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ISP News Archives for June 2018

BT Sport Secure 20 Extra Premier League TV Footy Matches for £90m

7th Jun 2018 (8 Comments)

Earlier this year BT splashed £295m per season to secure the rights to show 32 Premier League matches on BTSport UK for a further three years from the 2019/20 season (here). Today the broadband ISP and pay TV provider has added 20 additional matches to that total by spending another £90m (total cost of £975m).

VPNFilter Malware Targeting More Consumer Broadband Routers

7th Jun 2018 (7 Comments)

Last month security researchers found that a sophisticated and “likely state-sponsored” malware, dubbed VPNFilter, had become widespread and was infecting business devices from Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR and TP-Link. Sadly the code is now also hitting kit from ASUS, D-Link, Huawei, Ubiquiti, UPVEL and ZTE.

ASSIA Create New Way for ISPs to Test Broadband and Wi-Fi Speed

6th Jun 2018 (6 Comments)

California-based ASSIA claims to have developed a new and more accurate way to help ISPs measure their broadband speed, which uses cloud-based machine learning to “intelligently monitor and measure” both broadband and WiFi performance while assessing bottlenecks across five key points in the network.

EU Boost Fibre and Admit Failing its 2020 Ultrafast Broadband Target UPDATE

6th Jun 2018 (7 Comments)

The European Commission has approved a new Electronic Communications Code (ECC) that could boost investment in “full fibre” (FTTP/H) and 5G mobile. At the same time a new report from the European Court of Auditors confirms that their original target for “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) take-up will be missed.

House of Lords Trash Government’s 10Mbps UK Broadband USO Again

6th Jun 2018 (91 Comments)

The House of Lords was yesterday given the opportunity to debate the Government’s new 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for fixed line broadband (implemented from 2020). Perhaps unsurprisingly they trashed it, while also calling for a “more ambitious” minimum speed of 30Mbps.

EE Prepare First Live UK Trial of 5G Wireless Broadband in London

6th Jun 2018 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has today announced that it will switch on the “UK’s first” live trial of their new prototype 5G based ultrafast wireless broadband network at 10 sites around London’s Tech City area during October 2018, including five small businesses and five homes. Gigabit speeds are predicted.

Gov Clear Comcast and Fox to Bid on Sky UK – But What of Broadband

5th Jun 2018 (19 Comments)

The UK Government’s Culture Secretary, Matt Hancock MP, has cleared both Comcast and 21st Century Fox to pursue their respective bids for Sky, albeit with caveats. The future of the business and its broadband ISP aspirations could be very different, depending upon who wins.

Audit Report Exposes Troubled Aylesbury Vale Broadband Rollout

5th Jun 2018 (9 Comments)

As promised the Aylesbury Vale District Council in Buckinghamshire, specifically their Audit Committee, has published the draft outcome of their inquiry into the controversial Aylesbury Vale Broadband (AVB) network that was sold to UK ISP Gigaclear after running into challenges with their rural FTTH rollout.

BT Hails 5000th Adopted Phone Box – Gets Turned into a Tiny Disco

5th Jun 2018 (1 Comment)

BT has announced that their “Adopt a Kiosk” programme, which was setup in 2008 as a way for communities to retain one of their iconic red phone boxes (instead of having it scrapped), has now seen 5,000 adopted kiosks across the UK and the latest has allegedly been turned into the “world’s smallest night club.”

New Full Fibre Broadband ISP Trooli Starts Rural UK Rollout in Kent

5th Jun 2018 (11 Comments)

Alternative network provider Call Flow Solutions has today taken the wraps off their new UK ISP brand, Trooli, which has spent the past few months gathering private investment and quietly rolling out a new Gigabit capable rural Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband network in Kent (England).

ISP EE UK Cuts Home Broadband and Phone Prices for June 2018

4th Jun 2018 (10 Comments)

Internet and mobile provider EE has today reduced the price of their fixed line home broadband and phone (line rental) bundles, which will be available to new customers who order before 25th June 2018 and will then last for the first 18 months of service before returning to normal.

M12 and Cityfibre Open Gigabit Full Fibre Network in Portsmouth

4th Jun 2018 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre and the new UK ISP connectivity brand name of M12 Solutions – Giganet – have today announced a joint project to deploy a new Gigabit capable “full fibre” broadband and Ethernet network for businesses inside the south coast city of Portsmouth (Hampshire, England).

Cityfibre and MLL Open Stirling Fibre Optic Network to Businesses

4th Jun 2018 (0 Comments)

Network builder Cityfibre and UK ISP MLL Telecom have opened up their new 24km long Gigabit fibre optic broadband and Ethernet infrastructure to local businesses in the city of Stirling (Scotland). The network has been live since last year (here) but initially it was only open to public sector sites (Public Service Network).

BT Claim Broadband Investment to Boost Northern Ireland by £1.2bn

4th Jun 2018 (20 Comments)

A new “independent” DotEcon study, which was commissioned by BT, has predicted that last year’s agreement to invest an additional £150m of state aid into improving the availability of “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) across Northern Ireland could result in economic, social and environmental benefits worth £1.2bn.

ORG Warns Many Court Ordered UK ISP Website Blocks are in Error

4th Jun 2018 (0 Comments)

A new study conducted by the Open Rights Group has claimed that around 37% of court ordered website blocks in the UK, which are often enforced by large broadband providers against copyright infringing websites (internet piracy), are done in error and being “improperly administrated by ISPs and rights holders.”

Openreach Plan Self Install G.fast Broadband ISP Trial for Late 2018

4th Jun 2018 (20 Comments)

A recent meeting between ISPs has revealed that Openreach expect their new 330Mbps capable G.fast ultrafast hybrid fibre broadband technology to cover 2.2 million UK premises by 31st March 2019 (currently c.1 million) and they’re aiming to trial a new self-install solution later in 2018 (i.e. no engineer required).

BBC One Rip Off Britain TV Show to Tackle KCOM Woes in Hull UK

1st Jun 2018 (12 Comments)

The BBC One consumer rights TV show, Rip Off Britain, looks set to take KCOM’s broadband and phone network in Hull (East Yorkshire) to task when it returns for a new series from 11th June 2018. The telecoms provider could face criticism of its prices, customer service and monopoly position in the local market.