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BT Extends 20Mbps 21CN Broadband ISP Services to 92 Percent of the UK

18th February, 2013 (45 Comments)

BTWholesale, the wholesale division of national UK telecoms operator BT, has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that its up to 20Mbps (ADSL2+) capable 21CN based Wholesale Broadband Connect (WBC) platform will be extended beyond their current targets and into more rural areas to reach over 92% of the country.

CAT Refuse BT Permission to Extend Appeal Deadline vs GBP95m Ofcom Fine

22nd January, 2013 (5 Comments)

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has refused BT permission to extend the deadline for appealing against Ofcom’s final determination on its wholesale Ethernet charges. The regulator last year fined the telco £94,823,000 after it was found to have overcharged several broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom.

BT Wholesale Adds UK Street Cabinet Data to its Broadband Checker

14th January, 2013 (17 Comments)

One of our readers notes that BTWholesale has quietly updated its Broadband Availability Checker service to display some additional information, such as which BT street cabinet you’re connected to and whether or not superfast broadband (FTTC) is enabled or due to be installed.

Ofcom Fines BT UK £95m for Overcharging on Wholesale Ethernet Services

22nd December, 2012 (5 Comments)

A two year legal battle between BT and several major ISPs has finally ended with Ofcom forcing the national UK telecoms operator to pay a fine of £94,823,000 after it was found to have overcharged the broadband providers for Backhaul Extension Services (BES) between 2004/6 and 2011.

BT Brings UK Superfast Broadband Rollout Forward to Spring 2014

1st November, 2012 (14 Comments)

BT has today confirmed that its national £2.5bn plan, which aims to deploy fibre optic based superfast broadband (FTTC , FTTP) ISP services to 66% of the UK, has once again been brought forward and will now complete during Spring 2014 (i.e. passing 19 million homes and businesses).

BT Challenge Ofcom UK Decision to Cut its Wholesale Broadband Prices

25th August, 2012 (5 Comments)

The Competition Commission (CC) is to investigate Ofcom’s March 2012 decision to cut the annual price of BT’s Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) and Unbundled (LLU) broadband and telephone lines for rival ISPs, such as TalkTalk and Sky Broadband.

Entanet Calls on BT to Slash their Wholesale Bandwidth Charges for UK ISPs

23rd August, 2012 (21 Comments)

Communications provider Entanet UK has warned that the new generation of superfast broadband (25Mbps+) services “will only be sustainable” if BTWholesale is forced by the telecoms regulator to cut wholesale bandwidth charges for ISPs.

Losses of GBP22m Hit South Yorkshire Digital Region Broadband Network

21st August, 2012 (6 Comments)

The troubled Digital Region (DR) project, which cost over £100m of public money to build and offers an alternative telecoms network to BT that helps 80% of premises in South Yorkshire UK to get superfast broadband services, has announced the loss of another £22m.

BT Expand 20Mbps Broadband ISP Services to 85 Percent of UK Premises

20th August, 2012 (7 Comments)

BTWholesale has furnished ISPreview.co.uk with its latest “advanced copper” enablement update for August 2012, which reveals that their 20Mbps (ADSL2+) capable Wholesale Broadband Connect (WBC) / 21CN platform is now available to 85% of UK premises (homes and businesses) and is still expanding.

BT Forces UK ISPs to Charge More for SFI2 Broadband Engineer Visits

7th August, 2012 (19 Comments)

The base module price of having your ISP call out a BTOpenreach engineer to investigate and potentially fix a broadband fault (Special Faults Investigation 2) on your ADSL telephone line (i.e. IPstream Connect) will increase from £95 +vat to £125 +vat next month.

BT Warn of Migration Trouble for Sub Loop Unbundled Broadband ISPs

10th July, 2012 (2 Comments)

BTWholesale has advised that consumers whom attempt to switch their broadband service from a Sub-Loop Unbundling (SLU) based ISP to a Shared Unbundled (LLU SMPF) provider are currently “being rejected” because of a fault, which forces the end-user to cease the service instead.

UPD2 Ofcom UK Moot Cheaper High Speed BT Wholesale Leased Line Prices

5th July, 2012 (3 Comments)

Ofcom has today proposed new controls that will “lead to [a] real-terms price reduction” of BTWholesale’s Leased Line services, which are used by businesses, mobile operators and broadband ISPs around the UK. The move is part of the regulators wider review (detailed here) into the country’s £2bn market for business telecoms.

BT Bid for Troubled UK South Yorkshire Digital Region Broadband Network

4th July, 2012 (10 Comments)

The troubled Digital Region (DRL) network, which spent £100m of public funds building an alternative wholesale supplier to BT that could help 80% of premises in South Yorkshire access superfast broadband ISP services, has ironically whittled the bidders in its tender process down to a choice of either BTWholesale or ETDE SA.

UPDATE Ofcoms UK Business Telecoms Review Unlikely to Make Big Changes

18th June, 2012 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has started a new review of the £2bn UK business telecoms market that proposes several changes to help “meet growing demand for fast data services“. Unfortunately any ISP hoping for improved access to BT’s network of dark fibre lines will be displeased, yet they do propose to regulate 1Gbps+ wholesale leased lines that exist outside London.

UPD PostOffice Moves Broadband Platform from BT to Fujitsu and TalkTalk UK

25th May, 2012 (5 Comments)

The Post Office has chosen to scrap its limited BTWholesale and Logica based managed broadband and phone platform, which is still stuck on old ‘up to’ 8Mbps ADSL technology, in favour of a huge new and potentially more competitive unbundled (LLU) solution delivered by Fujitsu and rival ISP TalkTalk.

ECTA Tells EU to Protect Small Broadband ISPs from Dominant Telco Abuse

21st May, 2012 (9 Comments)

The European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA), which represents alternative / smaller broadband ISPs, has demanded that the European Commission (EC) “take urgent action” to prevent dominant national telecoms operators (e.g. BT) from using “discriminatory conduct” against them and thus damaging their ability to compete in the new market for superfast broadband (FTTx etc.) services.

BT Retire 20CN IPStream Connect Broadband Services at 425 UK Exchanges

11th May, 2012 (14 Comments)

BT has informed UK ISPs that its legacy broadband retirement programme will, from November 2012, stop accepting new provide orders for its older 20CN based IPStream Connect products (e.g. mostly up to 8Mbps ADSL technology); albeit only at telephone exchanges where the latest 21CN based Wholesale Broadband Connect (WBC) solution exists as an alternative.