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ISP News Archives for November 2018

INCA Reveal Winners of their UK 2018 AltNet Broadband ISP Awards

6th Nov 2018 (1 Comment)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association last night unveiled the winners of their inaugural 2018 awards event (The INCAs), which aims to recognise and celebrate the best alternative broadband network providers (altnets) from across the United Kingdom. Wins were secured by Hyperoptic, KCOM and others.

Virgin Media UK Trial Smart WiFi Upgrade for Broadband Routers

6th Nov 2018 (37 Comments)

ISPreview.co.uk has learnt that cable ISP Virgin Media have recently started inviting selected customers to take part in a secret new “broadband trial” (VMBW2) for Smart Wi-Fi technology, which aims to boost the overall network performance and improve connectivity to WiFi enabled devices.

KCOM Send Out PRO Team Engineers to Fix Home Broadband Woes

6th Nov 2018 (1 Comment)

The dominant ISP for Hull in East Yorkshire, KCOM, has announced the introduction of their new “PRO Team” service, which claims to be the “first of its kind in the UK” and involves sending out a special engineering team to help solve customers’ Wi-Fi woes, router problems and buffering issues for free.

Nottingham and Belfast Join Openreach’s FTTP Broadband Rollout

5th Nov 2018 (36 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that the next UK cities and towns to benefit from their “Fibre First” programme, which aims to roll-out a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 3 million premises by the end of 2020, will be Nottingham and Belfast.

Low Cost UK ISP TalkTalk Launches Fairer Broadband Charter

5th Nov 2018 (30 Comments)

ISP TalkTalk has today announced the launch of their new three-point “Fairer Broadband Charter,” which seems to have been largely designed to promote some of the provider’s key selling points and among other things “challenges the telecoms industry” to end mid-contract broadband price hikes.

£60m for G.Networks Build of 1Gbps Broadband to 120,000 in London UPDATE

5th Nov 2018 (1 Comment)

London focused UK ISP G.Networks and their investment partner Albion Capital have closed a new deal, which will result in Cube Infrastructure Managers (Cube IM) providing an “initial” £60m of additional funding to help roll-out FTTP “ultra-fast broadband” to serve 120,000 premises (“businesses and residents“).

Hyperoptic Bring 1Gbps Fibre to 20 More Thurrock Social Housing Sites

5th Nov 2018 (3 Comments)

Last year UK ISP Hyperoptic announced that “thousands” of homes across 12 of Thurrock’s (Essex) social housing developments would get access to their 1Gbps fibre optic (FTTP/B) broadband network. Today we learn that a further 20 such sites will benefit, thanks to an extension of their agreement with the Council.

Wireless Broadband ISP Wildanet Raise £1m to Grow UK Rural Reach

5th Nov 2018 (13 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP Wildanet is on course to complete a successful crowdfunding raise of over £1m thanks to at least 320 investors. This will enable them to expand their network to reach around 12,000 customers in some increasingly remote rural parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and possibly even South Wales.

ISPreview Site Status – Update to UK ISP Listings System

4th Nov 2018 (0 Comments)

We’ve just completed one of our periodic updates to the UK ISP Listings database, which is done to ensure that all the packages and prices we list are up-to-date. As part of that we’ve also made a few small tweaks as a result of some reader feedback and general requirements.

Balquhidder Community Broadband ISP Project Scoops Rural Award

3rd Nov 2018 (4 Comments)

The Balquhidder Community Broadband (CIC) project, which with support from UK ISP Bogons and the Stirling Council has begun building its own 1Gbps FTTP broadband network in a remote part of Scotland, has successfully won the Scottish Rural Action (SRA) Transport & Infrastructure Award for 2018.

Radio Silence Aside – TalkTalk Still Aims for 3 Million FTTP Premises

3rd Nov 2018 (9 Comments)

Budget UK ISP TalkTalk has told ISPreview.co.uk that they still “plan to be at the heart of Britain’s full-fibre future” by deploying a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 3 million premises, which follows nearly a year of almost complete silence since the project was unveiled.

Ofcom Try Again for Openreach UK Dark Fibre and Unrestricted PIA

2nd Nov 2018 (13 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today begun consulting on their new Business Connectivity Market Review 2018/19 (BCMR), which among other things is proposing “unrestricted access” to Openreach’s (BT) cable ducts / telegraph poles to boost fibre broadband. It will also try again to impose a Dark Fibre Access (DFA) product.

Faster On-Board WiFi and Mobile Data Coming to Brittany Ferries

2nd Nov 2018 (2 Comments)

Brittany Ferries, the cross-channel ferry company that operates a large fleet of ferries and cruise ships between France and the UK, Ireland, and Spain, and between the UK and Spain, has partnered up with Telenor Maritime to upgrade their on-board mobile and WiFi connectivity for passengers.

Signa Extend Superfast Wireless Broadband in North Yorkshire Moors

1st Nov 2018 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Signa Technologies (Moorsweb) informs ISPreview.co.uk that their fixed wireless broadband network has been extended to cover more rural homes on the remote North Yorkshire Moors. Customers can expect download speeds of up to 30Mbps (10Mbps upload) and there are plans for a 100Mbps service.

Wins for UK ISP Hyperoptic at 2018 World Communications Awards

1st Nov 2018 (0 Comments)

Congratulations are in order after “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband provider Hyperoptic scooped two big wins at the annual 2018 World Communications Awards last night, which saw the ISP secure top spots for both the “Broadband Pioneer” and “CEO of the Year” awards. The latter went to MD Dana Tobak.

Three UK Finally Adopt Carrier Aggregation to Boost 4G Speeds

1st Nov 2018 (35 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today announced that they’ve adopted the LTE-Advanced based Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology, which will enable them to combine several radio spectrum bands in order to boost 4G (Mobile Broadband) speeds for their customers. Sadly the initial coverage is limited.

Vodafone UK Shaves £1 Off Superfast Home Broadband Prices

1st Nov 2018 (10 Comments)

ISP Vodafone UK has today reduced the monthly price of their “superfast broadband” (FTTC) and phone line rental packages slightly by £1, which means that new subscribers can take their 35Mbps (average speed) service from £20 per month or £26 for 63Mbps (non-existing mobile customers pay slightly more).