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£1.5m Brings Free WiFi to Every Arriva Trains Wales Route

15th February, 2018 (3 Comments)

An investment of £1.5 million by the Welsh Government means that passengers across Wales can now benefit from free WiFi on all Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) services, which has been retrofitted to ATW’s entire fleet including Pacer trains, Class 153’s and the carriages used on the north-south Express.

Virgin Media UK to Launch 350Mbps Home Broadband Package UPDATE2

15th February, 2018 (59 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has published their latest Q4 2017 (calendar) results, which saw them pledge to introduce a new 350Mbps broadband tier and add 159,000 premises to their UK network coverage. Virgin’s total broadband base also grew by +24K in the quarter to total 5,104,300.

Customers of ISP Sky Broadband Braced for Annual Price Hike

14th February, 2018 (17 Comments)

Sky has quietly updated their UK website to note that “some” of their Sky Broadband prices will “increase” on 1st April 2018, which we predict could result in an average rise of around +£1-2 per month on the standard rental charge. Unfortunately Sky aren’t expected to reveal the exact details until next week.

SpaceX Set to Launch 2 Starlink Satellites to Test Gigabit Broadband

14th February, 2018 (5 Comments)

Rocket company SpaceX will on Saturday launch a pair of small Low Earth Orbit (LEO) test satellites for their proposed Starlink service, which could in theory deliver ultrafast broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps and low latency times of just 25-35ms (milliseconds) across the world.

5G Mobile Spectrum Auction Proceeds After Appeal by Three UK Fails

14th February, 2018 (6 Comments)

Last night the Court of Appeal in London rejected Three UK’s final attempt to have Ofcom impose a 30% spectrum cap on their forthcoming auction of 4G and 5G friendly radio spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands, which would have stopped EE (BT) from bidding and hampered Vodafone.

Study Claims UK Mobile Users Wasting 3.4GB of Data Every Month

14th February, 2018 (7 Comments)

A new online survey of 5,603 UK adults has found that the average (mean) amount of Mobile Broadband data included with a Mobile plan is 5.9GB (GigaBytes) and yet subscribers only consume an average of 2.5GB, which suggests that some could save money by choosing a cheaper tariff.

BT and Sky in £4.46bn Deal to Show 160 Premier League TV Matches

13th February, 2018 (25 Comments)

Both BT and Sky UK (Sky Broadband) will continue to spend big on their respective UK Pay TV platforms after tonight reaching a £4.464bn deal, which will allow them to show Premier League Football matches for a further 3 years from the 2019/20 season onwards.

ISP Uno Pilot UK 160Mbps and 330Mbps Gfast Broadband Service

13th February, 2018 (16 Comments)

Internet provider uno (uno Comms Ltd) has today become the next UK ISP after BT to pilot a new range of “ultrafast broadband” packages based off the fledgling hybrid fibre G.fast network, which can offer download speeds of up to 160Mbps (30Mbps up) and 330Mbps (50Mbps up).

Fibre Optic ISP Hyperoptic Trial Crazy Fast 10Gbps Home Broadband

13th February, 2018 (46 Comments)

City focused fibre optic UK ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to be the United Kingdom’s largest residential provider of Gigabit broadband connections (FTTP/B), have carried out a trial of the “fastest home broadband the country has ever seen” by testing a 10Gbps service at East Village (the London 2012 Athletes’ Village).

Airband Wireless Rural Broadband Network Goes Live in Shropshire UK

13th February, 2018 (8 Comments)

The first customer has officially gone live on Airband’s new fixed wireless “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) service in Shropshire, which forms part of last year’s new £11.2m Connecting Shropshire contract that will see the network being rolled out reach an additional 14,000+ premises by 2020.

ISP Big Blue Rocket Expand Wireless Broadband Coverage in Derby

13th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

Alternative UK ISP Big Blue Rocket has expanded the coverage of their Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based 40Mbps superfast broadband network to reach “almost all industrial estates” in the city of Derby (Derbyshire, England), as well as improving the reach of their residential service.

Vodafone Get 200Mbps from 4G Mini Mobile Mast Trial in Cornwall

12th February, 2018 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone claims to be delivering Mobile Broadband speeds of more than 200Mbps, as well as a strong voice signal, to residents of the small coastal village of Porthcurno (Cornwall) by becoming one of the first in the UK to trial a new mini 4G mobile mast.

Rock and a Hard Place as Openreach Criticised for Limited FTTP Rollout

12th February, 2018 (62 Comments)

Openreach’s accelerated “Fibre First” plan to deploy FTTP “ultrafast broadband” to 3 million UK premises by 2020 (here) has allegedly left the Government “extremely frustrated,” so much so that they are rumoured to be revisiting the option of completely splitting BT’s network access division.

KCOM See Full Fibre Broadband Surpass Copper on Hull UK Network

9th February, 2018 (3 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms operator for Hull in East Yorkshire, KCOM, has today confirmed that more people on their network are now using their new Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband lines than older copper (ADSL) based connections for the first time.

ISP Commsworld Scoops £30m Glasgow City Council Fibre Deal

9th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

Scottish business ISP Commsworld has today won a £30 million ICT contract with Glasgow City Council, which will see them deploy a new Wide Area Network that can connect local schools, libraries and other council buildings to a new “ultra-fast” Gigabit capable full fibre network.

uSwitch 2018 Awards Name the UK Best Mobile and Broadband ISPs

9th February, 2018 (13 Comments)

The annual uSwitch.com Awards 2018 were held last night, which saw budget ISP Plusnet pick-up the most wins for fixed line home broadband services and giffgaff grab the largest number of awards for their mobile service. Meanwhile NOW TV was named as the best TV provider.

EE Boost Rural UK 4G Mobile Broadband Cover via External Antenna

9th February, 2018 (31 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has decided to complement their existing 4G based wireless 4GEE Home Broadband service by introducing its own brand of external antenna, which can be fixed to the outside of your house in order to improve signal reception and thus Mobile Broadband performance.