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ISP News Archives for January 2019

Good Broadband Helps Survey Find Top 50 Best UK Places to Live – 2019

26th Jan 2019 (2 Comments)

The 2019 Halifax Quality of Life Survey (Bank of Scotland) has just been published, which balances a combination of broadband speed, health, crime rate, weather, employment, happiness and skills in order to identify the best places to live in the UK. Once again Orkney in Scotland comes top of the list.

No More Gov EIS Tax Relief for Community Benefit Broadband ISPs UPDATE

26th Jan 2019 (45 Comments)

A new ruling by HMRC, which appears to say that UK broadband ISPs acting as a Community Benefit Societies (CBS) to build their own local networks can no longer make use of tax breaks under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), could have serious repercussions for “full fibre” projects in rural areas.

Vodafone Cough to Using Some of Three UK’s Mobile Spectrum

25th Jan 2019 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has called it a “genuine mistake” after one of their cell sites at London’s Gatwick airport was spotted using Three UK’s slice of the 4G friendly 1800MHz radio spectrum band. The latter is now checking to see whether any other such mistakes have been made.

Business ISP Fibregig Partners ITS to Boost London Full Fibre

25th Jan 2019 (0 Comments)

Business communications provider Fibregig has just become the latest UK ISP to join the ITS Technology Group‘s platform, which among other things will give them access to ITSs various wholesale multi-Gigabit capable “full fibre” networks in London and beyond.

How WightFibre Cut Full Fibre Costs by Reusing Old Cable Cabinets

25th Jan 2019 (6 Comments)

A new case study has offered an interesting insight into how ISP WightFibre has been able to reduce the costs of their £35m “Gigabit Island” project, which aims to roll-out a 1Gbps FTTP broadband network to cover 53,000 of the 61,000 homes on the Isle of Wight (South of Hampshire, England) by the end of 2021.

Vodafone UK Top 525,000 Broadband Users and See Mobile Growth

25th Jan 2019 (7 Comments)

Telecoms operator and ISP Vodafone UK has released their latest quarterly results to the end of 2018 (Q3 FY19), which saw them add another 46,000 fixed line broadband ISP customers to total 525,000 (up from +44K added in the previous quarter). Meanwhile their mobile base grew to 17,175,000 (quarterly rise of 120,000).

Openreach Offers 25 Year Full Fibre Term to Belfast City Project

24th Jan 2019 (2 Comments)

Last March the Belfast City Council (BCC) secured a public investment of £11.5m to support their plans for deploying a 1Gbps+ capable “full fibre” network, which would connect public sites across the city. Since then we’ve been waiting for news on the contract and Openreach (BT) may have just given a clue.

Keep Watch for Fake Broadband ISP Support Scammers on Twitter

24th Jan 2019 (0 Comments)

Broadband customers who complain about their service or seek support from a UK ISP via Twitter need to be extra cautious. A security expert has uncovered how scammers are abusing the platform in order to pose as fake customer service agents, albeit by using one of the oldest but easily overlooked tricks in the book.

Assembly Warn Wales Risks Falling Behind in Race to Rollout 5G Mobile

24th Jan 2019 (2 Comments)

The Welsh Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee has warned that Mobile coverage in Wales “consistently lags behind the rest of the UK,” which could hamper the roll-out of future Gigabit capable 5G services unless changes are made (e.g. allowing 30m tall masts, stricter coverage requirements and more engagement).

Comcast Hints at Future Plans for Sky and NOW TV in UK and Europe

24th Jan 2019 (20 Comments)

Cable giant Comcast, which toward the end of last year gobbled Sky’s pan-European TV and broadband ISP business with a bid of £30bn (here), has given some early hints about what changes might result from the purchase. So far all the talk is of “free” ad-supported TV content via sibling NOW TV and voice improvements.

Business ISP XLN Telecom to Create 150 New UK Jobs in Sheffield

23rd Jan 2019 (0 Comments)

Small business focused broadband ISP XLN Telecom looks set to create 150 new careers in Sheffield (South Yorkshire) after announcing a multi-million pound investment and the opening of a new floor in their local office, which will see the provider “double” the size of their team.

Cityfibre Pick Boss for £20m Cambridge Full Fibre Broadband Rollout

23rd Jan 2019 (2 Comments)

Cityfibre and ISP partner Vodafone have recruited a former police communications director, Charles Kitchin, to oversee the £20m roll-out of their new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) ultrafast broadband network for homes and businesses in the UK city of Cambridge.

Vodafone and O2 Extend UK Network Sharing to 5G Mobile and Fibre

23rd Jan 2019 (3 Comments)

Mobile operators Vodafone and O2 have today announced a tentative agreement that will see their current UK network sharing deal being extended to include future 5G (mobile broadband) services. On top of that they’re also exploring the prospect of delivering a “shared, future proof fibre” (fibre optic) transmission network.

2018 Q3 BDUK Take-up Progress for UK Superfast Broadband Rollout

23rd Jan 2019 (3 Comments)

The Government’s £1.6bn+ Broadband Delivery UK project has just published its latest take-up data to the end of September 2018 for its state aid supported roll-out of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom, which has so far extended coverage to 5,011,052 extra premises.

Ofcom UK Probe ISP Onestream Over Mis-Selling and Slamming

22nd Jan 2019 (0 Comments)

Hampshire-based UK ISP Onestream, which was established in 2016 and recently launched a range of affordable ADSL2+ and FTTC based broadband and phone bundles, is facing an investigation by Ofcom after a number of consumers complained about how the provider was handling switches (migrations).

ITU Standard Could Make Fast Home VLC Visible Light Networks a Reality

22nd Jan 2019 (19 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union is close to giving its final approval to a new standard (G.9991 / G.vlc), which could finally help to turn secure high-speed indoor Visible Light Communication (VLC / LiFi) networks into something that you can buy instead of WiFi.

The Top 391 Fastest and Slowest UK Local Areas by Broadband Speed

22nd Jan 2019 (13 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has used data from its broadband ISP speedtest to both identify some of the UK’s fastest local authority areas for average download speed (Broxbourne on 32.5Mbps) and some of its slowest “black spots” (Orkney islands on 3Mbps) for 2019. But network availability may tell a different story.