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ISP News Archives for August 2017

Alternative UK ISP Voneus Says Fast Broadband is a Basic “Human Right”

31st Aug 2017 (6 Comments)

Alternative network provider Voneus, which has been busy delivering internet connections of up to 100Mbps into UK rural areas by using their ‘Wireless Fibre To The Home’ (WFTTH) service, has pledged to “ensure … fast broadband services become noticed as a basic ‘human right’“.

UK ISP Entanet and Cityfibre Prepare to Unveil New Full Fibre FTTP Services

31st Aug 2017 (9 Comments)

Communications provider Entanet, which was acquired by urban fibre optic developer Cityfibre in July 2017 for a cash consideration of £29 million (here), will unveil a range of new “full fibre” (FTTP) based internet access and “unbeatable” business Ethernet services next month.

Sky Broadband Unlimited Cuts Price to £15 Per Month for 12 Months

31st Aug 2017 (3 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has cut the price of their ‘up to’ 17Mbps entry-level unlimited broadband and phone package again, dropping the monthly rental to just £15 for the first 12 months of service (£28.99 thereafter). The counter to this is that their £100 Prepaid MasterCard offer has ended.

Average UK House Buyers Would Spend £6500 Extra for Fast Broadband Speeds

31st Aug 2017 (9 Comments)

A new survey of 2,700 British home buyers has claimed that an average purchaser would be willing to pay an additional £6,500 for a property if it meant they would be guaranteed to have excellent broadband speed, although the survey fails to clarify what “excellent” actually means.

AAISP Consults on Future Home Broadband Package and Pricing Changes

31st Aug 2017 (10 Comments)

The boss of UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has taken the unusual but welcome step of asking subscribers to give their thoughts on how the provider should enhance or change their future broadband and line rental tariffs, which are currently being reviewed.

UK Gov Consult on 5 Year Tax Break for New “Full Fibre” Broadband Networks

30th Aug 2017 (37 Comments)

The Government of the United Kingdom has this week started a new consultation on their proposal to introduce 100% business rates relief for new “full-fibre” (FTTH/P) broadband networks (estimated to be worth £60m), which will run from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2022.

Northumberland UK and BT Launch £2.2m Rural Community Broadband Fund

29th Aug 2017 (9 Comments)

The Northumberland County Council, which is currently working with Openreach (BT) to expand the coverage of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) connectivity to 95% of local premises by the end of 2017, has launched a new £2.2m community fund that could benefit a further 2,000 premises.

LINX Reduce Port Fees for ISPs Using the Manchester Internet Exchange

29th Aug 2017 (4 Comments)

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has announced that it will significantly reduce their 10GE and 100GE (Gigabit) port fees at its regional internet exchange in Manchester (IXManchester), which will come into effect from 1st October 2017 and save up to 39.3% on the cost.

SSE Remove Fixed Term Broadband Contracts and Drop Monthly Prices by £5

29th Aug 2017 (1 Comment)

Customers with an existing SSE (Southern Electric) energy account may be pleased to learn that they can now benefit from a £5 discount on the monthly rental of the operator’s various broadband and phone bundles. On top of that they’ve also removed fixed term contracts!

GTC Improves its FTTH Broadband Offer to New Build UK Home Developers

29th Aug 2017 (1 Comment)

Utility infrastructure provider GTC (Brookfield Utilities UK) appears to have responded to Openreach’s (BT) increasingly attractive FTTP “full fibre” broadband offer for new build home developers by enhancing their rival proposition via the Home Builders Federation, which makes it more accessible.

ADTRAN and BT Reasearch G.mgfast – 10Gbps Broadband Down Copper Lines

26th Aug 2017 (52 Comments)

Researchers from ADTRAN and BT are working towards conducting the first lab trials of G.mgfast technology in 2019, which could become the successor to today’s hybrid-fibre G.fast technology and one that might conceivably push broadband speeds up to 5-10Gbps over traditional copper lines.

Three UK Launches New “Advanced” 100GB Data 4G Mobile Plan

25th Aug 2017 (43 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has quietly introduced a new “Advanced” plan with a 100GB data cap, as well as “all-you-can-eat” minutes and calls, which seems designed to sit in-between their current 30GB capped tariff and the top “all-you-can-eat” data tier. But there’s a catch.. of course.

Orkney Completes Phase One Rollout of “Fibre Broadband” in Scotland

24th Aug 2017 (1 Comment)

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise has announced that Openreach (BT) have completed their original state aid supported Phase One roll-out of faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to the remote Scottish archipelago of Orkney, which forms part of the wider £410m Digital Scotland project.

Openreach Boosts UK Community Fibre Broadband Grants to £30,000

24th Aug 2017 (17 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced that 160 homes at two villages in Devon (Hockworthy and Holcombe Rogus) have become the first to benefit from a boost to grant funding under the operator’s Community Fibre Partnerships scheme, which works with locals to roll-out new “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) networks.

Q2 2017 – BDUK Extend “Superfast Broadband” to 4.55 Million UK Premises

24th Aug 2017 (8 Comments)

The Government’s £1.6bn+ Broadband Delivery UK programme has published its latest progress update to the end of June 2017, which confirms that the scheme has so far helped 4,551,226 extra premises across the United Kingdom to be put within reach of a fixed “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) network.

New Study Claims 43 Million UK Adults are “blighted” by Unreliable Broadband

24th Aug 2017 (15 Comments)

The latest uSwitch.com survey of 2,004 “nationally representative UK adults” has claimed that over 43 million home broadband users (83%) suffer from poor reliability. But despite more reliable “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) being available to 93% of homes, just 57% of Brits believe they can access it.

The Post Office Cuts UK FTTC Fibre Broadband and Phone Bundle Prices

23rd Aug 2017 (4 Comments)

The Post Office has joined the summer discount club by slashing the price of their ‘up to’ 38Mbps and ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable unlimited “fibre broadband” (FTTC) and phone bundles for the first 18 months of service. On top of that their one-off activation fee has been cut from £60 to £30.