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ISP News Archives for September 2016

UK ISP Sky Broadband Officially “Completes” the Roll-Out of IPv6

6th Sep 2016 (2 Comments)

Last year Sky Broadband became the first of the major ISPs in the United Kingdom to begin a wide-scale roll-out of the Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing standard and today they’ve confirmed that their work is “almost completed“, with over 90% of their broadband customers being IPv6 enabled.

Gigaclear Beat BT and Virgin to Deploy FTTP Broadband in Crazies Hill

6th Sep 2016 (13 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear has beaten both BT and Virgin Media by reaching a deal to bring 1Gbps “ultra-fast” broadband services to the rural village of Crazies Hill in Berkshire (England), which will also benefit the surrounding communities of Cockpole Green, Warren Row and Knowl Hill.

Mobile Operator O2 UK (Telefonica) Moots Market Float Before 2017

5th Sep 2016 (0 Comments)

The Chairman and CEO of Telefonica SA, Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, seems to have all but confirmed that their UK mobile operator sibling, O2, could be floated on the market via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) by the end of 2016, which follows the collapse of their proposed £10.25bn merger with Three UK.

Virgin Media and Redrow Push Ultrafast Broadband into New Build Homes

5th Sep 2016 (24 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has today reached a new agreement with UK property developer Redrow, which will initially result in more than 13,000 homes across Tamworth, Shrewsbury and Evesham gaining access to their 300Mbps capable broadband (HFC DOCSIS / FTTP) and TV network.

EC Probe State Aid Complaint vs Buckinghamshire FTTP Broadband Project

5th Sep 2016 (34 Comments)

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition has opened an investigation into the Aylesbury Vale Broadband project over its use of State Aid to roll-out an ultra-fast FTTH broadband network in rural Buckinghamshire, which is despite the presence of a competing wireless network.

ICO Upholds £1,000 Fine Against TalkTalk for Personal Data Breach

2nd Sep 2016 (16 Comments)

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has upheld a £1,000 fine against UK phone and broadband provider TalkTalk after the ISP failed to inform the watchdog that a personal data breach had occurred on its system (the provider should have done this within 24 hours of becoming aware).

UPDATE2 Major Cable Break Hits Broadband ISPs in South West England

2nd Sep 2016 (22 Comments)

A number of ISPs (e.g. Sky Broadband and Gigaclear) in big parts of South West England are currently being affected after a major (trunk) fibre optic cable was damaged in an unspecified incident, which has cut Internet and phone services around parts of Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

UK Cable ISP Virgin Media Trials New Customer Account App

1st Sep 2016 (1 Comment)

Cable operator Virgin Media has entered the “final stages of development” with their new ‘My Virgin Media‘ App for Android and iOS devices, which will shortly be made available to no more than 1,000 existing customers as part of a closed beta trial.

BT Sends Patent Lawyers After PC Video Gaming Giant Valve (STEAM)

1st Sep 2016 (10 Comments)

BT appears to be suing online PC video game and digital distribution giant Valve Corporation because its popular STEAM platform is alleged to “incorporate technologies invented by BT” (e.g. cloud features like Valve’s Steam Library, Steam Chat, Steam Messaging and Steam Broadcasting).

Ullapool Communities in Scotland to Build Wireless Broadband Network

1st Sep 2016 (1 Comment)

Several rural Scottish Highlands communities around the Ullapool, Lochbroom, Little Lochbroom and Coigach areas have clubbed together in order to form the Highland Community Broadband (HCB), which aims to fund and build its own “superfast” (50Mbps capable) wireless broadband network in the area.

UK Business ISP Timico Appoints Ben Marnham as its New CEO

1st Sep 2016 (0 Comments)

Nottinghamshire-based business ISP Timico, which has a group annualised turnover of around £60m and some 15,000 clients, has announced that their current non-executive director, Ben Marnham, is to become the group’s new CEO from today.