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ISP News Archives for September 2016

New Powers Allow Ofcom to Fine Mobile Operators for Poor Coverage

17th Sep 2016 (3 Comments)

Tucked deep within the new Digital Economy Bill 2016-17 is a measure that will give Ofcom enough power to impose a financial penalty (worth up to 10% of a company’s gross revenue) on Mobile Network Operators’ (MNO) or Fixed Wireless ISPs that fail to deliver on a coverage obligation.

MS3 Confirm First Trial Areas for Ultrafast FTTH Broadband in Hull UK

16th Sep 2016 (5 Comments)

Communications provider MS3, which last week announced plans to roll-out an “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network around parts of Hull in East Yorkshire (here), has today confirmed an initial investment of £500,000 and named their first trial area of 1,200 homes.

How Openreach (BT) Handles Full to Capacity FTTC Broadband Cabinets

16th Sep 2016 (56 Comments)

Few things are more frustrating than finding out that you can’t get the latest 40-80Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband service installed because the local Openreach (BT) Street Cabinet is full to capacity, which can sometimes result in a lengthy wait for an upgrade.

Jeremy Corbyn, UK Has “slowest and most expensive broadband” in OECD

15th Sep 2016 (62 Comments)

Politicians and their “facts” often give us a headache and today it’s the turn of the Labour Party’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who claims that the United Kingdom has some of the “slowest and most expensive broadband” among the 35 members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Court Finds Free Public Wi-Fi Operators NOT Liable for Internet Piracy

15th Sep 2016 (1 Comment)

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has today ruled that operators of free (no password required) public WiFi hotspots cannot be held liable for copyright infringements (Internet piracy) committed by users on their networks, but there’s a password-attached catch.

UPDATE NAO Warns New UK 4G Emergency Services Network is “High Risk”

15th Sep 2016 (5 Comments)

The National Audit Office has warned that the Government’s move to replace the existing Airwave wireless communications network, which is used by the police, fire and other emergency services, with a 4G solution supplied by EE is “inherently high risk” and the dangers are not being taken seriously enough.

ISP Fluidata and Sky in Deal to Deliver Wholesale Ethernet to Businesses

15th Sep 2016 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has today signed an agreement with Sky’s (Sky Broadband) recently created SNS (Sky Network Services) Wholesale division, which will enable them to jointly work on offering new high capacity Ethernet connectivity solutions to businesses across the United Kingdom.

EU Confirms Goal of UNIVERSAL 100Mbps Broadband for All by 2025

14th Sep 2016 (17 Comments)

The European Commission has officially unveiled its future Connectivity proposals, which among other things include a new target for “all European households” to get a minimum Internet download speed of 100Mbps+ by 2025, with businesses and the public sector being told to expect 1Gbps+.

UK and EU ISPs Warn of “regressive” New Internet Copyright Laws

14th Sep 2016 (2 Comments)

The European Internet Services Providers Association, which represents ISPs from across the UK and EU, has warned that the European Commission’s new Digital Single Market proposals include “regressive” measures that could make ISPs more responsible for the activity of their users.

Cityfibre Confirms Roll-out of 30km Fibre Optic Network in Reading

14th Sep 2016 (14 Comments)

The large town of Reading in Berkshire (England) has today been confirmed as the next to become a “Gigabit City” after Cityfibre announced their intention to roll-out a new 30km long ultra-fast fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network in the area.

Ed Vaizey MP Criticises TalkTalk, Sky and Vodafone for Trying to Breakup BT

14th Sep 2016 (23 Comments)

The former Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey MP, appears to have taken a different approach to the Government’s position after saying that he was “utterly confused” by those wanting to break-up BT, while singling out TalkTalk, Vodafone and Sky Broadband for specific criticism.

Hyperoptic FTTB Broadband Ad Banned for Not Looking Like an Advert

14th Sep 2016 (5 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a direct mailing advert for Hyperoptic’s 1Gbps capable FTTP/B broadband network because it wasn’t “obviously identifiable as a marketing communication” and looked more like a card for undelivered mail.

EE’s Legacy T-Mobile UK PAYG Customers Hit by Data Booster Price Hike

13th Sep 2016 (3 Comments)

Wait.. T-Mobile, aren’t they dead? Apparently not because EE has started informing some of their legacy pay-as-you-go using T-Mobile customers that the price of a 30 days, 30 days rolling or 6 month Internet data booster add-on will double in price from 10th October 2016.

The Top 16 UK Cities for Mobile Broadband Speeds Ranked – H1 2016

13th Sep 2016 (1 Comment)

RootMetrics have today published their latest report into the Mobile Broadband (3G and 4G) performance of network operators EE, Three UK, O2 and Vodafone across 16 of the United Kingdom’s primary cities. Overall Liverpool came top of the table, while Hull is still stuck at the bottom.

Should Broadband ISPs Kill Data Capped Packages? Like Netflix Wants

13th Sep 2016 (11 Comments)

Internet video streaming giant Netflix has once again rubbed broadband ISPs up the wrong way after it effectively called for providers to scrap packages that impose data caps (usage allowances) on their subscribers. But not every house needs an “unlimited” service and not every ISP can afford to run one.

UK Councils – Residents Need Access to Local Data on Broadband Speed

13th Sep 2016 (5 Comments)

The Local Government Association, which represents 370 councils across England and Wales, has called on the Government’s new Digital Economy Bill 2016-17 to nudge ISPs into sharing their broadband speed data so that consumers can more easily compare the performance of individual houses.

Survey – Internet Users Seek Faster Broadband ISP Upload Speeds

13th Sep 2016 (7 Comments)

Do you care about the upload performance of your broadband connection? A new online survey of 2,209 ISPreview.co.uk readers has found that nearly everybody knows how much Internet upload speed they have (up from 42% in 2014) and 65.4% claim to “NEED” an upload rate of 10-20Mbps+ from their ISP.