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Openreach Start Removing LR-VDSL Broadband from UK Trial Areas

11th April, 2018 (40 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has confirmed that they will imminently begin withdrawing their Long Reach VDSL (LR-VDSL) broadband technology trial from several deployments across the UK, which at one point had been touted as way of helping to deliver on the government’s 10Mbps broadband USO.

The 2018 Impact of Full to Capacity FTTC Fibre Broadband Cabinets UPDATE

10th April, 2018 (43 Comments)

A new study has estimated that around 4.1% of premises in the United Kingdom are likely to be affected by full to capacity FTTC (VDSL2) based “fibre broadband” street cabinets on Openreach’s (BT) network, which is up from 3% last year. Related premises may be unable to order the faster ISP service.

Utility Warehouse Ad Banned for Misleading Best Value Mobile Claim

10th April, 2018 (4 Comments)

Phone, broadband ISP and UK energy provider Utility Warehouse have had a website advert for their service pulled after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that it had misleadingly promoted itself as offering “the UK’s best value mobile“.

UK Business ISP FluidOne Appoints New CEO Russell Horton

9th April, 2018 (0 Comments)

Business communications provider FluidOne, which also supplies a number of UK broadband ISPs, has today moved for the second time in the space of 6-7 months to try and replace its outgoing CEO, Piers Daniell, with a new boss in the shape of Russell Horton.

ISP TalkTalk Business Confirm 330Mbps UK G.fast Broadband Trial

9th April, 2018 (44 Comments)

The business division of residential ISP TalkTalk, which is naturally called TalkTalk Business, has announced that they’ve started a trial of 330Mbps capable hybrid fibre G.fast broadband technology for Wholesale and Partner customers. The commercial launch will then follow sometime this “summer“.

Testing Satellite Broadband on a British Airways Flight to the USA

9th April, 2018 (9 Comments)

In-flight internet access is increasingly growing to become a key service differentiator, particularly during long haul trips. Unfortunately the quality of on-board WiFi is still highly variable but on a recent flight with British Airways (UK to USA) we got the chance to see just how quickly this is improving.

2018 Q1 UK Fixed Superfast Broadband Coverage Reaches 95.1%

9th April, 2018 (20 Comments)

An independent model has estimated that the coverage of fixed “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom has grown slightly from 94.7% in December 2017 (here) to 95.1% at the end of March 2018, with most of the increase being fuelled by publicly funded projects.

Northern Ireland Council Calls on Banks to Help Improve Broadband

6th April, 2018 (6 Comments)

The Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has written to First Trust Bank, Ulster Bank and Danske Bank in the hope of encouraging them to help invest in improvements to local broadband connectivity. Recently online banking has become much more important due to the closure of local branches.

ISP Plusnet Confirm 2018 Round of Annual Broadband Price Rises

6th April, 2018 (18 Comments)

Customers of low cost UK ISP Plusnet are facing another round of annual price rises on their broadband and phone bundles, which will see the monthly cost of related packages increase by +£1 from 5th June 2018. On top of that the cost of making phone calls is also set to increase.

Councils Complain About England’s Below Average Broadband Speeds

6th April, 2018 (17 Comments)

The County Councils Network (CCN), which highlights itself as the “national voice” for England’s 37 county councils, has today claimed that 72% of the country’s counties are below the national average download speed of 45Mbps and 27% have average speeds below Ofcom’s 30Mbps+ definition of “superfast“.

Q1 2018 OpenSignal Report Awards EE as Best UK Mobile Operator

5th April, 2018 (0 Comments)

The latest Q1 2018 report from OpenSignal, which used crowd-sourced data from 61,121 devices (Smartphones etc.) and 890 million tests to reveal how 4G and 3G based Mobile network availability and data speeds vary across the United Kingdom, has once again seen EE sweep the awards.

BT Bring Guest WiFi to UK Businesses via SmartHub Broadband Router

5th April, 2018 (5 Comments)

Users of BT’s small business broadband ISP packages, specifically those that have been supplied with one of their ADSL2+ and VDSL2 equipped Smart Hub 6 routers, can now access a new Guest Wi-Fi feature that allows them to provide their customers with free unlimited access to BT Wi-Fi.

Ofcom Reveal Initial UK 4G and 5G Mobile Spectrum Auction Winners

5th April, 2018 (12 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today revealed the preliminary winners from their auction of the new 4G Mobile friendly 2.3GHz and future 5G destined 3.4GHz radio spectrum bands. All of the major mobile operators have won a slice and the total value of the principal stage is £1,355,744,000.

Who is Building – UK Summary of Full Fibre Broadband Plans and Investment UPDATE18

5th April, 2018 (29 Comments)

The past 24 months have been awash with announcements about “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband network builds across the United Kingdom, which can sometimes make it a little bit difficult to keep track of all the developments (nice problem to have). So here’s a quick summary of the key plans.

Ofcom UK Probe Vonage Over VoIP Network Availability

4th April, 2018 (3 Comments)

The growing importance of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service stability, which is becoming more essential as UK broadband ISP users increasingly switch away from traditional phone services, has been underlined today after Ofcom began investigating Vonage over its recent network availability.

Councils Demand Full Fibre Broadband Kitemark for UK New Build Homes

4th April, 2018 (16 Comments)

The Local Government Association, which represents roughly 370 councils across England and Wales, has called on UK property developers to introduce a new FTTP Kitemark so that the public can easily see when a new build home is able to access Gigabit capable “full fibre” broadband ISP connections.

Which? Scraps Email Service from its Days as a Dialup ISP

4th April, 2018 (1 Comment)

Consumer magazine Which?, which so often complains about the bad habits of broadband ISPs from across the United Kingdom, has found itself in a similar spot of hot water after they suddenly decided to close a free email service that was once offered way back when they ran a dialup ISP.