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ISP News Archives for December 2016

UK ISP TalkTalk Criticised for Questionable Router Security Advice

7th Dec 2016 (7 Comments)

Last week several broadband ISPs in the UK were attacked by a new Internet worm called Mirai (here), which hijacked their routers. TalkTalk’s older DSL-3780 was one of the devices to be hit and the ISP was quick to patch the problem, but oddly they have not advised customers to change WiFi passwords.

Netflix Boost Mobile Video Quality Without Needing Faster Broadband

7th Dec 2016 (20 Comments)

Internet video streaming giant Netflix is constantly trying to improve video quality over low-bandwidth (slow) broadband connections and a new change looks set to deliver more efficient video encodes (higher quality), albeit without needing a faster Mobile Broadband service.

Cityfibre Connect First Businesses to 1Gbps FTTP in Milton Keynes

7th Dec 2016 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic builder Cityfibre and local ISP partner DBfB have confirmed that the first businesses are now gone live on their Gigabit-capable and 162km long Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) based broadband network in the large Buckinghamshire (England) town of Milton Keynes.

Three UK Gets EE Adverts Banned for “Misleading” 4G Speed Comparison

7th Dec 2016 (3 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a TV, press and website advert for EE’s mobile network after Three UK and two members of the public complained that they included “misleading” comparisons of 4G speed.

ISPA UK Starts Hunting for the 2017 Best Broadband ISPs

6th Dec 2016 (4 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today started the hunt for next year’s ISP industry award finalists, which covers plenty of familiar categories (e.g. Best Superfast Broadband) and some new ones (e.g. Best Rural Broadband).

AT&T Launch 5G Mobile Business Customer Trial with 1Gbps Speeds

6th Dec 2016 (6 Comments)

Telecoms operator AT&T, which recently demoed a future 5G mobile network that could deliver Mobile Broadband speeds of nearly 14Gbps (Gigabits per second), has become one of the first in the world to move their 5G tech into the customer trial phase with a special 1Gbps product for business users.

UPD Ofcom Consult on BT Cable Duct and Pole Access for Full Fibre Future

6th Dec 2016 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has begun a new consultation on their proposed Duct and Pole Access (DPA) solution, which will help ISPs to build alternative fibre optic broadband networks (FTTP/H) by granting them cheaper and easier access to Openreach’s (BT) cable ducts and telegraph poles.

Symmetric 10Gbps DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Broadband Trials to Begin in 2017

6th Dec 2016 (5 Comments)

The Chief Strategy Officer for CableLabs, Ike Elliott, has revealed that the first trials of 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable Full Duplex DOCSIS 3.1 technology, which could eventually be deployed by Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) based cable networks like Virgin Media, will begin next year.

Survey Finds Support for UK Public Investment in Gigabit Broadband

6th Dec 2016 (46 Comments)

How fast is “ultrafast broadband” and should the Government help to deploy it? The latest online survey of 2,390 ISPreview.co.uk readers has found that 24.8% would commit £15bn+ of state aid to support its roll-out and 48.1% believe it should be defined via a speed of 1Gbps+ (Gigabit per second).

Locals Help 60Mbps Wireless Broadband Reach Remote Yorkshire Dales

5th Dec 2016 (0 Comments)

Some 20 homes in the sparse community of Raydale, which sits inside of the remote Yorkshire Dales National Park (England), have been connected to a new community wireless (WiFi) broadband network that can deliver connection speeds of up to 40-60Mbps.

UPDATE Citizens Advice Scolds BT Openreach for Slow Installs and Repairs

4th Dec 2016 (46 Comments)

The Citizens Advice agency has described the broadband market’s current compensation system as being “deeply unfair” after it revealed that Openreach (BT) had failed to complete over 20% of repairs (364,000) and 6% (281,000) of installations on time between April to September 2016.

Intel Working on Fix for Virgin Media SuperHub 3 Router Latency Bug

3rd Dec 2016 (6 Comments)

Broadband routers that make use of Intel’s Puma 6 chipset, such as the one inside of Virgin Media’s latest SuperHub 3 cable router, appear to suffer from a nasty bug that causes latency spikes and packet loss. But don’t worry, a firmware update is coming.

Are UK Consumers Paying Too Much for 4G Mobile Broadband Data

2nd Dec 2016 (17 Comments)

How much Mobile Broadband data does your 4G mobile plan include and is it too expensive? A new report from Point Topic has revealed significant variations in 4G pricing and data caps across Europe, with UK consumers appearing to exist in one of the more expensive markets.

1Gbps FTTP Broadband for More of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire

2nd Dec 2016 (16 Comments)

The joint State Aid fuelled Fastershire project for Gloucestershire and Herefordshire in England has announced that rural ISP Gigaclear is now the preferred bidder for the next £4.54m phase of their local broadband roll-out, which will benefit over 2,600 remote premises.

BT Openreach Engineers to Make Saturday Visits for FTTC Provisions

2nd Dec 2016 (4 Comments)

From early next year Openreach (BT) will begin offering Saturday appointment slots for PCP Only (self-install) based Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) broadband provisions, which seems intended to help tackle occasions where the operator’s engineers are facing “significant demand“.

EE Launch New Mobile Data Roaming Add-on to Replace Euro Pass

1st Dec 2016 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has introduced the ‘Travel Data Pass‘ to replace their old ‘Euro Data Pass‘ for Pay Monthly customers, which makes it cheaper to use Mobile Broadband while roaming around an additional 11 countries (including several outside of the EU, such as Australia, UAE, USA, Canada and Thailand).

Virgin Media and Scottish Property Federation Sign Deal for New Builds

1st Dec 2016 (0 Comments)

Last month Virgin Media announced that their ultrafast cable broadband and TV network would be extended to 360,000 extra premises in Scotland. Today the operator has built on that by signing a partnership with the Scottish Property Federation, which will help to reach more new build homes.