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Study Slams UK Broadband ISPs for Post Contract Price Hikes of 62%

29th Aug, 2018 (12 Comments)

A new study of home broadband packages offered by some of the UK’s largest ISPs – including BT, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk, EE, Plusnet and Virgin Media – has claimed that subscribers can face “steep price rises” of up to 62.5% (an extra £152 annually) if they stay loyal to their provider and don’t switch away.

New Process as UK Gov Opens £95m to Local Full Fibre Network Bids

29th Aug, 2018 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has today opened the final (Wave 3) round of bidding for £95 million in funding to local authorities as part of their £190m Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) challenge fund, which aims to stimulate commercial investment in “gigabit capable” broadband networks (rural and urban).

Suffolk UK Confirm Plan for 98% Superfast Broadband Cover in 2020

28th Aug, 2018 (2 Comments)

The Suffolk County Council in England has officially confirmed that their £64m state aid supported Better Broadband for Suffolk (BBS) project with Openreach (BT) will achieve 98% coverage of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) capable (FTTC/P) networks by the end of 2020 as hoped (up from over 93% today).

Virgin Media Extend to 26000 Premises in Burton, Dronfield and Thurmaston

28th Aug, 2018 (10 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media UK has announced that 26,000 premises in Burton-on-Trent (East Staffordshire), Dronfield (Derbyshire), Thurmaston (Leicestershire) will be the next to get access to their “gigabit-ready” ultrafast broadband ISP and TV network (we still don’t know when those Gigabit speed will actually arrive).

Great Britain Ranked 2nd in the World for Internet Fault Tolerance

28th Aug, 2018 (0 Comments)

Great Britain might take a drubbing for its lack of ultrafast pure fibre optic (FTTH/P) broadband ISP infrastructure but a new study by Qrator Labs suggests that at least our underlying internet links appear to be fairly resilient to faults, with England, Scotland and Wales collectively ranking 2nd best in the world.

Cider Helps TrueSpeed Extend 1Gbps FTTP Broadband in Somerset

28th Aug, 2018 (11 Comments)

Residents in the rural Somerset (England) communities of Sandford and Churchill will soon access ultrafast broadband speeds after UK ISP Truespeed Communications completed the build a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which was needed in order to connect the local Thatchers Cider business.

Openreach Extend Low Level Error Correction to New 80Mbps FTTC Lines

24th Aug, 2018 (19 Comments)

Consumers adopting one of Openreach’s 80Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based UK broadband ISP lines (usually advertised with average speeds of c.60-65Mbps) are likely to create fewer fault reports during the initial provision phase after the new “low level error correction” feature began being applied to them.

Sheffield, Newcastle and Gateshead Get BT InLinkUK Gigabit WiFi Kiosks

23rd Aug, 2018 (5 Comments)

BT has this month extended the roll-out of their new InLinkUK smart kiosks to Sheffield, Newcastle and Gateshead. The kiosks claim to offer “ultrafast” 1Gbps capable free public WiFi, free UK phone calls, USB device charging and a range of other digital services to help people in the vicinity.

ISPs Warn Labour’s Digital Licence Fee Risks Damaging Broadband

23rd Aug, 2018 (16 Comments)

The UK Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) has warned that today’s proposal by the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, to impose a new ‘Digital Licence Fee’ upon tech giants and ISPs “runs the risk of undermining broadband investment and could lead to increased prices for all consumers.”

Virgin Media and Durham Council Settle Fibre Rollout Legal Fight

23rd Aug, 2018 (8 Comments)

Cable TV and broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has announced that they’ve settled their legal challenge against Durham County Council (England), which began after the operator objected to the “hefty” fees per metre that the authority wanted to charge for laying new fibre optic cable along grass verges.

Welsh Government Take Flak Over Delay to New Broadband Contract

22nd Aug, 2018 (9 Comments)

The Conservative AM for Montgomeryshire in Wales, Russell George, has criticised the Welsh Government’s lack of explanation over the delay in awarding contracts for their new “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) roll-out project, which aims to reach 88,000 extra premises in poorly served areas and could be worth up to £200m.

Richard Tang to Step Down as CEO of UK ISP Zen Internet

22nd Aug, 2018 (0 Comments)

Richard Tang, the long-time CEO and founder of Rochdale-based broadband and telecoms provider Zen Internet (since 1995), has announced that he is stepping down from his role. Under the plan Richard will effectively swap jobs with Paul Stobart, the company’s current Chairman.

Highlands Villages Help Build New 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network

22nd Aug, 2018 (12 Comments)

A mix of community digging, public subsidy and private investment is set to be used to help build Openreach’s (BT) Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) “ultrafast broadband” ISP network to reach 140 homes, which exist across several of the most remote rural Highlands communities in Ross-shire (Scotland).

Sckipio Mix Gfast and mmWave Wireless for 800Mbps Broadband

21st Aug, 2018 (5 Comments)

Israel-based chipset maker Sckipio has teamed up with Siklu to deploy a unique twist on hybrid fibre G.fast broadband technology, which is now able to get capacity from a millimeter Wave (mmWave) wireless link instead of a fibre optic cable. This is being used to deliver speeds of up to 800Mbps (aggregate) to flats.

EE Moves to Improve UK Support for Customers with Hearing Loss

21st Aug, 2018 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has moved to improve its support for deaf customers by partnering up with Action on Hearing Loss (AoHL), which among other things claims to have conducted a “thorough assessment” of its call centres in order to develop best practices for supporting those with hearing loss.

Virgin Media Extend Network to 6000 Premises in South Lanarkshire

21st Aug, 2018 (2 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media UK has today announced that 6,000 premises in Carluke (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) will be next in line to gain access to ultrafast broadband speeds of 362Mbps and premium TV services, which stems from their on-going £3bn Project Lightning network expansion.

Somerset UK Focused Wireless ISP Preps 150Mbps Broadband Boost

21st Aug, 2018 (5 Comments)

Fixed wireless access (FWA) provider WestWiFi, which tends to focus most of its coverage around central and northern Somerset in South West England, appears set to launch a new set of “ultrafast broadband” packages with top download speeds of 100Mbps and 150Mbps.