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Northamptonshire UK to Offer Secured Business Loans for Superfast Broadband

26th Nov, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Northamptonshire County Council has today announced the Superfast Northamptonshire Access to Finance (SNAF) initiative, which will complement the local authority’s existing investment of £16.26m with BT under the national Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme by offering secured loans to businesses.

Argos Upgrade 735 UK Stores to Offer FREE O2 WiFi Internet

26th Nov, 2013 (0 Comments)

High street giant Argos has announced a new deal with mobile operator O2 that will see their free public wireless Internet (wifi) hotspot technology being rolled out to all of the groups 735 stores across the United Kingdom.

ISP Zen Internet Calls on UK Government to Tackle Broadband Noise

26th Nov, 2013 (39 Comments)

Broadband provider Zen Internet has today called upon the Government to get tough on the causes of Repetitive Electric Impulse Noise (REIN), which references a type of electrical interference that can disrupt the performance and stability of consumer broadband services (e.g. ADSL and FTTC lines).

FREE WiFi Internet Access for 800 First Manchester UK Buses

26th Nov, 2013 (1 Comment)

The Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) office has announced plans to spend £1 million on a roll-out of free wireless Internet (WiFi) connectivity across all 800 buses in its fleet during 2014. The fleet will also benefit from real-time GPS tracking to improve live timetable accuracy.

BT Recruit 165 New Staff for Contact Centre in Northern Ireland

25th Nov, 2013 (0 Comments)

BT has announced that it will add another 165 new jobs to their latest Belfast based ‘Flex’ contact centre, which will shortly be opening at Riverside Tower.

Broadband and Phone Price Hikes Go Live on Virgin Media UK

25th Nov, 2013 (10 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has today increased the standard price for its broadband, phone and TV bundle packages for new customers who join the service.

BDUK Expand FTTC Broadband Rollout in Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire

25th Nov, 2013 (0 Comments)

The £14.57m CSW Broadband partnership of 8 local authorities, which aims to ensure that BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network is made available to 92% of Coventry, 96% of Solihull and 91% of Warwickshire in England (overall 91% will get speeds of 24Mbps+) by spring 2016, has been expanded by +6,480 additional premises.

UK Fibre Optic Developer CityFibre Sign Strategic Partnership with ISP Ask4

25th Nov, 2013 (0 Comments)

CityFibre, which has deployed fibre optic networks in several towns and cities (e.g. York, Bournemouth etc.) around the United Kingdom, have signed a strategic partnership deal with Ask4 that will allow the ISP to offer “ultrafast, gigabit-speed internet services” via CFs existing network(s).

Wales BT and BDUK Contract Reveals Actual Broadband Speed Commitment

25th Nov, 2013 (12 Comments)

A time consuming Freedom of Information (FoI) request conducted by Richard Brown has successfully secured a redacted version of the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) supported ‘Next Generation Broadband’ roll-out contract for Wales, which was agreed between BT and the Welsh Government and contains a lot of interesting details about service speed.

O2 UK Shifts Directly Managed Business Broadband Services to BT

25th Nov, 2013 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (Telefonica), which last month announced that their unbundled (LLU) wholesale fixed line broadband platform (formerly BE Wholesale) would be closed down at the end of February 2014 (here), has now confirmed that the remaining business services will also be switched to BT.

GBP2.5m Greater Manchester Broadband Programme Moves Forward

23rd Nov, 2013 (3 Comments)

Several local authorities across the Greater Manchester area (e.g. Bolton, Salford etc.) in North West England have each agreed to contribute £312,500 (total £2.5 million) to help boost superfast broadband (30Mbps+) coverage for SME businesses.

BT Wholesale Broadband Checker Adds More FTTC Speed Details

22nd Nov, 2013 (20 Comments)

BT Wholesale have once again updated their broadband availability checker and this time they’ve added some additional information to help with the speed predictions on ‘up to’ 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband lines (aka – “fibre broadband” as some ISPs describe it).

Staffordshire UK Publish BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Map

22nd Nov, 2013 (4 Comments)

The £27.3 million Superfast Staffordshire project in England (West Midlands), which aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 97% (95% will get superfast speeds of 25Mbps+) of local premises by Spring 2016, has today published its official deployment map.

UK Retain 3rd Place in 2013 World Index of Internet Growth and Impact

22nd Nov, 2013 (0 Comments)

The World Wide Web Foundation, a non-profit organization established by WWW inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has today published its annual 2013 Web Index that ranks 81 countries by broadband access quality, affordability and Internet related policies. Happily the United Kingdom remains in 3rd place and even improved its score slightly.

Big UK Broadband ISPs Block 5 More Video Streaming Piracy Websites

22nd Nov, 2013 (28 Comments)

Major Internet providers in the United Kingdom have this week started to block (censor) access to another five online TV and Movie streaming websites including Yify-Torrents, Project-Free TV, Primewire, Vodly and Watchfreemovies.

B4RN to Break Even with its 1Gbps FTTH Broadband in Lancashire UK

22nd Nov, 2013 (10 Comments)

The not for profit B4RN (Broadband 4 Rural North) network, which is rolling out a “hyperfast” 1000Mbps capable and community-built Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband service in rural Lancashire (England), has nearly connected 350 properties to its platform and that’s roughly the point at which they expect to break-even.

Quickline Saves Lincolnshire Wireless ISP Linpop from Going Bust

21st Nov, 2013 (1 Comment)

Linpop (Linpop Broadband Now), a small fixed wireless broadband ISP that serves residents and businesses in the Trent Valley area of rural North Lincolnshire (England), has been rescued (merger) for an undisclosed sum by local provider Quickline after it fell into administration last month.