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ISP News Archives for March 2017

Aylesbury Vale Broadband and Gigaclear in Buckinghamshire FTTP Overbuild

15th Mar 2017 (12 Comments)

The £700K publicly funded (loan) Aylesbury Vale Broadband project in rural Buckinghamshire has pulled out of their ultrafast FTTP/H roll-out in Great Brickhil after Gigaclear confirmed that they were about to start work. Meanwhile the two are set to go head-to-head in the village of Soulbury.

Three UK Revise 2016 Data Breach, Reveals 210,000 Customers Affected

15th Mar 2017 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has revealed that 76,373 more customers than initially reported were affected by last year’s data breach of their database (i.e. users eligible for a phone upgrade), which means that a total of 210,000+ users had their personal data compromised (up from 133,827).

KCOM Hails 40,000th Lightstream Fibre Optic Broadband Customer in Hull

15th Mar 2017 (3 Comments)

East Yorkshire ISP KCOM has today confirmed that their “ultrafast” Lightstream fibre optic broadband (FTTP/C) network in Hull, which is costing about £60 million (total capital investment) to roll-out or roughly £400 per premise, has just connected its 40,000th customer.

Devon and Somerset Complete Phase 1 BT “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Contract

14th Mar 2017 (22 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset project in England has today announced the completion of their original £94 million Phase One roll-out contract with Openreach (BT), which has made “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services available to 278,000 premises.

Cityfibre’s 1Gbps Business FTTP Rollout in Glasgow Expands into Finnieston

14th Mar 2017 (1 Comment)

Cityfibre has announced that the construction of their pure fibre optic ultrafast broadband and Ethernet network in the city of Glasgow (Scotland) has now begun moving westwards into the Finnieston area, where a number of local businesses have expressed an interest in receiving their service.

ISP Plusnet Cuts Unlimited Business Fibre Broadband Prices for 24 Months

14th Mar 2017 (0 Comments)

UK ISP PlusNet Business has today reduced the price of their ‘up to’ 76Mbps (19Mbps upload) Unlimited Business Fibre Broadband (FTTC) and Line Rental bundle to £28.50 +vat per month for the first 24 months of service (£43.50 thereafter), which is available to order until 12th April 2017.

Southwark and Camden First to Get FREE 1Gbps WiFi and BT’s LinkUK Kiosks

13th Mar 2017 (3 Comments)

The London Boroughs of Southwark and Camden have been confirmed as the first areas in the city to benefit from BT’s new LinkUK service, which will use special kiosks (“Links“) to deploy free Gigabit public WiFi, free UK phone calls and a range of other digital services.

First 330Mbps BT G.fast Broadband Pilot Customer Goes Live in Kent UK

13th Mar 2017 (14 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that the first customer on their new pilot of ‘up to’ 330Mbps capable hybrid fibre G.fast (ITU G.9700/9701) broadband technology has gone live in Gillingham (Kent). The pilot aims to reach 138,000 premises in 17 UK locations by the end of March 2017.

Schools Off-line After Hardware Failure Strikes the London Grid for Learning

13th Mar 2017 (1 Comment)

The London Grid for Learning (LGfL), which supplies high-speed network and ICT services to over a million students at Schools across the city, has suffered a major core network outage this morning following what has been described as a “significant serious of hardware failures.”

Vodafone to Improve UK Customer Service with 2,100 New Jobs

13th Mar 2017 (2 Comments)

Telecoms operator Vodafone has announced that over the next 24 months they will create 2,100 new customer service roles across the Midlands, North of England, Scotland and Wales, which forms part of their three-year £2 billion investment programme in the UK.

Superfast South Yorkshire – 28 Areas Set to Get Ultrafast FTTP Broadband

13th Mar 2017 (3 Comments)

The Superfast South Yorkshire (SFSY) programme with Openreach (BT) has confirmed that a total of 28 areas are planned to be connected via “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) technology over the “coming months“, although many of those will be businesses.

Cumbria Council Reclassifies 146 Postcodes for State Aid Broadband Rollout

11th Mar 2017 (10 Comments)

The Cumbria Council has quietly reclassified 146 postcodes for inclusion into their Connecting Cumbria project with BT after they were originally left out due to a conflict over the commercial coverage of Solway’s wireless broadband network, which meant they weren’t eligible for state aid support.

Retail YouView IPTV Set-Top-Box Owners Annoyed by BT and TalkTalk Logos

10th Mar 2017 (30 Comments)

Retail owners of the YouView (IPTV and PVR) based set-top-box, which has been developed as part of a Joint Venture between some of the UK’s biggest names in TV and broadband, are being annoyed by a new update that makes the BT and TalkTalk logos more prominent.

Solway Comms Bring 1000Mbps FTTP Broadband to Businesses in Carlisle

10th Mar 2017 (0 Comments)

Cumbria-focused ISP Solway Communications has deployed a new 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network to serve businesses on the Parkhouse Business Park in Carlisle, which sits roughly 1/2 mile from Junction 44 of the M6.

UPDATE4 Ofcom and BT Reach Voluntary Agreement on Openreach’s Future

10th Mar 2017 (64 Comments)

After an exhausting year of disagreements it’s today been announced that BT and the UK telecoms regulator have finally reached an agreement on the future of the operator’s network access division, which means that Ofcom won’t need to force through Openreach’s “legal separation“.

UPDATE ISP TalkTalk Blocks Teamviewer VPN Service Over Scammer Fears

9th Mar 2017 (26 Comments)

In an surprise development broadband ISP TalkTalk has taken the decision to block the popular TeamViewer service from their UK network, which means that anybody wanting to use the Virtual Private Network (VPN) service will find themselves unable to connect.

Ofcom Confirm Plan to Boost UK WiFi Network Speeds via the 5GHz Band

9th Mar 2017 (6 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today decided to push forward with its plan to boost the speed of WiFi (WLAN) networks, like the one being distributed by your home broadband router, by making an additional 125MHz of radio spectrum available to it in the 5GHz band (5725 – 5850MHz).