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New Safeguard to Guarantee Open Internet Access without Restrictions

4th Jun, 2013 (7 Comments)

The Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has proposed a new EU “safeguard” to ensure that broadband ISPs and mobile operators give every citizen a “guarantee of access to the full and open internet, without any blocking or throttling of competing services“.

Portsmouth UK Virgin Media Users Suffer Lengthy Outage After Cable Cut

4th Jun, 2013 (5 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s cable broadband and TV network in Portsmouth on the south coast of England could be left without service for up to three days after contractors conducting roadworks cut through one of the operators vital cables. Separately Virgin are also testing a new Traffic Management policy on the 100Mbps+ package.

UK Top 7 Fastest Fixed Line Home Broadband ISPs for May 2013

4th Jun, 2013 (3 Comments)

The latest anecdotal monthly study of consumer broadband ISP speed testing data from Broadband.co.uk has found that the average download speed in the United Kingdom has fallen from 19.014Mbps in April to 18.180Mbps in May 2013. Average upload speeds also hit 2.881Mbps (down from 3.068Mbps).

Whack a Mole Game Continues as UK ISP Clamps Down on Pirate Proxies

3rd Jun, 2013 (13 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) appears to have become the first major UK ISP to extend its court ordered censorship of specific websites that facilitate internet piracy (e.g. The Pirate Bay) to include a wide range of proxy servers, which allows users to bypass such blocks without needing to use a VPN or other solution.

Ofcom Set to Unveil New UK Phone and Broadband ISP Switching Solution

3rd Jun, 2013 (3 Comments)

It’s been a long time coming but the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has informed ISPreview.co.uk that their chosen method for making it both “simpler and more reliable” for consumers to switch phone or broadband ISP is finally close to being announced. No really, this time it’ll actually happen. We hope.

MetroNet UK Brings Hybrid Fibre and Wireless Broadband to Chester

3rd Jun, 2013 (0 Comments)

As expected ISP Metronet UK has expanded the coverage of its “ultrafast” hybrid fibre optic (Dark Fibre) and carrier grade wireless broadband network to reach businesses in the city of Chester (North West England).

BT Hikes Annual Price of UK Phone Line Rental Saver Plan to GBP141

3rd Jun, 2013 (41 Comments)

Customers who take BT’s Line Rental Saver solution alongside their phone or broadband bundles, which allows you to save a fair bit of money by paying for a year’s line rental in advance, will be displeased to learn that the cost has just risen from £129 to £141 (up 9%). ISPs around the UK are likely to follow suit.

BT Openreach Make New 220Mbps FTTP Broadband Product Available

1st Jun, 2013 (87 Comments)

BTOpenreach has today officially made its new 220Mbps (20Mbps upload) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband service, which will eventually replace its old 110Mbps/100Mbps products, available to UK ISPs and their customers.

UK ISP TalkTalk Confirms Removal of Peak Time Traffic Management

31st May, 2013 (3 Comments)

Internet and phone provider TalkTalk has confirmed that its Plus and entry-level Essentials fixed line broadband products will no longer apply Traffic Management during peak times, which effectively makes the products “totally unlimited” instead of merely “unlimited“. Yes there’s a difference.

East Sussex UK Sign GBP35.44m BDUK Contract for BT Superfast Broadband

31st May, 2013 (5 Comments)

The East Sussex County Council (ESCC) in partnership with Brighton and Hove City Councils (Southern England) has signed a new £35.44 million state aid supported contract with BT to roll-out superfast broadband (25Mbps+) ISP services to 96% of local premises “within the next three years” (mid-2016).

UPD Virgin Media UK Claims New SuperHub Broadband Router is the Fastest

31st May, 2013 (7 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has today announced the official launch of its new SuperHub V2 wireless broadband modem and router, which it describes as being the “fastest wireless hub in the UK” thanks to their new concurrent dual band wifi (5GHz and 2.4GHz) technology.

EVIL Badgers Stall BDUK BT Fibre Broadband Rollout in North Yorkshire UK

31st May, 2013 (4 Comments)

Part of North Yorkshire’s (England) state aid supported rollout of superfast broadband services came to a grinding halt recently but it wasn’t because of funding concerns or bureaucratic delays. No. This time BTOpenreach’s telecoms engineers were stopped in their tracks by Badger setts, which may or may not contain said Badgers.

Arthur D. Little Says UK Could Adopt Ultrafast FTTH Broadband in 5 Years

31st May, 2013 (9 Comments)

Management consultancy giant Arthur D. Little has published a new paper that examines the importance of investing in better telecoms infrastructure. It also predicts that the UK might need to adopt ultrafast (100Mbps+) fibre optic FTTH broadband “over the next five years“, unless G.Fast is realised to expand the life of FTTC.

UPD O2 UK Scrap Free BT Hotspots in Favour of its Own WiFi Network

31st May, 2013 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK has abandoned their existing agreement with BTOpenzone (BTWiFi), which gave their customers access to thousands of BT’s additional national UK hotspots, in favour of their own O2Wifi network (8,000 free hotspots).

Virgin Media UK Deploy R38 SuperHub Firmware Update to Fix Bugs

31st May, 2013 (1 Comment)

Cable ISP Virgin Media UK should today completed the national roll-out of their latest R38 Firmware update for the troubled SuperHub (NetGear) wireless router and modem device, which fixes a couple of nasty bugs.

Bell Labs Boost Fibre Optic Speeds to 400Gbps Using Phase Conjugation

30th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Bell Labs, the New Jersey (USA) based research and development subsidiary of telecoms giant Alcatel-Lucent, has found a way of boosting data speeds down fibre optic cables by using two light beams in opposing phases to cancel out interference that would ordinarily slow the transfer.

Wireless ISP Airband Bring Broadband to 14 Worcestershire UK Parishes

30th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless ISP Airband has announced that over 100 customers in three parishes across rural parts of Worcestershire (England’s West Midlands) can now access faster broadband connections “for the first time” thanks to a £700k scheme supported by the Worcestershire County Council (WCC).