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UPD ISPs React to the Dangers of Adopting IPv4 Internet Address Sharing

22nd January, 2013 (13 Comments)

Internet providers from around the United Kingdom have given a decidedly mixed response after we asked a group of them whether IPv4 address sharing (Carrier Grade NAT) was the future of fixed line broadband (i.e. until full IPv6 adoption). CGNAT allows a single IP address to be shared between several users but this can introduce serious problems.

Gigaclear and Call Flow Compete for West Kent UK Rural Broadband

21st January, 2013 (1 Comment)

Rural homes and businesses in western Kent (England) look set to benefit after two ISPs, Gigaclear and Call Flow Solutions, confirmed that they were separately aiming to improve broadband internet services to a number of overlapping local villages surrounding the town of Sevenoaks. A mix of wireless and fibre solutions will be used.

Controversial UK HS2 Train Project Set to Boost Fibre Optic Broadband

21st January, 2013 (10 Comments)

The UK governments Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that its costly £33bn High Speed Two (HS2) project, which aims to build a new high speed rail link between the midlands and northern England, will also deliver broadband benefits into more areas by laying fibre optic cables alongside its tracks.

Wales Begins GBP425m National BT Superfast Broadband Deployment

20th January, 2013 (7 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has now “officially started work” on the national roll-out of its £425m scheme to make superfast broadband speeds of at least 30Mbps (Megabits per second) available to 96% of homes and businesses in Wales (United Kingdom) by the end of 2015. But many details remain unknown.

Broadband Outages at Rural PostOffices Highlight Our Internet Dependence

19th January, 2013 (13 Comments)

The broadband outages suffered by several Post Offices around the United Kingdom, which also crippled computerised systems (e.g. pension payments, council tax bills, parcel processing etc.), have highlighted how dependent we are becoming on internet access and how little margin for error exists at some of our most vital institutions.

UK ISP Zen Internet Set to Invest £4m into Superfast Broadband Upgrade

18th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

The boss of Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has said that the ISP expects a boom in demand for superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services over the coming years and plans to invest £4 million on a related network upgrade during 2013. Tang suggests that the effort could deliver a huge surge in its revenues.

WiSpire Expand Wireless Broadband to Ashill and Carbrooke in Norfolk

17th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

The WiSpire project, which deploys faster rural broadband by installing wireless internet transmitters on top of local church spires in Norfolk (England, UK), has confirmed that its service is now available in the two civil parish villages of Ashill and Carbrooke.

VIDEO GEO UK Says it is Impossible to Take on BT’s Broadband Dominance

17th January, 2013 (68 Comments)

Chris Smedley, the boss of dedicated fibre optic provider GEO Networks, has warned in a new video interview that without better regulation from Ofcom it will remain “almost impossible to take on BT” in the United Kingdom’s broadband market; especially in terms of gaining economically viable access to the operators cable ducts and poles.

4G Price and Coverage are More Important to UK Consumers than its Speed

17th January, 2013 (5 Comments)

A new Virgin Media Business commissioned YouGov study of 2,000 adults in the United Kingdom has revealed that 90% of people wouldn’t swap their Mobile Broadband operator based purely on the prospect of getting faster speeds from 4G (LTE). In fact price, reliability and coverage were deemed to be more important.

BT Accuses ISP TalkTalk of Clinging to a Copper Broadband Raft

16th January, 2013 (14 Comments)

BT has warned Dido Harding, the boss of its arch rival TalkTalk, that her ISP is in danger of being “remembered as broadband luddites clinging to a copper raft in a sea of fibre” after Harding criticised the lack of competition and regulation in the United Kingdom’s emerging market for fibre optic based superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services.

Entanet Based UK ISPs to Offer Cheaper FTTC Superfast Broadband

16th January, 2013 (8 Comments)

Wholesale provider Entanet, which supplies broadband services to a number of ISPs in the UK, has announced that its partners can now offer a free installation (saving £80 +vat) with their superfast broadband (FTTC) packages and they’re also offering discounts worth up to 50% off the monthly service charges.

Oxfordshire Village Raises £11,000 to Get Superfast BT Broadband

16th January, 2013 (6 Comments)

Residents of Islip, a small civil parish village in Oxfordshire (England, UK) with a population of over 600 people, has had a superfast broadband (FTTC) ISP service installed by BTOpenreach after they successfully raised £11,000 to help fund the development.

BT Broadband ISP Advert Banned Over Misleading 6 Months Free Offer

16th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority UK (ASA) has also banned a TV and press advert for one of BT’s broadband and phone bundles after it misleadingly claimed to be “free for six months” when in fact the line rental was still payable.

ASA Bans TalkTalk ISP Advert for Misleading FREE YouView TV Promotion

16th January, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority UK (ASA) has, following a complaint by BT, banned a press and website ad for TalkTalk’s new broadband YouView TV service, which was found to have wrongfully promoted the “FREE” kit as “usually/normally £299” (i.e. retail price of the box).

ISP Virgin Media Tops UK Netflix Chart of the Fastest Movie Streams

15th January, 2013 (1 Comment)

Netflix UK, the unlimited movies and TV subscription based video streaming service, has published its latest December 2012 rankings for broadband Internet Service Providers in the United Kingdom. The ratings reflect the average performance of all Netflix video streams on each ISP.

BT Openreach Confirm UK ISP Pricing for FTTP on Demand Pilot Phase 2

15th January, 2013 (14 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s telecoms network in the United Kingdom, has announced the pricing for phase two of its “ultra-fast” 330Mbps (30Mbps uploads) capable FTTP on Demand (FTTPoD) broadband service that will be made available via FTTC (up to 80Mbps) supporting street cabinets from spring 2013.

Ofcom Allows Sea Fibre Networks to Expand UK Fibre Optic Platform

15th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

As expected Ofcom has officially granted Code Powers to Sea Fibre Networks Limited, which will allow the firm to carry out street works in Wales and Staffordshire (England) to help improve the United Kingdom’s existing fibre optic link with Ireland.