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UK Intelligence Committee Raises Security Fears over BT and Chinese Kit

7th Jun, 2013 (7 Comments)

The government’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has today published its report on foreign involvement in the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), which warns that BT’s deployment of broadband ISP and telecoms equipment supplied by Chinese firm Huawei could have “implications for national security“.

Microsofts XBox One to Suffer Strict Always-On Internet Requirements

7th Jun, 2013 (6 Comments)

Consumers looking forward to the late 2013 launch of Microsoft’s next generation media centre and video games console, XBox One, will be frustrated to learn that the new system will be accompanied by some extremely strict broadband and internet connectivity requirements.

A Quarter of Small Businesses Unaware of the UK Broadband Rollout

7th Jun, 2013 (4 Comments)

A new survey of 500 small and medium sized businesses in the United Kingdom, which was conducted by AXA Business Insurance, has revealed that one in four were unaware of the publicly funded BDUK scheme to help make superfast broadband ISP connections available to 90% of the country by the end of 2015.

EE UK to Launch 4G Pay-As-You-Go Mobile Broadband Service

6th Jun, 2013 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (4GEE) has announced that it intends to launch a new 4G based Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Mobile Broadband service this summer and that its recently announced plan to double their network speeds up to 80Mbps (here) will begin “within weeks“.

at800.tv Predict Just 90k UK Homes to Lose TV Due to 4G Interference

6th Jun, 2013 (5 Comments)

Following a number of trials at800.tv (DMSL), which is funded by £180m from mobile network operators, has predicted that just 90,000 homes in the United Kingdom will see their Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) services being disrupted by the new generation of 4G based Mobile Broadband services in the 800MHz band.

BT Sign £14.57m BDUK Deal to Rollout Superfast Broadband in Warwickshire

6th Jun, 2013 (9 Comments)

The Warwickshire County Council (WCC) has today signed a new state aid supported deal with BT that will see the operators superfast fibre broadband (25Mbps+) services being deployed to cover 91% of local premises by Spring 2016.

UK ISP Kijoma Hoping to Expand its Wireless Broadband into Anslow

6th Jun, 2013 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless ISP Kijoma Broadband, which last year announced that its network would be expanded into parts of Staffordshire (England), has confirmed that it’s submitted an application to build a new mast that would cover the village of Anslow.

UPDATE3 UK Culture Secretary Hauls in ISPs to Expand Internet Censorship

6th Jun, 2013 (8 Comments)

The UK government’s culture secretary, Maria Miller, has called in major mobile operators, broadband ISPs and online content giants (BT, Sky, Facebook, Twitter etc.) to a special summit on 17th June 2013 where she intends to urge stricter censorship of internet websites and services that distribute “harmful material”.

Suffolk UK Reveals First Areas to Benefit from £40m Broadband Upgrade

5th Jun, 2013 (12 Comments)

The Suffolk County Council has named the first locations that will benefit from its state aid supported project to make BT’s superfast fibre broadband (25Mbps+) services available to 85-90% of local premises by the end of 2015.

UPD Internet Piracy Warning Letters from UK ISPs Delayed to Late 2015

5th Jun, 2013 (1 Comment)

The UK government’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that it now expects broadband ISPs to start issuing their first warning Notification Letters to customers, those whom are suspected of internet piracy, during “the latter half of 2015“. Over a year’s delay from the previous “early” 2014 target.

ASA Bans UK ISP BE Broadband from Using Unlimited Downloads Claim

5th Jun, 2013 (7 Comments)

Internet provider BE Broadband (aka – BE Unlimited), which is now owned by BSkyB (Sky Broadband), has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that they can no longer claim to offer “unlimited downloads” after the ISP threatened to disconnect customers that make heavy use of their service.

Three UK Restores Mobile Broadband Network After National Outage

4th Jun, 2013 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Three UK has managed to restore its “Ultrafast” 3.9G 3G based Mobile Broadband platform after a significant number of their customers around the country found themselves unable to access the Internet.

RootMetrics Say EE are the Best for Mobile Broadband in London UK

4th Jun, 2013 (0 Comments)

RootMetrics has labelled EE as the fastest Mobile Broadband operator in London (England), as well as the best for text messages and calls, after it steamed past distant rivals like Three UK to record the best overall performance.

Kent Wireless ISP VFast Partners Vonage to Offer Cheap Voice Calls

4th Jun, 2013 (2 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP VFast (Orbitalnet), which covers a large swathe of Kent in South East England, has partnered with internet voice provider Vonage to offer residential Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services and cheaper UK or international calls.

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).