlords, ISPs, property managers, government, legal firms and key trade associations that should make it easier, quicker and cheaper to roll-out superfast broadband to buildings.

Plusnet Offer 12 Months Free Broadband and 76Mbps FTTC for £5

28th Jul 2016 (2 Comments)

UK ISP Plusnet has started offering their top ‘up to’ 76Mbps FTTC “Unlimited Fibre Extra” broadband service at £5 per month for the first six months (£19.99 thereafter). On top of that their standard ‘up to’ 17Mbps product is now free for the first 12 months and includes £50 Cashback.

Post Office Confirms UK Line Rental and Broadband Price Hikes

28th Jul 2016 (2 Comments)

Once again the Post Office has announced a series of annual price hikes for their broadband and phone services, which will be introduced from 5th September 2016 (the last increase was on the 9th November 2015, so it’s now two hikes within a single year).

Growth Hit as Sky Broadband Delivers 5.96 Million UK Subscribers

28th Jul 2016 (2 Comments)

Sky has today published their latest Q2 2016 (calendar) results, which reveals that they added +24,000 new Sky Broadband subscribers in the UK and Ireland during the quarter to total 5.964 million (sharply down from +46K in Q1 and +144K in Q4 2015). But the operator still has a lot to celebrate.

UK ISP BT Grows to 9.12M Broadband Subs, with 4.26M on Superfast Fibre

28th Jul 2016 (25 Comments)

BT has published their latest quarterly results (calendar Q2 2016), which saw their total base of retail broadband customers top 9,117,000 (up by +76K in Q2 vs 1.045m in Q1) and 4,257,000 of those make use of their FTTC/P based Infinity superfast broadband service (up by +181K vs +214k in Q1).

North Yorkshire UK Sets Out Revised Superfast Broadband Plan

28th Jul 2016 (0 Comments)

The Superfast North Yorkshire project in England, which is working with Openreach (BT) to make superfast broadband (30Mbps+) services available to around 91% of local premises by June 2017, has put forward a revised Phase 3 roll-out plan that could extend local coverage to nearly 96% by mid-2019.

Zen Internet Customers Praise their ZyXEL VMG1312 Broadband Router

28th Jul 2016 (24 Comments)

UK ISP Zen Internet has surveyed more than 500 of their residential customers to discover how they rated the new ZyXEL VMG1312 router, which comes standard with Zen’s broadband services. Overall 70% rated the quality of the router as “good or excellent“, but WiFi performance could be better.

ITS Technology Group Welcomes 21 New UK Fibre Wholesale Partners

27th Jul 2016 (3 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which earlier this year made their growing collection of UK “ultrafast fibre networks” available via wholesale, has now signed up 21 partners (15 in the last six months alone) and they expect to reach a total of 25 by the end of 2016.

UPDATE 191 New Build Homes in Portsmouth Left with SLOW Broadband

27th Jul 2016 (30 Comments)

The Guardians Gate Residents Association (GGRA), which represents new build homes on the ‘Guardians Gate’ development in Milton (Portsmouth), has said that it is “angry and frustrated” over the failure of Openreach (BT) and property developer Bellway to roll-out superfast broadband.

ASA Ban Three UK’s Misleading Mobile “all-you-can-eat data” Adverts

27th Jul 2016 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK’s long standing promotions of “all-you-can-eat data” on their top 4G tariffs have been branded “misleading” by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after two people complained that restrictions were applied to their use (e.g. Tethering cap).

ISPs TalkTalk, Sky, Vodafone Launch New “Fix Britain’s Internet” Campaign

27th Jul 2016 (45 Comments)

Several major Internet providers and other organisations, including TalkTalk, Vodafone, Sky Broadband, XLN and the Federation of Communication Services, have today launched a new campaign that encourages business to criticise the quality of Openreach’s UK network as part of Ofcom’s Strategic Review.

BT and Openreach Dodge Shotgun Blast of UK Advertising Complaints

27th Jul 2016 (7 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has rejected a string of complaints against a TV advert for BT’s broadband services and a moan by the Broadband for Rural Devon & Somerset (B4RDS) project, which questioned Openreach’s £10.5bn capital investment claims for their national network.