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ISP News Archives for 2017

Nominet Expands TV White Space Wireless Broadband Trial to Wales UK

16th May 2017 (6 Comments)

The UK Internet domain registry, Nominet, has announced that their pilot of “White Space” wireless broadband technology, which utilises the gaps in radio spectrum that exist between Digital Terrestrial TV channels (470-790MHz), is now being extended into Monmouthshire (Wales).

Vodafone UK Grows to 216000 Fixed Broadband and 9.5 Million 4G Customers

16th May 2017 (3 Comments)

Telecoms operator Vodafone UK has today published their Q1 2017 (calendar) results, which saw their fixed line broadband base grow by +33,000 customers in the quarter to total 216,000 (up from +16k in Q4 2016). Meanwhile 4G coverage now stands at 96% (98% by Ofcom’s definition).

BT Wholesale’s UK Broadband Checker Adds Status for Bridge Taps

16th May 2017 (7 Comments)

The BT Wholesale Broadband Checker has recently added a new row to its output that appears to very generally reflect the status of a wiring issue known as a ‘Bridge Tap‘, which so far as we can tell only shows when testing with a specific telephone number (not address or postcode checks).

2017 EU Broadband Progress Report Puts UK Bottom for “Full Fibre” Cover

15th May 2017 (8 Comments)

The European Commission has published their annual 2017 European Digital Progress Report, which confirms that Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Greece all lag behind the rest of the 28 EU member countries when it comes to ultrafast “full fibre” (FTTH/P/B) broadband coverage.

Clearer Broadband Speeds in Ads? Entanet Criticises Proposed Improvements

15th May 2017 (1 Comment)

ISP Entanet has warned that none of the recently published proposals for improving how broadband speeds are advertised in the United Kingdom are perfect. Instead they propose that it might be “better to avoid the advertising of speed completely,” although that too has drawbacks.

EU Starts Hunting for the 2017 Best Broadband Connectivity Projects

15th May 2017 (0 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has kicked off their third annual ‘European Broadband Awards‘ event, which means they’re on the hunt for a short-list of any innovative projects that are helping to provide citizens with access to high-speed broadband internet.

UK Businesses Go Grumpy Over Poor 4G Mobile Reception and “Not Spots”

12th May 2017 (7 Comments)

A new survey of 1,465 UK businesses by the British Chambers of Commerce has found that 70% of firms have suffered Mobile “not spots” (no signal) or “partial not-spots” (basic cover via only some networks), while 91% of those who suffered such issues are rural based (falls to 56% for urban firms).

Ofcom UK Reviews the Cost of Calling Some Telephone Services (118 etc.)

12th May 2017 (6 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a new review into the cost of calling some telephone services, which follows recent concerns over the high prices and unfair practices that consumers may sometime face when contacting 118 (directory enquiries) or 070 numbers etc.

ISPA – Pick Your UK Internet Hero and Villain for 2017

12th May 2017 (0 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today opened public nominations for this year’s ‘Internet Hero‘ and ‘Internet Villain‘ categories, which form part of their 2017 awards event that is due to be held at Café de Paris in London’s West End on 13th July 2017.

Hyperoptic Bring 1Gbps Broadband to 100+ Manchester Housing Developments

12th May 2017 (1 Comment)

It’s been three years since Hyperoptic first began to deploy their 1Gbps fibre optic (FTTP/B) broadband network around the city of Manchester and today the ISP has announced that over 100 housing developments are now live, with a further 60 set to follow over the next six months.

Worcestershire UK Tenders for New £2.62m Superfast Broadband Rollout

12th May 2017 (0 Comments)

The Worcestershire County Council in England recently slipped under our radar when they issued a tender for Phase 3 of the Superfast Worcestershire project, which will commit up to £2,627,415 of public funding to expand the local availability of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+).

UPDATE Labour Party Pledges 30Mbps Superfast Broadband for All by 2022

11th May 2017 (15 Comments)

A confirmed leak of the Labour Party’s draft 2017 General Election Manifesto has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn will promise to deliver “universal superfast broadband availability” across the United Kingdom by 2022, which they’ve defined as offering a minimum speed of 30Mbps.

BT Reach 9.3 Mill UK Broadband Subs as Openreach Moot “large scale” FTTP

11th May 2017 (39 Comments)

The BT Group has released their latest quarterly report (Q1 2017 calendar), which saw their retail broadband base reach a total of 9,276,000 subscribers (up by 29K vs 83K in Q4 2016) and Openreach has begun a consultation on the “potential benefits and costs of a large-scale FTTP deployment.“

Average Cost Per Mbps of UK Fixed Broadband Speed is $0.34 vs $0.85 Globally

10th May 2017 (1 Comment)

Telecoms analyst Point Topic has revealed that residential consumers in the United Kingdom pay an average of $0.34 (USD PPP) per Mbps (Megabit) of fixed line broadband bandwidth, which compares with a global average of $0.85 and just $0.05 in the cheapest country of Singapore.

Former Easynet Chief Appointed as New CTO for UK ISP Zen Internet

10th May 2017 (0 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has appointed the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Easynet, Justin Fielder, to take up the same position in their own business.

BT Spectrum Refarming Trial May Boost UK G.fast and FTTC Broadband Speed

10th May 2017 (13 Comments)

A new Proof of Concept trial in Kent (England) is about to begin that could allow Openreach’s (BT) new ultrafast G.fast technology to share the same spectrum as existing FTTC (VDSL2) “fibre broadband” services, which in the future might help to boost speeds beyond 330Mbps.

UK ISP TalkTalk Slows Broadband Bleed and Sees Strong “Fibre” Take-up

10th May 2017 (0 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today published their latest full year results to 31st March 2017, which saw them bleed fewer on-net broadband subscribers (-20k in H2 vs -29k in H1) in the period to total 3,947,000 and 25% of those take their FTTC based “fibre broadband“.