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GBP2.5m Greater Manchester Broadband Programme Moves Forward

23rd November, 2013 (3 Comments)

Several local authorities across the Greater Manchester area (e.g. Bolton, Salford etc.) in North West England have each agreed to contribute £312,500 (total £2.5 million) to help boost superfast broadband (30Mbps+) coverage for SME businesses.

BT Wholesale Broadband Checker Adds More FTTC Speed Details

22nd November, 2013 (20 Comments)

BT Wholesale have once again updated their broadband availability checker and this time they’ve added some additional information to help with the speed predictions on ‘up to’ 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband lines (aka – “fibre broadband” as some ISPs describe it).

Staffordshire UK Publish BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Map

22nd November, 2013 (4 Comments)

The £27.3 million Superfast Staffordshire project in England (West Midlands), which aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 97% (95% will get superfast speeds of 25Mbps+) of local premises by Spring 2016, has today published its official deployment map.

UK Retain 3rd Place in 2013 World Index of Internet Growth and Impact

22nd November, 2013 (0 Comments)

The World Wide Web Foundation, a non-profit organization established by WWW inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has today published its annual 2013 Web Index that ranks 81 countries by broadband access quality, affordability and Internet related policies. Happily the United Kingdom remains in 3rd place and even improved its score slightly.

Big UK Broadband ISPs Block 5 More Video Streaming Piracy Websites

22nd November, 2013 (28 Comments)

Major Internet providers in the United Kingdom have this week started to block (censor) access to another five online TV and Movie streaming websites including Yify-Torrents, Project-Free TV, Primewire, Vodly and Watchfreemovies.

B4RN to Break Even with its 1Gbps FTTH Broadband in Lancashire UK

22nd November, 2013 (10 Comments)

The not for profit B4RN (Broadband 4 Rural North) network, which is rolling out a “hyperfast” 1000Mbps capable and community-built Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband service in rural Lancashire (England), has nearly connected 350 properties to its platform and that’s roughly the point at which they expect to break-even.

Quickline Saves Lincolnshire Wireless ISP Linpop from Going Bust

21st November, 2013 (1 Comment)

Linpop (Linpop Broadband Now), a small fixed wireless broadband ISP that serves residents and businesses in the Trent Valley area of rural North Lincolnshire (England), has been rescued (merger) for an undisclosed sum by local provider Quickline after it fell into administration last month.

BT Hints at YouView IPTV Service for PlusNet Broadband Users

21st November, 2013 (1 Comment)

BT Group’s CEO, Gavin Patterson, has hinted that its YouView (IPTV) based broadband TV service could soon find its way into the hands of PlusNet’s customers.

Ofcom Begins Consultation on Future Spectrum for UK Mobile Broadband

21st November, 2013 (0 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today launched an all-encompassing Mobile Data Strategy consultation that will attempt to identify and free-up a maximum of 881MHz in additional downlink radio spectrum (the 600MHz, 700MHz, 2.3GHz, 2.7GHz, 3.4GHz and 3.7GHz bands) for use by superfast 4G and future 5G style Mobile Broadband services.

BT Openreach to Conduct UK Field Trial of Rural Mobile Infill Solution

21st November, 2013 (7 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains BT’s national UK telecoms network, has announced plans to launch a full field trial of its new Mobile Infill Infrastructure Solution (MiiS). The small cells based product is designed to leverage the existing fixed line network to provide mobile services into parts of the country that suffer from “non-existent or patchy” coverage.

UK Broadband ISPs Risk Legal Sanctions for Running Misleading Adverts

21st November, 2013 (3 Comments)

Major broadband ISPs like Virgin Media, BT, Sky Broadband and TalkTalk, which often find themselves in hot water with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for “misleading” service promotions, could risk incurring legal sanctions under a new agreement with Trading Standards.

UPDATE “Criminal” LG Smart TVs Caught Spying on UK Internet Users

21st November, 2013 (8 Comments)

The Director of broadband ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has criticised electronics giant LG after it was revealed that at least some of the firms internet-enabled smart televisions were collecting and sending a wealth of their owners personal viewing habits and other content to a remote collection server, with no way to disable it.

Welsh Broadband Grants Struck by Delays Due to Overlapping Schemes

20th November, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Welsh Government are reportedly rejecting individual requests for funding under the revamped Access Broadband Cymru (ABC) scheme because of uncertainty over the expected coverage of the country’s wider superfast broadband roll-out with BT.

Government Allocates Funding to Improve Broadband in UK Colleges

20th November, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has announced that Colleges across the United Kingdom will receive additional funding in order to help them install a second broadband connection for improved reliability and to boost Internet bandwidth.

UK Farmers Angered by Lack of Broadband and Online Only Government

20th November, 2013 (38 Comments)

The Government’s on-going “digital by default” strategy to push more services, such as tax management and farming subsidies, into an online-only state of availability has once again incurred the wrath of farmers due to the lack of adequate broadband provision in many isolated rural areas.

Dodworth Village Locals Raise GBP11k to Help BT Build Superfast Broadband

19th November, 2013 (3 Comments)

Residents of Dodworth village in Barnsley (South Yorkshire, England) have successfully clubbed together and raised £11,000 in order to help BT upgrade local telephone lines in the area with support for ‘up to’ 80Mbps capable superfast broadband (FTTC).

BandRich Claim 36Mbps Average Speed in Rural Cumbria 4G Broadband Trial

18th November, 2013 (20 Comments)

BandRich has today claimed that its outdoor E500 router successfully managed to achieve average Internet download speeds of 36.49Mbps (Megabits), which occured at the edge of the network during EE’s recent trial of a new Fixed Wireless 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) based Home Broadband service in rural Cumbria (England, UK).