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UPDATE AAISP UK Migrate O2 Wholesale Lines to TalkTalk After SKY Concern

17th August, 2013 (8 Comments)

Business ISP Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) has confirmed that they’ve started moving “a lot of” BE/O2 Wholesale broadband lines over to their other back-haul carrier (TalkTalk Wholesale), which has primarily been caused by a loss of customers and related “uncertainty over the Sky take over“.

UPD4 Crippling Debt Forces South Yorkshire UK Digital Region Network to Shut

15th August, 2013 (51 Comments)

As feared the £100m+ Digital Region broadband network, which acted as an alternative to BT and delivered superfast broadband services to 80% of premises in South Yorkshire (England), has finally fallen under a growing weight of debt and announced its closure.

Open Rights Group UK Pushes for ISP Website Blocking Orders to be Public

15th August, 2013 (8 Comments)

The Open Rights Group has applied to have a procedural judge (a ‘Master’) in the UK High Court investigate their request for the court orders (injunctions), those related to website blocking, to be made public. Rights Holders use these when forcing big ISPs to censor specific websites (e.g. Fenopy, H33t and Kickass Torrents).

UK ISP TalkTalk Offers FTTC to New Lines and Half Price Broadband

15th August, 2013 (5 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has advised that its “Superpowered Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) service can now be taken alongside a new phone line or migration via one engineer installation and one go live date, which follows the July 2013 trial. The ISP has also launched its new half-price offers, which slashes the cost of fibre and standard broadband.

Ofcom Consult on Faster Satellite Broadband for UK Aircraft, Ships and Trains

15th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has begun a fresh consultation to support the introduction of a regulatory framework for a new generation of faster Earth Stations on Mobile Platforms (ESOMPs), which typically provide broadband internet access to moving vehicles.

Virgin Media UK Agree 3-Year Content Deal for BT Sport and ESPN TV

15th August, 2013 (3 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media and rival telecoms giant BT have finally agreed a three-year wholesale deal that should bring the new BTSport TV content to millions of Virgin’s customers. The agreement is expected to take effect from this weekend.

Sky and Other UK ISPs Finally Fix Crystal Palace FC and RadioTimes Block

15th August, 2013 (7 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband (plus those of many other UK ISPs) should now be able to access the Radio Times, Crystal Palace FC, Taylor Swift and over 100 other legitimate websites after providers resolved a problem in their court-ordered internet censorship system that occurred because Rights Holders failed to check the data.

Meagre O2 UK Data Allowances Fail to Impress with New 4G Tariffs

14th August, 2013 (17 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (O24G) has finally revealed the price and package details for their new 4G (LTE at 800MHz) based Mobile Broadband network, which is due to go live on 29th August 2013. Unfortunately the new tariffs leave much to be desired, at least where data allowances are concerned.

UPD Sky to Recreate UK ISP BE Broadband as a Premium Fibre Service

14th August, 2013 (6 Comments)

Customers of BE Broadband, which is now owned by BSkyB (Sky Broadband), have been told that Sky intends to “recreate BE on their own network as a premium service“, which will based off their top Fibre Unlimited Pro (76Mbps) FTTC product with a few extras bolted-on top.

Isle of Wight Council Delay BDUK Broadband Contract by 1-2 Months

14th August, 2013 (1 Comment)

The Isle of Wight council, which resides just off the coast of central southern England, has voted to defer the decision on whether to award their £3 million+ state aid supported contract for upgrading the islands broadband infrastructure to BT. Concerns about funding, the lack of “neutral information” (too reliant on BT) and competition were all raised.

Hull ISP KC Broadband Joins Cheap PC Scheme

14th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

The incumbent East Yorkshire ISP, KC (Karoo / KCOM), has become the latest internet provider to put its support behind Microsoft and the Government’s Get Online@Home scheme, which offers cheap reconditioned computers from just £24 to those on benefits (e.g. jobless).

ISP TalkTalk UK Commit £100m to FREE Router Upgrades and Engineer Visits

14th August, 2013 (3 Comments)

Budget Internet and phone provider TalkTalk has today announced that it’s investing £100 million into their “on-going network upgrade programme” (TalkTalkatWork), which will be used to deliver an “even faster, safer and more reliable broadband service” by supporting free router upgrades and home engineer (BrightSparks) visits.

VIDEO Ex-BT CTO Blasts UK for Rural Broadband Failings on BBC Newsnight

14th August, 2013 (23 Comments)

BT’s former Chief Technology Officer and a man whom has since become an outspoken critique of the operator, Dr Peter Cochrane, recently had another bash after he appeared on a special episode of the BBC’s Newsnight TV show to help examine the problematic issue of rural broadband coverage.

UPD Essex UK Sign GBP25 Million BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Deal

14th August, 2013 (7 Comments)

The Essex County Council (ECC) in England will today become the latest UK local authority to sign a major state aid supported deal with telecoms giant BT, which will allow the operator to extend the reach of its “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to “around” 87% of premises by the end of summer 2016 (the rest will get at least 2Mbps).

ASA UK Ban Bruce Willis TV Advert for Sky Broadband over Price Confusion

14th August, 2013 (2 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned one of Sky Broadband’s hugely expensive TV adverts, which showcased action movie star Bruce Willis, after a viewer complained that it failed to make the pricing commitment clear to potential subscribers. Yippee ki-yay..

British Library Internet Filter Blocks Hamlet for Violent Content

13th August, 2013 (7 Comments)

The growing use of Internet filters in the United Kingdom has claimed another innocent victim after the British Library confirmed that a man whom attempted to access an online version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet was prevented from doing so because the text contained “violent content“.

RCBF Funding for 2 Rural Oxfordshire Broadband Projects Moves Forward

13th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

The £20m Rural Community Broadband Fund (RCBF), which aims to help premises in the most rural 5-10% of the United Kingdom gain access to superfast broadband, has allowed two bids for funding in Oxfordshire (England) to proceed (note: final approval has yet to be granted).