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ISP News Archives for 2017

Possible Boost for Broadband as ITU Seeks to Double Video Compression

13th Feb 2017 (11 Comments)

Having a slow broadband connection is no fun if you enjoy Internet video streaming, but fear not because the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has begun work on a future video coding standard that could “double the video compression capability” (i.e. better quality video for less speed).

The Changing Face of UK Home Phone Lines and Broadband Provision

13th Feb 2017 (18 Comments)

The way that fixed voice services are delivered and used in the United Kingdom is changing. Over the next few years more and more people across the United Kingdom will gain the ability to take a truly standalone home broadband connection, albeit without a phone (voice) service.

BT Openreach to Begin Phase 2 Trial of SOGEA Standalone FTTC Broadband

10th Feb 2017 (19 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced that their Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product, which aims to give consumers a truly standalone (naked) FTTC / VDSL “Fibre Broadband” line without the voice (phone) service, will enter Phase 2 of its trial with UK ISPs from 2nd March 2017.

UK ISP Plusnet Stops Advertising in ‘The Sun’ Newspaper After Backlash

10th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

Pressure from social media and the ‘Stop Funding Hate‘ campaign, which is encouraging a boycott of news media and organisations that “demonise foreigners and minorities“, appears to have resulted in broadband ISP Plusnet pulling their advertising from The Sun’s website.

200+ Rural Homes in Devon and Somerset Get Faster Broadband via 4G

10th Feb 2017 (3 Comments)

Little known communications provider Exmoor Technology claims to have helped 200+ homes in rural Devon and Somerset (England) gain access to faster wireless broadband by connecting them to EE’s 4G data network via a specialised antenna and Mobile router.

UK ISP BT Launches New “perfect all-rounder” 4G SIM-Only Mobile Plan

10th Feb 2017 (2 Comments)

Consumers looking to take one of BTMobile’s SIM-Only plans should note that the operator has today introduced a 4th “perfect all-rounder” plan to their current options, which offers 6GB of 4G data and aims to bridge the gap between the existing 2GB and 20GB “ULTIMATE” plans.

Virgin Media UK Squeeze a Little Extra Broadband Speed for Subscribers

9th Feb 2017 (57 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media appears to be quietly tweaking the ‘Max Traffic Rate‘ (speed profile) for some of their broadband packages, which for example means that those with their 300Mbps HomeWorks+ add-on may theoretically be able to achieve 345Mbps (its old profile was 330Mbps).

Hampshire Council Add 400+ New Forest Homes to FTTC Broadband Rollout

9th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

The Hampshire Superfast Broadband project in England, which is working with Openreach (BT) to roll-out “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) to 97.4% of local premises by 2019, has announced a deal that will add 400+ extra premises in the rural New Forest area to their coverage.

Trespassers Disrupt BT’s Westwood Exchange in Peterborough

9th Feb 2017 (18 Comments)

BT’s Westwood Exchange (EMWSTWO), which is located in central Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) and serves 10,000 premises in the city, is suffering on-going disruption after a number of trespassers gained access to the property last Friday evening (3rd Feb 2017) and remain on the site.

UK Consumers Warned to Switch Broadband ISP or “Pay through the nose”

9th Feb 2017 (7 Comments)

A new study has examined the average price of broadband and line rental across the biggest six ISPs, which finds that out-of-contract prices have increased by 38% for copper (ADSL) connections and 19% for “fibre broadband” between 2011 and 2016. But in-contract prices have barely changed.

Hyperoptic Bring 1Gbps FTTP to 865 Premises at Battersea Power Station

8th Feb 2017 (3 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic has announced that 865 residential units at Circus West Village, which is the first phase of a major new Battersea Power Station (BPS) redevelopment project in South West London, will be able to benefit from their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP/B) broadband network.

Ofcom Refines their UK Choices for Future 5G Mobile Spectrum Bands

8th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today posted an update on their quest to identify the best radio spectrum bands for use with future 5G based Mobile Broadband technology, which alongside the EU appears to have short-listed 700MHz, 3.4-3.8GHz and the higher frequency 24.25-27.5GHz (26GHz band).

UPDATE Court Convicts £160m H2O Networks Fibre Broadband Fraudsters

8th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

After years of waiting the Southwark Crown Court has found four men guilty of a £160 million financing fraud, which is a case that began in 2010/11 (here) after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opened an investigation into one of the UK’s early pioneers of alternative fibre optic broadband networks.

The Next Generation of 5G Mobile Technology Finally Gets a LOGO

8th Feb 2017 (1 Comment)

You can almost hear the golf clapping. We might not have a solid standard yet or any live commercial networks but hay, at least the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has finally decided on one thing, the LOGO for 5G. Now feel free to bask in its glory and retro green curvy bits.

UK Residential and Small Business Broadband Lines Top 25 Million – Q3 2016

8th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

The latest Telecoms Market Data Tables from Ofcom have confirmed that the United Kingdom is home to a total of 25,087,000 fixed home and small business broadband lines (up by +229K in Q3 vs +206K in Q2 2016), with nearly half (44.32%) being Next Generation Access (NGA) services.

Cityfibre Sign UK Fibre Optic Network Access Deal with Business ISP Gamma

7th Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Gamma has moved to upgrade their national core network in the United Kingdom by signing a new long-haul Dark Fibre agreement with Cityfibre. The access agreement will connect 15 data centres and exchanges across the country via CityFibre’s long-distance and metro networks.

TeraHertz Transmitter Delivers 105Gbps Wireless Speeds via Single Channel

7th Feb 2017 (3 Comments)

A team of Japanese scientists have developed a TeraHertz (THz) transmitter that is capable of transmitting digital data at a rate of 105Gbps (Gigabits per second) over a single channel using the 300GHz band, which they claim could power a future generation of Mobile Broadband and Satellite links.