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UK ISP TalkTalk Claims Consumers Lose 4Mbps to Poor Broadband Setups

20th June, 2012 (2 Comments)

Internet and phone provider TalkTalk has today suggested that over 500,000 UK homes could be bleeding 4Mbps (Megabits per second) of broadband speed because of “poor in-home setups“, which is allegedly “equivalent to 2.3 Million Mb of speed being lost every second” and they know how to fix it.

Suffolk UK Expect Superfast Broadband to Boost Local Economy by GBP5bn

19th June, 2012 (9 Comments)

The Suffolk County Council (SCC) has optimistically predicted that its local plan, which aims to make superfast broadband ISP speeds of 100Mbps available to everyone in the region by 2020 (shared EU target), could result in a £5bn boost to the local economy.

UPDATE2 Super Slow Broadband Bug Hits UK BT Infinity FTTC ISP Subscribers

19th June, 2012 (22 Comments)

Some of BT’s superfast broadband (BTInfinity) customers are reporting that an intermittent bug with either their HomeHub 3 (HH3) router or VDSL modem device is causing service speeds to crash, in many cases falling from upwards of 70Mbps (Megabits per second) to sub-1Mbps levels.

Shareholders Approve GBP1bn Vodafone Takeover of Cable and Wireless

19th June, 2012 (1 Comment)

The shareholders of European communications provider Vodafone have voted 99% in favour of the £1.044 Billion deal (38p per share) to buy telecoms giant Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW), which gives the operator plenty of new capacity and room to grow both its existing fixed line and future mobile services.

2012 Digital Agenda Scoreboard Finds UK Trails EU for Superfast Broadband

19th June, 2012 (15 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has released its annual 2012 Digital Agenda Scoreboard, which assesses the progress towards Europe’s broadband delivery targets. It found that just 5.5% of UK lines have adopted a superfast broadband ISP service that can deliver download speeds of 30Mbps+ (EU average 8.5%).

T-Mobile UK Reveal Cheaper EU Mobile Broadband Roaming Prices

19th June, 2012 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator T-Mobile UK (Everything Everywhere) has today introduced its new internet and broadband Travel Boosters, which are designed to make it cheaper to use your Mobile Broadband connection while roaming around within Europe and other countries outside of the EU.

ISPA UK Reveals Internet Hero and Villain Finalists for 2012 Awards

19th June, 2012 (1 Comment)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has revealed the finalists for its 2012 Internet Hero and Internet Villain gongs at their forthcoming 14th annual awards. The two categories seek to identify individuals or organisations that have either done the most or least to help the wider ISP industry.

ISPreview.co.uk Website Status Report

18th June, 2012 (0 Comments)

ISPreview.co.uk’s web server was given a major software update today, which knocked a few systems offline. Thankfully we were able to repair the most vital ones by midday, although our Jargon Buster and Survey systems remain offline while we attempt to correct for one or two bugs in the configuration. Sorry if this has caused any inconvenience.

Hyperoptic Attacks BT Opposition to National UK Fibre Broadband Rollout

18th June, 2012 (28 Comments)

The boss of urban fibre optic broadband ISP Hyperoptic, Dana Pressman-Tobak, has warned that last week’s comments by BT’s Strategy Director (here), Sean Williams, whom suggested that there was “no business case to support” a full UK roll-out of true fibre broadband (e.g. FTTP) services, could be “very dangerous“.

Virgin Media UK and Everything Everywhere Targeted for Takeover

18th June, 2012 (5 Comments)

Cable giant Virgin Media and mobile operator Everything Everywhere (Orange UK and T-Mobile) have allegedly become the targets of a colossal takeover bid by two private equity firms, KKR and Apax Partners, which is being headed up by Tom Alexander (former CEO of Everything Everywhere).

UPDATE Ofcoms UK Business Telecoms Review Unlikely to Make Big Changes

18th June, 2012 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has started a new review of the £2bn UK business telecoms market that proposes several changes to help “meet growing demand for fast data services“. Unfortunately any ISP hoping for improved access to BT’s network of dark fibre lines will be displeased, yet they do propose to regulate 1Gbps+ wholesale leased lines that exist outside London.

ITU Urges G20 to Focus on Broadband Rollout for Economic Recovery

18th June, 2012 (2 Comments)

The Broadband Commission for Digital Development (BCDD), which was setup by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in May 2010 to help meet the UN’s global broadband development targets, has issued an open letter that calls upon the G20 leaders to focus on broadband access as a means to boost the world economy.

UK ISP Vispa Complete 60Mbps Wireless Service in Burtonwood and Winwick

18th June, 2012 (4 Comments)

Cheshire-based internet provider Vispa has confirmed the completion of their 60Mbps (Megabits per second) capable superfast wireless broadband (wifi) network in the civil parish villages of Burtonwood and Winwick (Warrington, England).

Jeremy Hunt MP to Support Rural B4RN Broadband Network in Lancashire UK

16th June, 2012 (31 Comments)

The UK governments somewhat embattled Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Jeremy Hunt MP, has surprisingly agreed to visit and “support” the B4RN (Broadband 4 Rural North) project in northern Lancashire UK.

Chi Onwurah MP Accuses EU of Bias in Favour of Ultrafast Fibre Broadband

15th June, 2012 (17 Comments)

The local MP for Newcastle Central and Labour’s shadow minister for innovation and digital infrastructure, Chi Onwurah, has criticised the European Commission (EC) for having a “bias in favour of fibre” and switching its EU state aid rules (here) to focus more on “ultra-fast” (100Mbps+) fibre optic FTTH style broadband networks.

O2 WiFi Bring FREE Wireless Internet to 167 Debenhams UK Shops

15th June, 2012 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP O2 UK (Telefonica) has signed a new deal with high street retail giant Debenhams, which will see the operators free wireless internet service being rolled out across the groups 167 shops and giving it the “largest wifi coverage of any department store in the UK“.

UK ISP Fluidata Slams Outdated Music Industry for Pirate Bay Blockade

15th June, 2012 (4 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has criticised the UK music industry for forcing the country’s big broadband providers into blocking access to The Pirate Bay website, which is accused of facilitating unlawful P2P internet piracy, instead of updating their own “out of date” business models to address the real problems.