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BT Preps Technical Trial of UK Mobile Infill Solution for Rural Areas

30th Jan, 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced plans to conduct a proof of concept trial for its new small cell based Mobile Infill Solution. The service aims to leverage BT’s existing fixed line UK telecoms network to provide mobile services into parts of the country that suffer from “non-existent or patchy” coverage (i.e. “rural areas“).

BDUK to Bring Superfast Broadband to 1.8m Extra UK Homes by 2015

29th Jan, 2013 (1 Comment)

Telecoms analyst Point Topic has predicted that superfast broadband (30Mbps+) services, with state aid support through the government’s Broadband Delivery UK office, will cover 1.8 million more homes in the United Kingdom by 2015 than if the only source of investment had been the private sector.

UK Virgin Media WiFi Live at 103 London Underground Train Stations

29th Jan, 2013 (0 Comments)

Virgin Media has announced that a further eleven London underground tube stations (total 103) can now access its public wireless internet (wifi) service, which is FREE to existing Vodafone, EE, T-Mobile, Orange UK and of course Virgin broadband customers.

New H265 Video Standard Could Help UK ISPs Manage Broadband Capacity

29th Jan, 2013 (9 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union’s recent approval of a new H.265 (ITU-T H.265 / ISO/IEC 23008-2 HEVC) video standard could help broadband ISPs to manage the growing burden of internet video traffic. Indeed some 720p HD video streams may soon be possible with a download speed of well under 1Mbps (Megabits/sec).

UK ISP Primus Saver Blames Customer Support Woes on the Weather

29th Jan, 2013 (5 Comments)

Budget broadband and phone provider Primus Saver (New Call Telecom) has reportedly experienced a surge in complaints about the quality of its customer support and service over the past month, which has made it difficult for users to contact the provider. But apparently it’s all the fault of bad weather.

UPDATE 4am is Best for Getting the UK Fastest Broadband ISP Speeds

29th Jan, 2013 (5 Comments)

New research from uSwitch, which analysed data from 2.3 million anecdotal internet speed tests (carried out between 21st July 2012 and 20th January 2013), has concluded that consumers get the fastest broadband speeds if they go online at 4am (least busy period) and the slowest if they start surfing at 9pm.

Filtronic UK Win GBP14m Contract to Tackle Freeview TV Woes from 4G

28th Jan, 2013 (5 Comments)

Filtronic, which produces microwave and millimetre-wave products for telecom firms, has signed a new contract to build “mitigation products” that will be used to help some of the 2.3 million UK homes that could suffer from a loss of Digital TV (Freeview) when the new 4G based Mobile Broadband services go live in the 800MHz band.

Most Blind and Partially Sighted Older People Have Never Gone Online

28th Jan, 2013 (3 Comments)

A new telephone and face-to-face survey of around 370 blind or partially sighted UK people over the age of 65, which was jointly conducted by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and BT, has revealed that 87% of respondents have never used the internet.

Site Status – ISPreview UK ISP Listings Update

28th Jan, 2013 (0 Comments)

Just a quick update to say that ISPreview.co.uk has completed a big database sweep / update of all the internet service providers in our UK ISP Listings database. In addition we’ve also attempted to collect and display any Facebook or Twitter pages, which some ISPs use, as these can provide useful support.

Llangedwyn and Llanfechain in Wales Get Faster Wireless Broadband

28th Jan, 2013 (11 Comments)

The remote rural villages of Llangedwyn and Llanfechain in Powys (Wales, UK) now have access to wireless broadband download speeds of up to 100Mbps (Megabits per second), which is all thanks to a new and curiously marketed “fibre over the air” service from local ISP eXwavia.

BT and Police Confirm Sharp Reduction in UK Copper Cable Crime

28th Jan, 2013 (3 Comments)

The battle to tackle copper cable and metal theft appears to finally be turning. BT informs ISPreview.co.uk that there was a 50% fall in incidents and a 24% reduction in faults pertaining to malicious damage of their UK phone and broadband ISP network last year.

Comedy Skit of the Welsh Governments Superfast Broadband Site

25th Jan, 2013 (8 Comments)

Apparently not everybody is as happy about the £425m scheme to roll-out superfast broadband services to 96% of premises in Wales (UK) as the Welsh Government. So much so that one individual has now taken it upon themselves to do a mildly entertaining tongue-firmly-in-cheek version of the projects official website.

UPD BT Openreach UK Engineers Slowly Recover Broadband Network

25th Jan, 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains BT’s national UK phone and internet access network, has told ISPreview.co.uk that they’re “making every effort” to return services to normal after the recent bout of “heavy snowfall” caused damage to their telecoms platform and travel disruption across the country.

Should Compensation Always be Mandatory for Broadband ISP Outages

25th Jan, 2013 (7 Comments)

Sooner or later all ISPs will suffer some form of service disruption that can result in the loss of your internet connectivity. Most of these outages are resolved quickly but some can last for days, weeks or occasionally even months. Now a court in Germany has ruled that everybody has the right to compensation after an internet disruption.

UK Adopts FAST START Initiative to Boost the Superfast Broadband Rollout

25th Jan, 2013 (8 Comments)

The politicians responsible for the United Kingdom’s already heavily delayed national roll-out of superfast broadband services now have a new phrase to swing around, “Fast Start”, which will soon be available right across the country. The “new approach” will apparently smooth the deployment of faster connectivity by avoiding further delays.

Controversial UK Communications Bill White Paper Expected Later in 2013

24th Jan, 2013 (1 Comment)

The UK governments much delayed Communications Bill, which seeks to update and expand upon Ofcom’s ability to regulate the internet, telecoms, media sectors and could also introduce new online censorship measures (e.g. enforced parental controls and piracy website blocking), is now expected to publish its first White Paper “later this year“.

Akamai Average Global Broadband Speeds Hit 2.8Mbps as UK Tops 6.3Mbps

23rd Jan, 2013 (1 Comment)

Akamai‘s latest quarterly State of the Internet Q3 2012 study claims that the average global broadband download speed has fallen by 6.8% since Q2 to reach 2.8Mbps (Megabits per second). By comparison the average speed in the United Kingdom reached 6.3Mbps (up from 5.7Mbps in Q2) and ranked us as 17th fastest in the world.