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ISP News Archives for November 2018

Three UK Study – 5G to do 100Mbps Broadband, Replace Fixed Lines

20th Nov 2018 (70 Comments)

Ovum has today published a new report, commissioned by mobile operator Three UK, which claims future 5G technology will deliver home broadband speeds of 80-100Mbps. Furthermore they predict that it could “replace traditional connections” for 85% of the UK’s 26 million fixed line ISP customers, with “equal or better speeds.”

Rural FTTH Project from the UK Wins 2018 EU Broadband Award

20th Nov 2018 (0 Comments)

Congratulations are in order after the Michaelston-y-Fedw Internet CIC (Myfi) ISP project in Wales, which built its own Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (here), last night won the “Innovative models of financing, business and investment” category as part of the 2018 European Broadband Awards.

Virgin Media UK Black Friday Deals Cut 100Mbps Broadband to £25 UPDATE

20th Nov 2018 (1 Comment)

Cable ISP Virgin Media will later this morning launch a series of new deals and discounts ahead of this week’s Black Friday event. In particularly their 108Mbps (average speed) broadband and phone package will see its price drop again to £25 a month for 12 months (£47 thereafter).

EE UK Adds 20GB Mobile Data Boost to Home Broadband Packages

20th Nov 2018 (1 Comment)

New customers of EE’s fixed line home broadband ISP packages can already benefit from a 5GB mobile data boost if they also take one of the operator’s own mobile plans, but from today this will be boosted to 20GB. The new Black Friday offer will be available on orders made until 4th December 2018.

Two Hackers Jailed for 2015 Cyber Attack Against UK ISP TalkTalk

19th Nov 2018 (13 Comments)

The Old Bailey criminal court in London has today jailed two hackers – Matthew Hanley (23) and Connor Allsopp (21) – for their part in the 2015 cyber-attack against TalkTalk’s website. This ultimately cost the broadband ISP around £77 million and exposed the personal data of 156,959 customers.

Construction Starts on Cityfibre’s 1Gbps Home Broadband in Stirling

19th Nov 2018 (10 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has announced that their £10m investment to build a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband ISP network in the city of Stirling (Scotland), which will be sold on to consumers via UK ISP Vodafone, has now begun.

ISP TalkTalk Joins Black Friday Club with FTTC Broadband Price Cuts

19th Nov 2018 (4 Comments)

Budget UK ISP TalkTalk has today launched a new range of 2018 Black Friday discounts, which among other things sees their 36Mbps (average speed) FTTC based “Faster Fibre” broadband and phone package drop to just £19.95 a month for the first 18 months of service.

Survey Doubts UK’s Ability to Rollout Full Fibre Networks by 2033

19th Nov 2018 (6 Comments)

The latest ISPreview.co.uk survey of 1,860 online readers has found that the vast majority of respondents (86.8%) support the Government’s aspiration for universal coverage of ultrafast “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband ISP networks by 2033, but only 43.5% believe it’s actually achievable.

Virgin Media UK Tests New Camouflage for Broadband Cabinets UPDATE

17th Nov 2018 (40 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media has teamed up with a development of new build houses in the Tees Valley area (Wynyard Park) and a graphic design firm (Shutter Media), which has enabled them to create a series of disguises that will be wrapped around 16 of their ultrafast broadband supplying street cabinets.

Digital Minister Supports Campaign Against Fake Fibre Adverts

17th Nov 2018 (4 Comments)

The UK Government’s Digital Minister, Margot James, appears to have indirectly lent support to Cityfibre’s efforts to stop slower “hybrid fibre” (FTTC, HFC DOCSIS etc.) broadband ISPs from using the same marketing terms as significantly faster “full fibre” (FTTP) providers, which the MP agreed was “misleading advertising.“

Maldon Council Resolve Standoff Over £45K Funding for Broadband

16th Nov 2018 (0 Comments)

An attempt by the Maldon District Council’s Finance Committee to block £45,000 of funding for the local roll-out of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+), which is being conducted alongside Essex County Council UK, has been stopped after members of the district council voted against the committee’s decision.

BT in Early Black Friday Sale for FTTC, FTTP Broadband and TV Sports

16th Nov 2018 (33 Comments)

It’s that time of the year again, when UK ISPs get in on the Black Friday action by offering all sorts of discounts to new customers. Kicking off the event a bit early today is BT, which has cut their unlimited 50Mbps (average) “Superfast Fibre” (FTTC/P) and phone package to just £29.99 per month, but there’s more.

Ofcom UK Fine EE £6.3m and Virgin Media £7m for Overcharging UPDATE

16th Nov 2018 (6 Comments)

Billing mistakes can be costly. The national UK telecoms regulator has today fined mobile operator EE and cable broadband ISP Virgin Media a combined total of £13.3m for overcharging customers (those on discounted deals) who wished to leave their contracts early. Overall nearly 500,000 customers were affected.

Essex Council Warn of Challenges to Gigaclear’s Broadband Rollout

16th Nov 2018 (1 Comment)

The Essex County Council has confirmed that it will meet next week in order to discuss some of the “challenging” work conditions that UK ISP Gigaclear are said to be facing in the county, where they hold several state aid supported contracts for the roll-out of a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network.

Poor Broadband and Mobile Discourages Moves to UK Countryside

16th Nov 2018 (12 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 2,008 UK adults (79% from urban areas) has found that 9 million Brits (17%) won’t move to the countryside for fear of being cut off by poor broadband. Meanwhile 25% of existing rural residents say they struggle to make any mobile calls at home and 38% complained of slow or unreliable internet.

Ofcom Satisfied with Openreach Split from BT, But Fibre Needs Work

15th Nov 2018 (3 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today issued an update on Openreach’s legal separation from BT. Overall they were “broadly satisfied with progress,” although Ofcom still wants to see more progress being made on improving “full fibre” (FTTP) and general broadband ISP connectivity.

Hyperoptic ISP Cuts UK Full Fibre Broadband Prices for Black Friday

15th Nov 2018 (11 Comments)

Early Black Friday sales will begin later this morning with Hyperoptic choosing to further reduce the price of their 1Gbps capable “hyperfast” FTTP/B home broadband service, which currently covers 500,000+ premises in parts of 28 cities across the UK (mostly large apartment buildings). Prices now start from just £15 a month.