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Gov to Withhold UK BDUK Broadband Funds if Councils Fail to Publish Data

5th August, 2013 (11 Comments)

The UK government’s culture secretary, Maria Miller, could withhold an extra £250m of rural superfast broadband (25Mbps+) funding from local authorities unless they do as she requested and publish vital BT coverage information. The data is needed to help smaller ISPs (altnets) build their networks and access £20m of RCBF funding.

Do Big UK ISPs Really Plan to Block Website Forums and Swearing

5th August, 2013 (10 Comments)

The government’s controversial strategy for protecting children online by requiring the country’s largest broadband ISPs to introduce network-level filtering of adult websites (here) has come under fire again after some reports suggested that “Web Forums“, “Esoteric Content” and possibly even bad language might be on the censorship list. We attempted to find the truth.

BT and Vodafone Helped GHCQ Snoop on Transatlantic Fibre Optic Cables

3rd August, 2013 (24 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT (codename “Remedy“) and Vodafone (codename “Gerontic“) are among several major telecoms operators that have been named by former NSA employee, Edward Snowden, as helping the UK Government’s Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) to snoop on more than 200 of the world’s transatlantic fibre optic cable links.

Metronet UK Rollout Superfast Broadband to 100 Schools in Manchester

2nd August, 2013 (1 Comment)

Business ISP Metronet UK has teamed up with One Education in order to deploy superfast broadband internet connectivity to more than 100 schools in Manchester (England) and possibly beyond.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Returns to Displaying Typical Download Speeds

2nd August, 2013 (14 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) have officially returned to promoting “up to” broadband download speeds on their website after having previously removed them following the 1st April 2012 introduction of controversial new guidance from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

Virgin Media UK Report Quarterly Fall in Broadband Subscribers to 4.475m

2nd August, 2013 (8 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) have today reported their latest Q2-2013 financial results, which revealed that its total broadband ISP subscriber base had shrunk by -15,500 in the last quarter (down from +25.5k in Q1-2013 and +51.6k in Q4-2012) to total 4,475,000.

Ofcom UK Refuse BT Call for Interim Measures to Secure Sky Sports TV

2nd August, 2013 (19 Comments)

Ofcom has refused to apply “interim measures” that could have forced BSkyB to provide its Sky Sports 1 and 2 TV channels to BT’s YouView (IPTV) based platform on “fair terms“. Meanwhile the investigation into BT’s initial competition complaint against Sky will continue.

The Fastest 7 Big UK Home Broadband ISPs for July 2013

2nd August, 2013 (15 Comments)

The latest anecdotal monthly study of fixed line consumer broadband ISP speeds in the United Kingdom has revealed that the average internet download speed during July 2013 was 18.662Mbps, which is up from 18.365Mbps in June. By contrast the average upload speed hit 3.338Mbps (up from 2.882Mbps in June).

ISP PlusNet UK Confirms Phone and Broadband Price Hikes

1st August, 2013 (9 Comments)

Internet and phone provider PlusNet has today joined TalkTalk by announcing a series of phone and broadband price hikes that will be introduced from 1st October 2013.

Connexin Moot Expansion of 100Mbps Hull UK High Rise WiFi Network

1st August, 2013 (0 Comments)

Wireless ISP Connexin, which last year won the Hull City Council contract to install a 100Mbps capable wireless broadband network around the East Yorkshire city of Hull (England), could soon extend their network further afield.

UK ISP TalkTalk Confirms Imminent Broadband and Phone Price Hikes

1st August, 2013 (3 Comments)

It’s that time of the year again. Budget ISP TalkTalk has just confirmed that the standard price of its broadband and phone line rental service (outside of discounts) are set to rise once again from 1st October 2013, which will bring some of their costs into line with BT.

Superfast Broadband Covers 73 Percent of UK Postcodes as Uptake Surges

1st August, 2013 (19 Comments)

Ofcom has published their annual 2013 Communications Market Report, which covers everything about the United Kingdom’s media and telecom industries. The study reveals that NGA / superfast broadband (30Mbps+) ISP services are now available to 73% of the country (up from 65% last year) and uptake has surged to 17.5% (up from just 6.5%) or 3.8 million subscribers.

Lancashire Council Details Phase 2 BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

1st August, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Lancashire County Council (LCC) has announced the beginning of Phase 2 in its £62.5 million state aid supported project with BT to deploy superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services out to cover 97% of local premises by the end of 2014 2015.

O2 UK Confirm 4G Mobile Broadband Launch for 29th August 2013

1st August, 2013 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (O24G) look set to be the first to take on EE’s rival network after announcing a 29th August 2013 launch date and the first roll-out locations for their new 4G (LTE at 800MHz) based Mobile Broadband network, which eventually aims to reach 98% of the UK population (indoor and outdoor).

FREE BT Sport TV Service Goes LIVE Today for Broadband Customers

1st August, 2013 (10 Comments)

As expected BT’s consumer ISP division has today made its new BTSport TV service available to their customers, which among other things will be showing 38 live Barclays Premier League football and 69 live Aviva Premiership rugby matches. It’s also being offered for free alongside their various home broadband and phone packages.

More Gloucestershire UK Areas to Get Fibre Broadband via BT and BDUK

31st July, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Gloucestershire County Council and its state aid supported but comically named £56.6 million Fastershire project have announced a new batch of local communities that will soon get access to BT’s latest fibre optic based FTTC/P superfast broadband network.

UK ISP Vispa Extend 100Mbps Wireless Broadband Deeper Into Warrington

31st July, 2013 (4 Comments)

Cheshire-based ISP Vispa has announced that the business variant of its City Wireless broadband network, which offers internet connection speeds of up to 100Mbps (Megabits per second), has been extended to reach the “majority of businesses” in and around Warrington town centre.