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ISP News Archives for 2017

UK Drops to 7th Place in 2017 EU Broadband Connectivity Progress Report

3rd Mar 2017 (1 Comment)

The European Commission has released their 2017 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), which uses data from 2016 to reveal the United Kingdom’s progress towards the EU’s Digital Agenda goals (e.g. NGA 30Mbps+ broadband for all by 2020). Sadly we’ve dropped from 6th to 7th place.

TalkTalk Confirms Plan to “revamp” its UK Mobile TV Service and Content

3rd Mar 2017 (0 Comments)

At the start of this year we reported that TalkTalk were working on a “completely new” Mobile TV solution in order to replace or improve their TV Player app (here). The ISP has now confirmed this “large-scale update” and revealed some of its planned improvements.

UK ISP Pulse8 Reduces its Standard FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Prices

3rd Mar 2017 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Pulse8 Broadband has reduced the standard monthly price of their unlimited superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC) packages for homes, which has the unique selling point of a 1 month contract and does not apply any termination charges or minimum call costs.

Human Rights Group Liberty Takes UK ISP Internet Snooping Law to Court

2nd Mar 2017 (15 Comments)

Some £53,313 worth of donations from 1,861 people have this week enabled Liberty, a prominent Human Rights group, has launched a legal challenge against the Government’s controversial mass Internet surveillance powers in the new Investigatory Powers Act.

BT to Create 1,700 New UK Telecoms Apprenticeship and Graduate Jobs

2nd Mar 2017 (0 Comments)

BT has today announced that it will aim to create 1,700 new apprenticeship and graduate jobs during 2017, with the new employees being expected to work in a variety of roles, ranging from cyber security and engineering roles to production at BTSport (some will also go to EE and Plusnet).

Surrey UK Confirm Extra 6000 Premises to Benefit from Superfast Broadband

2nd Mar 2017 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Surrey project in England has revealed that an additional 6,000 homes and businesses in the region are next in line to gain access to an FTTC/P based “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) network from Openreach (BT), which will take place over the next two years.

BT Openreach Boost End-User Engagement by Embracing Twitter

2nd Mar 2017 (8 Comments)

A small but important change occurred this week after BT’s network access division for the United Kingdom, Openreach, finally started to make official use of the social media account that they first setup on Twitter during August 2016. No doubt it won’t be too long before they’re flooded with requests and gripes.

BT Openreach Cuts UK 100Mbps and 1Gbps Ethernet Prices

1st Mar 2017 (59 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced another round of sharp Ethernet (EAD, WES, WEES and BES) price reductions for their business customers and ISPs, which will be introduced from 1st April 2017 and apply to a number of their 100Mbps and 1Gbps speed products.

UPDATE Cambridgeshire Targets 99% Superfast Broadband Coverage by 2020

1st Mar 2017 (8 Comments)

The Cambridgeshire County Council has today revealed that the next phase of their Connecting Cambridgeshire scheme in England will aim to extend “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) coverage to 99% of homes and businesses in the county by the end of 2020.

Plusnet Drops 17Mbps Unlimited Broadband and Phone Bundle Price to £18

1st Mar 2017 (5 Comments)

Low cost ISP Plusnet has today cut the price of their unlimited ‘up to’ 17Mbps (ADSL2+) broadband and phone package to just £18 per month (plus a £10 one-off activation fee) on an 18 month contract (£27.98 thereafter) for new subscribers, which also gives £50 cashback.

New UK Digital Strategy Sees Government Reiterate Broadband and 5G Pledges

1st Mar 2017 (1 Comment)

The Government has today set out their future Digital Strategy for the United Kingdom, which aims to “create a world-leading digital economy” and “deliver world-class connectivity” but most of their broadband infrastructure commitments are re-announcements of existing policy.

Virgin Media UK Adopts 1 Month Contracts for Broadband, TV and Phone

1st Mar 2017 (4 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has today taken the surprise decision to introduce a new range of broadband products with 1 month rolling contracts, which includes standalone services as well as their various other service bundles with phone and TV etc.

City of London to Help 12 Housing Estates Get 1Gbps Fibre Optic Broadband

28th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

The City of London Corporation (CoLC) has today announced that some 7,500+ residents in 12 central London housing estates will in the near future gain “affordable” access to ultrafast fibre optic broadband speeds, which is provided they can attract some viable bids from ISPs.

Staffordshire UK Commits £400k to Co-Fund Rural “Fibre Broadband” with BT

28th Feb 2017 (2 Comments)

The Staffordshire County Council has established a new £400,000 Community Fibre Partnership Support Fund (CFPSF), which aims to help remote rural communities to raise enough investment to get a “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network installed by Openreach (BT).

Virgin Media Extends Ultrafast Broadband to 38,000 Premises in Edinburgh

28th Feb 2017 (5 Comments)

Cable and fibre optic provider Virgin Media has announced that an additional 38,000 homes and businesses in the city of Edinburgh (Scotland) will soon be put within reach of their 300Mbps capable broadband and TV services, which forms part of their £3bn ‘Project Lightning’ network expansion.

Satellite Operator Eutelsat Boosts Business Broadband Speeds to 30Mbps

28th Feb 2017 (9 Comments)

Satellite operator Eutelsat, which supplies a number of broadband ISPs in the UK (Europasat, Freedomsat, Avonline etc.), has announced a new range of business products that will boost download speeds up to 30Mbps and offer data allowances of up to 500GB.

UK Fibre Optic Builder Cityfibre Appoints New Non-Executive Chairman

28th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network developer Cityfibre has today announced the appointment of Christopher Michael Renwick Stone (aged 54) to become the company’s new Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect. Chris is currently a Non-Executive Director (formerly CEO) of Radius Worldwide.