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Wales Sets Out Action Plan to Improve Mobile Network Coverage

5th October, 2017 (2 Comments)

Tax breaks for new masts, changes to permitted development rights for telecommunications equipment and support for 5G are just some of the changes being proposed by the Welsh Government today as part of their new ‘Action Plan’ to improve mobile network connectivity (3G, 4G) across Wales.

Broadband Delivery UK and the 1 Million Virgin Media Premises Overbuild

4th October, 2017 (153 Comments)

New research has estimated that between 950,000 and 1.1 million premises, which were already being catered for by Virgin Media’s cable broadband network, have been overbuilt by networks (e.g. Openreach (BT)) supported through the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project.

Report Predicts 5G Mobile Will Deliver 50Mbps Speeds to 90% of UK by 2026

3rd October, 2017 (10 Comments)

A new study from the Cambridge Judge Business School, which examined the cost, coverage and roll-out implications of future 5G networks in Britain, has forecast that the roll-out of “ultrafast” Mobile Broadband will reach 90% of the population by 2026. But £12bn of funding may be required for rural areas.

South Yorkshire Broadband Rollout Hit by Main BT Subcontractor Collapse

3rd October, 2017 (13 Comments)

The state aid fuelled Superfast South Yorkshire project, which is working with Openreach (BT) to deploy “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) to 97.9% of premises by the end of 2017 (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield), has been hit by the collapse of a “main subcontractor” and “national planning issues.”

UK ISP Aquiss Reduce Unlimited Broadband Prices and Scrap 12 Month Term

3rd October, 2017 (5 Comments)

Shropshire-based ISP Aquiss has today announced that they’ve reduce the price of their ‘up to’ 19Mbps (ADSL2+) capable “family premium” unlimited broadband packages and scrapped their 12 month contracts in favour of a short rolling 30 day term.

UPDATE3 Wireless ISP Relish Start 1Gbps “Full Fibre” Home Broadband Package

3rd October, 2017 (5 Comments)

In a curious move Relish Wireless, which is a fixed wireless ISP in London and Swindon that was acquired by Three UK, has updated their website to offer a new range of “Home Fibre” broadband services that claim to offer a “full fibre experience” with ultrafast download speeds from 50Mbps to 1Gbps.

ISP Community Fibre Makes Progress on Wandsworth 1Gbps Broadband Rollout

2nd October, 2017 (5 Comments)

Two years ago the London Borough of Wandsworth announced that it had teamed-up with local ISP Community Fibre to roll-out a new 1000Mbps capable ultrafast fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband network to 20,000 council homes. The provider has so far done 5,500 and the next areas are now being announced.

Devon Council Criticised for Secrecy of Broadband Project’s Scrutiny Meetings

2nd October, 2017 (42 Comments)

The Upottery Parish Councillor and Chairman of the B4RDS (Broadband for Rural Devon & Somerset) campaign, Graham Long, has criticised Devon Council for conducting scrutiny of the regional broadband roll-out project (Connecting Devon and Somerset) in private, with “press and public excluded“.

Cityfibre Deal to Bring 1Gbps Fibre to Businesses in Cheltenham and Gloucester

2nd October, 2017 (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has today signed a new deal with Cheltenham-based ISP Bamboo, which will support the roll-out of their 500Mbps and 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cater for businesses in the large town of Cheltenham and the city of Gloucester (Gloucestershire, England).

Report Calls for More Competition in the UK Fixed Line Broadband ISP Market

2nd October, 2017 (5 Comments)

The Social Market Foundation, a non-partisan think tank, has warned that broadband and telephony remain “highly concentrated consumer markets” and a lack of effective competition can translate into higher prices, poorer services, less choice and possibly lower rates of investment or innovation.

UK ISP BT Start Free FTTC Infinity 1 Broadband Speed Boost up to 76Mbps

30th September, 2017 (35 Comments)

Existing customers of BT’s 52Mbps (9.5Mbps upload) capable Infinity 1 (FTTC) “fibre broadband” service will be pleased to learn that the ISP has decided to reward them with a free speed boost ‘up to’ 76Mbps (19Mbps upload) and a doubling of their cloud storage, but not everybody will benefit.

UK ISP TalkTalk Enhance Nuisance Call Blocking with ‘Check and Report’

28th September, 2017 (9 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk, which already blocks nuisance calls at the network level and recently enabled Caller Display + Last Call Barring for all users at no extra cost, has today launched a new phone security feature called ‘Check and Report‘ that helps customers to identify and stop unwanted calls.

New EU Measures to Tackle “illegal” Internet Content Cause ISPs Concern

28th September, 2017 (11 Comments)

The European Internet Services Providers Association (EuroISPA) has warned that the European Commission’s new plan for tackling “illegal” online content risks forcing internet providers to adopt aggressive filtering and monitoring technologies, which could end up removing legitimate content.

Openreach and Grosvenor Co-Investment Deal for Ultrafast FTTP in London

28th September, 2017 (13 Comments)

Openreach’s (BT) roll-out of Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband tech has been given a boost by their first co-investment deal with a major UK landowner (Grosvenor Britain & Ireland), which will see their network being expanded across the firm’s London estate (130 sites).

Cityfibre – H1 Turnover Hits £9m as FTTP Serves 4,235 UK Customer Premises

28th September, 2017 (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has published their latest results for the six months to 30th June 2017 (H1), which reveals that they now have 4,235 connected customer premises on their UK “full fibre” FTTP network (up from 3,962 in H2 2016) and a total of 3,556 route kilometres of operational ducted fibre (up from 3,383km).

UPD Shropshire Land Agency Criticises Wireless Broadband Land Access Contracts

27th September, 2017 (5 Comments)

The Director of Halls, Shaun Jones (Chartered Surveyor), has claimed the contracts that landowners in Shropshire are being asked to sign with wireless ISP Airband, which won the deal to roll-out a 30Mbps+ broadband network to 14,000 premises, leave “too much scope for future problems.”

Ofcom Praise Sky and Virgin Media in Q2 2017 UK Consumer Complaints Study

27th September, 2017 (7 Comments)

Broadband providers Virgin Media and Sky Broadband have today been praised by Ofcom’s Q2 2017 UK consumer complaints report after they received fewer gripes than any other ISP for their service. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for BT and TalkTalk, which attracted the most complaints.