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Hyperoptic Still Expect to Make FTTB Available in 10 UK Cities Before 2014

9th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

London-based ISP Hyperoptic has confirmed that they still expect to start deployment of a “hyper-sonic” 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTH/B) service as many as 10 new UK cities by the end of 2013 2014 when they hope to reach 80,000 homes.

BT Sign £21.96m Deal to Rollout Fibre Broadband in West Yorkshire UK

9th September, 2013 (7 Comments)

The West Yorkshire (England) local authorities have today agreed to a new £21.96 million state aid supported Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) contract with BT, which will make the operators “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 97% of local premises by the end of Autumn 2015 (the last 3% will get speeds of at least 2Mbps).

XLN Telecom CEO Lambasts BT Monopoly over UK Superfast Broadband

9th September, 2013 (37 Comments)

The CEO of Business ISP XLN Telecom, Christian Nellemann, has said that the national rollout of superfast broadband technology is “crucial” to the United Kingdom’s small and medium sized businesses but called for the government to stop helping BT “maintain a monopoly on fibre services“.

UK Mobile Operator EE Tops 1 Million Superfast 4G LTE Customers

9th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Mobile provider EE UK has today reported passing a major milestone after they successfully added 1 Million customers to their superfast 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) based Mobile Broadband network, which is claimed to be “one of the fastest 4G adoption rates in the world“.

ISPreview Survey Finds Heavy UK Internet Data Use Now Common

9th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

The latest ISPreview.co.uk survey of 1,241 internet users in the United Kingdom has revealed that 51.9% of respondents consumed more than 60GB (GigaBytes) of data over their broadband ISP connections each month, which is up from 37.6% two years earlier (here). Equally impressive is the growing amount of time that we all spend online.

ISP EE UK Adds £25 Marks and Spencer Voucher to Home Broadband

9th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Telecoms provider EE has taken a leaf of their rivals book and added a £25 M&S voucher to any online orders of their cheap fixed line home broadband and superfast “fibre broadband” packages, which are currently being offered at half price for between the first 12 and 3 months of service.

TalkTalk UK Raise Advertised Standard Broadband Speed up to 16Mbps

6th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Budget Internet provider TalkTalk has today followed the other big broadband ISPs by increasing the advertised download speed (“typical speed“) of their standard (ADSL2+) based packages “up to” 16Mbps (Megabits per second) from 14Mbps. But don’t expect to get faster speeds.

UPD ASDA Pick EE for UK 3G Mobile Network and In-Store WiFi Service

6th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Supermarket chain ASDA has entered into a new Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) partnership with EE (Everything Everywhere), which will give the high street giant the ability to offer its own 2G and 3G mobile voice, text and broadband services.

Free Cash Vouchers and Credits Galore from BT, TalkTalk, Sky and Virgin Media

6th September, 2013 (8 Comments)

Customers taking a new broadband, phone and or TV service bundle from BT, Sky Broadband, Virgin Media and TalkTalk are being offered a range of special financial incentives as the ISPs go to war over competing voucher and credit promotions.

BT Openreach Moot Limited ISP Price Discount for UK FTTC and FTTP Installs

6th September, 2013 (16 Comments)

BTOpenreach has confirmed that they’re considering the launch of a new special offer that would cut the price of existing superfast broadband (FTTC and FTTP) installations for ISPs and their end-users, albeit only at specific BT telephone exchanges.

UPDATE2 Sky Broadband is the First UK ISP to Begin Trialling Self Install FTTC

5th September, 2013 (8 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which among other things works to maintain and upgrade BT’s national UK telecoms network, has confirmed Sky Broadband as the country’s first ISP to begin trialling a new and possibly cheaper wires only (self-install) variant of its up to 80Mbps capable FTTC superfast broadband technology (i.e. no home engineer visit required).

Ofcom Consult on UK White Space Wireless Broadband Trial and Coexistence

4th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

Ofcom are currently prepping their autumn 2013 pilot of Wi-Fi style White Space (IEEE 802.22) wireless broadband technology and have today launch a new consultation to examine the potential interference issues of using this alongside existing Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) channels in the 470MHz – 790MHz (UHF TV) band.

Ofcom Considers New Broadband ISP Rules to Clarify Traffic Management

4th September, 2013 (1 Comment)

The communications regulator has today published a new guide that aims to help people understand how mobile and fixed broadband ISPs use Traffic Management to balance their network load during periods of peak network usage. But stricter guidelines might soon follow because only 11% of consumers know what it actually means.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Breaks 1000Gbps Network Data Traffic Milestone

4th September, 2013 (4 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) claims that its network of 4.9 million internet access customers in the United Kingdom is now handling more than 1 Terabit per second of online data traffic, which equates to over 1000Gbps (Gigabits/sec).

UPD Virgin Media Say New SuperHub Offers Best Home WiFi of the Big UK ISPs

4th September, 2013 (7 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has today highlighted the latest “independent testing” from the University of Bristol and Farncombe, which appears to show that their new SuperHub wireless broadband router offers better home WiFi performance than BT’s equivalent HomeHub4. It also beat similar kit from Sky Broadband and TalkTalk.

UK ISP PlusNet Offers Unlimited Broadband and Calls from GBP2.99

4th September, 2013 (7 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet has cut the cost of its up to 76Mbps unlimited superfast fibre (FTTC) and up to 16Mbps unlimited standard broadband packages to £12.99 and £2.99 a month respectively, which will apply for the first 9 months of service (returning to £19.99 and £9.99 thereafter).

First BDUK Superfast Broadband Cabinets in Devon and Somerset Go Live

4th September, 2013 (4 Comments)

The £94m state aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project has become the latest Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) effort to announce that the first local premises can now gain access to superfast broadband (25Mbps+). The work is currently running three months ahead of schedule.