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ASA UK Bans Unlimited Claim in Virgin Media Broadband Ad After Sky Moan

27th Mar, 2013 (5 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has, following two complaints by rival Sky Broadband (BSkyB), told cable operator Virgin Media not to “misleadingly” claim that their service was “unlimited” and with “no caps” if they also imposed restrictions (e.g. Traffic Management) that were “more than moderate“.

Aberdeen International Airport to Offer Unlimited FREE WiFi

26th Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Aberdeen International Airport in Scotland (United Kingdom) has today announced that customers using the Dyce terminal will soon be able to benefit from “totally unlimited” free wireless internet (WiFi) access right around the terminal.

EU Sets Out New Proposals to Cut the Cost of Deploying Fibre Broadband

26th Mar, 2013 (9 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has today proposed a new Draft Regulation that could cut the cost of broadband related civil engineering tasks (e.g. digging up roads to lay new fibre optic cable) by 30% and thus save telecoms operators between £34 – £51 billion (€40 to €60 billion).

O2 Wholesale UK Tells ISP Partners to Stop Worrying About the BSkyB Sale

26th Mar, 2013 (3 Comments)

O2 Wholesale, which supplies business clients with internet connectivity solutions, has told their ISP partners that it’s “business as usual” at the firm. The comment follows O2 and BE Broadband’s (Telefonica) £180m sale of its fixed line home broadband and phone business to Sky Broadband (BSkyB) earlier this month.

Microsoft Sponsors FREE WiFi at UK Train Stations and in London Taxis

26th Mar, 2013 (1 Comment)

Software giant Microsoft has moved to promote its new business applications and software. The firm has teamed up with various companies to offer a free wireless internet (wifi) service across hundreds of specially branded taxi cabs in London and at a number of national train stations.

BT Sign £146m Deal to Rollout FTTC Broadband in the Highlands and Islands

26th Mar, 2013 (3 Comments)

It’s been a long time coming but Scotland’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has finally signed its “most ambitious” contract worth £146 million with BT, which will make superfast broadband (FTTC/P) ISP services available to 84% of premises in the Highlands and Islands by the end of 2016.

The UK NextGen Broadband Infrastructure Conference Events for 2013

25th Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

The national NextGen Conference and exhibition, which each year holds several special events around the country that are designed to showcase the importance of a modern digital infrastructure (broadband internet access) and encourage idea sharing, has finalised its timetable for 2013.

UPD Hyperoptic Brings 1Gbps FTTB Broadband to 20k London UK Homes

25th Mar, 2013 (34 Comments)

Urban ISP Hyperoptic, which currently offers “hyper-sonic” fibre optic (FTTH/B) broadband internet speeds of 1000Mbps (Megabits) to high-rise buildings and apartment blocks around London (England), has achieved its second major target after the service became available to 20,000 homes.

DEFRA Open GBP20m UK Rural Community Broadband Fund for Final Bids

22nd Mar, 2013 (1 Comment)

The government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has today opened the third and possibly final round of bidding for their £20 million Rural Community Broadband Fund (RCBF), which is designed to help rural farmers, homes and businesses benefit from improved internet connectivity.

UPDATE2 Entanet Based UK ISPs Hit by Major National Broadband Outage

22nd Mar, 2013 (8 Comments)

Entanet, which supplies broadband and telecoms services to a number of ISPs and businesses across the United Kingdom, appears to have been hit by a serious network outage last night that resulted in a larger number of customers being left without internet access for several hours.

Ofcom Approves 4G Spectrum Trading Between UK Mobile Operators

22nd Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has confirmed that Mobile Network Operators (MNO) in the UK will soon be able to boost their Mobile Broadband network capacity, speeds, coverage and reliability by trading radio spectrum in the recently auctioned 4G (LTE) frequency bands of 800MHz and 2.6GHz.

CLANNET Brings FREE WiFi Hotspot to Leyburn in North Yorkshire UK

22nd Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

Community ISP CLANNET has this week launched a new free wireless internet (WiFi) hotspot service in the North Yorkshire (England) market town and civil parish of Leyburn (Wensleydale), which is home to around 2,500 people.

Shetland Islands Suffer Vital Undersea SHEFA2 Fibre Optic Cable Break

22nd Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

Some parts of the remote Shetland Islands (North of Scotland, UK) could be left without good broadband internet and phone connectivity for well over a week after a vital fibre optic link to the undersea SHEFA-2 (Faroese Telecom) cable, which links the Faroe Islands with mainland Scotland, was cut.

UPD Virgin Media and BT UK Begin Censorship of 3 Internet Piracy Websites

22nd Mar, 2013 (2 Comments)

BT, Virgin Media and other ISPs have officially started blocking their broadband customers from being able to access three websites – Fenopy, H33t and Kickass Torrents – that were last month found by London’s High Court to be facilitating internet piracy (copyright infringement).

Zen Internet and PlusNet Top Which UK Best Broadband ISP Awards

21st Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

The latest biannual Which? magazine consumer survey of broadband ISP reliability, value, performance and general customer satisfaction has awarded its Recommended Provider status to several UK ISPs and phone providers including Zen Internet and PlusNet.

BT Sign GBP13.8m Deal to Deploy Superfast Broadband in Hampshire UK

21st Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Hampshire County Council (HCC) has today signed a state aid supported £13.8m contract with BT to make super-fast broadband (24Mbps+) ISP connectivity available to “at least” 90% of all local premises by the end of 2015 (i.e. around 57,000 homes and businesses in the county).

ISP EE Launch Fixed 4G and Mobile Broadband Service to Rural Cumbria UK

21st Mar, 2013 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator EE has today announced the launch of both a 4G (LTE) based fixed wireless and mobile broadband network to serve rural homes and businesses in the Northern Fells area of Cumbria (England), which should receive average internet speeds of between 8-12Mbps (Megabits).