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16th Oct, 2012 (3 Comments)

The latest RootMetrics study of Mobile Broadband speeds has revealed that Three UK delivers the fastest connection in London (T-Mobile was the slowest), where the average download speed is 2.265Mbps (Megabits per second). But mobile speeds in New York were on average found to be four times faster (8.5Mbps).

16th Oct, 2012 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk reports that internet traffic over its UK network spiked at 460Gbps (Gigabits per second) on Sunday evening (“significantly more” than normal) as customers went online to watch Austrian pilot Felix Baumgartner jump to Earth from a balloon (Red Bull Stratos) at the edge of space.

15th Oct, 2012 (14 Comments)

Customers of UK cable operator Virgin Media have spent the past few days suffering from a mix of above normal latency and network congestion during peak times (late afternoon/night), which occurred after one of the ISPs public peering providers, Atrato, switched most of its traffic flow to the ISPs disadvantage (i.e. changed their routing).

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15th Oct, 2012 (9 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today officially announced the launch of its new Sky Hub router, which has been “designed and built by Sky’s in-house engineering team” and delivers improved wireless speeds and range by automatically scanning for and selecting the best available wifi channel.

15th Oct, 2012 (2 Comments)

It took longer than most but O2 (BE Broadband) has now finally implemented a network-wide block (censorship) that prevents its customers from accessing the NewzBin2 (NewzBin) website, which London’s High Court last year deemed to be responsible for facilitating internet piracy (copyright infringement).

15th Oct, 2012 (0 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union has revealed that the average price of fixed line telephone, mobile (cellular) and fixed broadband Internet services around the world has fallen by 30% between 2008 and 2011 (-75% for fixed line broadband alone). Meanwhile telecoms revenues climbed and the UK improved its global rank.

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15th Oct, 2012 (3 Comments)

Broadband provider ADSL24 has had an interesting couple of months. A quick glance at the company’s accounts (06272441) suggested that the ISP might have had difficulty turning a profit and most recently appointed three new directors. On top of that its trading name has just changed.

13th Oct, 2012 (1 Comment)

Customers of O2 UK (GiffGaff, TescoMobile) have been hit by yet another major national outage of the operators Mobile Broadband and phone service, which began at around midday on Friday (12th Oct 2012). Roughly 10% of the providers subscribers have been unable to make or receive calls, send texts or use data.

13th Oct, 2012 (37 Comments)

ISPreview.co.uk isn’t the only one to notice the ridiculous amount of banned adverts for Virgin Media’s broadband, phone and TV packages, which the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has repeatedly accused of being “misleading“. This week saw the BBC’s famous consumer affairs TV show, Watchdog, take the ISP to task with a comical twist.

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12th Oct, 2012 (1 Comment)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to grant Code Powers to Sea Fibre Networks Limited. The move would allow the firm to carry out street works in Wales and Staffordshire (England) that should improve the country’s existing fibre optic link with Ireland.

12th Oct, 2012 (2 Comments)

A collaborative research project called Tegola, which is supported by funding from the £5 million Community Broadband Scotland Initiative (CBSI), has delivered faster broadband connectivity to premises on and around the remote Isle of Skye (Inner Hebrides).

12th Oct, 2012 (3 Comments)

The UK government’s Intelligence Committee confirmed this week that it has been investigating security concerns related to Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications firm, and its involvement in the country’s national broadband and phone market. But one of the firm’s biggest customers, BT, remains unconcerned.

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11th Oct, 2012 (1 Comment)

Cumbrian ISP LonsdaleNET, which in April 2012 acquired the network assets of defunct network operator NextGenUs Cumbria from the firms administrator (here), has now begun offering symmetric superfast wireless broadband speeds of 10-60Mbps across the rural Eden Valley and surrounding areas.

11th Oct, 2012 (4 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG), a government think-tank, has published a new study that examines the predicted demand for superfast broadband ISP products. The good news is that it “gives cause for optimism and confidence“, with the UK comparing well on the international stage, but big challenges remain.

11th Oct, 2012 (5 Comments)

It’s well known that BTOpenreach engineers sometimes have difficulty finding the UK homes and businesses of their intended customers, yet some targets are quite hard to miss, such as London’s National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. But miss it they did.

11th Oct, 2012 (0 Comments)

The incumbent phone and broadband provider for Hull and East Yorkshire in England (UK), KC (Karoo), has joined in a local partnership with Humberside Police, Hull City Council, BT and local scrap metal merchants. The group has specifically called on members of the public to help them stop metal thieves.

11th Oct, 2012 (0 Comments)

The Scottish Government has predicted that its £200m+ investment strategy to bring “world-class digital access” to all of Scotland by 2020 will result in the creation of 15,000 new jobs across the economy. It will allegedly also help job seekers, older people and those with disabilities gain access to employment.

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