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ISP Plusnet Named Overall Winner in UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2013

24th September, 2013 (4 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet has been named the overall winner for Broadband Choices annual Customer Satisfaction Awards 2013, which claims to have quizzed over 2,500 subscribers of the main ISPs in the United Kingdom to help reach its conclusion. But there were other winners too.

CityFibre Picks New Chairman to Steer its Expanded UK Fibre Optic Rollout

24th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has today selected a new Chairman, Peter Manning, to help steer their rollout of ultrafast (Gigabit capable) fibre optic broadband networks into several new “secondary cities” around the United Kingdom.

KC Brings Fibre Optic Broadband to 500 Student Premises in Hull UK

24th September, 2013 (1 Comment)

Hull ISP KC has announced a new deal with six local student accommodation providers that will make their superfast fibre optic (FTTC / FTTH) based Lightstream broadband service available to thousands of students studying at the University of Hull in East Yorkshire (England).

UPD2 Major Broadband Outage in Northampton UK After Business Park Fire

24th September, 2013 (31 Comments)

A huge fire that began on Friday morning at the JBJ Business Park on Northampton Road (England), which took place at a PoP near to the Blisworth Telephone Exchange, has resulted in a major loss of local broadband Internet connectivity. It has also affected telecoms services to 16 other exchanges in the region.

Wifinity Bring 20Mb WiFi Wireless Broadband to 39 More UK Holiday Parks

23rd September, 2013 (1 Comment)

Wireless ISP Wifinity has signed a new contract with the Park Resorts holiday group, which runs 39 parks spanning 1,900 acres and providing over 20,500 holiday home and touring pitches across the United Kingdom, to roll-out its latest 20Mbps capable wireless internet service (wifi).

EE Still the Fastest Network for 4G Mobile Broadband Speeds in London UK

23rd September, 2013 (0 Comments)

The latest preliminary RootMetrics study of Mobile Broadband performance in London (England), which conducted more than 11,000 tests across the city, has revealed that EE continues to deliver the best Internet speeds despite the recent launch of O2 and Vodafone’s new 4G (LTE) based networks.

Police Sting Nails Scrapyard Boss for Buying Stolen BT Copper Cable

23rd September, 2013 (2 Comments)

The boss of Albert Haigh and Son Ltd. scrapyard in Huddersfield (West Yorkshire, England), Paul Ellis (aged 42), has been put in the slammer for 14 months after a Police sting operation successfully sold him stolen BT copper telecoms cable on nine separate occasions.

UPD 6 New Wiltshire UK Communities Named for BDUK Broadband Rollout

23rd September, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Wiltshire Council in England has today announced six additional communities that can expect to receive superfast fibre optic based broadband (FTTC/P) as part of their joint £35.6 Million partnership project with neighbouring South Gloucestershire Council and BT.

UPD Sky Broadband Criticise BT Openreach UK for Consistently Poor Service

23rd September, 2013 (20 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which is responsible for maintaining BT’s national UK network, has said that it’s always “working to improve” its service after at least two ISPs – Sky Broadband (BSkyB) and TalkTalk – both criticised their service quality ahead of Ofcom’s on-going review of the fixed telecoms market.

ITU Reports Global Fibre Growth as UK Ranks 10th for Broadband Penetration

23rd September, 2013 (2 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published its annual State of Broadband Report 2013, which found that superfast fibre optic (FTTH) and hybrid fibre (FTTC) style services were continuing to cannibalise copper (ADSL) connections and that the UK had improved to be ranked 10th in the world for fixed line broadband penetration (up from 12th).

Ian Livingston Walks Away as UK BT Group CEO Feeling £9m Richer

21st September, 2013 (17 Comments)

BT Group’s departing CEO, Ian Livingston, will be foregoing around 2.5 million shares in the telecoms giant as a result of taking up an unpaid post as the Government’s Minister of State for Trade. But the operator has granted him 1.8 million deferred shares, plus another 800,000 as a bonus, which is worth close to £9 million.

David Cameron Defends Broadband Delivery UK from “slightly unfair” Criticism

20th September, 2013 (33 Comments)

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, has told a select committee meeting that some of the recent criticism directed towards his £1.2bn scheme to improve the availability of superfast broadband has been “slightly unfair“. But he is prepared to look at the “possibilities” of BT having an unfair monopoly on related contracts.

Trouble for Altnets as UK Village Gets Annoyed by Lack of Broadband Choice

20th September, 2013 (8 Comments)

Altnet schemes are often praised for bringing faster broadband into areas that previously could not receive a good service. But what happens when their performance suffers and residents feel trapped by a lack of ISP choice. Could the situation with Rutland Telecom in Essendine (Lincolnshire, England) be a harbinger of things to come?

UPD More Cambridgeshire and Peterborough UK Broadband Rollout Details

20th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

The £45m Connecting Cambridgeshire project, which seeks to make BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) speeds available to 90% of premises in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (England) by the end of 2015, has added a new page to its website that should reveal more details about the expected rollout and timetable.

Virgin Media UK Set to Axe 600 Management Jobs

20th September, 2013 (3 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media looks set to slash 600 of its top management jobs across the United Kingdom because their new owner, Liberty Global, are looking to save money following a £15bn (enterprise value) acquisition of the broadband, phone and TV giant.

UPD UK ISP Zen Internet Puts Unlimited Superfast Broadband Packages Live

20th September, 2013 (8 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet appears to have quietly introduced a new range of superfast broadband (FTTC) packages with “Truly Unlimited Usage” onto their website, although you’ll have to take their phone line rental service in order to benefit.

UPD PlusNet UK Win Fifth Which? Recommended Broadband Provider Award

19th September, 2013 (10 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has granted Recommended Provider status for the fifth consecutive time to PlusNet’s Home Broadband service in their latest biannual survey of ISP reliability, value, performance and general customer satisfaction. Apparently this time around they were the only ISP to achieve the gong.