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Trustwave Find Multiple Vulnerabilities in NETGEAR Broadband Routers

8th February, 2018 (7 Comments)

Digital security specialist Trustwave has this evening detailed 5 recently discovered vulnerabilities in NETGEAR routers, which affects multiple models and this includes some of the more recent hardware (e.g. R/D8500). Time to patch your firmware.. again.

Q3 2017 Take-up Progress of the BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout

8th February, 2018 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK scheme has today published its latest Q3 2017 take-up data for the state aid supported roll-out of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom, which sees adoption continue to climb above an average of around 40%.

Gigaclear Celebrate 15000th Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband Customer

8th February, 2018 (20 Comments)

Rural fibre optic ISP Gigaclear has today celebrated the connection of the 15,000th customer to their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/H) ultrafast broadband network, which now covers 60,000 homes and businesses across 20 counties of the United Kingdom (25% take-up).

BT Get Three UK’s Ads Banned for Misleading Mobile Spectrum Campaign

8th February, 2018 (3 Comments)

A quirky 2016 advertising campaign by Three UK, which called upon Ofcom’s CEO to “Make the Air Fair” by imposing a mobile spectrum ownership cap of 30% that would have hit EE (BT) and Vodafone, has been banned after the Advertising Standards Authority branded it “misleading.”

ISP TalkTalk Propose Full Fibre Broadband for 3 Million UK Premises

8th February, 2018 (51 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has confirmed that they are in “discussions” with Infracapital over a plan to jointly create an independent company, with a total investment of around £1.5bn, that could provide 1Gbps ultrafast “full fibre” (FTTH/P) broadband to over 3 million premises in mid-sized UK towns and cities.

BT Starts Sharing Details of Bad Websites and Software with UK ISPs

7th February, 2018 (12 Comments)

Telecoms operator BT has become the first broadband provider to launch a new collaborative online platform, which enables them to share information about malicious software and websites in a “secure and trusted way” with rival Internet Service Providers (ISP) across the United Kingdom.

UK Satellite Operator Inmarsat Says European Aviation Network is GO

7th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

The prospect of superfast in-flight broadband, across the UK and EU, took a big step forward this week after Inmarsat confirmed that they had completed their new European Aviation Network (EAN), which mixes a new multi-beam S-band Satellite with 300 ground-based 4G (LTE) stations.

EE Launches New UK Pay Monthly 4G Mobile Plans and Add-Ons

7th February, 2018 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator EE UK has today updated their Pay Monthly 4G mobile plans for new and existing customers, which focuses more on differentiating price by data allowance. The plans also offer new add-ons for faster mobile broadband speeds, BT Sport content and international roaming.

Superfast Wireless Broadband from Relish Goes Live in Southwark UPDATE

7th February, 2018 (2 Comments)

Long suffering residents of the SE16 area (e.g. Rotherhithe), inside the central London borough of Southwark, are starting to get access to faster broadband connections. This comes after local ISP Relish Wireless (UK Broadband Ltd.) began installing the first of several new masts (aerials).

Wireless Broadband ISP Voneus Gets UK Code Powers from Ofcom

6th February, 2018 (2 Comments)

Alternative network provider Voneus, which has already deployed their 50Mbps capable fixed wireless broadband service into a number of UK rural areas, has welcomed Ofcom’s decision to grant them Code Powers in order to help speed up their network expansion.

Bexley Bids £8m to Build Local Full Fibre Gigabit Broadband Network

6th February, 2018 (3 Comments)

The London Borough of Bexley has become the latest local authority to put in a bid to the UK government’s £200m Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) programme, which could help to build a Gigabit broadband capable network to connect local public sector and business sites.

New Video Offers a Glimpse Behind the Scenes at Zen Internet

6th February, 2018 (6 Comments)

The owner and founder of Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has recently published an interesting new behind the scenes style video where he takes viewers on a tour around the broadband provider and explains some of their history.

EE Trains Staff in 600 UK Retail Outlets to Offer Internet Safety Advice

6th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has today announced that thousands of employees at 600 of their UK retail outlets are being given specialist mobile and online safety training, which will enable them to offer better advice on online safety options and filters to parents.

Ability to Reset Openreach FTTC Broadband DLM Profiles Arrives

5th February, 2018 (28 Comments)

At present if an ISP feels that the Dynamic Line Management (DLM) profile for a UK Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband line needs a reset then it usually requires an Openreach engineer visit, but progress is being made on a new remote reset solution.

New CEO Appointed for UK Satellite Broadband ISP Avanti

5th February, 2018 (4 Comments)

London-based Satellite ISP Avanti Communications has appointed Kyle Whitehill to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The move comes ahead of their planned March 2018 launch of the new HYLAS 4 spacecraft that will offer “cost-effective and high-speed broadband” across Africa and Europe.

Behind Schedule Virgin Media Cable Network Grows 1 Million Premises

5th February, 2018 (8 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has officially passed an additional 1 million UK premises as part of their £3bn Project Lightning network extension, which is bringing ultrafast broadband and TV services to 4 million extra homes and businesses. But it’s still behind schedule.

UK Business ISP Syscomm Launch Gigabit Fibre Broadband Packages

4th February, 2018 (0 Comments)

Coventry-based ISP Syscomm has introduced a new range of fully managed symmetrical 100Mbps to 1Gbps capable “full fibre” ultrafast broadband packages for businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire, which are available from £200 +vat per month and go up to £550 for the Gigabit service.