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KC Bring Lightstream Fibre Optic Broadband to 20k Premises in Hull UK

11th Jul, 2013 (1 Comment)

The incumbent ISP for Hull and East Yorkshire in England, KC, has revealed that the roll-out of its new superfast fibre optic (FTTH and FTTC) based Lightstream broadband service has expanded to reach more than 20,000 homes and businesses in the region.

Just 15 Superfast Broadband Delivery UK Contracts Left for BT to Sign

11th Jul, 2013 (7 Comments)

The government’s Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey, has confirmed that two thirds of the projects that were initially designed to help deliver superfast broadband (25Mbps+) services to 90% of the United Kingdom by 2015 are now underway and the remaining 15 contracts should be “agreed shortly“.

UPDATE Ofcom Force BT to Cut UK Standard Wholesale Broadband ISP Prices

11th Jul, 2013 (10 Comments)

Ofcom has today proposed several new measures that would effectively force BT to cut the cost of their fixed line wholesale broadband services (WLR, SMPF, MPF) to Internet providers (ISP) and redefine which parts of the United Kingdom (UK) should be subject to related regulation or indeed de-regulation.

The Fastest Mobile Broadband Operators for Edinburgh and Glasgow

11th Jul, 2013 (1 Comment)

RootMetrics has published a new study of mobile broadband performance in Edinburgh and Glasgow (Scotland, UK), which as usual found that EE and Three UK delivered the fastest 4G and 3G data connections respectively to local mobile users.

MetroNet UK Expand Hybrid Fibre and Wireless Broadband to St Helens

11th Jul, 2013 (2 Comments)

ISP Metronet UK has once again expanded the coverage of its “ultrafast” 1Mbps – 10Gbps capable hybrid fibre optic (Dark Fibre) and carrier grade wireless broadband network to reach businesses in St Helen’s (Merseyside, England).

BT and Dorset UK Sign GBP32m Deal to Expand Fibre Broadband Cover

10th Jul, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Dorset County Council (DCC) in central southern England has today signed a new state-aid supported £31.75 million deal with BT to expand its fibre optic based (FTTC/P) broadband ISP services to cover 97% of the region within the next three and a half years (i.e. late 2017).

UK ISP BT Unveils New HomeHub 5 VDSL2 Broadband Wireless Router

10th Jul, 2013 (24 Comments)

BT has today announced yet another new HomeHub 5 router that includes special support for their superfast broadband (FTTC) based BTInfinity packages by adding a built-in VDSL2 modem, the latest ultrafast Gigabit capable 802.11ac WiFi technology and 4 GigE (1000Mbps Ethernet) ports.

World Residential Broadband Tariffs Increase in Q2 2013 But UK Falls

10th Jul, 2013 (0 Comments)

Point Topic has today published their latest (Q2 2013) summary of global residential broadband prices across 90 countries and thousands of different tariffs, which found that the cost of high-speed internet access increased slightly during the quarter but the UK became even cheaper.

UK ISP BT Retail to Launch 300Mbps FTTP Broadband Package

10th Jul, 2013 (19 Comments)

The consumer division of BT has confirmed that it will shortly launch a new BTInfinity 300 ultrafast broadband package using Openreach’s fastest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) product, which will offer download speeds of up to 300Mbps (20Mbps uploads) from £50 a month.

France Replaces ISP Cut-Off Policy for Internet Piracy with Automatic Fines

10th Jul, 2013 (2 Comments)

France has scrapped its expensive and highly controversial anti-piracy Hadopi law, which threatened to disconnect internet users that continued to infringe copyright after warnings. But it has been replaced with a series of automatic fines. Could this also be the future of the UK’s much troubled Digital Economy Act (DEAct)?

ASA Ban Lycamobile Advert for Unlimited UK Data, Calls and Texts Claim

10th Jul, 2013 (1 Comment)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a website advert for Lycamobile’s various “ALL IN ONE” bundles, which misleadingly claimed to offer “unlimited” mobile broadband data, calls and text messages but later stated a specific limit on the use of such services.

UPD Ofcom UK Considers Sky Broadband Call for Unbundled FTTC Product

10th Jul, 2013 (7 Comments)

Ofcom has confirmed that they’re considering a “difficult to assess” request by Sky Broadband (BSkyB) for BT to offer a new unbundled (LLU) superfast broadband (FTTC) product, which would most likely give UK ISPs more control and price flexibility over their services.

CBI Report Tells UK to Fix Rural and Urban Broadband Divide Before 2015

10th Jul, 2013 (1 Comment)

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which lobbies on behalf of some 240,000 businesses (around a third of the private sector workforce), has published a new Let’s Get Digital! report that calls on the government to stop “short-term thinking” and adopt a cross-party approach to solve the national roll-out of superfast broadband before 2015.

DCMS Detail 3 Options for Wireless Internet in Super-Connected UK Cities

9th Jul, 2013 (1 Comment)

The government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has today published a new document that outlines the three wireless connectivity options available for cities taking part in the troubled, state-aid supported £150m Super Connected Cities Programme (SCCP).

Ofcom UK Open 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz to 4G Mobile Broadband

9th Jul, 2013 (2 Comments)

The communications regulator, Ofcom, has today officially allowed Mobile Network Operators (MNO) in the United Kingdom to repurpose their existing radio spectrum (specifically 900MHz, 2100MHz and 1800MHz) for use by the new generation of superfast 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband services.

BT Sign £264m Superfast Broadband Upgrade Contract for Scotland UK

9th Jul, 2013 (4 Comments)

The government of Scotland has today signed a state aid supported £264 million deal with BT that will make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 85% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2015 and around 95% by the end of 2017. As before we don’t know what proportion of those will get “superfast” (25Mbps+) speeds.

UPD Alcatel-Lucent on G.Fast and Vectoring 2 for Future 1Gbps FTTC Broadband

9th Jul, 2013 (8 Comments)

Alcatel-Lucent has posted some tantalising details from its recent trial of future G.Fast and prototype Vectoring 2.0 technology at Telekom Austria, which could one day push today’s up to 80Mbps capable FTTC (VDSL2) broadband ISP lines to deliver speeds of up to 1100Mbps (1.1Gbps).