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ISP News Archives for July 2018

Scientists Use Fibre Optic Broadband Cables to Detect Earthquakes

5th Jul 2018 (0 Comments)

Underground optical fibre networks aren’t just brilliant at delivering ultrafast broadband ISP speeds to UK homes. A team of German scientists have found that they can also be used to detect Earthquakes, as well as other seismic signals from hammer shots, passing cars or wave movements in the ocean.

BDUK Dispute Leaves Cumbria Villages Waiting for Faster Broadband

5th Jul 2018 (21 Comments)

A dispute between Openreach (BT), the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK programme and the local authority’s Connecting Cumbria project appears to be stalling a plan that could otherwise see fixed line “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) ISP services extended to a number of previously excluded villages.

Internet Piracy – 6.52 Million UK People Downloaded Illegal Content

4th Jul 2018 (13 Comments)

The Government’s Intellectual Property Office has today published its 8th study into the extent of online copyright infringement by broadband ISP and mobile users, which estimates that 15% of UK Internet users aged 12+ (6.525 million people) had downloaded at least one item of “illegal” online content (unchanged from 2017).

Ofcom UK Appoints New Group Strategy and Research Director

4th Jul 2018 (2 Comments)

The national UK telecommunications and media regulator, Ofcom, has promoted their existing Competition Director, Yih-Choung Teh, to be the new Group Strategy and Research Director. Yih-Choung was previously Ofcom’s Competition Director and replaces Dr Steve Unger in the strategy role.

Openreach and UK ISPs Still Far Apart on Automatic Compensation

4th Jul 2018 (24 Comments)

The Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator (OTA) has said that ISPs and Openreach “remain some distance apart” from an agreement on payments as part of Ofcom’s forthcoming automatic compensation system, which will force providers to compensate consumers for a total loss of broadband connectivity.

Councils Warn UK Rural Areas Face Perfect Storm of Poor Broadband

4th Jul 2018 (18 Comments)

A new report published by the Local Government Association, which represents around 370 councils across England and Wales, has warned that rural communities could face a post-Brexit “perfect storm” from poor broadband ISP and mobile connectivity, unaffordable homes, skills haps and weak healthcare etc.

16 Bottles of Wine with Virgin Media UK Broadband, Phone and TV

3rd Jul 2018 (26 Comments)

Drink responsibly. New subscribers to Virgin Media‘s ultrafast cable broadband ISP, specifically those who take one of their triple-play bundles with TV and phone, are now being offered an additional incentive in the form of 16 bottles from Virgin Wines or a £125 bill credit alongside existing discounts.

CableLabs Spec Brings Terabit Fibre Optic Speeds to Access Networks

2nd Jul 2018 (0 Comments)

CableLabs, which is best known for creating the DOCSIS standard that underpins modern cable networks (e.g. Virgin Media in the UK), has today released two new specifications that bring “hyper speed” Point-to-Point Coherent Optics technology to the access network and that means more capacity.

Investors Warn UK Infrastructure Projects are too Politicised

2nd Jul 2018 (4 Comments)

A new report from global law firm DLA Piper has warned that “excessive politicisation” of major UK infrastructure projects (broadband, energy etc.) is becoming a “significant turn-off” for risk averse investors, which comes at a time when the Government are trying to attract private investment to help upgrade the country.

Virgin Media UK Extend to Ballyclare and Portadown in Northern Ireland

2nd Jul 2018 (0 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media has announced that up to 5,000 properties in Ballyclare and 1,200 in Portadown, Northern Ireland, will be the next to gain access to their 350Mbps capable ultrafast broadband and TV services under the on-going £3bn Project Lightning network extension.

Lancashire Council Stall B4RN’s 1Gbps Broadband Build for Schools

2nd Jul 2018 (96 Comments)

The B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) ISP project, which has been deploying a 1Gbps community built and funded Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network to rural UK homes since 2012, appears to have hit a snag with Lancashire County Council hampering their UK rollout in both Caton and Halton.