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27th Mar 2017 (2 Comments)

A new survey of 1,465 business people from all regions of the UK, which was conducted by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), has claimed that 18% suffer from unreliable Internet connections and firms in rural areas are “at least twice as likely to have unreliable connections” (30%).

27th Mar 2017 (21 Comments)

BT has set aside £300m to repay ISPs, such as TalkTalk and Vodafone, after an investigation by Ofcom found that their network arm (Openreach) had cut compensation payments to other telecoms providers for late installs of high-speed business lines (Ethernet). BT must thus pay a £42m fine.

25th Mar 2017 (18 Comments)

Internet providers from across the industry have today given a mixed reaction to Ofcom’s newly proposed Automatic Compensation system, which will force fixed line phone and broadband ISPs to pay out cash or bill credits to consumers if they suffer a total loss of service for more than 2 days.

24th Mar 2017 (15 Comments)

A new survey of 500+ British businesses, which was commissioned by broadband ISP Beaming, has estimated that the UK economy could have lost as much as £7bn in lost productivity during 2016 because of Internet connectivity outages at 77% of businesses.

24th Mar 2017 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has published a Draft Code of Practice to support the Government’s proposed reforms to the Electronic Communications Code (ECC), which aim to make it easier and cheaper for network operators to roll-out new broadband and telecoms infrastructure (masts, cables etc.) on public and private land.

24th Mar 2017 (6 Comments)

Gigaclear has announced that their “ultrafast” Gigabit capable fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network, which covers tens of thousands of premises in various rural areas across England, is now set to be powered by electricity from 100% renewable sources thanks to a new deal with Ecotricity.

24th Mar 2017 (9 Comments)

Expect price rises. The UK telecoms regulator has today unveiled its chosen proposal for a new Automatic Compensation System, which will require fixed line phone and broadband ISPs to give either a cash payment or bill credit to consumers when they suffer a total loss of service.

23rd Mar 2017 (6 Comments)

Last October we revealed that energy supplier First Utility was planning to launch their own UK fixed line home broadband and phone service (here), which initially only went live for existing customers. The good news is that their FTTC “fibre” and ADSL based packages are now live for everybody.

22nd Mar 2017 (35 Comments)

Cable broadband and TV operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has today announced a significant speed boost across their range of Internet access packages, which sees their entry-level service jump from 50Mbps to 100Mbps and their top package go from 200Mbps to 300Mbps.

22nd Mar 2017 (5 Comments)

The Scottish Government has today published a new Digital Strategy, which among other things confirms their plan to make 30Mbps+ “superfast broadband” available to 100% of premises by 2021 via an “outside-in” approach (prioritising public investment for the hardest to reach rural areas).

22nd Mar 2017 (4 Comments)

Internet provider Plusnet has today been hit by a fine of £880,000 after the national UK telecoms regulator ruled that they had incorrectly billed 1,025 ex-customers for landline and broadband services, which occurred between 26th May 2011 and 3rd September 2015.

22nd Mar 2017 (20 Comments)

Communications provider Entanet has criticised the House of Lords for its failure to consult with the industry before deciding to vote through a tough new Universal Service Obligation (USO), which aims to deliver a minimum download speed of 30Mbps (6Mbps upload) to all by 2020.

21st Mar 2017 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has confirmed that a fault with their online account management system meant that a “small number” of their customers were recently able to view the accounts details of other users, which included names, addresses, phone numbers, call history and past bills etc.

21st Mar 2017 (6 Comments)

One of the major broadband ISPs involved in enforcing a court-ordered block of websites that facilitate Internet piracy (copyright infringement) has revealed that their filters are now preventing access to a total of 3,814 URLs (sites), although this figure doesn’t tell the whole story.

21st Mar 2017 (15 Comments)

Openreach’s (BT) Managing Director of Infrastructure Delivery, Kim Mears, has revealed that the telecoms giant has increased their UK coverage of 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband technology from 350,000 premises last year to 435,000 now and the ramp up continues.

21st Mar 2017 (4 Comments)

The Lords Communications Committee has today published their new report (‘Growing up with the internet‘), which calls for an end to “underperforming” self-regulation and “intervention at the highest level of the Government” in order to help protect children online.

21st Mar 2017 (3 Comments)

The CSW Broadband project with BT (Openreach), which aims to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) available to “nearly” 94% of premises Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry (England) by 2017, has launched a new coverage map with detail down to the level of individual properties.

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