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ISP News Archives for November 2016

Ofcom UK Rules BT Overcharged ISPs TalkTalk and Sky for Engineer Work

17th Nov 2016 (12 Comments)

Ofcom has today ordered BT to repay (with interest) TalkTalk and Sky Broadband after the telecoms regulator found that the national operator had “overcharged” both ISPs for their Special Fault Investigation (SFI) engineer service and Time Related Charges (TRC).

Q3 2016 – BDUK Push Superfast Broadband to 4.17 Million UK Premises

17th Nov 2016 (10 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK scheme has posted its latest progress update to 30th September 2016, which reveals that some 4,168,739 additional premises in the United Kingdom can now access a “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) service as a result of a £1.6bn public investment.

Ookla Award the Fastest BIG UK Mobile and Fixed Line Broadband ISPs

17th Nov 2016 (7 Comments)

The company behind the popular Speedtest.net service, Ookla, has published its annual ‘Speedtest® Market Report‘ for the United Kingdom and revealed that we rank just 30th in the world for average fixed line broadband speeds (Virgin Media is the fastest ISP) and 32nd for Mobile Broadband (EE is top).

Advertising Watchdog Seeks Clearer ISP Promotions of Broadband Speed

17th Nov 2016 (30 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority has today called for a change to the way that broadband speeds are advertised by Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the United Kingdom, which reflects the results of a new study that found “most consumers” wrongfully expected to get the speed advertised in their ISPs headline claim.

IPAct – Controversial New UK ISP Internet Snooping Bill Becoming LAW

16th Nov 2016 (20 Comments)

Broadband ISPs and mobile operators will tonight offer a collective sigh after the Investigatory Powers Bill effectively achieved Royal Asset to become an Act. The new law will force providers into logging a big slice of your Internet activity, irrespective of whether or not you’re even suspected of a crime.

Scotland’s RemIX Internet Exchange Wins 2016 EU Broadband Award

16th Nov 2016 (0 Comments)

A unique distributed Internet Exchange (IX) for remote and rural networks in Scotland and the United Kingdom, RemIX, has won the “Future-proof and quality of service” category of the European Commission’s (EC) annual 2016 European Broadband Awards event, which was held on Monday.

Vodafone Attempts to Stall BT’s 330Mbps UK G.fast Broadband Rollout

16th Nov 2016 (26 Comments)

A competition row between Vodafone and BT has erupted once again after the former wrote to Ofcom and complained that Openreach’s trial of 330Mbps (50Mbps upload) capable G.fast broadband tech had broken the regulator’s strict rules, which require a consultation to take place first.

JT Ads Banned for Misleading 4G “fastest network” on Guernsey Claim

16th Nov 2016 (0 Comments)

Two press adverts and a poster for JT‘s 4G based Mobile network on the Channel Island of Guernsey have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after they “misleadingly” claimed that the provider offered the “fastest network“. Rival operators Airtel (Vodafone) and Sure disagreed.

Hyperoptic Begins 1Gbps FTTB Broadband Roll-out in Edinburgh

16th Nov 2016 (1 Comment)

Earlier this year Hyperoptic announced that they’d be extending their 1000Mbps (1Gbps) capable Fibre-to-the-Premise / Building (FTTP/B) based ultrafast broadband network to 7 extra “hyper-cities” in the UK (here) and today the first buildings have now started to go live in Edinburgh (Scotland).

TalkTalk Hack – Boy Admits 7 Charges Under the Computer Misuse Act

15th Nov 2016 (7 Comments)

A 17-year-old boy, who is too young to be named, has today admitted to seven charges under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in connection with last year’s cyber-attack on TalkTalk’s website and the subsequent leaking of customer details. The case is being heard by the Norwich Youth Court.

UK Broadband ISP TenTel Hails “fantastic growth”

15th Nov 2016 (0 Comments)

Edinburgh-based ISP TenTel, which specialises in offering a mix of UK focused broadband and phone packages with short-term contract options, has hailed the “fantastic growth” of their service and are now aiming to have 20,000 customers by July 2017.

BT Unveil Price Cuts for Black Friday Broadband, TV and Mobile SALE

15th Nov 2016 (3 Comments)

UK ISP BT has today taken the odd decision to pre-announce their home broadband, mobile and TV discounts for the forthcoming Black Friday sale event, which will launch on 22nd November 2016 and last for seven days.

Vodafone UK Continue TV Trial and Grows to 167,000 Broadband Users

15th Nov 2016 (3 Comments)

Telecoms giant Vodafone UK has today released their latest quarterly results (calendar Q3 2016), which saw their fixed line broadband customers grow once again to total 167,000 (up by +30K in Q3 vs +28K in Q2) and UK 4G outdoor coverage increase to 92% (or 96% by Ofcom’s definition).

UK ISP TalkTalk Loses Fewer Broadband Users and Details York FTTP Plan

15th Nov 2016 (29 Comments)

TalkTalk has published their latest interim results for the 6 months to 30th September 2016 (H1 2017), which saw them lose fewer on-net broadband customers (-29,000) in the period to total 3,967,000 and 21% of those (779K) take their FTTC “fibre broadband” products (with 2,500 on FTTP in York).

UPDATE2 Speed Boost as BT Openreach Prep 3dB SNR for FTTC Broadband Lines

15th Nov 2016 (16 Comments)

Customers using one of Openreach’s (BT) ‘up to’ 40-80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) broadband lines might benefit from a free speed boost next year when the operator adopts a new default target downstream noise margin of 3dB.

GSMA Identifies 5G Spectrum Options and Calls for Harmonisation

14th Nov 2016 (0 Comments)

The GSMA, which represents 800 Mobile Network Operators (MNO) from around the world, has identified a number of spectrum bands for future ultrafast 5G (5th Generation) based Mobile Broadband networks to use and called on governments and regulators to “collaborate on a harmonised approach.”

Telehouse Power Supply Fault Causes Disruption for Some UK ISPs

14th Nov 2016 (8 Comments)

Internet connectivity from a number of broadband ISPs was affected this morning (6am) after a major datacentre in London (Telehouse North) suffered a fault with one of their Power Distribution Units (PDU), which created smoke and triggered the firm alarm (the building was naturally evacuated).