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ISP News Archives for February 2018

Superfast Wireless Broadband from Relish Goes Live in Southwark UPDATE

7th Feb 2018 (2 Comments)

Long suffering residents of the SE16 area (e.g. Rotherhithe), inside the central London borough of Southwark, are starting to get access to faster broadband connections. This comes after local ISP Relish Wireless (UK Broadband Ltd.) began installing the first of several new masts (aerials).

Wireless Broadband ISP Voneus Gets UK Code Powers from Ofcom

6th Feb 2018 (2 Comments)

Alternative network provider Voneus, which has already deployed their 50Mbps capable fixed wireless broadband service into a number of UK rural areas, has welcomed Ofcom’s decision to grant them Code Powers in order to help speed up their network expansion.

Bexley Bids £8m to Build Local Full Fibre Gigabit Broadband Network

6th Feb 2018 (3 Comments)

The London Borough of Bexley has become the latest local authority to put in a bid to the UK government’s £200m Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) programme, which could help to build a Gigabit broadband capable network to connect local public sector and business sites.

New Video Offers a Glimpse Behind the Scenes at Zen Internet

6th Feb 2018 (6 Comments)

The owner and founder of Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has recently published an interesting new behind the scenes style video where he takes viewers on a tour around the broadband provider and explains some of their history.

EE Trains Staff in 600 UK Retail Outlets to Offer Internet Safety Advice

6th Feb 2018 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has today announced that thousands of employees at 600 of their UK retail outlets are being given specialist mobile and online safety training, which will enable them to offer better advice on online safety options and filters to parents.

Ability to Reset Openreach FTTC Broadband DLM Profiles Arrives

5th Feb 2018 (28 Comments)

At present if an ISP feels that the Dynamic Line Management (DLM) profile for a UK Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband line needs a reset then it usually requires an Openreach engineer visit, but progress is being made on a new remote reset solution.

New CEO Appointed for UK Satellite Broadband ISP Avanti

5th Feb 2018 (4 Comments)

London-based Satellite ISP Avanti Communications has appointed Kyle Whitehill to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The move comes ahead of their planned March 2018 launch of the new HYLAS 4 spacecraft that will offer “cost-effective and high-speed broadband” across Africa and Europe.

Behind Schedule Virgin Media Cable Network Grows 1 Million Premises

5th Feb 2018 (8 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has officially passed an additional 1 million UK premises as part of their £3bn Project Lightning network extension, which is bringing ultrafast broadband and TV services to 4 million extra homes and businesses. But it’s still behind schedule.

UK Business ISP Syscomm Launch Gigabit Fibre Broadband Packages

4th Feb 2018 (0 Comments)

Coventry-based ISP Syscomm has introduced a new range of fully managed symmetrical 100Mbps to 1Gbps capable “full fibre” ultrafast broadband packages for businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire, which are available from £200 +vat per month and go up to £550 for the Gigabit service.

Vodafone Confirm Talks Over Possible Liberty Global EU Asset Swap

3rd Feb 2018 (10 Comments)

The prospect of mobile giant Vodafone gaining access to Virgin Media’s growing HFC cable and fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network in the UK has once again been raised. Voda has confirmed that it is in “early stage discussions” with Liberty Global regarding a “potential acquisition.”

Gigaclear Fibre Contractors in Battle of the Devon UK Hedgerows

3rd Feb 2018 (8 Comments)

Lately it’s been raining hard in deepest rural Devon (England), so hard in fact that some locals are concerned that the good work being done by Gigaclear’s contractors to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the area could soon be washed away.

ISP Onecom Acquires the UK Customer Base of True Telecom

2nd Feb 2018 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Onecom has today confirmed that they’ve acquired some 3,000 customers from troubled broadband and phone provider True Telecom, which entered administration during November 2017 (here) after a series of fines and financial troubles hit the company.

Get a Free Google Home with UK ISP John Lewis Broadband

2nd Feb 2018 (5 Comments)

The ISP division of high street retailer John Lewis has today reintroduced a promotion that they briefly experimented with last year, which offers a “free” Google Home smart speaker to any new customers who subscribe to their ADSL or superfast FTTC based “fibre” broadband and phone services.

BT Ultrafast Broadband Covers 886K UK Premises as Pay TV Shrinks

2nd Feb 2018 (14 Comments)

BT has released their latest results to the end of 2017 (Q4 calendar), which saw their retail UK broadband ISP base add 35K subscribers to total 9,342,000 (vs +22K in Q3). Meanwhile their FTTP and G.fast “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) services reached 886,000 premises (up from 770K).

Q4 2017 Map of Europe and UK Countries by Mobile Data Speed

2nd Feb 2018 (5 Comments)

The latest Q4 2017 crowd-sourced data from RFBenchmark has compared various European countries by their Mobile Broadband (3G/4G) performance, which found that the UK delivered an average download speed of 16.9Mbps (7.85Mbps upload) and latency of 101ms (milliseconds).

North Skye Broadband Abandons FTTP Rollout Project Due to R100

1st Feb 2018 (4 Comments)

The North Skye Broadband project, which had been hoping to secure state aid in order to help fund a pilot rollout of FTTP ultrafast broadband to hundreds of rural premises on the Isle of Skye (North side) in Scotland, has reluctantly abandoned its plan due to the R100 procurement process.

Rural Landowners Seek 95% Geographic UK 4G Mobile Cover by 2022

1st Feb 2018 (12 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association, which represents 30000 landowners (farmers and rural businesses) in England and Wales, has called on Ofcom to introduce a binding coverage obligation that would force Mobile operators to deliver 95% UK geographic coverage on all networks by 2022.