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ISP News Archives for 2017

UK ISP Plusnet Reveal Broadband and Phone Price Rises for 2017

26th Apr 2017 (9 Comments)

Customers of low cost ISP Plusnet have today been informed that the price they pay for their broadband and phone bundles will be increased from 29th June 2017, which is a move that follows a similar development from parent operator BT (here) at the start of this year.

UK Energy Provider and ISP SSE Cuts 38Mbps “Fibre Broadband” Price

26th Apr 2017 (0 Comments)

Utility provider SSE (Southern Electric), which also does phone and internet services, has cut the price of their unlimited ‘up to’ 38Mbps (FTTC) “Superfast Fibre Broadband” package (includes line rental) to £33.50 per month for the first 18 months of service (£38 thereafter).

Art Students Give Virgin Media’s Cable Broadband Cabinets Some Colour

25th Apr 2017 (0 Comments)

Several of Virgin Media’s street cabinets in Bournemouth (Dorset, England), specifically those around the Square and opposite The Old Fire Station in Holdenhurst Road, have been given a “colourful” makeover by local artist Kev Munday. As always with art, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

YouGov Claims 4.9 Million UK Broadband Users Streaming Pirated TV Content

25th Apr 2017 (12 Comments)

A new survey from YouGov has suggested that around 4.9 million of the United Kingdom’s broadband connected adults use pirated TV streaming services via platforms such as “illegal Kodi boxes, Amazon Fire TV Chipped Sticks, and illegal streaming apps on smartphones and tablets.”

Countryside Alliance Calls for UK Broadband Improvement to Soften Brexit

25th Apr 2017 (1 Comment)

The 100,000 member strong Countryside Alliance, which campaigns to protect rural areas (food, farming, businesses and services), has published a new policy document on the impact of leaving the EU that calls on the UK Government to invest more money into improving broadband and mobile.

Vodafone UK’s Shelved Broadband Pay TV Ambition Costing it Millions

25th Apr 2017 (10 Comments)

The recent decision by Vodafone to shelve their plans for launching a broadband based Pay TV service in the United Kingdom (here) looks set to cost the operator millions of pounds, due to the early termination of contracts for premium TV content and channels.

Cityfibre Turnover Grows to £15.4m as FTTP Serves 3962 UK Customer Premises

25th Apr 2017 (1 Comment)

Alternative fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has posted their final results to the end of 2016, which reveals that their “completed” cable duct and fibre optic network (FTTP) footprint has increased to 3,383km (up from 743km in 2015) and they now serve 3,962 customer premises (up from 1,200).

Study Claims Poor Home Broadband and Mobile Hampers Remote Working

25th Apr 2017 (13 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 2,006 “nationally representative” UK adults has claimed that 25% of UK employees have had issues with their broadband or mobile services when working from home over the last year and 46% of those have experienced such severe problems that they’ve given up on it.

Survey Suggests Broadband ISP Users Overlook Savings from Negotiation

25th Apr 2017 (3 Comments)

A new online survey of 1,134 ISPreview.co.uk readers has found that 43.2% of fixed line broadband and 47.3% of Mobile using respondents have never tried to cut their bills by negotiating a lower price with their provider, with many being discouraged by concerns over time and call centres etc.

Gov Seek Directors for UK Telecoms Delivery to Oversee 5G and Fibre Rollout

24th Apr 2017 (3 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has today put out three new job offers for directors’ to help oversee the implementation of their telecoms, broadband “Local Full Fibre Networks” (FTTH/P) and future 5G mobile strategy for the United Kingdom.

Cityfibre UK Grabs New Head of Carrier and National Providers from BT

24th Apr 2017 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has appointed BT’s former Head of Local Business, Jatinder Sispal, to become their new Head of Carrier and National Providers. Jtinder has been in the technology and telecoms sector for 22 years, also holding senior roles at Telstra and Colt.

Power Fail Kills Vodafone UK’s Indoor Mobile Boosting Sure Signal v3 Kit

24th Apr 2017 (5 Comments)

Owners of Vodafone’s older £69 Sure Signal v3 devices, which use femtocell technology to boost indoor 3G mobile signals around your home, may be able to request a replacement after some customers reported that their kit “exploded” and “stopped with a loud band and smell of electrical burning.”

GTC Add 5th ISP to FTTH Broadband Network for New Build UK Homes

24th Apr 2017 (0 Comments)

Utility infrastructure provider GTC (Brookfield Utilities UK) has announced that their ultrafast 300Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network, which is deployed for new build homes in the United Kingdom, has added a fifth ISP, Pure Broadband, to its open-access platform.

Virgin Media Expand Ultrafast Broadband and TV to 108,000 Premises in Kent

24th Apr 2017 (2 Comments)

At present only around a third of homes and businesses in the county of Kent (England) can access Virgin Media’s 350Mbps capable cable broadband and TV network, but that’s about to be boosted after the operator confirmed that their network will add “up to” another 108,000 premises.

UK Post Office Cuts Price of Unlimited Broadband and Phone Bundle

24th Apr 2017 (4 Comments)

New subscribers to the Post Office’s “totally unlimited” broadband and phone package may be pleased to learn that the provider has shaved another 99p off their special offer price, which means that it will now cost £20 a month for the first 18 months of service (£26.99 thereafter).

New Anti-Censorship Technology Called Slitheen to Defeat Website Blocks

21st Apr 2017 (3 Comments)

Canadian security researchers working at the University of Waterloo have developed a new anti-censorship system called Slitheen, which involves wrapping cats in newspapers aims to help people who live in countries where the internet is being heavily censored by their Government.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Cuts Broadband and FTTC Prices for 18 Months

21st Apr 2017 (0 Comments)

New customers of Sky Broadband’s various unlimited and superfast “fibre” (FTTC) based packages, which include phone line rental, should note that the ISP has significantly discounted the price of all their bundles for the first 18 months of service (12 months on ADSL).