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ISP News Archives for September 2016

Vodafone UK Finally Joins Ofcom’s Broadband Speed Code of Practice

27th Sep 2016 (6 Comments)

Vodafone has today confirmed that they’ve officially become members of Ofcom’s voluntary Code of Practice for broadband ISP speeds (details), which helps to protect customers from bad advertising and guarantees “accurate minimum and maximum download speeds“. Took them long enough.

UK ISP Hyperoptic Scraps Static IP for Shared CGNAT Internet Addresses

27th Sep 2016 (10 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic, which is rolling out a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTP/B) broadband network to 500,000 UK premises in 20 UK cities, has stopped giving customers a Static IP (IPv4) address and instead become one of the first to adopt Internet address sharing (Carrier Grade NAT).

UPDATE2 Virgin Media Prepping 300Mbps Home Broadband Upgrade

26th Sep 2016 (12 Comments)

Reports indicate that Virgin Media are likely to upgrade their top 200Mbps (VIVID 200) tier to 300Mbps (20Mbps upload), possibly at some point during this autumn, with the existing paid HomeWorks+ add-on also being boosted from 300Mbps to 350Mbps at the same time.

UPDATE Public Funding Helps Fuel BT Community Fibre FTTP Broadband Upgrade

26th Sep 2016 (178 Comments)

The rural community of Cotwalton in Staffordshire (England) has become the latest to help pay for an “ultrafast” (330Mbps) FTTP broadband upgrade through BT’s existing Community Fibre Partnerships scheme, but the twist is that it’s also the first one to be combined with public funding.

Ofcom Provisionally Finds BT Overcharged Sky for Engineer Fault Finding

26th Sep 2016 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today echoed last month’s TalkTalk linked investigation (here) by provisionally concluding that BT “overcharged” Sky (Sky Broadband) for their Special Fault Investigation (SFI) engineer service and Time Related Charges (TRC).

Cityfibre Says York UK FTTH Broadband Trial Completed and Successful

26th Sep 2016 (5 Comments)

Cityfibre has published their full H1 2016 results, which among other things reveals that the joint 940Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband trial with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk in York (England) is now “completed” (14,000 premises passed) and “achieved all target objectives in terms of penetration and deployment costs.” But what comes next?

Australian Business ISP Exetel Enters Crowded British Market

26th Sep 2016 (0 Comments)

One of the largest business broadband ISPs in Australia, Exetel, has this month launched itself into the United Kingdom’s already crowded communications market and they’ve towed their “No B.S policy” along for the ride.

BT Start “Fabulous Fortnight” SALE of Unlimited Broadband and Phone

26th Sep 2016 (4 Comments)

UK ISP BT has launched what they’re calling the “Fabulous Fortnight” sale, which essentially combines a price cut of their unlimited broadband and phone packages with the offer of an included Reward Card (Mastercard) worth £50 or £100 (usually the provider prefers to rotate these aspects separately).

Boss of Notorious UK Internet Copyright Troll Firm Sent to JAIL in Tears

24th Sep 2016 (6 Comments)

The Managing Director of consultancy firm Hatton & Berkeley (H&B), Robert Croucher, which became notorious for hounding subscribers of UK ISPs (e.g. Sky Broadband) with letters demanding payment for suspected Internet piracy, has been sent to jail in tears after assaulting a Taxi driver.

BT in Talks with the BBC and TalkTalk to Buy YouView (IPTV Platform)

23rd Sep 2016 (1 Comment)

BT are rumoured to be mooting the acquisition of broadband based Video-on-Demand and Catch-Up TV (IPTV) platform, YouView, which underpins both their Pay TV service and that of several other ISPs (TalkTalk, JT etc.). A figure of around £60m is currently being mooted (up from a starting offer of £20m).

UPDATE2 BT and Sky Broadband Warn UK ISP Customers After Yahoo! Hack

23rd Sep 2016 (5 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband and BT have been warned that some of them may have been affected after Internet giant Yahoo! confirmed that at least 500 million of its accounts were stolen in 2014 by “state-sponsored” hackers. Both ISPs make use of the company for their email platforms.

Staff Frustrations Cause Headache for Virgin Media’s Management

23rd Sep 2016 (6 Comments)

The CEO of cable operator Virgin Media, Tom Mockridge, and other members of his senior management team have been roasted by staff this week after a Q&A session revealed a strong level of internal dissatisfaction, not least with the alleged “faceless change drivers” at new owner Liberty Global.

Get Drunk with Virgin Media’s Latest Broadband Offer of Wine

23rd Sep 2016 (6 Comments)

Friday is traditionally the day when people, usually those who don’t have kids (lucky bu…), go out to get smashed off their faces enjoy a leisurely tipple. Perfect timing then because Virgin Media has decided to booze up their cable broadband bundles by throwing in a few bottles of bubbly.

AT&T Labs Propose AirGig Wireless Powerline Broadband Technology

23rd Sep 2016 (9 Comments)

The research and development division of global telecoms giant AT&T has begun to develop a new twist on the old Powerline Communications idea, but instead of sending electrical signals over the national grid’s power cables it would use the cables to “guide” a wireless broadband transmission.

EE Brings 4G Mobile to the Remote Island of Coll in Scotland

22nd Sep 2016 (3 Comments)

EE has announced that they’ve switched-on their 4G Mobile network for premises on the remote Inner Hebrides Isle of Coll, which is home to just a couple of hundred people. Mind you they weren’t the first to do this (Vodafone has had a community supported 4G service on the island since 2015).

ISP Entanet Joins Metronet UK’s Wholesale Gigabit Wireless Network

22nd Sep 2016 (0 Comments)

Communications provider Entanet has today become one of the latest ISPs to sign-up with Metronet UK‘s wholesale ultrafast wireless connectivity platform, which will be used to help connect businesses across various parts of England.

BT Reveal Massive UK G.fast Pilot and LR-VDSL Broadband Trial Areas

22nd Sep 2016 (46 Comments)

The CEO of Openreach (BT), Clive Selley, has today given a progress update on their plans to improve national broadband connectivity. Among other things this included improvements to their FTTP roll-out for new build homes, a list of trial locations for the 10Mbps USO focused LR-VDSL technology and a huge extension of their G.fast pilot to 138,000 UK premises.