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UPDATE2 Sky Broadband Resolve Major Outage in the East Midlands

11th Jul, 2017 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Sky Broadband is close to resolving a major outage that began yesterday afternoon (around 5pm – 10th July 2017) after an underground fire caused significant damage to some of their core fibre optic cable infrastructure in the East Midlands of England.

Dorset Sees £7.4m BT Deal to Rollout 1Gbps FTTP Broadband to 3800 Premises

11th Jul, 2017 (1 Comment)

A new £7.4 million deal has this week been signed between BT and Dorset County Council in England, which will enable Openreach to roll-out their ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network to an additional 3,800 businesses and homes in the county by summer 2019.

Openreach Unveil New non-BT Branding to Showcase its Independence

11th Jul, 2017 (8 Comments)

Earlier this year BT and Ofcom reached a voluntary ‘Strategic Review’ deal (here), which required BT’s network access division (Openreach) to become a “legally separate” company with its own independent board. Today Openreach has unveiled their new branding, which scrubs out BT.

UPD Ofcom Set 4G / 5G Spectrum Caps for 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz Mobile Auction

11th Jul, 2017 (9 Comments)

After various delays and a bizarre campaign (here), Ofcom has today set out the final rules and caps for their auction of radio spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands, which will help mobile operators to launch “very fast” Mobile Broadband (4G and 5G) services by 2020.

TrueSpeed Get £75m Investment to Extend FTTP Broadband in the South West

11th Jul, 2017 (6 Comments)

Ultrafast “Full Fibre” ISP TrueSpeed Communications, which has been deploying a new 100Mbps+ Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to rural areas in North East Somerset (England), has managed to attract a huge investment of £75m from Aviva Investors to help expand their network.

UPDATE ASA Probe Deeper in Investigation of Fibre Broadband Adverts by ISPs

10th Jul, 2017 (30 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority has announced that their existing probe into the use or abuse of “fibre broadband” terminology in ISP adverts, which can currently apply to both slower hybrid fibre (FTTC / HFC DOCSIS) and ultrafast “full fibre” (FTTP/H) services, is being extended.

Virgin Mobile 4G Plans Now Allow Free Zero Rated Data Use on Twitter

10th Jul, 2017 (5 Comments)

Last week we saw mobile operator Three UK introduce free video streaming (i.e. it won’t eat into your Mobile Broadband data allowance) on their 4G Mobile plans (here) and this week Virgin Media have joined the fun by adding data-free use of Twitter to their own plans. But what of Net Neutrality?

Musical Chairs as UK ISP TalkTalk Swaps Finance Chief

10th Jul, 2017 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has today announced another change at the top as the operator’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Iain Torrens, steps down. Iain will be replaced by Kate Ferry, who is currently the Group Strategic Corporate Affairs Director at Dixons Carphone.

UPDATE Shropshire Pick Wireless ISP to Extend 30Mbps Rural Broadband

10th Jul, 2017 (16 Comments)

A further 14,000+ premises in the county of Shropshire (England) look set to gain access to a “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) connection over the next 3 years after the local authority selected fixed wireless ISP Airband to deliver the extra coverage under a new £11.2m contract.

F4RN Community Rural FTTH Broadband Network Damaged by Vandals

7th Jul, 2017 (22 Comments)

The B4RN inspired Fibre for Rural Nottinghamshire (F4RN) project, which is rolling out a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network to houses in rural Fiskerton and Morton, has been disrupted by £1,000 worth of damage after several of their cable ducts were cut by vandals.

UPD Wonky Pavements and Delays Cause Problems for Virgin Media in Carlisle

7th Jul, 2017 (6 Comments)

Contractors working for Virgin Media in Carlisle (Cumbria) have faced criticism over the quality of their work after 400 defects were logged in one year, with the local authority now having to inspect 90% (instead of the “usual” 10%) of their street works and instruct a lot of repairs.

UK Gov Hands £16m to Universities for 2018 Test of 5G Mobile Tech

7th Jul, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has awarded £16 million to three Universities (King’s College London and the Universities of Surrey and Bristol) in order to trial and demo the United Kingdom’s first end-to-end 5G Mobile network in 2018.

Virgin Media’s Ultrafast Broadband to Cover 53,000 Extra Premises in Lancashire

6th Jul, 2017 (3 Comments)

Finally, there’s a bit of good news for Virgin Media this week. The UK cable broadband and TV operator has today announced that their £3bn Project Lightning network expansion is set to cover an additional 53,000 premises in the county of Lancashire (England).

UPDATE3 Big Broadband Outage Hits ISPs and Customers in South East England

6th Jul, 2017 (36 Comments)

Customers of several broadband ISPs (particularly those on Sky Broadband, BT and TalkTalk) in the South East of England appear to be suffering from a total loss of internet connectivity or unstable services, which is the result of 7 “separate” breaks in major core fibre optic cables.

Caveats in Three UK’s New “Go Binge” 4G Plans with Unlimited Streaming

6th Jul, 2017 (8 Comments)

Customers on almost all of Three UK’s “Advanced” 4G Mobile plans (i.e. those with a data allowance of 4GB or more) can now benefit from the operator’s new “Go Binge” service, which provides “unlimited data … for streaming video and music” from Netflix, Deezer, Soundcloud and TVPlayer.

Researcher Publishes New Map of Broadband Speed in the United Kingdom

6th Jul, 2017 (16 Comments)

A senior researcher at the University College London‘s (UCL) Department of Geography, Oliver O’Brien, has taken data from Ofcom and used it to produce a new map of estimated broadband speeds across the country, which reveals some very familiar Digital Divides between different areas.

EE UK Nears Gigabit Speed 4G Mobile as Wembley Test Hits 765Mbps

6th Jul, 2017 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator EE only recently began to roll-out their new 400Mbps+ capable Category 16 based 4G+ (LTE-Advanced) Mobile Broadband technology (here) and now they’ve taken it to another level by demonstrating downloads of up to 765Mbps (110Mbps upload) at Wembley Stadium.