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ISP News Archives for June 11, 2021

BT Sues Tii for GBP72m Over Allegedly Faulty Kit and ADSL Outages

11th Jun 2021 (3 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT is suing Tii Technologies (formerly Porta Systems) for £72m in the UK High Court (Technology and Construction Court) after they allegedly supplied 95,256 faulty jack test (JT) blocks between 2006-2016, which reportedly caused a spate of copper line ADSL broadband outages (mainly impacting ISP Sky Broadband).

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Reveal Q1 2021 UK Internet Trends

11th Jun 2021 (3 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today published the latest volume (3) of their “Internet Insights” report, which offers quarterly analysis of their network traffic and usage trends. For example, it notes that UK internet usage was up over 44% pre-pandemic to April 2021, but it has fallen away a bit since then.

BT Prep Firmware Fix for DNS Request Hungry WiFi Repeaters

11th Jun 2021 (2 Comments)

Customers of UK broadband ISP BT, specifically those with one of the operator’s Mini Whole Home Wi-Fi systems (mesh repeaters) and a custom DNS setup on their personal network, have been told to expect a firmware patch, again, after complaining that their connections were making masses of DNS lookups to Google and Microsoft.

Grayshott Plan Gigabit Full Fibre Rollout in Hampshire and Surrey

11th Jun 2021 (4 Comments)

The latest start-up to enter the UK broadband market appears to be Morden-based ISP Grayshott Gigabit, which has revealed that they plan to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across poorly served rural areas in the East Hampshire, Surrey Hills and surrounding areas.

ISP Quickline Confirm GBP500m UK Ultrafast Broadband Rollout

11th Jun 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline, which specialises in deploying “full fibre” FTTP and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) networks around Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, has today confirmed their new plan to invest £500m on a deployment of “ultrafast and gigabit-capable broadband” connectivity across rural Northern England and beyond.

Gigaclear street cabinet fttp 2021 by David Harkis

Gigaclear Spotted Building FTTP Broadband in Bagshot, Surrey UK

11th Jun 2021 (5 Comments)

Rural focused UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has been spotted deploying their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network infrastructure into the large Surrey village of Bagshot (population 5,600), which appears to be somewhat of a first for the provider as they haven’t previously announced much for the county.

ITU Nears Completion of New 50Gbps FTTH Broadband Standard

11th Jun 2021 (32 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union will this year complete the development of its new “Higher Speed Passive Optical Network” (G.9804 series / G.hsp) technology – 50G-PON, which will make it possible for future FTTP broadband ISP networks to deliver speeds of 50Gbps (Gigabits per second).

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