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UPD3 Ofcom UK Reveal Chosen Solution for Easier Broadband ISP Switching

8th August, 2013 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today revealed their chosen method for making it “simpler and more reliable” for consumers to switch phone or broadband ISP. As expected Ofcom has decided to adopt a Gaining Provider-Led (GPL) switching process that will put most of the power into the hands of your new provider instead of the old one.

Kent UK Wireless ISP VFast Launches New Website and Details Packages

8th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP VFast (Orbitalnet), which covers most of Kent in south east England, has launched a sleek new website that’s significantly more informative than their old one and which even details their internet access packages (the old site only revealed this after a postcode check).

EE UK to Increase Standard Home Broadband Speeds up to 16Mbps

8th August, 2013 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator and ISP EE (Everything Everywhere) looks set to follow Sky Broadband and some other ISPs by quietly increasing the advertised download rate (“typical speed“) of their standard (ADSL2+) based packages “up to” 16Mbps (Megabits per second).

Vodafone UK Joins O2 to Launch 4G LTE Mobile Broadband on 29th August

7th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has announced that its new 4G (LTE at 800MHz) based Mobile Broadband network will officially launch on 29th August in London (though their first 4G-ready plans will be available from 12th August) and it will aim to cover 12 further cities by the end of 2013.

UPDATE UK Fixed Line Home Broadband ISP Speeds Hit 14.7Mbps Says Ofcom

7th August, 2013 (44 Comments)

Ofcom has published its latest biannual report into the real-world performance of fixed line broadband ISP speeds in the United Kingdom, which found that the average internet download rate had climbed to 14.7Mbps (Megabits per second) and that’s up from 12Mbps six months earlier (+22%). But rural areas continue to suffer from slow speeds.

The Best UK Student Broadband and Phone Solutions for a New Term

7th August, 2013 (3 Comments)

It’s that time of year again. No sooner than you’ve finished school, returned from college or come home from University then you’ll have to start thinking about a new broadband and phone service for the next term. Naturally BT and Virgin Media have begun promoting their own solutions with 9 month contract terms but there are other options.

300Mbps UK Fibre Optic BT Infinity 4 Broadband ISP Product Surfaces

6th August, 2013 (16 Comments)

The new 300Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/H) based and £50 a month fibre optic broadband product from BT Retail, which is called BTInfinity 4, now has a page on the ISP’s website but don’t all rush at once because you probably don’t live in an area where the service is available.

Do New UK Consumer Rules Clash with ISP Internet Censorship Proposals

6th August, 2013 (4 Comments)

The government has today proposed new amendments to the Consumer Protection Regulations (Unfair Trading) that, among other things, would “ban pre-ticked tick boxes for extras that the consumer may not want or need“. But that’s precisely what big broadband ISPs have been told to do with their network-level filtering solutions.

UK Countryside Alliance Poll Claims Broadband Upgrade to Kickstart Economy

6th August, 2013 (2 Comments)

A new ComRes survey of 2,016 adults in Great Britain has found that 80% of people (rising to 85% in rural areas) expect that rolling out faster broadband across the whole of the United Kingdom would improve the economy. But 69% say that the focus should be on ensuring that everyone can get connected first (i.e. before tackling better speeds).

Suffolk UK Bring BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Upgrades Forward

6th August, 2013 (9 Comments)

The Suffolk County Council has confirmed that its state aid supported £40 million contract with BT, which aims to make superfast fibre broadband services available to 85-90% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2015, has connected its first street cabinet and will now be able to connect 16 areas by September 2013 (3 months ahead of schedule).

Best UK Rural and Urban ISP Finalists Named for Digital Challenge Awards

6th August, 2013 (3 Comments)

The annual 2013 Next Generation Digital Challenge Awards, which will run alongside the NextGen Conference in London (14-15th October), has unveiled a shortlist of potential winners for its Best Fixed Rural Network and Best Fixed Urban Network category. Broadband ISPs CityFibre, Cotswolds Broadband, Hyperoptic and others are all in with a chance.

UPD Fibre Optic ISP Hyperoptic UK Joins BDUK Broadband Voucher Scheme

5th August, 2013 (7 Comments)

Hyperoptic, which specialises in offering “hyper-sonic” fibre optic (FTTH/B) broadband internet speeds of 1000Mbps (Megabits) to high-rise buildings and apartment blocks around UK cities (e.g. London), has confirmed that it too has become a registered partner of the Connection Vouchers Scheme.

Wales UK Confirm Next 63 Communities to Get a BT Fibre Broadband

5th August, 2013 (7 Comments)

The joint BT and state aid supported Superfast Cymru project, which aims to make broadband speeds of up to 80Mbps available to 96% of Welsh premises by the end of spring 2016 2015 (Q4), has revealed that 100,000 new premises in Wales will have access to the operators fibre (FTTC/P) network by the end of this year.

UK ISP Zen Internet Named BDUK Supplier for Broadband Voucher Scheme

5th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

Rochdale-based Zen Internet has officially joined other ISPs to become an approved supplier for the government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) based Connection Vouchers Scheme (full details), which offers grants of up to £3,000 to help businesses in 22 UK cities install a superfast broadband connection.

UPD BT Sign BDUK Broadband Deal for Oxfordshire and Worcestershire UK

5th August, 2013 (9 Comments)

BT has today signed two new state aid supported Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) contracts that will help to make their fibre broadband (FTTC/P) network available to 90% of Worcestershire premises by mid-2016 and bring superfast access (25Mbps+) to 90% of Oxfordshire by the end of 2015.

CityFibre UK Expand 1Gbps FTTH Network in Bournemouth to Businesses

5th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that its 1000Mbps capable fibre optic (FTTH/P) network in the south coast town of Bournemouth (England) will now been made available to local businesses, which mirrors a similar launch in the city of York earlier this year.

Tove Valley UK Connects 100 Homes to Superfast WiFi Wireless Broadband

5th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

The community based Tove Valley Superfast Broadband project in Northamptonshire (England), which links together the local villages of Abthorpe, Weedon Lois, Wappenham, Slapton and Weston, has just connected its 100th home to their 100Mbps capable wireless broadband network.