ISP News Archives for July 7, 2016

It’s that time of the year again. The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has revealed the winners of their 18th annual 2016 Internet industry awards, which among other things saw London wireless ISP Relish pick-up the winning spot for “Best Consumer Broadband” and Hyperoptic secure the “Best Superfast Broadband” gong.

Hull telecoms operator KCOM has today announced the next batch of roll-out locations for their new “Lightstream” fibre optic (FTTP/C) broadband network. Overall 5,000 properties in the Bricknell Avenue area and a similar number in Hedon and Preston should be covered by the end of 2016.

Sky Broadband has today followed up last year’s promise (here) by becoming the first major ISP in the United Kingdom enable network-level filtering by default for all new subscribers when they sign-up (i.e. Parental Controls that block access to “adult” websites).

Mobile operator Vodafone has today launched its new Community Indoor Sure Signal (CISS) project, which will use fixed line broadband connections to help deliver 3G mobile coverage to 100 rural community hubs (pubs, village halls etc.) where signal quality is usually weak or non-existent.

A new report from pensions law firm Sackers, which was commissioned by Sky (Sky Broadband), has concluded that there is “no bar from a pensions perspective” to stop Ofcom from delivering functional and legal separation of Openreach from BT.

Budget ISP Plusnet has followed last week’s price rise announcement (here) by offering their ‘up to’ 38Mbps FTTC based “Unlimited Fibre Broadband” service free for the first 6 months of service (£14.99 a month thereafter), although you still have to pay for line rental on top.