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UK Government Offers Advice on Community Broadband Projects

21st Oct 2016 (6 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has today uploaded a batch of reports and case studies that are designed to provide help and information for anybody looking to establish their own community broadband solutions.

Network Rail Breaks Broadband for Uxbridge and West Drayton

21st Oct 2016 (13 Comments)

Engineers working for Network Rail have damaged a mass of BTOpenreach’s cable ducts near Uxbridge (West London) because they “were not highlighted in the thorough surveys we carried out prior to the work.” As a result broadband and phone services in the area, including West Drayton, are suffering a major outage.

ITU Boosts Top G.fast Copper and Coax Broadband Speeds to 2000Mbps

21st Oct 2016 (7 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union, specifically ITU-T Study Group 15, has doubled the best speeds achievable via the new G.fast broadband standard to 2Gbps and added support for coaxial cable. Openreach (BT) are due to begin the commercial UK roll-out of this service in late 2017.

UPDATE2 Ofcom Probe True Telecom Over Switching and Contract Complaints

21st Oct 2016 (39 Comments)

Kent-based broadband ISP True Telecom has attracted Ofcom’s gaze after a number of customer complaints prompted the regulator to open an own-initiative investigation into how the provider handles, or potentially mishandles, consumer contracts and service migrations.

UPD SNAILS Attack Virgin Media Broadband Cabinet in Telford, Cause Fire

21st Oct 2016 (3 Comments)

On the list of bizarre things that can happen to telecoms infrastructure in the UK, having snails attack your broadband cabinet is surely right at the top. But that’s more or less exactly what has happened to Virgin Media in Telford (Shropshire, England).

Sky Broadband to Open Sky Mobile for Sign-ups on 31st October

21st Oct 2016 (4 Comments)

The CEO of Sky UK and Ireland (Sky Broadband), Stephen van Rooyen, has confirmed that existing customers who are interested in taking their forthcoming Sky Mobile plans will be able to register their interest from 31st October 2016.

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