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ISP News Archives for January 2019

KCOM Rival Pure Broadband Expand in East Yorkshire with ISP Acquisition

15th Jan 2019 (1 Comment)

The East Riding of Yorkshire (England) focused ISP Pure Broadband, which primarily operates a mix of fibre optic (FTTP) and fixed wireless (5GHz) based broadband networks for businesses and homes in the Hull area, has said they have “big plans” to expand after gobbling rival provider Relax Broadband.

Virgin Mobile UK Offers 120GB Data 4G SIM Plan for Just £20

15th Jan 2019 (14 Comments)

New customers of cable operator Virgin Media’s mobile division (Virgin Mobile) can until 31st January 2019 buy a specially discounted 4G SIM-Only plan, which features unlimited calls, unlimited texts and 120GB of data (mobile broadband) for just £20 per month on a 12 month contract term.

ISP Hyperoptic Appoints New UK Boss of Full Fibre Infrastructure

15th Jan 2019 (3 Comments)

Urban focused fibre optic broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today continued to build its new executive team by appointing Moray Falconer, an experienced civil engineer, to be its new Managing Director (MD) of Infrastructure. Falconer will report directly to CEO Dana Tobak.

Openreach Trial Fibre Infrastructure Pre-build with Comms Providers

15th Jan 2019 (6 Comments)

Openreach (BT) is to trial a new UK Fibre Infrastructure Pre-Build product for Communication Providers (ISPs etc.), which a briefing says will “allow them to start the fibre infrastructure build in parallel to their own site or network readiness.”

VXFIBER Appoints Steven Drake to Help UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

15th Jan 2019 (0 Comments)

Swedish fibre optic builder VXFIBER, which is working to deploy a new 1Gbps open access FTTP broadband ISP network in Stoke-on-Trent (here), has appointed Steven Drake as its Senior Project Manager for the Midlands and North of England to help with their UK expansion plans.

Broadband Switching Declines as Hard Up Brits See Slower Speeds

14th Jan 2019 (16 Comments)

Ofcom has today published a new report, which examines how affordability, take-up and engagement with UK telecoms, TV and postal services compares via different groups. Overall 13% of broadband and phone consumers switched ISP (down from 17% a year ago) and financially vulnerable people are less likely to have “superfast” speeds.

Broadband Voucher Scheme Extended for Smaller Businesses in Leeds

14th Jan 2019 (0 Comments)

Smaller projects in the Leeds City Region will now also be able to access Connection Vouchers worth between £500 and up to £1000, which can be used to help cover the costs involved with securing a new 30Mbps+ capable broadband ISP connection (e.g. firewalls, routers, installation, cabling, project management fees etc.).

CEO of Virgin Media UK Calls for Vital Clarity on Brexit to Avoid No Deal

14th Jan 2019 (23 Comments)

The CEO of UK cable broadband ISP and TV operator Virgin Media, Tom Mockridge, has called on the country’s political parties to put their differences aside and deliver clarity when the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal with the EU is voted on tomorrow. “Clarity is vital … for the sake of stability and greater certainty,” said Tom.

Government’s Ineffective UK ISP Internet Porn Ban Coming April 2019

13th Jan 2019 (43 Comments)

No, it’s not an early April Fools. Instead April is officially the month when the government’s new age verification system – targeted at commercial websites and “apps” that contain pornographic content – comes into force. Broadband ISPs will also be required to block sites that fail to comply with the new rules.

ITU Touts Low Cost Fibre Optic Cable for Rural DIY Broadband Builds

12th Jan 2019 (6 Comments)

A series of new ITU standards promise to help encourage the ‘Do-It-Yourself‘ generation to build their own Terabit capable remote broadband networks. The standards propose a cheap, tough and lightweight optical fibre cable that can be laid on the grounds surface, underwater, aerially or shallow buried with hand tools.

Vodafone UK Scraps Forgotten Demon Internet ISP Brand

11th Jan 2019 (18 Comments)

Remember Demon Internet? If you do then you’re probably of a certain age or familiarity with the market. The small business focused ISP has hung around for years despite a lack of promotion or investment, but parent Vodafone has now finally decided to throw in the towel and cast it to hell.

ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle “rip off” 118 Numbers

11th Jan 2019 (33 Comments)

Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today described Ofcom’s plan to introduce a £3.65 price cap in order to control “rip off” calls to premium 118 (Directory Enquires) numbers as “inadequate“. In response they’ve launched a new ‘Call Whisper’ feature that will warn customers about the potentially high costs.

ISP BT Expand Complete Wi-Fi to All Superfast Fibre Broadband Plans

11th Jan 2019 (7 Comments)

At the end of last year BT launched a new “coverage guarantee” for their premium “Plus” packages (here), which pledged to deliver strong WiFi signals across your whole home via a new “Complete Wi-Fi” solution. The UK ISP has now expanded this to new non-Plus customers and thrown in 1 year of Amazon Prime access.

Broadband Bundlers Hit with Loyalty Penalties of up to £690 a Year

11th Jan 2019 (2 Comments)

Which? has published yet another “Loyalty Penalty” focused survey of 3,131 members, which found that 40% of customers who signed up to a dual or triple-play bundle (e.g. broadband, phone and mobile or TV) have stayed with the same UK ISP for 10+ years and could thus be paying significantly more than new subscribers.

ISP BT Match UK Broadband and Mobile Price Rises to CPI Inflation

11th Jan 2019 (20 Comments)

Customers of BT’s broadband, mobile and phone services may be interested to learn that the ISP is making a major change to how it handles price rises. From today any new or re-contracting customers to those services will see new terms (T&Cs), which state that future prices will increase by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) each year.

Cityfibre Chided for Disruption and Lack of Communication in Stirling

10th Jan 2019 (2 Comments)

Cityfibre’s £10m investment to build a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network in the city of Stirling (Scotland), which is being conducted alongside UK ISP Vodafone and began last November (here), has been criticised for a “lack of communication and lack of respect.” Traffic disruption is a big issue.

ISP MLL Telecom Secure 10Gbps Wide Area Network Contract for Fife

10th Jan 2019 (0 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP MLL Telecom has today announced that they’ve been appointed by Fife Council in Scotland to transition and transform the local authority’s existing Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructure, not least by adding additional bandwidth to council sites via a new 10Gbps capacity core network.