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ISP Zen Internet Says Businesses Wrong to Demand Fibre Optic Broadband

27th Nov, 2012 (20 Comments)

ISP Zen Internet has warned that businesses in the United Kingdom should “stop focusing” on the perceived need for true fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband services, which take the fibre direct to their doorstep, because their needs can already be met by the existing but slower Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) solutions.

BT Shuns Phone Privacy Bug that Exposes UK Customers to Abuse

27th Nov, 2012 (2 Comments)

BT has been accused of negligence after one of its customers discovered that the national telecoms operator had made it easy for anybody to gain access to personal customer account names and add unwanted services to another user’s phone line without their permission.

UK Train Operator Greater Anglia to Launch Free WiFi at 100 Stations

27th Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

The Greater Anglia train operator has announced that it’s working with WiFi Hotspot operator The Cloud (BSkyB) to introduce a free wireless internet service at 100 of its stations across the region (e.g. Cambridge, Norwich and Stansted Airport).

VIDEO Demo of BT’s HyperFast 10Gbps UK Fibre Optic Broadband ISP Trial

27th Nov, 2012 (4 Comments)

The Superfast Cornwall project, which is working with BT to make superfast broadband solutions available to at least 80% of premises in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by the end of 2014, has uploaded a video demo from its recent trial of a 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable “hyper-fast” fibre optic service using the latest XGPON (10G-PON) standard.

ISP KC Expands Fibre Optic Broadband to 45,000 Hull UK Premises by 2015

27th Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

KC, the incumbent internet and phone provider for Hull and East Yorkshire (England), has successfully completed the initial roll-out of their “super-fast” 350Mbps capable and fibre optic based Lightstream broadband service to pass 15,000 local premises. It now plans to reach an extra 30,000 homes and businesses by March 2015.

Total Ltd Sues UK YouView Broadband IPTV Service Over Brand Dispute

26th Nov, 2012 (2 Comments)

The subscription-free YouView broadband ISP based TV (IPTV) service, which recently lost a High Court battle with online billing firm YourView (Total Ltd.) over the rights to retain its name, is now officially being sued for trade mark infringement by Total Ltd.

AAISP UK Offers Special Christmas Broadband Usage Allowances

26th Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) look set to benefit from additional internet data usage flexibility after the provider announced a number of special changes and rates for the forthcoming Christmas holiday period.

Should Broadband ISPs Improve their Signup Process? Our survey says..

26th Nov, 2012 (3 Comments)

The results from 552 respondents to ISPreview.co.uk’s latest reader poll found that over a third (39.8%) would like to see their broadband ISP improve its registration system, which is despite the fact that 78.4% claimed the sign-up process itself was “Easy“.

3 Mobile UK Brings FREE Mobile Broadband to Scottish Highland Communities

26th Nov, 2012 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has announced that it is giving away 20 free Mobile Broadband modems (dongles) to community hubs in the isolated Highlands and Islands villages of Melvich and Durness in Scotland. The port town of Invergordon further south will also get similar treatment.

UPD Botched BT Telegraph Pole Install Cuts Fibre Broadband for Lancashire

24th Nov, 2012 (16 Comments)

Several Lancashire based broadband ISPs, including LonsdaleNET, B4RN, TalkTalk and others, suffered a serious loss of internet connectivity that lasted for over 10 hours between Tuesday and Wednesday after BTOpenreach engineers accidentally cut through a vital GEO fibre optic cable.

Ofcom Says UK ISPs Must Decide Who is a Subscriber for its Piracy Code

24th Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has told a Westminster Media Forum event that it will be the responsibility of each broadband ISP to decide which of their customers are officially defined as “subscribers” and thus susceptible to the new copyright infringement rules, which are designed to clampdown on “illegal” internet piracy.

UK Business ISP Claranet Gobbles Managed Provider Star for GBP55m

23rd Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

Business internet and telecoms provider Claranet UK has acquired STH Limited and its managed technology services subsidiary, Star (Star Technology Services), for the sizeable sum of £55 million.

ISP JT Launch YouView Broadband TV Service to the Channel Islands

23rd Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

JT Global has this afternoon become the fourth ISP to launch a subscription-free broadband TV service based off the YouView (IPTV) platform, which is available to its customers on the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.

Hull ISP KC Launches YouView Based Broadband TV Services

23rd Nov, 2012 (8 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms operator for Hull and East Riding in Yorkshire (England), KC, has this week become the third UK ISP after BT and TalkTalk to launch its own broadband TV service based off the YouView (IPTV) platform called KCTV.

Europe Releases Study of Retail Broadband Internet Access Costs in 2012

23rd Nov, 2012 (2 Comments)

The EU has released data on retail prices for fixed broadband ISP services, which reveals a pattern of price reduction over the last three years for bundled offers. It also finds that price competition is mainly taking place in the market for download speeds of above 4Mbps (Megabits per second).

Gigaclear Secure Cash to Substantially Boost Rural Fibre Broadband Roll Out

23rd Nov, 2012 (8 Comments)

UK ISP Gigaclear (Rutland Telecom) has successfully secured enough equity financing to “substantially accelerate” the roll-out of its ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) based broadband networks into more rural communities.

O2, PlusNet and BT Dominate Annual 2012 CC Broadband ISP Awards

23rd Nov, 2012 (6 Comments)

The annual Customer Satisfaction Awards 2012 from ConsumerChoices.co.uk, which are based on feedback from more than 11,000 UK people, has seen broadband ISPs O2, PlusNet and BT dominant most of the categories with O2 picking up the gong for Overall Winner.