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UPD2 Fibre Ownership Dispute Knocks 300 People Offline in Rural Lincolnshire

11th Jun, 2012 (2 Comments)

The seemingly endless fallout from April’s collapse of NextGenUs UK CIC (NGU), which supplied several rural communities with broadband before a mess of managerial and financial mishaps sent it into administration (here), appears to be continuing after a dispute over ownership of a vital fibre optic cable resulted in two Lincolnshire villages being cut off from the internet.

Belfast Plans to Blanket City with FREE Wireless Broadband Access

11th Jun, 2012 (0 Comments)

The Belfast City Council (BCC) will later today announce a new plan to blanket most of Belfast city (i.e. the capital of Northern Ireland, UK) in a free wireless internet access service for use by all residents and visitors.

EU Council Demands Global Alliance to Block Child Abuse Websites

9th Jun, 2012 (0 Comments)

The Council of the European Union (CEU), which is where government representatives from EU Member States’ (e.g. UK) sit down to make new laws, has unanimously moved to promote a Global Alliance against child sexual abuse online that would require ISPs around the world to block websites “containing child pornography“.

Bentley Walker Offers Free Satellite Broadband Service to Cumbria Notspots

8th Jun, 2012 (0 Comments)

Satellite ISP Bentley Walker has pledged to provide their Tooway (Eutelsat) broadband service with free installation and free activation to several isolated communities in rural Cumbria (England, UK). The move follows a decision by Cable & Wireless Worldwide to cease their wireless internet service in Duddon Valley and Branthwaite.

UK Government Boosts Scotland Broadband Funding by GBP32 Million

8th Jun, 2012 (0 Comments)

The UK government (Westminster) has announced that the Scottish Government will receive an additional £32m (new total £100.8m) to help it deliver superfast broadband (40-80Mbps) to 85-90% of premises by 2015 and “world-class digital access” to all of Scotland by 2020.

Sky Broadband UK Reports Big Drop in Internet Usage over Jubilee Weekend

7th Jun, 2012 (3 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) claims that internet data usage across its network of 3,863,000 home broadband ISP customers fell by a fifth over the long Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend as end-users swapped their computers for the nearest TV or took trips away from home.

Mobile Operators Vodafone and O2 UK to Start 4G Network Sharing

7th Jun, 2012 (4 Comments)

Mobile phone operators O2 UK (Telefonica) and Vodafone have today officially entered into a new Network Sharing agreement that will help them to “deliver the capability for a nationwide” deployment of “4G” superfast Mobile Broadband services and close the Digital Divide between rural and urban areas by targeting 98% indoor population coverage across 2G / 3G by 2015.

UPDATE UK YouView Broadband IPTV Service Opens Trial Registrations

7th Jun, 2012 (4 Comments)

Internet users in the UK who fancy joining the first “exclusive” customer trials of YouView’s (Project Canvas) broadband ISP based and subscription free video-on-demand and catch-up TV (IPTV) service can now register on their website to take part.

ISP BE Broadband and O2 UK Begin Blocking The Pirate Bay Website

7th Jun, 2012 (7 Comments)

As widely expected BE Broadband, which is the sibling fixed line network operator of O2 UK (Telefonica), has today confirmed the implementation of a “network-wide block” that aims to prevent its internet access customers from being able to view the The Pirate Bay (BitTorrent P2P / File Sharing) website.

UPDATE2 New UK ISP Internet Piracy Tackling Measures Face Further Delays

6th Jun, 2012 (0 Comments)

The UK governments Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) looks set to delay full publication of its controversial new Communications Bill green paper, which aims to update and expand Ofcom’s ability to regulate the broadband, telecoms and media sectors, until after the London 2012 Olympic Games and Parliament’s summer recess.

Ericsson Predicts 5 Billion World Mobile Broadband Subscribers in 2017

6th Jun, 2012 (3 Comments)

Global telecoms giant Ericsson has released its second Traffic and Market Report, which reveals that global Mobile Broadband subscriptions will grow from 1 Billion in 2011 to 5 Billion in 2017 when 85% of the world’s population will have internet coverage via 3G services and 50% via superfast “4G” (Long Term Evolution) technology.

Bees Attack the Sheffield Office of Broadband ISP PlusNet UK

6th Jun, 2012 (7 Comments)

The Sheffield based offices of UK internet provider PlusNet came under attack last week after a “swarm of killer bees!” decided that they didn’t need to live inside of a Bee Hive after all and could instead quite happily turn the ISPs front entrance into their new residence.

Europe Switches Focus from Basic to Ultrafast Broadband Funding

2nd Jun, 2012 (48 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has launched a new consultation on EU state aid rules for the public funding of broadband networks, which appears to mark a shift in focus away from the “good progress” of connecting all citizens to basic broadband and more towards facilitating the roll-out of “ultra-fast” networks (100Mbps+) “under certain conditions“.

Top 9 UK Fastest Broadband ISPs by Speed for May 2012

2nd Jun, 2012 (15 Comments)

According to the latest monthly anecdotal consumer broadband ISP speed testing data from Broadband.co.uk, which covers the month of April 2012, the average internet download speed in the UK has continued to climb from 14.12Mbps (Megabits per second) in April 2012 to 15,286Mbps now.

Hull ISP KC Launch 350Mbps Lightstream Fibre Optic Broadband Service

1st Jun, 2012 (11 Comments)

Hull and East Riding’s (Yorkshire, UK) incumbent internet and phone provider, KC, has today expanded their existing superfast KCLightstream fibre optic (FTTP) broadband services by launching the “fastest fully fibre broadband service available in the UK” (KCLightstream 350) with “guaranteed” speeds of up to 350Mbps (Megabits per second).

Virgin Media UK Lists 82 London Tube Stations for its FREE WiFi Service

1st Jun, 2012 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has today revealed a list of 82 London Underground Tube Stations that will receive an upgrade to its free public wireless internet access (WiFi) service before the end of July. A further 38 (total 120), including “deep-level” stations, will be added by the end of 2012

UK High Court Clears Golden Eyes Internet Piracy Letters for O2 UK Users

1st Jun, 2012 (2 Comments)

London’s High Court yesterday helped Golden Eye International, a firm that holds numerous film copyrights and is linked to the UK’s Ben Dover porn brand, to finalise the format of its controversial P2P internet piracy settlement letters. Thousands of O2’s broadband ISP customers (those accused of copyright infringement) can now expect to receive the letters, albeit not without some crucial limitations.