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UPD BT Denies Delaying its 90% UK Fibre Broadband Ambition from 2017 to 2020

30th May, 2013 (40 Comments)

The publication of BT’s new Better Future programme has caused confusion after one of its aspirations promised to make their “fibre based” (FTTC/P) superfast broadband ISP products available to “nine out of ten premises” in the UK by 2020, which appears to be three years behind the original aim of 2017.

BT Switch Millions of UK Customer Email Accounts to New BTMail Service

30th May, 2013 (3 Comments)

Customers of BT Retail’s fixed line broadband service have today been told that they will be moved to the operators new BTMail service (an email solution supplied by Critical Path) later this year, which will follow the imminent closure of their existing BTYahoo! portal this summer.

Superfast Broadband Passed 19.6 Million UK Premises at the End of 2012

30th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Telecoms analyst Point Topic reports that, at the end of last year, superfast broadband ISP connections had passed 19.6 Million premises in the United Kingdom (up from 16.9m in June 2012) and 3.3 Million had subscribed to one of the related services.

HIE Says 75% of Shetland Islands Should Get Superfast Broadband

30th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Scotland’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise has “guaranteed” to help connect “at least” 75% of homes and businesses on the remote Shetland Islands to a new superfast broadband network by the end of 2015, which forms part of HIE’s wider £146 million investment into new fibre optic based infrastructure.

Cisco Expect Global Average Fixed Broadband Speeds to Hit 39Mbps in 2017

30th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cisco has published its annual 2013 Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast, which predicts that global internet (IP) traffic (fixed line and mobile) will grow from 44 Exabytes per month in 2012 to 121 Exabytes by 2017 (annual run rate of 1.4 Zettabytes). As usual this will be driven by faster broadband ISP technologies and online video content, especially in the UK.

Sky Broadband UK Prep IPv6 But Scrap Annex M for BE Broadband Users

30th May, 2013 (2 Comments)

Sky Broadband’s (BSkyB) Director of Communications Products, Lyssa McGowan, last night held an “Ask the MD” session on BE Broadband’s forum that revealed a little more about the operators plans for BE and O2’s fixed line broadband customers. Some of the news was good, some bad.

UK Opposes EU Measures for Cutting Broadband Deployment Costs

29th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

The House of Commons has advised the President of the Council of the European Union that it objects to the European Commission’s proposals to cut the cost of broadband related civil engineering tasks (e.g. digging up roads to lay new fibre optic cable) because the measures “do not comply” with the principle of subsidiarity.

BT Broadband Advert Banned for Failing to Show 10GB Usage Limit

29th May, 2013 (4 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a direct mailing advert for BT’s Total Broadband service after a consumer complained that the promotion was misleading because it failed to state that a monthly usage allowance of 10GB applied to the package.

UK Wireless Broadband Networks Face Threat from VOA Business Rates

29th May, 2013 (3 Comments)

The UK governments Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has once again caused operators of fixed wireless broadband ISPs to fear for their future after it began a review of the rating system for related networks, which could result in the telecoms infrastructure of some providers being hit by additional charges (business rates).

BT and Ciena Trial 800Gbps Fibre Optic Super Channel in the UK

28th May, 2013 (4 Comments)

Network specialist Ciena and BT claim to have conducted the “world’s first” successful trials of 800G Super-Channel technology using the operators optical core network infrastructure in the United Kingdom, which delivered “Terabit-rate speeds” over a 410km link between their Adastral Park facility in Ipswich and the BTTower in London.

UK ISP Warning Letters Becoming Less of a Deterrent for Internet Piracy

28th May, 2013 (3 Comments)

The government’s plan to discourage online copyright infringement in the UK by forcing broadband ISPs to issue warning Notification Letters to customers whom are suspected of engaging in internet piracy, a process that is due to get underway in H1-2014, could be less effective than hoped.

BT Openreach Tweaks Unbundled LLU Phone Line Prices for UK ISPs

28th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which looks after BT’s national telecoms network, has once again tweaked some of its future local loop unbundling (LLU) prices for broadband ISPs and phone line providers in order to ensure compliance with Ofcom’s charge controls.

O2 UK Accused of Political Censorship by Male Human Rights Websites

28th May, 2013 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK has been accused of unfair “sexism and political censorship” after its mobile broadband platform was found to still be blocking over 100 websites that promote equality for men and or which have dedicated themselves to helping male victims of domestic violence and rape.

Big UK ISPs All Plan Network Level Adult Website Filtering

25th May, 2013 (30 Comments)

BT, Sky Broadband (BSkyB) and Virgin Media have all now confirmed that they plan to join TalkTalk (HomeSafe) in launching an automatic network level filtering service in the UK, which would block access to websites that contain “adult” content.

Government Puts UK Superfast Broadband Projects on AMBER RED ALERT

25th May, 2013 (16 Comments)

The government’s Major Projects Authority (MPA), which was setup in 2010 to help improve the “delivery success rate” of major publicly funded projects through collaboration between various departments (Cabinet Office, HM Treasury etc.), has put the effort to roll-out superfast broadband to 90% of the UK on Amber/Red Alert.

ISP KC Rolls Out FREE High Speed WiFi Hotspots in Hull City Centre

24th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Residents, visitors and businesses in the centre of Hull in East Yorkshire (England) can now access a new network of free “high-speed” wireless internet (WiFi) hotspots after local telecoms operator, KC, began installing access points on the city’s aging public phone boxes.

Comms Business Magazine Reveals Best UK ISP 2013 Award Finalists

24th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Comms Business magazine has this week announced the finalists for its annual 2013 Comms Business Awards event, which is due to take place on Thursday 20th June at the Nine Kings Suite in The Lancaster London.