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ISP News Archives for 2017

Ofcom Force BT to Cut UK Standalone Line Rental Costs by “at least” £5

28th Feb 2017 (17 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s national telecoms regulator has told BT to slash the cost of their line rental service by “at least” £5 per month for landline-only customers, which would affect more than 2 million of the operators’ customers (i.e. those who don’t take line rental as part of a BT Broadband bundle).

Call Flow Deploy 100Mbps FTTC Broadband to Fairseat and Stansted in Kent

28th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Call Flow Solutions has completed another expansion of their ‘up to’ 100Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband network in Kent, which now includes an extra 700 premises in parts of rural Fairseat and Stansted.

30% of Superfast Broadband Users Aren’t Happy with its Performance

28th Feb 2017 (4 Comments)

A new online survey of 1,970 ISPreview.co.uk readers has found that 41.9% haven’t switched ISP in the past 5 years. Meanwhile 46% have a “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) service but 29.6% of those aren’t happy with its speed and others can’t get the service due to issues of cost, desire or availability.

John Henry Group Appoints Ex-Virgin Media MD as non-Executive Chairman

27th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

The John Henry Group, which helps to build new fibre optic broadband and telecoms infrastructure for major UK operators, has appointed the former Managing Director of Virgin Media Business, Mark Heraghty, to be its new Non-Executive chairman.

BT Openreach Offer FREE FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Upgrades to Faster Tiers

27th Feb 2017 (3 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has launched a new special offer for ISPs across the United Kingdom, which will allow customers on slower speed Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband lines to be upgraded to a faster tier for no extra charge (valid for orders between 1st April and 30th September 2017).

UK Government Preps New Rural Business Broadband Voucher Scheme

27th Feb 2017 (8 Comments)

Several Government MPs have hinted that the forthcoming 2017 Budget announcement on the 8th March will see a rural-focused reincarnation of the Connection Voucher scheme, which gifted grants of up to £3,000 to help smaller UK businesses get a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) service installed.

BT Join the Telecom Infra Project and Facebook to Build Future Telecoms Tech

27th Feb 2017 (48 Comments)

BT has today announced a new partnership with Facebook and in relation to that they’ve also joined the global Telecom Infra Project (TIP), which is aimed at helping the operator to develop a future generation of telecoms, broadband infrastructure and digital services.

F4RN Begin Phase 2 of FTTH Broadband Network in Fiskerton and Morton

27th Feb 2017 (2 Comments)

The community funded and built Fibre for Rural Nottinghamshire (F4RN) project, which has been inspired by B4RN and aims to cover the whole of rural Fiskerton and Morton with a 100Mbps+ Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network, has completed its first roll-out phase and connected 83 customers.

UK Government Puts Broadband ISP Internet Snooping Measure ON HOLD

24th Feb 2017 (9 Comments)

The Government’s effort to force broadband ISPs into logging a much bigger slice of all your Internet activity, irrespective of whether or not you’re even suspected of a crime, has been partially put on hold as a result of last year’s related ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Arqiva Unveil First UK Trial of 5G Mobile as ITU Set Draft Performance Spec

24th Feb 2017 (14 Comments)

The ITU has published a draft of its performance specification for the future 5G (IMT-2020) based Mobile Broadband technology, which calls for a download speed of 100Mbps (50Mbps upload) in dense urban areas. On top of that Arqiva will launch the first UK trials in London during H2-2017.

UK ISP BT Sweetens their February 2017 Broadband Price Cuts

24th Feb 2017 (9 Comments)

Last week BT’s Retail division launched a range of big first year discounts across their broadband packages and the ISP has today decided to improve these offers with even lower prices. On top of that they’ve also boosted their reward cards, with £100 on ADSL and £150 for “Fibre“.

United Kingdom Ranks 26th in the World for Mobile Broadband Speed

23rd Feb 2017 (4 Comments)

The latest ‘Global State of Mobile Networks’ report from OpenSignal, which pooled 19 billion data samples from over 1 million users and devices (e.g. Smartphones), has ranked the United Kingdom 26th fastest in the world for Mobile Broadband (3G / 4G) with an overall speed of 15.13Mbps.

WiFi Provider Wifinity Secures £10m Investment from Clydesdale Bank

23rd Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

Wireless ISP Wifinity, which specialises in deploying WiFi style networks to holiday parks, events, social housing and the armed forces, has won an investment of £10 million from Clydesdale Bank that will help to upgrade existing networks and expand further across the United Kingdom.

Full List of Approved UK ISPs for the 2Mbps Better Broadband Subsidy

23rd Feb 2017 (3 Comments)

Better late than never. The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has published a useful list of ISP suppliers for their rural focused Better Broadband Subsidy Scheme, which offers a subsidy worth around £350 to properties that struggle to receive a minimum download speed of 2Mbps.

UK House of Lords Vote for 30Mbps Broadband USO with 6Mbps Uploads

22nd Feb 2017 (59 Comments)

The Government’s Digital Economy Bill linked proposal to introduce a 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation for broadband has taken an interesting twist today after the House of Lords approved a radical proposal, which raises the minimum download speed to 30Mbps (6Mbps upload).

Verizon to Launch First 5G Fixed Wireless Broadband Trials in April 2017

22nd Feb 2017 (1 Comment)

Verizon has today announced that in April 2017 they will become one of the first Mobile operators in the world to launch a real-world trial of future 5G technology. Initially this aims to deliver multi-Gigabit speeds via a fixed wireless broadband network to select customers in 11 markets across the USA.

CEO of the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK Project Bids Farewell

22nd Feb 2017 (9 Comments)

The CEO of the Government’s state aid fuelled Broadband Delivery UK programme, which is working to roll-out “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) networks to 97% of premises by 2020, Christopher Townsend, has decided to leave in order to take up a position as Commercial Director for Chelsea FC.