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EU Survey Finds Small Decline in UK Homes with Broadband Access

13th August, 2013 (2 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has today published its annual E-Communications Household Survey of around 28,000 people across all 27 member states (1,308 were in the UK), which revealed that 61% of EU households now have broadband access and this rises to 70% in the UK (down by -1% Dec 2011).

Site Status – ISPreview.co.uk Refresh the Broadband Technology Page

13th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

Just a quick update to say that our Broadband Technology section, which describes all of the various different and consumer focused internet access technologies (i.e. those primarily used within the UK market), has been given a new lick of paint and the hybrid-fibre/cable and fibre optic sections split out into separate categories. We’ve also added some interactive graphs and coverage statistics that will be regularly updated.

Next 71 Norfolk UK Communities Confirmed for BT Superfast Broadband

13th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

The £41 million state aid supported Better Broadband for Norfolk project in England, which is a joint project between the government (BDUK), county council and BT, has revealed the next batch of 71 local communities that can expect an upgrade to superfast broadband (FTTC/P) technology.

BT Picked for GBP20m Fibre Broadband Contract in Nottinghamshire UK

12th August, 2013 (12 Comments)

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) has awarded its state aid supported £20 million contract for expanding the coverage of fibre optic based broadband connectivity to BT, which aims to make it’s up to 80Mbps capable FTTC network available to 95% of local premises by the end of March 2016 (the rest will get at least 2Mbps).

B4RNs Lancashire FTTH Broadband Network Aided by FREE 4×4 Land Rover

12th August, 2013 (2 Comments)

The roll-out of B4RN’s (Broadband 4 Rural North) 1000Mbps capable and community-built Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network in rural Lancashire (England, UK) has been given a boost after the team won a FREE Land Rover Freelander 2 4×4 vehicle to help their efforts.

Most UK Net Users Only Keep a Fixed Telephone Line for Home Broadband

12th August, 2013 (34 Comments)

Do we still need a fixed telephone line? The latest ISPreview.co.uk poll of 998 website visitors has found that 64.3% of respondents would happily get rid of the phone line if it wasn’t still required for their home broadband connection (20.9% answered with “no” and 14.7% said “maybe”).

Wifinity Raise GBP1.9 Million to Expand its UK Wireless Broadband Network

12th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

Surrey-based wireless ISP Wifinity has managed to secure a debt finance facility of £1.9m from Santander Corporate & Commercial, which will be used to help expand the reach of their existing fixed wifi and public hotspot network around the United Kingdom. A private equity investment of £500,000 has also been secured.

UPD4 EZTV Cause Website Blocking Fail for UK Sky Broadband ISP Users

10th August, 2013 (11 Comments)

Some Sky Broadband users were this week left frustrated after the ISP began sporadically blocking TorrentFreak, a well-recognised news source for the BitTorrent and P2P community. But the cause appears to have been a deliberate manipulation by one of the websites that Sky is required to block, which has highlighted the danger of overblocking.

Which UK Broadband ISP and Mobile Operator Gives Top Twitter Support

10th August, 2013 (2 Comments)

An interesting new study from social media analyst WaveMetrix has taken a look at the United Kingdom’s biggest broadband ISPs to discover which gives the best support via Twitter. The study found that good support is about more than being the fastest to reply. Just ask Virgin Media, which wasn’t the fastest like Sky Broadband but still did well.

Cambridgeshire UK Wins GBP1.173m from EU for Business Broadband Boost

9th August, 2013 (1 Comment)

The £45 million Connecting Cambridgeshire (England) scheme, which is currently rolling out BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services to 90% of local premises by the end of 2015, has won an extra £1.173m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to help get businesses connected.

Study Finds Most UK Consumers Unaware of ADR Complaints Scheme

9th August, 2013 (4 Comments)

The UK communications regulator has today published a new GFK study into the performance of their Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) consumer complaint handler schemes, which found that only 25% of fixed broadband ISP customers that were considered eligible to use an ADR were actually aware of it.

BT Sign GBP27m Contract for Superfast Broadband in Derbyshire UK

9th August, 2013 (9 Comments)

BT has today signed another state aid supported £27 million scheme with Derbyshire County Council (DCC), which aims to help expand the coverage of their fibre optic (FTTC/P) based broadband network to reach 95% of local premises by the end of 2016.

Oxfordshire UK Publish Map to BT and BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout

9th August, 2013 (3 Comments)

The state aid supported £25 million Better Broadband for Oxfordshire programme, which was signed last week (here) and aims to bring superfast internet access (25Mbps+) to 90% of Oxfordshire by the end of 2015, has published a map of the expected rollout locations.

ISP Sky Broadband UK Strips International Calls from Sky Talk Anytime

9th August, 2013 (1 Comment)

New customers looking to add the Sky Talk Anytime calls option to their broadband and phone service will, effective from Tuesday next week, no longer be able to benefit from unlimited calls to geographic landlines in 22 international destinations. But the price stays the same.

UPD ISPs Support New Broadband Switching Fix But Say Problems Remain

9th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

Ofcom’s proposal to introduce a new harmonised Gaining Provider Led (GPL) solution for swapping broadband and phone provider has been given a warm welcome by most ISPs. But some providers’ fear that they could be left to chase vanishing customers for payments or that the system may soon end up being out of date.

UK Government to Finally Repeal ISP Website Blocking Powers

9th August, 2013 (5 Comments)

Hidden deep within the text of the government’s new Draft Deregulation Bill 2013, which proposes to abolish UK regulation that’s “no longer of practical use” or is a threat to the economy, can be found a small line that would finally repeal the controversial Digital Economy Act 2010’s powers for enforcing mandatory website blocking upon ISPs.

36 Million UK Adults Access the Internet Daily But Millions Don’t Want It

8th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Office for National Statistics has today published its annual ‘Internet Access – Households and Individuals‘ report, which found that 73% of adults in Great Britain (36 million) go online every day (up from 20m in 2006) and 83% (21m) of homes have an Internet connection (up from 80% in 2012 and 57% in 2006).