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ISP News Archives for 2017

Wales UK Consults Public on Next £80m Superfast Broadband Rollout Plan

14th Jun 2017 (2 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has launched a 30 day public consultation into their proposed £80 million plan to extend the roll-out “fast reliable broadband” (defined as 30Mbps+) to “every property” in Wales by 2020, which could see a further 98,145 premises being covered by the service.

BT’s Ryan Reynolds Broadband TV Adverts Banned for Misleading WiFi Claims

14th Jun 2017 (8 Comments)

ISPs Sky Broadband, Virgin Media and TalkTalk have succeeded in getting the Advertising Standards Agency to ban several adverts for BT’s Infinity SmartHub broadband router, which made “misleading” claims to offer the “UK’s most powerful wi-fi signal” and “better wi-fi coverage“.

Gigaclear Confirm Phase 2 FTTP Broadband Rollout in Gloucestershire UK

13th Jun 2017 (6 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear has today announced which areas will be the first to benefit from the second phase of the Fastershire project in Gloucestershire, which will see their ultrafast 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network being extended to thousands of additional rural premises.

Rural Scottish Communities Help to Dig BT’s Gigabit FTTP Broadband Lines

13th Jun 2017 (11 Comments)

Openreach (BT) is funding a new trial in Scotland that involves the deployment of a Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network to the tiny remote rural Caithness and Sutherland communities of Altnaharra (45 premises) and Skerray by Bettyhill (100 premises).

Broadband Forum Certifies First G.fast Kit for Commercial Rollout

13th Jun 2017 (5 Comments)

The Broadband Forum has today pushed G.fast “ultrafast broadband” technology closer to market readiness and multi-vendor deployment by certifying the first six hardware products for use from ARRIS, Calix, Huawei, Metanoia, Nokia and Technicolor.

RootMetrics Tests YouTube 4G Mobile Streaming Performance in London

13th Jun 2017 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has come out on top in a new RootMetrics study of YouTube’s video streaming via 4G and 3G mobile networks in London, which rated all four primary mobile operators by several criteria (e.g. video resolution, time taken to start a video, playback freezes / buffering etc.).

Hull ISP KCOM Puts £10 Calls Cost Cap on its Social Phone Line Package

13th Jun 2017 (0 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms provider for Hull in East Yorkshire, KCOM, has improved their social access phone package (SAP) for low income households by introducing a price cap, which means that customers will never pay more than £10 per month for any voice calls made outside of their allowance.

SSE Ponders Investment to Build its Own UK “Ultrafast Broadband” Network

12th Jun 2017 (4 Comments)

The director of SSE’s UK broadband business, David Walter, has hinted that the utility provider might be willing to make a major investment into building their own “ultrafast broadband” network, which could take fibre optic (FTTP/H) cables directly to customers (homes and businesses).

East Sussex Councillors Row Over “promise” of 100% Superfast Broadband

12th Jun 2017 (12 Comments)

A recent review of the state aid supported roll-out of “superfast broadband” services in East Sussex (e-Sussex) has triggered a row between Conservative and opposition Liberal Democrat councillors, which focuses upon whether or not the project ever “promised” to deliver 100% coverage.

EE UK Claims First to Test “pre-standard” 5G Mobile Backhaul Capability

12th Jun 2017 (2 Comments)

EE (BT) claims to have become the “first UK mobile operator” to showcase a “pre-standard” 5G backhaul (network capacity) capability within their network, which is based off their 4G “Air Mast” technology and harnesses the 26GHz radio spectrum band for faster speeds and lower latency.

BT Openreach UK Demo 100Gbps “Hyperfast” FTTP Consumer Broadband

12th Jun 2017 (14 Comments)

Openreach (BT) and Huawei have today offered a glimpse of a “hyperfast” future by conducting a live demo of their Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP/H) “consumer broadband” network running at an eye watering 100Gbps (Gigabits per second), but you won’t be able to get this at home anytime soon.

Virgin Media Fixes Security Flaw in SuperHub 2 and 2AC Backup System

12th Jun 2017 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has patched a security flaw in their NETGEAR based SuperHub 2 (VMDG485) and 2AC (VMDG490) broadband routers, which meant that a hacker could abuse a file backup routine for the device’s configuration and use it to gain admin level access.

UPDATE2 Concern for Fuel Broadband as Customers Report Service Closure

12th Jun 2017 (28 Comments)

Reports are coming in that UK ISP Fuel Broadband (formerly Primus Saver), which is owned by New Call Telecom (NCT), could be in serious trouble after customers were informed that the service would be shut down at the end of July 2017 and accounts moved to the Post Office.

Stability Boost as Openreach Eye G.INP Fix for ECI “Fibre Broadband” Cabs

12th Jun 2017 (8 Comments)

Last year Openreach (BT) was forced to stop a roll-out of Physical Retransmission ReTX (G.INP) technology, which can improve the performance of their FTTC “fibre broadband” lines, because of problems with their ECI based Street Cabinets. The good news is that a fix has been found.

ISPreview Site Status – Ultrafast Broadband Category Added to ISP Listings

10th Jun 2017 (0 Comments)

As part of our most recent update sweep of the UK ISP Listings database, which has just completed, we’ve decided to add a new fixed line category for “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) providers. This is in preparation for G.fast and FTTP/H services becoming more common.

Cisco Forecast UK Broadband Speeds of 60Mbps by 2021 vs 30Mbps Today

9th Jun 2017 (6 Comments)

Cisco has published their 12th annual 2017 Visual Networking Index (VNI), which predicts that world Internet (IP) traffic will grow from 96EB (ExaBytes) a month in 2016 to 278EB in 2021. Elsewhere average fixed broadband speeds in the UK will double from 29.8Mbps in 2016 to 60.2Mbps by 2021.

UK ISP BT Cuts Setup Fee on Unlimited Infinity “Fibre Broadband” Packages

9th Jun 2017 (4 Comments)

The revolving door of special offers continues as BT’s consumer ISP division has today significantly cut the one-off setup fees on their superfast (FTTC) and ultrafast (FTTP) Infinity “fibre broadband” packages to just £9.99. The packages also include a £125 Reward Card (Mastercard).