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Europe and Japan Aiming to Build 100Gbps Fibre Optic Internet

4th July, 2013 (8 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) and Japan have announced the launch of six joint research projects, supported by £15.3m+ (€18m) in funding, that aim to build networks which are “5000 times faster than today’s average European broadband ISP speed (100Gbps compared to 19.7Mbps)“.

PCCW Owned UK Broadband Moots Launch of 4G Voice Service VoLTE

4th July, 2013 (1 Comment)

The sibling of Hong Kong based telecoms firm PCCW, UK Broadband (UKB), has hinted that its fixed wireless 4G (3.5/3.6GHz LTE) broadband network could potentially launch Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) support onto its platform.

UPD2 Smaller UK ISPs Asked to Help Find the Final Rural Broadband Areas

4th July, 2013 (9 Comments)

The government’s culture secretary, Maria Miller, has written to a group of smaller UK ISPs (altnets) and called them to a 15th July 2013 summit with BT where she will attempt to find a solution to the “final 10%” problem (i.e. nobody is quite sure where it is).

At800 Name UK Areas Most At Risk of TV Loss Due to 4G Mobile Launch

3rd July, 2013 (12 Comments)

at800.tv has recently published an indicative list of areas in the United Kingdom, which are potentially at risk of losing their Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) services when the new generation of superfast 4G based Mobile Broadband services begin to go live in the 800MHz band over the coming weeks or months.

UPD Impressive Full Spec for EE BrightBox 2 Home Fibre Broadband ISP Router

3rd July, 2013 (8 Comments)

Customers interested in taking EE’s superfast “Home Fibre Broadband” (up to 76Mbps FTTC) package might also like to know precisely why the ISP’s latest BrightBox 2 wireless router is going to give rival devices from Sky Broadband, BT, TalkTalk and Virgin Media a run for their money. Built-in VDSL2 and 802.11ac support.

EE UK Prep New Fibre Broadband Router and Start 4G Speed Boost to 150Mb

3rd July, 2013 (6 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE has confirmed that its new 4G (LTE / 1800MHz) “double speed” Mobile Broadband upgrade will go live tomorrow and boost headline speeds up to 150Mbps (i.e. average speeds of 24-30Mbps). A new BrightBox 2 ac spec wireless router has also been launched for their for Home Fibre Broadband package(s).

Deloitte Study Finds Big Broadband Speed Divide in North West England

3rd July, 2013 (8 Comments)

A new study from global financial services firm Deloitte has unsurprisingly revealed a big Digital Speed Divide between the performance of broadband internet connections across the North West of England, which it fears could damage business. Speeds were found to vary between a low of 3.94Mbps and a peak of 60Mbps+.

UPD Ofcom to Cut the Price of UK Fibre Superfast Broadband ISP Migrations

3rd July, 2013 (3 Comments)

The national UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today launched a new consultation that proposes to boost competition for superfast broadband (FTTC and FTTP) services by cutting the wholesale cost of switching between ISPs on BT’s network to £10-£15 and slashing contract lengths for migrations to just 1 month. BTOpenreach will also face stiffer rules.

RootMetrics Say EE and Three UK are Best for Mobile Internet in Newcastle

2nd July, 2013 (2 Comments)

The latest RootMetrics study of mobile network performance in Newcastle (North East England) has named EE and Three UK as the best two networks for Mobile Broadband speeds, with both also scoring well for text message and call performance. But once again Vodafone was the worst.

O2 UK Target FREE WiFi for London Underground Stations on 22nd July

2nd July, 2013 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 has confirmed that its public wireless internet (wifi) service at 120 London Underground train stations, which will be offered for free to their customers, will now go live on 22nd July 2013 after having suffered a slight delay from June 2013.

BT Bring FTTC and FTTP to 2.7M UK Apartments and High Rise Buildings

2nd July, 2013 (8 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains BT’s national UK telecoms network, has revealed that 2.7 Million apartments (Multi Dwelling Units) or high rise buildings around the United Kingdom can now access its superfast broadband service (i.e. up to 80Mbps FTTC or 330Mbps capable FTTP). But 550k more will soon follow.

UPDATE2 TalkTalk Make Fibre Broadband Available to New Line Customers

2nd July, 2013 (6 Comments)

Budget UK internet and phone provider TalkTalk has said that its “Superpowered Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) service, which offers speeds of up to 76Mbps, can now also be taken alongside a new phone line or migration via one engineer installation and one go live date.

ISP BT Business Quietly Hikes UK Unlimited Broadband Prices by GBP1

2nd July, 2013 (11 Comments)

Customers who take one of the unlimited usage based fixed line BT Business Broadband packages should note that the ISP has quietly increased its monthly prices by £1 (+vat). Similarly the one-off router delivery charge has also been increased from £6 up to £8.

The Top 7 UK Fastest Fixed Line Home Broadband ISPs for June 2013

1st July, 2013 (2 Comments)

According to the latest anecdotal monthly survey of fixed line home broadband ISP speeds from Broadband.co.uk, the average internet download speed in the United Kingdom hasn’t budged much from 18.180Mbps in May 2013 to 18.365Mbps in June and average upload rates were static at 2.882Mbps.

8 BT Engineers Arrested for Fake UK Car Clamping Business

1st July, 2013 (4 Comments)

Police in West London have arrested eight of BTOpenreach’s telecoms engineers and another thirty have been suspended after bosses at BT were allegedly tipped off about a fake car clamping business that had netted the fraudsters around £200,000.

UPDATE2 EU Mobile Broadband and Phone Roaming Prices Get Cheaper

1st July, 2013 (3 Comments)

The price of making a mobile phone call, sending a text message or surfing the internet from your Mobile Broadband connection while roaming abroad within Europe has today dropped another level after last year’s regulatory changes continued to impact both retail and wholesale costs.

VOA Hints at UK Broadband Fibre Tax Cut for 2015 But Not for All ISPs

29th June, 2013 (9 Comments)

The governments notoriously complicated and confusing Valuation Office Agency (VOA), which is responsible for taxing the rateable value of the basic infrastructure, has hinted that its next rate card update in 2015 could reduce the tax on rural fibre optic broadband lines for smaller (altnet) ISPs. Sadly there’s a big catch.