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ISP News Archives for May 2017

Virgin Media UK End Difficult Quarter with 5 Million Broadband Users

8th May 2017 (13 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has released their Q1 2017 (calendar) results and reported that the broadband base grew by +80.7K in the quarter (up from +48.8K in Q4) to total 4,997,400 subscribers, while their Hybrid Fibre Coax (DOCSIS) network covered another 102,000 UK premises.

BT’s UK Community Fibre Broadband Partnerships Benefit from Cost Drop

6th May 2017 (34 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that over the past few weeks the cost estimates given out for their co-funded Community Fibre Partnerships, which work with local groups in order to deliver faster FTTC or FTTP broadband into poorly served areas, have been reduced.

BT Lose Appeal Over Ofcom Demand for £22m Ethernet Interest Payment

5th May 2017 (0 Comments)

After years of fighting, the Court of Appeal has rejected BT’s most recent attempt to stop a ruling by Ofcom over the rate of interest payable in respect to their past overcharging for Ethernet services, which could force them to pay £22m+ to rivals. Next stop.. Supreme Court?

ISP G.Network Preps 1Gbps Fibre Optic Network for Central London SMEs

5th May 2017 (1 Comment)

A new business ISP called G.Network has revealed that they’re in the “early stages” of developing a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to serve small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in central London, which will harness Openreach’s (BT) existing cable ducts (PIA).

Aylesbury Vale Broadband Prep 1Gbps FTTH for Rural Buckinghamshire

5th May 2017 (8 Comments)

The Aylesbury Vale Broadband project in rural Buckinghamshire (England) has confirmed that it hopes to launch a 1Gbps package on their Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network by December 2017 and that they could expand into neighbouring counties.

Leaked: UK Gov’s Technical Requirements for Internet Snooping by ISPs

5th May 2017 (10 Comments)

A leaked blueprint for the ‘Technical Capability‘ of the Government’s controversial new Investigatory Powers Act 2016, which will force broadband ISPs to log a much bigger slice of your Internet activity, has revealed that the smallest ISPs might escape but encryption is still at risk.

Finalists Revealed for the ISPAs 2017 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards

5th May 2017 (0 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today revealed a list of the finalists for their forthcoming 19th annual 2017 Internet industry awards, which sees Entanet, Exa Networks and Hyperoptic topping the table with four nominations each.

Gigaclear Raise £111m for 1Gbps Rural Broadband to 150,000 UK Premises

5th May 2017 (10 Comments)

Fibre optic broadband ISP Gigaclear has raised £111 million in new equity funding to help achieve the current target of making their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP/H) network available to 150,000 premises in UK rural areas by around 2020 (mostly in England).

UK Broadband Stakeholders Group Reveals the Cost of a 10Mbps USO

4th May 2017 (3 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholders Group, which acts as a think-tank for government policy, has predicted that the cost of implementing the UK’s legally-binding 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband speed could be anything from £180m and up to £930m; depending upon the cost threshold.

SpaceX Pledge 1Gbps Speed and 25ms Latency from its LEO Satellite Broadband

4th May 2017 (9 Comments)

Rocket company SpaceX has released an update on their plans to launch a global constellation of 4,425 small Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites (a further 7,500 could follow) from 2019, which they claim will support ultrafast broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps and low latency times of just 25ms.

EE UK Launches EU Mobile Roaming for All Customers “at no extra cost”

4th May 2017 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today stolen a march on the EU’s forthcoming removal of roaming charges next month by announcing that all existing Pay Monthly and pre-paid Pay As You Go (PAYG) subscribers will soon enjoy roaming to 47 European destinations “at no extra charge“.

UK ISP Hyperoptic Cuts their Unlimited Ultrafast Fibre Optic Broadband Prices

4th May 2017 (0 Comments)

New subscribers to Hyperoptic’s 1Gbps capable FTTP/B broadband network, which covers parts of 21 cities in the United Kingdom, may like to know that the ISP has slashed the price of their various standalone and phone bundles for the first 12 months of service (available to order until 3rd July 2017).

UK Watchdog Proposes Tougher Rules for Advertising Broadband ISP Speeds

4th May 2017 (5 Comments)

The Committees of Advertising Practice, which works alongside the Advertising Standards Agency to set UK Advertising Codes, has today launched a new consultation that seeks public feedback on a series of options for improving the sometimes “misleading” way in which ISPs advertise broadband speeds.

SNP and Labour Criticise UK Gov Failure to Support a 30Mbps Broadband USO

3rd May 2017 (6 Comments)

Last week’s entirely unsurprising decision by the Government to drop a proposed 30Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband, in favour of the originally proposed 10Mbps, has not gone down well with either the opposition Labour Party or SNP. Both have branded it a “missed opportunity.”

IET Calls for the UK Gov to Plan for Reliable Universal 5G Mobile Coverage

3rd May 2017 (7 Comments)

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has today published a new report that makes 23 recommendations to help the Government roll-out future 5G Mobile services from 2020 and achieve “reliable universal coverage” of the United Kingdom by 2025. Easier said than done.

UPDATE The Top 20 Largest British Cities for 4G Mobile Speed and Availability

3rd May 2017 (0 Comments)

Crowed-sourced data firm OpenSignal has today published a bit of extra information from last month’s ‘State of Mobile Networks‘ report, which reveals that Middlesbrough / Teesside delivered the best 4G coverage (82.7%) and Stoke-on-Trent is top for Mobile Broadband speed (26.6Mbps).

UK ISP John Lewis Broadband Cuts its Prices for May 2017

3rd May 2017 (2 Comments)

The broadband ISP division of high street giant John Lewis has further reduced the price of their ‘up to’ 17Mbps unlimited broadband and phone bundle to £20 a month for the first 12 months of service (£26.50 thereafter), which also benefits from free UK weekend and evening landline calls.