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ISP News Archives for December 5, 2019

Cityfibre Starts £50m FTTH Broadband Rollout in Newcastle UK

5th Dec 2019 (7 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has confirmed that they’ve started to roll-out their new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the northern city of Newcastle (Tyne and Wear), which is expected to cost £50m and is being supported by their UK ISP partner Vodafone.

Scientists Create Wood Based Bio Degradable Fibre Optic Cables

5th Dec 2019 (3 Comments)

Well this is an odd but interesting one. A team of VTT scientists from Finland have successfully transmitted light over a new type of wood-based optic fibre cable, which has a core that is made from cellulose and this has the added advantage of being biodegradable.

Customers of UK ISP Zen Internet Hit by DSL Broadband Fault UPDATE

5th Dec 2019 (7 Comments)

A spate of internet connectivity problems appears to have been striking customers of UK ISP Zen Internet since earlier this morning, which so far as we can tell currently only affects those with DSL (ADSL and FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband lines.

Netgem TV Service Signs Deals with 12 Ultrafast Fibre UK ISPs

5th Dec 2019 (2 Comments)

Video streaming and IPTV company netgem.tv has announced that over the past 6 months they’ve been able to sign partnership agreements with 12 “Ultrafast Fibre” ISPs in the UK, which all told could enable their platform to reach over a quarter of a million UK homes.

Ofcom Fine UK ISP Onestream £35K for Aggressive Mis-selling UPDATE

5th Dec 2019 (8 Comments)

Hampshire-based broadband ISP Onestream, which was established in 2016 and has launched a range of affordable ADSL2+ and FTTC based bundles, has today been fined £35,000 by Ofcom after the regulator found that they “took over the telephone services of more than a 100 people without their permission” (slamming).

WBA Squeezes 700Mbps Out of New WiFi 6 (802.11ax) Network

5th Dec 2019 (6 Comments)

A test conducted by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) on the new Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard at the Mettis Aerospace factory in the UK has managed to deliver a real speed of 700Mbps (unclear if this is just download) with latency below 6ms (milliseconds), although that’s a far cry from the multi-Gigabit speeds promised.

TrueSpeed to Build Gigabit Broadband for 7000 Premises in Wells

5th Dec 2019 (0 Comments)

Rural full fibre UK ISP TrueSpeed, which is currently rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of South West England (Somerset), has today announced that they intend to extend their network to cover 6,000 homes and 1,000 businesses in the small cathedral city of Wells.

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