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UPDATE ISP TalkTalk Blocks Teamviewer VPN Service Over Scammer Fears

9th Mar, 2017 (26 Comments)

In an surprise development broadband ISP TalkTalk has taken the decision to block the popular TeamViewer service from their UK network, which means that anybody wanting to use the Virtual Private Network (VPN) service will find themselves unable to connect.

Ofcom Confirm Plan to Boost UK WiFi Network Speeds via the 5GHz Band

9th Mar, 2017 (6 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today decided to push forward with its plan to boost the speed of WiFi (WLAN) networks, like the one being distributed by your home broadband router, by making an additional 125MHz of radio spectrum available to it in the 5GHz band (5725 – 5850MHz).

UPDATE Virgin Media Prep Firmware Fix for SuperHub 3 Latency and Packet Loss

9th Mar, 2017 (46 Comments)

A nasty Intel Puma 6 chipset (x86 SoC) bug, which has caused latency spikes and packet loss for owners of Virgin Media’s latest SuperHub 3 (ARRIS TG2492S/CE) cable broadband router in the United Kingdom, will soon be patched by a new firmware release.

BT Group Appoints New Chairman Jan du Plessis to Replace Sir Mike Rake

9th Mar, 2017 (1 Comment)

Last year BT revealed that its Chairman, Sir Mike Rake, had agreed to stay on until “at least” September 2017 and in the meantime the UK telecoms giant has been hunting for a replacement, which they appear to have found in the shape of Jan du Plessis (Chairman of mining firm Rio Tinto).

UPDATE3 UK Budget 2017 – 5G and £200m More for Full Fibre Broadband

8th Mar, 2017 (9 Comments)

The Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond MP, has today given his first major Budget 2017 speech and announced several improvements for broadband connectivity in the United Kingdom, including boosts for 5G Mobile and another £200m for “full-fibre” (FTTH/P) networks.

Q4 2016 – Average World Internet Speeds Top 7Mbps as UK Rises to 16.3Mbps

8th Mar, 2017 (2 Comments)

Akamai has published their final ‘State of the Internet’ report for 2016 (Q4), which reveals that the global average fixed line broadband download speed is now 7Mbps (up 12% from 6.3Mbps in Q3) vs 16.3Mbps in the United Kingdom (up 10% from 14.9Mbps). The UK’s country ranking also climbed to 16th.

UPDATE2 ViaSat and Inmarsat UK Fight Over Satellite Broadband for Airplanes

8th Mar, 2017 (1 Comment)

Inmarsat’s plan to improve broadband connectivity on aircraft appears to have taken a hit today after rival Satellite operator ViaSat accused the London-based ISP of “misusing spectrum” and gaining an “unfair competitive advantage” by “creating a monopoly for European in-flight connectivity.”

Trouble in Edinburgh as CityFibre Contractor KNNS Slapped for Unsafe Work

8th Mar, 2017 (7 Comments)

Cityfibre has suspended one of their civil works contractors, KNNS, in the city of Edinburgh (Scotland). The action occurred after a dashcam video emerged that showed one of their fibre optic engineers sitting exposed in a manhole on a busy 30MPH street, with only two small traffic cones for protection.

Superfast Broadband Coming to 3,000 Extra Worcestershire UK Premises

8th Mar, 2017 (4 Comments)

The Superfast Worcestershire (England) project with BT (Openreach), which is currently working to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services available to “more than” 95% of the county in 2017, has announced that an extra 3,000 premises will benefit from a £3.7 million expansion.

Matt Warman MP Attacks ISPs for Advertising Misleading Broadband Speeds

7th Mar, 2017 (17 Comments)

The Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness, Matt Warman, has accused ISPs of being “complicit in fraud” for the way they advertise broadband speeds in the United Kingdom and has called a Westminster Hall event to debate the issue at 4.30pm tomorrow. He also wants “fibre” to only mean FTTP/H ISPs.

UK Fixed Superfast Broadband Coverage Improves to 92.5% (Q1 2017)

7th Mar, 2017 (19 Comments)

The latest independently calculated coverage data has estimated that fixed line “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) networks are now available to order at 92.5% of homes and businesses across the United Kingdom. Plus “ultrafast” (100Mbps+) services are available to 51.2%.

techUK Plugs 5 Recommendations for Helping the UK to Deliver 5G Mobile

7th Mar, 2017 (5 Comments)

A new report from techUK, which is an industry group for many of the United Kingdom’s key technology companies, has proposed five recommendations that Ofcom and the Government should adopt in order to make the upgrade to future ultrafast 5G Mobile technology a success.

Business Broadband ISP Metronet UK Gobbles Venus’s London Fibre Network

7th Mar, 2017 (1 Comment)

Metronet UK, which has built its own hybrid fibre optic and wireless data network in several urban areas around the United Kingdom, has today acquired rival ISP Venus Business Communications. Venus operates a 10Gbps Dark Fibre network that covers “all of central London and the City“.

BBC Probe Claims TalkTalk Call Centre Scam Involved “hundreds of staff”

6th Mar, 2017 (10 Comments)

Several whistle-blowers’ claim to have revealed details of a significant scam that operated from “call centres” in two Indian cities and involved “hundreds of staff“, many of which had been “hired to scam customers” of UK based broadband and phone provider TalkTalk.

Christchurch and East Dorset UK Councils Hint at New Broadband Vouchers

6th Mar, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Christchurch and East Dorset Councils have confirmed that they intend to launch a new Broadband Voucher Scheme in April 2017, which will be aimed at helping local businesses to get a “superfast broadband” connection installed.

BT Sport Spend £394m Per Year for UEFA Champions and Europa League Footy

6th Mar, 2017 (38 Comments)

As expected BT has continued to spend big on football content for their BTSport TV service and in keeping with that they’ve signed a deal (worth “around” £394m per year until 2020/21) that will see them remain the exclusive UK home of all UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League football.

10,000 Midlothian Premises to Get Virgin Media’s Ultrafast Broadband

3rd Mar, 2017 (4 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has confirmed that 10,000 premises in Scotland’s Midlothian council area will gain access to their TV and 300Mbps capable broadband network before the end of 2018, which forms part of the operator’s wider expansion to another 360,000 premises across the country.