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ISP News Archives for October 2016

UPDATE BDUK Wireless Broadband Pilot in Odd BT Overbuilding Spat

11th Oct 2016 (1 Comment)

The £1.56m state aid supported Broadband Delivery UK pilot of a new superfast fixed wireless broadband network, which was built by Airwave in North Yorkshire (England), appears to have run into an overbuilding conflict with BT’s (Openreach) roll-out of FTTC based “fibre broadband” services.

UPDATE BT Openreach Maintenance Woes Hit ISPs in Northern Scotland

11th Oct 2016 (3 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband and possibly a few other ISPs in the North of Scotland may be experiencing sporadic connectivity problems with their broadband and phone services today, which appears to have been caused by BTOpenreach’s “over-running network maintenance.”

Cityfibre Name Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster as Next Gigabit Cities

11th Oct 2016 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network developer Cityfibre has today confirmed that the South Yorkshire (England) cities and towns of Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster will be the next to benefit from their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) style network.

Virgin Media Build Cable Network in Scotland to 360000 Extra Premises

11th Oct 2016 (1 Comment)

Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has confirmed that an additional 360,000 homes and businesses in Scotland are set to benefit from their on-going £3bn Project Lightning network expansion by 2019. Elsewhere 19,000 have separately been confirmed for the roll-out in Cambridgeshire (England).

Study – £224bn Needed to Cover All EU Homes with 1Gbps Broadband

10th Oct 2016 (28 Comments)

The European Commission has published a new Analysys Mason study that examines the cost of, among other things, providing 1Gbps capable fixed line broadband connections to all residential areas across the 28 EU member states, which for now still includes the United Kingdom.

UK ISP TalkTalk Renews Premium TV Channels Deal with Sky

7th Oct 2016 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has renewed their TV deal with Sky, which means that customers will continue to receive access to premium entertainment channels like Sky 1 and Sky Living, as well as live and on-demand content from Sky Sports, Sky Cinema and the pay-per-view Sky Box Office service.

UPD Ofcom – KCOM Failed to Maintain Emergency Services Access in Hull

7th Oct 2016 (13 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has found “reasonable grounds for believing” that KCOM in East Yorkshire and Hull (England) “failed” to take sufficient measures to maintain uninterrupted telephone access to emergency services on 999 and 112 between 25th Feb 2009 to 28th Dec 2015.

UK ISP Elite Launch “Nationwide” 330Mbps FTTP Broadband Service

7th Oct 2016 (5 Comments)

Following “successful beta trials” business ISP Elite has launched a new range of 40Mbps to 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) based broadband products for their customers, partners and wholesale clients.

Subsidy Helps VoIP ISP Deploy 50Mbps Broadband to Kimmeridge in Dorset

7th Oct 2016 (0 Comments)

A mix of support from the Superfast Dorset project and local ISP VoIP Unlimited has enabled the isolated village of Kimmeridge on the remote Dorset (England) coast, which previously struggled to get even 1Mbps via BT’s fixed lines, to build a new 50Mbps wireless broadband network.

Gigaclear’s 1Gb FTTP Broadband Covers 3,000 Gloucestershire Premises

6th Oct 2016 (2 Comments)

Rural ISP Gigaclear has confirmed that their State Aid supported Fastershire Phase 2 roll-out of 1Gbps (1000Mbps+) capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband in Gloucestershire, which is focused upon the Cotswolds area, has now reached the half-way point with 3,000 premises passed.

Premises in Wales to Get More Detail on BT Openreach FTTP Availability

6th Oct 2016 (2 Comments)

Openreach (BT) will today make a small update to their ‘When can I get fibre?‘ broadband coverage checker, which should offer a bit of extra detail about the availability of “ultrafast” 330Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) technology. But the change will only work for locations in Wales.

Badenoch Broadband Secures £41.8K to Boost Rural Community ISP

6th Oct 2016 (0 Comments)

A community built ISP in the Highlands of Scotland – Badenoch Broadband – has secured a new investment of £41,800 from the Scottish Government in order to extend the coverage and speed of their wireless network, which currently covers a number of areas around the village of Laggan (Badenoch).

Ofcom Consults on Use of 3.6GHz and 3.8GHz for 5G Mobile Broadband

6th Oct 2016 (0 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today opened a new consultation to examine whether the existing radio spectrum bands between 3.6GHz and 3.8GHz could be opened up for future ultra-fast 5G based Mobile Broadband or similar services in the United Kingdom.

Plusnet Drops 76Mbps Unlimited “Fibre Broadband” FTTC Price to £5

6th Oct 2016 (7 Comments)

Until the end of this month Plusnet are offering their ‘up to’ 76Mbps Unlimited Fibre Extra (FTTC) broadband service at just £5 a month for the first 6 months of service (£19.99 thereafter), although you still have to add £17.99 a month for line rental on top (or the equivalent of £15.49 when pre-paid).

UK Prime Minister Pledges Reform to Improve Rural Broadband

5th Oct 2016 (10 Comments)

The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has this afternoon hinted at the Conservative Party conference that she anticipates making a bigger state intervention to improve areas like rural broadband connectivity, energy and transport. But does this suggest something new or is it merely a rehash of existing strategy.

UK ISP TalkTalk Hit by HUGE £400,000 Fine for Personal Data Breach

5th Oct 2016 (15 Comments)

Ouch. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today battered budget ISP TalkTalk with a “record fine” of £400,000 because of “security failings” that occurred during last October’s devastating personal data breach and cyber-attack.

Energy Supplier First Utility to Launch UK Home Broadband Service

5th Oct 2016 (0 Comments)

Independent energy supplier First Utility has quietly revealed that they plan to mirror rival SSE by launching their own fixed line home broadband and phone service this month, which should help to boost customer retention.