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ISP News Archives for July 2018

ISP Vodafone Pick 50 Homes as First to Test 1Gbps FTTH Broadband UPDATE

18th Jul 2018 (22 Comments)

Some 50 family homes in Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) have been selected as the first to trial Vodafone’s new Gigafast Broadband product, which is based off the 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network that is currently being deployed by Cityfibre to cover 1 million UK homes in up to 12 of their existing cities by 2021.

Rising Sea Levels Put Submarine Fibre Optic Cables At Risk – No Really

18th Jul 2018 (1 Comment)

New research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has warned that rising sea levels will soon threaten the land-based stations for undersea fibre optic cables, as well as data centres and other vital international telecoms infrastructure situated in or around low lying coastal areas.

UK Internet Video Streaming Services Overtake Traditional Pay TV

18th Jul 2018 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their annual Media Nations 2018 report and revealed that subscriptions to popular broadband based video streaming platforms (e.g. Netflix, NOW TV and Amazon) have for the first time overtaken those of traditional Pay TV in the UK. On top of that Pay TV revenues also declined for first time.

Setback After Airband Build Devon Wireless Mast Without Permission UPDATE

18th Jul 2018 (4 Comments)

Wireless UK ISP Airband, which holds a number of multi-million pound state aid fuelled contracts to deploy “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) across rural parts of Devon and Somerset, appears to have got itself into trouble with South Hams District Council after they built a 24 metre high mast without permission.

Cityfibre Respond as Chancellor Preps Date for Copper Switch Off UPDATE

17th Jul 2018 (22 Comments)

Cityfibre has claimed that the UK Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond MP, will announce a date for switching off the legacy copper telecoms network in order to encourage investment in Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband ISP networks.

9,000 Premises in Stepps to Get Virgin Media Broadband Ultrafast

17th Jul 2018 (12 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media UK has today announced that 9,000 homes and businesses in the small town of Stepps (North Lanarkshire, Scotland) will be the next to gain access to their 350Mbps capable ultrafast broadband and TV network, which forms part of their on-going £3bn Project Lightning deployment.

ISP Plusnet Cut Business Broadband and FTTC Prices for Summer 2018

17th Jul 2018 (3 Comments)

Internet provider Plusnet Business has today slashed the prices of their top two (up to 18Mbps ADSL2+ and 76Mbps FTTC) domestic grade unlimited broadband and phone line rental bundles for new UK small business customers.

Fibre Break Disrupts Broadband ISP Connectivity Near Southampton UPDATE6

17th Jul 2018 (15 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband, TalkTalk and associated ISPs around the Southampton region (Hampshire, UK) may be experiencing problems getting online or making phone calls this morning after roadworks accidentally damaged a major core fibre optic cable in the area.

After Nearly a Year – Vodafone Broadband Trying to Fix Imgur Bug

17th Jul 2018 (11 Comments)

An intervention by ISPreview.co.uk appears to have encouraged Vodafone to finally try and fix a long running problem with their UK home broadband ISP platform, which for many months or possibly even years has been hampering the ability of their customers to access the popular online image sharing service Imgur.

ISP TalkTalk Grows to 4.22 Million UK Broadband Subscribers

17th Jul 2018 (1 Comment)

UK ISP TalkTalk has published a short trading update for the three months to 30th June 2018 (Q1 FY19), which finally gives us a solid figure for their broadband subscriber base of 4,219,000 and that’s because it grew by +80,000 net adds in the quarter (Q1 FY18: +20k, Q4 FY18: +109k). There’s also a small update on FTTH in York.

Three UK Launch New 4G Mobile Plans for Small Businesses

16th Jul 2018 (7 Comments)

A new survey from Three UK claims to reveal that SMEs believe mobile technology and internet access (mobile broadband) is better on their mobiles phones than on other devices, while 23% still find mobile tariffs to be complicated. As such the operator has launched a three new 4G plans called ‘Simply Business‘.

UK ISP County Broadband Raise £46m to Build FTTH in East England

16th Jul 2018 (17 Comments)

Alternative network ISP County Broadband has followed last year’s pilot roll-out of a new 1000Mbps (Gigabit) capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) service in the rural Cambridgeshire village of Broughton (here) by securing an investment of £46m with Aviva Investors. Big plans for “full fibre” expansion ahoy!

Devon and Somerset UK Consult on £2.5m Plan to Improve 4G Cover

16th Jul 2018 (3 Comments)

The joint Connecting Devon and Somerset project has launched a new consultation on their plan to invest £2.5 million of Growth Deal funding into improving indoor 4G mobile data (broadband) coverage across the two counties, which will focus on tackling “not-spots” around the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas.

Cityfibre Finds Support for Fibre Broadband Adverts Legal Challenge

16th Jul 2018 (21 Comments)

A Censuswide survey of 3,422 home broadband ISP users has found support for Cityfibre’s legal challenge of the current UK advertising rules, which they say “misleadingly” allows so-called hybrid fibre ISPs to promote their services as being “fibre optic” despite using slower metallic cables (e.g. copper).

Local Policy Changes Needed to Boost 5G and Full Fibre in UK Cities

14th Jul 2018 (4 Comments)

The Centre for Cities think tank, which is supported by O2, has published a new report that recommends what cities across the United Kingdom need to do in order to facilitate the rollout of next generation “full fibre” (FTTP/H) ultrafast broadband ISP technologies and future 5G Mobile networks.

ISP BT Launch New 9 Month Broadband Packages for UK Students

14th Jul 2018 (1 Comment)

UK ISP BT has launched a new range of standard and superfast broadband packages that are specifically tailored for students, which means they feature a shorter 9 month contract term, different pricing and come with free access to the operator’s BTSport TV app.

G.fast networks of the future will be with us sooner than you think – Guest Editorial

14th Jul 2018 (57 Comments)

In a bid to deliver high speeds and more capacity to end users, ISPs are turning to that final stretch of copper to make ultrafast broadband a reality today. Tackling the last mile of the network that takes us right to the premises will unlock the extra bandwidth that consumers now expect for streaming content and practical communications applications.