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ISP News Archives for October 2016

New Study of UK 4G Mobile Cover Finds London is Best and Wales Fails

5th Oct 2016 (8 Comments)

A new study from Which? and OpenSignal has used crowd-sourced data gathered from more than 28,841 Smartphone users (503 million tests) to reveal how 4G based Mobile Broadband availability and speeds vary across the United Kingdom, as well as between different network operators.

Fixed Line ISPs and Three UK Call for Spectrum Cap on EE and Vodafone

4th Oct 2016 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today roped in Cityfibre, TalkTalk, Relish Wireless and the Federation of Communication Services (FCS) in order to press Ofcom for a 30% cap on the total amount of mobile spectrum that any one company can own, which is largely targeted at EE (BT) and Vodafone.

BT Openreach Cuts Fibre-on-Demand FTTP Price for “Slow Speed Areas”

4th Oct 2016 (46 Comments)

In an interesting move Openreach (BT) has decided to slash the distance based cost of their troubled Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) based Fibre-on-Demand (FoD / FTTPoD) product, albeit only for “slow speed areas” where their FTTC (VDSL2) technology fails to deliver above 10Mbps.

WiFi Needs 1280MHz of 5GHz Spectrum for “Whole Home” 1Gbps Speed

4th Oct 2016 (0 Comments)

A recent study from Qualcomm Technologies has concluded that home WiFi (WLAN) wireless networks will need more than double the current amount of radio spectrum (around the 5GHz band) to deliver “sustained” speeds of 1Gbps (1000Mbps+) throughout an entire home.

Sky UK and BT Chiefs Spar Over Openreach’s Future and Broadband

3rd Oct 2016 (30 Comments)

Sky’s (Sky Broadband) CFO and COO, Andrew Griffith, has today warned that the UK is at “serious risk of falling behind” other countries in the broadband league table, unless Ofcom splits Openreach from BT. Meanwhile BT’s CEO, Gavin Patterson, once again accused rivals of making “inaccurate claims” and “gaming the regulator to secure commercial advantage.”

Cityfibre Expand Fibre Optic Network Deals with Onecom and euNetworks

3rd Oct 2016 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic (FTTP) network builder Cityfibre has announced the first capacity sale on its Manchester network to euNetworks and they’ve separately expanded their relationship with business ISP Onecom to add more customers on their new networks in Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham (England).

UK ISP BT Criticised as Call Centre Staff Repeatedly Give Incorrect Prices

3rd Oct 2016 (0 Comments)

Consumers who call BT’s sales line in the hope of being quoted the best broadband, phone and / or TV bundle prices have been warned that the operator’s UK call centre staff sometimes give different prices for the same package, which could easily result in confusion.

UPDATE TalkTalk Adopt All-in-One Price for UK Broadband and Line Rental

3rd Oct 2016 (0 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today adopted the Advertising Standards Authority‘s new all-inclusive pricing policy (details), which requires the cost of line rental and broadband to be offered as a single price. The move also reflects a few other changes and enhancements.

70 North Yorkshire UK Communities Get 330Mbps FTTP from Openreach

1st Oct 2016 (52 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today reminded people that they don’t just roll-out their 330Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network in urban areas and have now connected around 70 communities in North Yorkshire to the service (reflecting 7,800+ premises), many of which are rural.