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ISP News Archives for July 4, 2017

UK Government Reannounce 100% Business Rates Relief on “Full Fibre”

4th Jul 2017 (0 Comments)

The Government has today introduced their new Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill 2017-19, which among other things sets out the mechanism for supporting their 100% business rates relief on new 5G Mobile and “full-fibre” (FTTH/P) broadband networks (estimated to be worth £60m).

ISPA UK Unveils Internet Hero and Villain Shortlist for 2017 Awards

4th Jul 2017 (5 Comments)

The Internet Service Providers Association UK (ISPA) has today published a short-list of people and companies that could win this year’s annual Internet Hero and Internet Villain awards, which will be held at Café de Paris in London’s West End on 13th July 2017.

Virgin Media Criticised Again for “horrendous” Street Works in Scotland

4th Jul 2017 (2 Comments)

Building a major new ultrafast broadband network isn’t easy and sometimes contractors don’t do the work properly. The latest example of this stems from Virgin Media’s street works in South Ayrshire, some of which have been described by local councillors as “horrendous.”

Arqiva Bag 5G Mobile Spectrum from Luminet for Ultrafast London Broadband

4th Jul 2017 (3 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure giant Arqiva has acquired a key slice of 28GHz radio spectrum from business ISP Luminet, which reflects a Region A licence for 2 x 112MHz that covers Central and Greater London. The move will help the company to trial a 5G based fixed wireless broadband network.

County Broadband Bring 1Gbps FTTP Network to Rural Homes in Broughton

4th Jul 2017 (6 Comments)

Alternative network provider County Broadband has contracted the John Henry Group to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the rural Cambridgeshire village of Broughton, which has for many years been forced to suffer sub-2Mbps ADSL speeds.

Half of UK Premier League Footy Fans Have Streamed Matches “Illegally”

4th Jul 2017 (4 Comments)

A BBC commissioned ComRes interview of 1,000 adults who are regular viewers of Premier League Football has revealed that 47% have used their broadband connections to stream live matches from pirated sources (e.g. unofficially modified Kodi boxes or “illegal” steaming sites).

BT Sport TV Grabs European Rugby Rights Until 2021/22

4th Jul 2017 (2 Comments)

Telecoms and broadband giant BT has boosted their premium TV credentials today by acquiring the rights to broadcast all of the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup matches live in the UK and Ireland, which will start from the 2018/19 season and run until at least 2021/22.

UPDATE B4RN Expand 1Gbps FTTH Broadband to Rural Suffolk and Norfolk

4th Jul 2017 (18 Comments)

The plucky rural ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which has been deploying their 1Gbps community built and funded fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband network to remote homes in Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire, has now connected 3270 properties and is expanding into Suffolk and Norfolk.

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