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The Whole of the EU Could Get Superfast Broadband for GBP69 Billion

21st May, 2013 (6 Comments)

A new report from Point Topic has claimed that the cost of making superfast broadband (30Mbps+) available to 100% of the UK and Europe could be just £69 billion (EUR 82bn), which is considerably less than the original estimate of up to £228 bn (EUR 270bn). The catch is it would be hybrid-fibre (FTTC/N) and not true fibre optic (FTTH/P).

RootMetrics Name EE Fastest for Mobile Broadband in Manchester UK

20th May, 2013 (3 Comments)

A new study from RootMetrics has named EE as the fastest mobile broadband operator in Manchester (England) after it blitzed past rivals, including distant runner-up Three UK, to record an average download speed of 15.2Mbps (Megabits per second) and uploads of 9.4Mbps.

UPDATE Big UK ISPs Start Blocking the Movie2k and Download4All Sites

20th May, 2013 (7 Comments)

Internet providers BT, Sky Broadband and Virgin Media have confirmed that their broadband customers will shortly find themselves unable to access the Download4All and Movie2k websites after a court order issued in late April 2013 forced both to be censored over copyright infringement (piracy). More ISPs are set to follow.

METRO2C Alliance Consolidates UK Fibre Optic Providers Under a Single SLA

20th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Sea Fibre Networks has today launched the carrier-neutral METRO2C Alliance, which aims to bring the UK and Europe’s top fibre optic connectivity providers (i.e. those with a “dense fibre footprint and wide product choice“), data centre operators and Internet exchanges under a single Service Level Agreement (SLA).

UPD Deadline for Final £20m UK Rural Community Broadband Fund Extended

20th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

The deadline for a final round of bidding on the government’s £20 million Rural Community Broadband Fund (RCBF), which aims to help rural farmers, homes and businesses benefit from faster internet connectivity, has been extended for another three weeks.

Gigaclear Boost Customer Support and UK FTTP Rollout with NETadmin Deal

20th May, 2013 (1 Comment)

ISP Gigaclear has signed a new deal with NETadmin Systems that should improve its customer support services and possibly even help to “speed up delivery” of their new 1Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network to rural parts of England.

Europe Clears £51m Superfast Broadband BDUK Rollout in Cumbria UK

20th May, 2013 (2 Comments)

The European Commission’s (EC) competition authority has officially granted Major Projects Approval to the £50.8m state aid supported Connecting Cumbria project in North West England, which aims to roll-out BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services to over 93% of the county by the end of 2015. Oh and the speed target is now 240Mbps? Oops.

BT Adjusts PIA to Meet Latest BDUK and EU State Aid Broadband Rules

17th May, 2013 (14 Comments)

BTOpenreach has launched a new “Plus” variant of its Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product, which allows rival ISPs access to use BT’s underground cable ducts and telegraph poles. The updated solution has been designed to meet the latest EU rules governing the use of state aid to improve UK broadband infrastructure.

OFT Rubber Stamps O2 UK and Sky Broadband Fixed Line ISP Merger

17th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

As widely expected the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today formally “cleared” Sky Broadband’s (BSkyB) £180m+ acquisition of O2 UK and sibling BE Broadband’s fixed line internet and phone customers.

UPDATE ISPA Reveal Finalists for its 2013 UK Internet Industry Awards

16th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today announced the official shortlist of potential winners for its 15th annual 2013 internet industry awards, which has seen broadband providers like PlusNet, KC and Hyperoptic gaining the most nominations across multiple categories.

Ofcom State 95.3% of UK Can Get Standard Broadband of At Least 2Mbps

16th May, 2013 (18 Comments)

The communications regulator has today published a new report that outlines the availability of different communications services across the United Kingdom. In particular it finds that “standard broadband” services (i.e. HEADLINE speeds of at least 2Mbps) are now available to 95.3% of households and superfast (30Mbps+) to 67.9% .

TalkTalk UK Grows to 4.063m Broadband Users and Preps LLU Expansion

16th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Budget internet and phone provider TalkTalk has published its latest Q1-2013 results, which saw them add another +10,000 broadband subscribers (unchanged from Q4-2012) to total 4,063,000 customers. The number of people taking their Superfast Fibre (FTTC) service also grew to 73,000 (+21k and broadly unchanged from Q4-2012).

UK Government Takes All Credit for Virgin Media and BT Broadband Efforts

16th May, 2013 (11 Comments)

A new progress update from the government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has slyly taken all the credit for the private sectors own commercially funded efforts to improve superfast broadband access around the United Kingdom.

UK ISP Vivaciti Offer Unlimited Superfast FTTC and FREE Activation

16th May, 2013 (6 Comments)

Small ISP Vivaciti has recently revamped its family focused standalone unlimited superfast broadband (FTTC) package – Fibre Unlimited – to include a free activation (this comes with the Openreach VDSL modem and an engineer install).

UPD Confusion as Chess Telecom Acquire South Yorkshire ISP LittleBigOne

15th May, 2013 (5 Comments)

South Yorkshire ISP LittleBigOne (LBO), which uses the largely independent but financially troubled Digital Region network, has without any prior notice informed customers that “with effect from 1st April 2013” (the message was only posted today!) their service is now owned by business ISP Chess Telecom.

UPD BPI Preparing to Ask Big UK ISPs to Block 25 More Internet Piracy Sites

15th May, 2013 (14 Comments)

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) appears to be preparing for another run of court orders after music licensing firm PPL revealed a new list of 25 website domains, which are all accused of facilitating copyright infringement (internet piracy), that the UK music body would like broadband ISPs to block.

Some 86% of the UK Population or 43.5 Million Adults Have Gone Online

15th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have today published their latest Internet Access Quarterly Update Q1-2013, which reveals that the number of adults in the United Kingdom that have NEVER gone online has shrunk from 7.42 million (15%) in Q4-2012 to 7.1 million (14%) in the last quarter.