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ISP News Archives for February 2018

Airband Wireless Rural Broadband Network Goes Live in Shropshire UK

13th Feb 2018 (8 Comments)

The first customer has officially gone live on Airband’s new fixed wireless “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) service in Shropshire, which forms part of last year’s new £11.2m Connecting Shropshire contract that will see the network being rolled out reach an additional 14,000+ premises by 2020.

ISP Big Blue Rocket Expand Wireless Broadband Coverage in Derby

13th Feb 2018 (0 Comments)

Alternative UK ISP Big Blue Rocket has expanded the coverage of their Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based 40Mbps superfast broadband network to reach “almost all industrial estates” in the city of Derby (Derbyshire, England), as well as improving the reach of their residential service.

Vodafone Get 200Mbps from 4G Mini Mobile Mast Trial in Cornwall

12th Feb 2018 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone claims to be delivering Mobile Broadband speeds of more than 200Mbps, as well as a strong voice signal, to residents of the small coastal village of Porthcurno (Cornwall) by becoming one of the first in the UK to trial a new mini 4G mobile mast.

Rock and a Hard Place as Openreach Criticised for Limited FTTP Rollout

12th Feb 2018 (62 Comments)

Openreach’s accelerated “Fibre First” plan to deploy FTTP “ultrafast broadband” to 3 million UK premises by 2020 (here) has allegedly left the Government “extremely frustrated,” so much so that they are rumoured to be revisiting the option of completely splitting BT’s network access division.

KCOM See Full Fibre Broadband Surpass Copper on Hull UK Network

9th Feb 2018 (3 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms operator for Hull in East Yorkshire, KCOM, has today confirmed that more people on their network are now using their new Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband lines than older copper (ADSL) based connections for the first time.

ISP Commsworld Scoops £30m Glasgow City Council Fibre Deal

9th Feb 2018 (0 Comments)

Scottish business ISP Commsworld has today won a £30 million ICT contract with Glasgow City Council, which will see them deploy a new Wide Area Network that can connect local schools, libraries and other council buildings to a new “ultra-fast” Gigabit capable full fibre network.

uSwitch 2018 Awards Name the UK Best Mobile and Broadband ISPs

9th Feb 2018 (13 Comments)

The annual uSwitch.com Awards 2018 were held last night, which saw budget ISP Plusnet pick-up the most wins for fixed line home broadband services and giffgaff grab the largest number of awards for their mobile service. Meanwhile NOW TV was named as the best TV provider.

Sky UK Discounts Superfast Fibre Broadband and Phone Packages

9th Feb 2018 (10 Comments)

New customers of Sky Broadband’s superfast “fibre” (FTTC) based packages may be pleased to know that the ISP has dropped their monthly prices back down to just £25 for ‘up to’ 38Mbps and £30 for ‘up to’ 76Mbps broadband with phone line rental. A £50 Prepaid MasterCard is also included as a gift.

EE Boost Rural UK 4G Mobile Broadband Cover via External Antenna

9th Feb 2018 (31 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has decided to complement their existing 4G based wireless 4GEE Home Broadband service by introducing its own brand of external antenna, which can be fixed to the outside of your house in order to improve signal reception and thus Mobile Broadband performance.

Trustwave Find Multiple Vulnerabilities in NETGEAR Broadband Routers

8th Feb 2018 (7 Comments)

Digital security specialist Trustwave has this evening detailed 5 recently discovered vulnerabilities in NETGEAR routers, which affects multiple models and this includes some of the more recent hardware (e.g. R/D8500). Time to patch your firmware.. again.

Q3 2017 Take-up Progress of the BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout

8th Feb 2018 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK scheme has today published its latest Q3 2017 take-up data for the state aid supported roll-out of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom, which sees adoption continue to climb above an average of around 40%.

Gigaclear Celebrate 15000th Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband Customer

8th Feb 2018 (20 Comments)

Rural fibre optic ISP Gigaclear has today celebrated the connection of the 15,000th customer to their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/H) ultrafast broadband network, which now covers 60,000 homes and businesses across 20 counties of the United Kingdom (25% take-up).

BT Get Three UK’s Ads Banned for Misleading Mobile Spectrum Campaign

8th Feb 2018 (3 Comments)

A quirky 2016 advertising campaign by Three UK, which called upon Ofcom’s CEO to “Make the Air Fair” by imposing a mobile spectrum ownership cap of 30% that would have hit EE (BT) and Vodafone, has been banned after the Advertising Standards Authority branded it “misleading.”

ISP TalkTalk Propose Full Fibre Broadband for 3 Million UK Premises

8th Feb 2018 (51 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has confirmed that they are in “discussions” with Infracapital over a plan to jointly create an independent company, with a total investment of around £1.5bn, that could provide 1Gbps ultrafast “full fibre” (FTTH/P) broadband to over 3 million premises in mid-sized UK towns and cities.

BT Starts Sharing Details of Bad Websites and Software with UK ISPs

7th Feb 2018 (12 Comments)

Telecoms operator BT has become the first broadband provider to launch a new collaborative online platform, which enables them to share information about malicious software and websites in a “secure and trusted way” with rival Internet Service Providers (ISP) across the United Kingdom.

UK Satellite Operator Inmarsat Says European Aviation Network is GO

7th Feb 2018 (0 Comments)

The prospect of superfast in-flight broadband, across the UK and EU, took a big step forward this week after Inmarsat confirmed that they had completed their new European Aviation Network (EAN), which mixes a new multi-beam S-band Satellite with 300 ground-based 4G (LTE) stations.

EE Launches New UK Pay Monthly 4G Mobile Plans and Add-Ons

7th Feb 2018 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator EE UK has today updated their Pay Monthly 4G mobile plans for new and existing customers, which focuses more on differentiating price by data allowance. The plans also offer new add-ons for faster mobile broadband speeds, BT Sport content and international roaming.