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RootMetrics Say EE and Three UK are Best for Mobile Internet in Newcastle

2nd July, 2013 (2 Comments)

The latest RootMetrics study of mobile network performance in Newcastle (North East England) has named EE and Three UK as the best two networks for Mobile Broadband speeds, with both also scoring well for text message and call performance. But once again Vodafone was the worst.

O2 UK Target FREE WiFi for London Underground Stations on 22nd July

2nd July, 2013 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 has confirmed that its public wireless internet (wifi) service at 120 London Underground train stations, which will be offered for free to their customers, will now go live on 22nd July 2013 after having suffered a slight delay from June 2013.

BT Bring FTTC and FTTP to 2.7M UK Apartments and High Rise Buildings

2nd July, 2013 (8 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains BT’s national UK telecoms network, has revealed that 2.7 Million apartments (Multi Dwelling Units) or high rise buildings around the United Kingdom can now access its superfast broadband service (i.e. up to 80Mbps FTTC or 330Mbps capable FTTP). But 550k more will soon follow.

UPDATE2 TalkTalk Make Fibre Broadband Available to New Line Customers

2nd July, 2013 (6 Comments)

Budget UK internet and phone provider TalkTalk has said that its “Superpowered Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) service, which offers speeds of up to 76Mbps, can now also be taken alongside a new phone line or migration via one engineer installation and one go live date.

ISP BT Business Quietly Hikes UK Unlimited Broadband Prices by GBP1

2nd July, 2013 (11 Comments)

Customers who take one of the unlimited usage based fixed line BT Business Broadband packages should note that the ISP has quietly increased its monthly prices by £1 (+vat). Similarly the one-off router delivery charge has also been increased from £6 up to £8.

The Top 7 UK Fastest Fixed Line Home Broadband ISPs for June 2013

1st July, 2013 (2 Comments)

According to the latest anecdotal monthly survey of fixed line home broadband ISP speeds from Broadband.co.uk, the average internet download speed in the United Kingdom hasn’t budged much from 18.180Mbps in May 2013 to 18.365Mbps in June and average upload rates were static at 2.882Mbps.

8 BT Engineers Arrested for Fake UK Car Clamping Business

1st July, 2013 (4 Comments)

Police in West London have arrested eight of BTOpenreach’s telecoms engineers and another thirty have been suspended after bosses at BT were allegedly tipped off about a fake car clamping business that had netted the fraudsters around £200,000.

UPDATE2 EU Mobile Broadband and Phone Roaming Prices Get Cheaper

1st July, 2013 (3 Comments)

The price of making a mobile phone call, sending a text message or surfing the internet from your Mobile Broadband connection while roaming abroad within Europe has today dropped another level after last year’s regulatory changes continued to impact both retail and wholesale costs.

VOA Hints at UK Broadband Fibre Tax Cut for 2015 But Not for All ISPs

29th June, 2013 (9 Comments)

The governments notoriously complicated and confusing Valuation Office Agency (VOA), which is responsible for taxing the rateable value of the basic infrastructure, has hinted that its next rate card update in 2015 could reduce the tax on rural fibre optic broadband lines for smaller (altnet) ISPs. Sadly there’s a big catch.

AQL Solar Powered Blue Phone Boxes Boost Leeds UK Fibre Network

29th June, 2013 (0 Comments)

Business telecoms operator Aql has begun to roll-out 24 reconditioned phone boxes to help the deployment of its new metropolitan fibre optic broadband and free wifi network around the West Yorkshire city of Leeds in England.

UK Holiday and Campsites Need Better FREE WiFi Internet Access

29th June, 2013 (3 Comments)

A new survey conducted by outdoor accommodation site Pitchup.com has reported that just 17% of holiday and campsites listed on its site offer a public wireless internet (wifi) connection and only 8% support free internet access.

UPDATE North Lincolnshire UK Signs £5.7m BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

28th June, 2013 (1 Comment)

The North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire Councils have today signed a new state aid supported £5.7 million contract that will see BT expand the reach of its “high-speed fibre” broadband (FTTC/P) connectivity to cover 89% of local homes and businesses by the end of Spring 2015. But how many of the 89% will be “superfast” (25Mbps+)?

Devon and Somerset UK Confirm First BDUK Areas for BT Fibre Broadband

28th June, 2013 (4 Comments)

The £94 million state aid supported joint Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project to make BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services available to “around” 90% of local premises by the end of 2016 (original news) has today confirmed the first towns and villages to be upgraded.

BT Vision Warns No Sky Sports TV Without Superfast Broadband.. Sort of

28th June, 2013 (22 Comments)

Some customers of the BT Vision TV (IPTV) service could this weekend lose access to the Sky Sports 1 and 2 TV channels unless they have a good standard broadband connection or take the operators superfast BTInfinity (FTTC) service alongside their package.

Satellite ISP Bentley Walker Launch UK Rural Broadband Survey

28th June, 2013 (2 Comments)

Satellite internet provider Bentley Walker has launched a new 2013 Rural Broadband Survey website in order to “investigate the gap in broadband internet performance around the UK“. But the survey appears to be limited in scope.

Criminals Knock Out Critical BT Broadband and Phone Services in Oldham

28th June, 2013 (3 Comments)

BTOpenreach has declared a Serious Incident (SI) after criminals cut through and damaged seven of its vital fibre optic and copper cables in the Oldham (Greater Manchester, England) area just before midnight on Wednesday, which is affecting broadband and phone services across the region.

Spectrum Internet Deploy Own Fibre Broadband to 700 Homes in Rural Wales

28th June, 2013 (4 Comments)

Cardiff-based ISP Spectrum Internet has announced that the rollout of its own Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based superfast broadband (30Mbps+) network in South Wales has now passed more than 700 homes around the Gower (Swansea) telephone exchange area and for two villages in Monmouthshire.