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ISP News Archives for July 2016

Gigaclear Clears Up After Minor Web Security Breach Results in SPAM

13th Jul 2016 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear has had to clean up part of their website after somebody gained unauthorised access to their Content Management System (CMS) and began replacing the provider’s articles with spam promotions for random products, such as mugs, jerseys and shoes.

UK ISP Entanet Calls for “Failing” Digital Minister Ed Vaizey to be Replaced

13th Jul 2016 (3 Comments)

Entanet has called for the new UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, to sack the Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey. The ISP claims that Ed is “failing to engage adequately” with ISPs and suffers from a “lack of experience” in the telecoms field, which they believe means he has “not been effective“.

UPDATE2 Sky Finally Shuts Down its Own Internet Piracy TV Streaming Site

13th Jul 2016 (2 Comments)

A few months ago Sky UK (Sky Broadband) won a WIPO domain name dispute against a website (Skysportslive.**) that was streaming their TV content without permission. But despite taking ownership Sky has not shut it down and the domain continues to offer links to pirated streams. Awkward.

GTC Build 300Mb FTTH Broadband to 3650 New Homes in Northamptonshire

12th Jul 2016 (0 Comments)

Utility infrastructure builder GTC (Brookfield Utilities UK) has unveiled a new deal with property developer Bovis Homes, which will result in 3,650 New Build Homes in Wellingborough (Northamptonshire, England) being connected to their 300Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network.

Devon and Somerset Restart £39.5m Hunt for ISP to Upgrade Broadband

12th Jul 2016 (12 Comments)

After a long wait the much delayed second phase of the Connecting Devon and Somerset project, which suffered a setback in June 2015 after failing to reach a deal to extend “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) coverage with BT, has finally begun a new £39.5m procurement.

Virgin Media Gobble Irish Commercial TV Broadcaster UTV Ireland

11th Jul 2016 (0 Comments)

Virgin Media (Liberty Global), which caters to the cable broadband and TV markets in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, has this afternoon confirmed that they’ve splashed out £8.51m million (€10m) with ITV plc to acquire UTV Ireland (Ireland’s newest free-to-air commercial broadcaster).

Ofcom Starts Strategic Review of UK Fixed Wireless Links and Spectrum

11th Jul 2016 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today fired the starting gun for their strategic review fixed wireless spectrum, which covers everything from high capacity wireless data capacity links (e.g. those that supply capacity to mobile operators) to wireless leased lines for end users.

Virgin Media Name 30 More UK Communities for 300Mb Broadband Boost

11th Jul 2016 (12 Comments)

Coax cable (DOCSIS) and fibre optic provider Virgin Media has today announced the next batch of 30 communities and villages from across England and Wales that will benefit from an upgrade to their FTTP ultrafast broadband (up to 300Mbps) and TV network, as voted for by residents of each area.

UPDATE EE Offers 6 Months FREE BT Sport TV to UK 4G Mobile Customers

11th Jul 2016 (1 Comment)

New and existing customers of EE’s pay monthly and SIM-only mobile plans can now benefit from 6 months of free access to the BTSport TV app (£5 a month thereafter), which is no doubt a benefit that has been extracted from the recent £12.5bn merger between the two. Just watch your data usage.

UPDATE Trouble for Future of UKB Networks Wireless Broadband in Swindon

11th Jul 2016 (2 Comments)

The £1.9m UKB Networks contract to roll-out a new superfast (24Mbps+) wireless broadband network in North Swindon faces a big test tomorrow when a revised application for 4 new masts goes before the planning committee, but recent developments from BT and Virgin Media may complicate the vote.

Sky Broadband UK Replaces its Forgotten FREE 2GB LITE Use Package

9th Jul 2016 (2 Comments)

Blink and you’ll miss it. Sky Broadband has quietly removed their old “Lite” package, which offered a basic 2GB usage allowance and download speeds of ‘up to’ 17Mbps (ADSL2+) to Sky TV users at no extra cost. The service has been replaced by a new option, which isn’t as free as before.

UPDATE Slough Could Get “Virtual Fibre To The Home Gigabit Wireless” Network

8th Jul 2016 (13 Comments)

Apparently businesses and residents in the large town of Slough (Berkshire, England) may soon be able to benefit from the roll-out of a new “Virtual Fibre To The Home Gigabit Wireless” broadband network, although it won’t come cheap and faces competition from local fixed line ISPs.

EE, BT and TalkTalk Collected the Most Consumer Complaints in Q1 2016

8th Jul 2016 (6 Comments)

UK ISPs EE, BT and TalkTalk have managed to collect the greatest proportion of consumer complaints for their fixed line broadband services, at least that’s one way of reading Ofcom’s Q1 2016 consumer complaints report. Meanwhile Virgin Media and Sky Broadband attracted the fewest gripes.

Satellite ISP Avonline Broadband Gobbled by Europasat Owner for £10m

8th Jul 2016 (0 Comments)

Satellite Solutions Worldwide, which owns Satellite broadband ISP Europasat, has effectively doubled its customer base to around 35,000 users across Europe by acquiring rival UK provider Avonline for a cool £10m. A further undisclosed payment may also be made, depending upon performance.

UK ISP BT Cut Unlimited Broadband to £5 and Superfast FTTC to £10

8th Jul 2016 (9 Comments)

Internet provider BT has cut the monthly price of their standard (up to 17Mbps ADSL2+) Unlimited Broadband package to just £5 per month and their superfast (up to 38Mbps FTTC) Unlimited Infinity 1 service has also been reduced to £10 per month. New customers will also get a BT Reward Card worth between £50 and £100.

ISPA UK Unveils the Winners of their 2016 ISP Internet Industry Awards

7th Jul 2016 (3 Comments)

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.

KCOM List 50 Bricknell Avenue Streets for their Fibre Broadband Rollout

7th Jul 2016 (0 Comments)

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.