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ISP News Archives for May 2017

YouGov – 16% of British Adults Have Used an Internet VPN or Proxy

25th May 2017 (2 Comments)

A recent survey of British adults by YouGov has revealed that 16% of people have used a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or Proxy Server, with 48% adopting it in order to circumvent region (geo) blocking of online content and 44% using it to enhance their Internet security.

UK Trades Union Congress Calls for More Public Investment in Broadband

25th May 2017 (1 Comment)

The Trades Union Congress (TUC), which represents about 5.6 million British workers via 50 unions, has today published a new analysis of household debt that calls on the Government to push “a lot more” investment towards broadband and other areas in order to help tackle a shortage of well-paid jobs.

A 2017 Summary of the Broadband Pledges from Parties in Northern Ireland

24th May 2017 (2 Comments)

Over the past week we’ve highlighted the broadband and internet related commitments from nearly all of the major UK political parties (here, here and here) and Plaid Cymru in Wales (here). Today we’ve done a quick summary of what the key parties in Northern Ireland are promising.

TalkTalk and BT Battle Over £300m Ethernet Compensation for Late Installs

24th May 2017 (10 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has reportedly complained that BT is not offering them enough compensation, which comes after Ofcom ruled in March 2017 that Openreach had broken their rules by failing to pay ISPs proper compensation for late installations of high-speed business lines (Ethernet).

Wireless Broadband ISP Relish Threatens to Cut-off “Unlimited” Abusers

23rd May 2017 (20 Comments)

Fixed Wireless ISP Relish Wireless (UK Broadband Ltd.), which was recently acquired by Three UK and operates a 40Mbps capable LTE broadband network in central London and Swindon, has surprised users by introducing a vague Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) on their “unlimited” service.

Amazon Video UK Adds 40 Live Broadband TV Streaming Channels

23rd May 2017 (9 Comments)

Competition between the Internet video streaming giants is hotting up after Amazon Video added 40 live TV and on-demand channels (e.g. Discovery, Eurosport) to their £79/year or £7.99/month ‘Prime’ service, although you’ll have to pay an extra monthly fee for each (from £1.49).

New Report Reveals Ways to Cut the UK Rollout Cost of Full Fibre Broadband

23rd May 2017 (3 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholder Group, which is a think-tank for the UK Government, has published a new report from Analysys Mason that proposes a number of changes for making it easier and cheaper for telecoms operators to deploy ultrafast 5G Mobile and “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband networks.

VIDEO Ericsson and Verizon Hit 6.4Gbps in 5G Test on Moving Car at 60MPH

23rd May 2017 (0 Comments)

Ericsson has teamed up with mobile network operator Verizon (USA) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Indy 500) to demo how their future 5G Mobile technology can deliver downlink data speeds of up to 6.4Gbps (Gigabits per second) and “extremely low latency“, all in a car travelling at 60MPH.

New NETGEAR Router Firmware Snoops on Your Network and Internet Link

23rd May 2017 (4 Comments)

Owners of NETGEAR‘s R7000 Nighthawk WiFi router family (other models may follow) have complained after a new firmware update (v1.0.8.34) was pushed out that enables “analytics data connection” by default, which sends details about your network and Internet connection back to the company.

Residents Moan After Virgin Media Engineers “burn” Some Hedge Leaves

22nd May 2017 (18 Comments)

Residents of Copmanthorpe, a village that sits just outside of York, have managed to find one of the least justified reasons to complain about Virgin Media’s civil engineering teams, which occurred after the local work to deploy new ultrafast broadband and TV cables left some hedge leaves “burnt“.

ONS 2017 Update – 4.8 Million UK Adults Have Never Used the Internet

22nd May 2017 (7 Comments)

The Office for National Statistics has published their latest annual 2017 Internet Access report, which reveals that 9% (4.8 million) of UK adults have never used the Internet and that’s down from 10.2% (5.3 million) last year. Sadly issues of age and disability remain key barriers.

Openreach Introductory Pricing for 160Mbps and 330Mbps FTTP Broadband

19th May 2017 (25 Comments)

In keeping with today’s earlier G.fast announcement (here), Openreach (BT) has also confirmed the introductory pricing for their two matching Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) based broadband speed tiers: 160Mbps (30Mbps upload) and 330Mbps (50Mbps upload).

UPDATE5 UK Wireless Broadband ISP AB Internet Goes into Administration

19th May 2017 (12 Comments)

Customers of Lincolnshire-based fixed wireless broadband ISP AB Internet have today been advised by the company that it has gone into administration, with the aim being to sell the business as a going concern. The news follows recent network outages.

Ofcom Makes it Easier to Switch UK Mobile Network Operators

19th May 2017 (9 Comments)

Switching mobile operators in the UK will shortly become as easy as sending a text message. Ofcom has proposed changes to the mobile switching process that will introduce a new “text-to-switch” system, which is expect to cost the industry £44 million to implement over 10 years.

BT Openreach Publish Tentative UK Wholesale Prices for G.fast Broadband

19th May 2017 (15 Comments)

How much will the next generation of 160-330Mbps based G.fast broadband technology cost to buy from your ISP in the United Kingdom? Today Openreach (BT) has given us a good indication by publishing their first Early Market Deployment (EMD) wholesale prices for the service and it looks affordable.

Plaid Cymru’s 2017 Manifesto Pledges “ultra-fast” Broadband for all of Wales

19th May 2017 (2 Comments)

The Party of Wales (Plaid Cymru) has this week published their Manifesto Action Plan for the 2017 UK General Election and committed to “making ultra-fast broadband available to all of Wales and rolling out 5G mobile signal nationwide.”

UK ISP Hyperoptic Cut Extra 10% Off Ultrafast Broadband and Phone Prices

19th May 2017 (0 Comments)

New subscribers to Hyperoptic‘s ultrafast (up to 1Gbps) fibre optic broadband (FTTP/B) network, which is available to parts of 21 UK cities, can get an extra 10% off their current internet and phone bundles until 27th May 2017 by using the promo code FLASH10 during sign-up.