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UK ISP Primus Saver Raises Typical ADSL2 Broadband Speed up to 16Mbps

28th September, 2013 (15 Comments)

Primus Saver has quietly followed the other big broadband ISPs by raising the advertised download speed (“typical speed“) of their standard copper line (ADSL2+) based packages from ‘up to’ 15Mbps to 16Mbps (Megabits per second). But don’t expect your connections to actually get any faster.

Hampshire UK Reveals BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout Map

27th September, 2013 (6 Comments)

The Hampshire County Council (HCC) has today become the latest local authority to publish a roll-out map for phase one of its state aid supported £13.8m project to make BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network available to “at least” 90% of premises by the end of 2015.

BT Retail Hikes the Price of UK Phone and Broadband Prices Again

27th September, 2013 (27 Comments)

Just like clockwork BT Retail has announced that millions of customers across the United Kingdom will see their broadband prices rise by up to 6.5% (though BT’s current offers will not be impacted) and Line Rental jump from £15.45 a month to £15.99 (3.5%) from 4th January 2014. The cost of calls will also rise by around 6%.

Headache for Broadband ISPs as Netflix UK Add Super HD Movie Streams

27th September, 2013 (15 Comments)

Netflix UK‘s unlimited movie and TV streaming service has been upgraded to support a higher bit rate Super HD (Super High Definition) video stream that applies less compression to the 1080p image, which means that those with faster connections should get a better quality.

Major UK Fixed Line Broadband ISPs See Consumer Complaints Fall

27th September, 2013 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has published its latest Q2-2013 customer complaints report and reveals which of the largest fixed line broadband, telephone, mobile and pay-tv providers have caused the most annoyance for consumers. Happily the overall level of complaints, especially for EE and TalkTalk, has fallen.

MPs Call on UK Government to Implement ISP Piracy Warning Letters ASAP

27th September, 2013 (6 Comments)

A new report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee has taken a broadly pro-enforcement line on tackling Internet copyright infringement (piracy) and called for the much-delayed 2010 Digital Economy Act (DEAct) system of Warning Letters from broadband ISPs to be implemented at “far greater speed” than planned.

Essex UK Publish BDUK Superfast Broadband Deployment Map

26th September, 2013 (7 Comments)

The £25 Million Superfast Essex project, which aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to “around” 87% of premises by the end of summer 2016, has today become the next to publish an indicative map of its Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) rollout.

UK ISP Eclipse Internet Plans to Double its Size via New Investment

26th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Communications provider Eclipse Internet, which hasn’t really featured in our news for a while (they seem to have been keeping a low profile), appears to have been gifted a new multi-million pound injection of cash from its parent KCOM Group (KC) and plans are now afoot to “double the size” of its UK business.

Leicestershire UK Publishes BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout Map

26th September, 2013 (1 Comment)

The Leicestershire County Council (LCC) in England has today become the latest Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) project to publish a typically vague map of the schemes expected “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) coverage, which aims to reach “around” 95% of the region by March 2016.

EE Expand 4G Mobile Broadband Network to 12 More UK Towns

26th September, 2013 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (4GEE) has today expanded the coverage of its 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) based Mobile Broadband network to an additional 12 towns around the United Kingdom, which takes the total to 117 towns and cities.

ISP Sky Broadband UK Hikes the Price of Phone Line Rental

26th September, 2013 (13 Comments)

Customers who take their phone service from Sky Broadband (BSkyB) will be displeased, if perhaps not surprised (every other major ISP has already announced a rise), to learn that the price of Sky Line Rental will increase from £14.50 a month now to £15.40 from 1st December 2013.

UPD2 PAC Report Attacks UK Gov for Giving BT a Monopoly on Broadband

26th September, 2013 (87 Comments)

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which works alongside the House of Commons to examine public expenditure, has today published its final report into the £1.2bn Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme and it accuses the government of allowing BT to build a “quasi-monopolistic position which it is exploiting by restricting access to cost and roll-out information“.

BT Openreach Reveal Latest UK Rollout Plan for 330Mb FTTP on Demand

25th September, 2013 (42 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced that its FTTP on Demand (FoD) product, which could eventually make their “ultra-fast” 330Mbps (30Mbps uploads) capable fibre optic broadband ISP technology available to homes and businesses via their slower FTTC lines, will become available from a further 18 UK telephone exchanges by the end of this month and reach a total of 303 next year.

UPDATE Half of FREE WiFi Wireless Internet Hotspots in the UK Allow Porn

25th September, 2013 (1 Comment)

A new survey from mobile security firm AdaptiveMobile has boldly claimed that 51% of free wireless internet (WiFi) hotspots in the United Kingdom allow access to content of an adult nature, which is despite the study being based off a tiny sample size.

UPDATE2 UK ISP TalkTalk Cut Entry Level Unlimited Broadband Price to £2.50

25th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Budget Internet and phone provider TalkTalk has launched its newly rebranded ‘Essentials’ package, which is now called Simply Broadband, alongside totally unlimited usage and all from a standard price of just £2.50 a month (down from £7.50). But there are a few important things missing.

GBP150m Mobile Network Upgrade Connects First UK Community

24th September, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that the first community to benefit from its £150m Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP) to improve Mobile Broadband and phone coverage will be the rural village of Weaverthorpe in North Yorkshire (England).

UPD BT List 19 Final UK Exchanges for their GBP2.5bn Fibre Broadband Rollout

24th September, 2013 (14 Comments)

BT has taken us completely by surprise after they quietly revealed, through a series of low-key regional updates, that an additional 19 telephone exchanges had been squeezed into their national £2.5bn roll-out of superfast broadband (FTTC/P) products around the United Kingdom. No this time it really is the final batch of locations, truth!