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The FTTH Council Has Decreed – Today is Officially “Gimme Fibre Day”

4th November, 2013 (17 Comments)

Remember, remember. The.. fourth of November? The Fibre-to-the-Home Councils Global Alliance has declared that today is officially the inaugural “Gimme Fibre Day“, which has been setup as an annual event to help promote the benefits of true ultrafast fibre optic (FTTH) connectivity as the “only future-proof solution” for broadband Internet access.

The Top 7 Fastest UK Home Broadband ISPs for October 2013

2nd November, 2013 (2 Comments)

The latest anecdotal survey of big fixed line home broadband ISP performance in the United Kingdom for October 2013 has found that the average download speed is now 16.842Mbps and the average upload speed topped 2.896Mbps. Both results have held fairly steady since September.

Gov Still Hopes for 90% Superfast Broadband in 2015 Despite BT Bung Fear

1st November, 2013 (11 Comments)

The UK Government’s Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey, told a debate in the House of Commons yesterday that “half” of the local Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) projects were running “ahead of schedule” and thus there was still a strong possibility of reaching the original target for 90% to be within reach of superfast broadband (25Mbps+) in 2015.

O2 Wholesale Closure Begins to Hurt UK ISPs – Aquiss Broadband Hit

1st November, 2013 (4 Comments)

Last week’s announcement that O2 UK were to close their wholesale division (BE/O2Wholesale) in February 2014 (here) has naturally caused problems for ISPs that offer broadband via the platform. Aquiss have now become one of the first to confirm the discontinuation of related services pending a replacement.

The Average Cost Per Megabit by Broadband Tech and Country for Q3 2013

31st October, 2013 (0 Comments)

The latest Q3-2013 analysis of global broadband tariffs has found that the cost of slower copper based (ADSL) broadband ISP services has increased in Western Europe. Meanwhile the Megabit price of superfast fibre optic and cable (FTTH, FTTC, DOCSIS3 etc.) based technologies has become even cheaper.

EE Extends its 3G and 4G Mobile Broadband Speed Lead in London UK

31st October, 2013 (0 Comments)

The final RootMetrics study of Mobile Broadband speeds in London, which conducted more than 86,000 tests across the city, has confirmed that EE remain the fastest operator for mobile Internet performance thanks to their comparatively advanced 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) network. By contrast O2, Three UK and Vodafone were well off the pace.

BT Grabs 6.96 Million UK Retail Broadband Subscribers as 1.7m Take FTTC

31st October, 2013 (7 Comments)

BT Group’s latest Q3-2013 (calendar) results reveal that the operators consumer and business ISP divisions have grown their fixed line broadband subscriber base by +156k in the quarter to total 6.961m (up from +95k added in Q2 and +136k in Q1), which includes 1.7m superfast BTInfinity (FTTC) customers (up by +195k in Q3 vs +197k added in Q2).

The Fastest Top 50 Big UK Towns and Cities for Broadband Internet Speed

31st October, 2013 (4 Comments)

A new study from uSwitch, which is based on data from 1.4 million anecdotal Internet speed tests (conducted between April and September 2013), has revealed that Telford in Shropshire (England) is the fastest of the top 50 biggest UK towns and cities for broadband speed with an average download of 22.99Mbps (just below the government’s 24Mbps+ definition for “superfast“).

BBC Watchdog Hammers BT Openreach for Poor Communication and Delays

30th October, 2013 (60 Comments)

Tonight’s episode of the BBC’s popular consumer affairs TV show, Watchdog, took BTOpenreach’s “promises to keep the nation connected” to task and heavily criticised the group for failing to fix broadband and phone problems and for not being directly contactable.

BT Openreach to Deliver Slightly Sooner UK Engineer Appointments

30th October, 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced that consumers who order a new Wholesale Line Rental (WLR), ISDN2 or fully unbundled / LLU (MPF) copper line product through their broadband ISP should, from 1st November 2013, benefit from a slightly sooner engineer visit for their installation.

Entanet UK Attacks Call to Bring Back Annual Paper Billing for ISPs

30th October, 2013 (4 Comments)

Communications provider Entanet, which supplies broadband and other services to a number of ISPs and businesses around the United Kingdom, has today warned that those calling for a return to annual paper statements from broadband ISPs should “Get real!” and be mindful of the costs.

UK ISP TalkTalk Facebook Ad Banned for Misleading Half Price Promo

30th October, 2013 (0 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has had one of its “Hottest Half Price” Facebook promotions for their “TV, broadband, fibre and calls” bundle banned after it claimed that the triple-play package was priced from just £7.75 a month, although it failed to mention the line rental charge.

ASA UK Bans Virgin Media Unlimited and No Caps Broadband Claims Again

30th October, 2013 (6 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has once again banned two Virgin Media broadband adverts for promoting “unlimited downloads” with “no caps” on data usage because the ISPs Traffic Management Policy (TMP) was found to contradict this by imposing an “immoderate” restriction on customers service speeds.

Virgin Media UK Make SmartCall WiFi Service Available After 1 Years Wait

29th October, 2013 (1 Comment)

Cable operator Virgin Media has announced that its SmartCall service, which allows Smartphone (Android and iPhone) users with a Virgin Phone Line to use the unlimited calls from their talk plan on their mobile (so long as you have a wifi internet connection), is now finally available to use after first launching one year ago.

Sky Add Entertainment Channels to Broadband Streaming Service NOW TV

29th October, 2013 (4 Comments)

It took a while but Sky (Sky Broadband) has finally added ten of the UK’s top pay-tv entertainment channels (e.g. Sky Atlantic, Sky 1, Discover) to their unlimited web-based Internet TV and Movie (video streaming) service – NOW TV – and it only costs from £4.99 a month (introductory price).

VIDEO Eclipse Internet Shows Real-time Impact of UK Storm on Broadband

29th October, 2013 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Eclipse Internet has uploaded a truly fascinating new video that shows the real-time impact of Monday’s fierce St Jude’s Day storm on Internet connections across the south of England. We haven’t seen anything quite like this before so it’s worth a look.

UPDATE2 Big UK ISPs Set to Block 21 Internet Piracy Websites on Wednesday

29th October, 2013 (31 Comments)

A leaked report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has revealed a raft of new Internet piracy facilitating websites that are to be blocked by six of the United Kingdom’s largest broadband ISPs, most of which could be censored as early as tomorrow (30th October 2013).