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ISPA Name the WINNERS of their 2014 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards

10th Jul 2014 (1 Comment)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has tonight announced the winners of its 16th annual 2014 Internet Industry Awards, which saw Hyperoptic’s urban FTTH service pick-up the prize for ‘Best Superfast Broadband’ and PlusNet secure a win as the ‘Best Consumer Fixed Broadband’ provider. But there were many more categories and awards.

XLN Telecom CEO Lambasts BT Monopoly over UK Superfast Broadband

9th Sep 2013 (37 Comments)

The CEO of Business ISP XLN Telecom, Christian Nellemann, has said that the national rollout of superfast broadband technology is “crucial” to the United Kingdom’s small and medium sized businesses but called for the government to stop helping BT “maintain a monopoly on fibre services“.

Open Rights Group UK Pushes for ISP Website Blocking Orders to be Public

15th Aug 2013 (8 Comments)

The Open Rights Group has applied to have a procedural judge (a ‘Master’) in the UK High Court investigate their request for the court orders (injunctions), those related to website blocking, to be made public. Rights Holders use these when forcing big ISPs to censor specific websites (e.g. Fenopy, H33t and Kickass Torrents).

BBC and BT Sport Bag Four Years of FA Cup TV Content from 2014

17th Jul 2013 (1 Comment)

Customers of BT’s Sport TV service, which is being given away for free alongside the operators various home broadband packages (here), will between 2014 and 2018 also gain access to FA Cup matches alongside a joint deal with the BBC.

Timico CTO Calls for BT Split and National UK FTTP Broadband Network

9th Jul 2013 (10 Comments)

The Co-Founder and CTO of UK ISP Timico, Trefor Davies, has called for “government intervention” to split off the “rural bits” of BTOpenreach’s network (BT can keep the urban bits that compete with Virgin Media) and to help rollout a truly national ultrafast fibre optic (FTTP) service to every home and business.

Fibre Broadband Could Boost N.Ireland UK Economy by £750m in 2018

1st May 2013 (1 Comment)

A new business impact study conducted by Regeneris and BT during January 2013 has predicted that the deployment of fibre optic based (FTTC and FTTP) broadband ISP services in Northern Ireland could generate over £750m in additional revenue by 2018 and save circa(c) £45 million in operating costs.

ISP TalkTalk UK Prep New 500Mbps PowerLine and WiFi Adapters

4th Mar 2013 (19 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk looks set to begin offering a special branded version of DLink’s latest DHP-W311AV PowerLine adapters to its Plus TV (YouView) based home broadband customers in the not too distant future. The new kit is able to both extend your wifi network and convert a buildings electrical cable into a faster wired network.

Musicmetric Data Claims ISP Blocking of Piracy Sites Has Limited Impact

1st Mar 2013 (0 Comments)

Analyst firm Musicmetric has published new data to show that court ordered website blocks (censorship) imposed by broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom against internet piracy websites (e.g. The Pirate Bay) have had “little impact” on “illegal” BitTorrent based file sharing (P2P) activity.

Origin Broadband Offer Free Install and Half Price Service to South Yorkshire

23rd Feb 2013 (4 Comments)

Consumers within reach of the Digital Region telecoms network in South Yorkshire (England) should take note that one of its ISPs, Origin Broadband, has returned to offering a free installation (saves £50) and half price service (first three months) alongside their superfast unlimited broadband (FTTC) packages.

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