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London’s Broadband Connectivity Rating Scheme Goes LIVE

23rd October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and WiredScore have this week introduced a new “Connectivity Ratings Scheme,” which awards big buildings in the city with a rating of either Platinum, Gold, Silver or Certified (aka – Bronze) depending upon the quality of its broadband and Internet connectivity.

BT Hikes Infinity FTTC Activation Fee and Boosts Sainsbury’s Vouchers

23rd October, 2015 (5 Comments)

UK ISP BT has increased the included Sainsbury’s gift cards on their packages to £75 for standard broadband (up to 17Mbps) and £125 on their superfast up to 38-76Mbps capable BTFinity (FTTC) services, but the one-off “fibre activation fee” has jumped from £35 to £39 (free for Infinity 2 packages).

TalkTalk CEO Rubbishes BT’s “Weak” Broadband and Service Pledges

21st October, 2015 (44 Comments)

The CEO of UK ISP TalkTalk, Dido Harding, has today blasted BTOpenreach’s commitments (Customer Charter) to improve national broadband speeds, network coverage and customer service as being both “weak” and lacking in ambition.

EE UK Home Broadband Tops 927,000 Subscribers as Growth Slows

21st October, 2015 (1 Comment)

EE reported their latest Q3 2015 results today, which revealed that their fixed line home broadband subscribers increased by just +8,000 in the quarter to total 927,000 (down sharply from +35K in Q2 and +50K in Q1). But 4G mobile performance continued to be strong.

Cheshire UK Begins Expanded Phase 2 BT “Fibre Broadband” Rollout

21st October, 2015 (0 Comments)

At the end of last year the Connecting Cheshire project in England signed a new £6m Superfast Extension Programme contract to bring BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to a further 10,000 premises by summer 2017 (here). Work on this has now started, with a rough roll-out plan also being published.

BT and Alcatel-Lucent Hit 5600Mbps Broadband Using XG-FAST Tech

20th October, 2015 (61 Comments)

Forget BT’s plan to deploy “ultrafast” 300-500Mbps capable G.fast broadband technology to 10 million UK premises by 2020 (here). Today the operator has joined with Alcatel-Lucent to test future XG.FAST (G.fast2) technology, which under lab conditions has just pushed aggregate speeds of 5.6Gbps over 35 metres of copper cable.

Sckipio Squeezes 2Gbps Broadband Out of G.fast over Copper Lines

20th October, 2015 (1 Comment)

Israel-based Sckipio has made several announcements at the start of this week’s Broadband World Forum event, not least with their ability to squeeze a broadband speed of 2000Mbps out of the new G.fast (ITU G.9701) technology that BT are also preparing to roll-out. But there’s a catch.

Vodafone UK Tells Ofcom to Make “bold structural” Changes to BT

19th October, 2015 (10 Comments)

Telecoms giant Vodafone has today published a detailed summary of their submission to Ofcom’s Strategic Review, which is considering whether or not to separate BT from control of their national UK telecoms network (Openreach). Unsurprisingly the mobile giant is in favour of big changes.

Urban Residents of Haydock in Merseyside Criticise Slow BT Broadband

15th October, 2015 (32 Comments)

Residents of Ashbury Drive in Haydock (Merseyside, North West England) have launched a new campaign to secure better broadband connectivity for the area after their complaints were turned into a game of pass-the-buck by the local council and BTOpenreach.

Hertfordshire to Start Expanded Fibre Broadband Rollout 6 Months Early

14th October, 2015 (3 Comments)

The Connected Counties project has announced that it will bring forward the start of their Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract in Hertfordshire by six months, which means that BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network should reach 98% coverage by June 2018 instead of 2019.

UPD Vodafone, TalkTalk and Sky Deliver Last Minute BT Pinata Bashing

14th October, 2015 (24 Comments)

The on-going attempts to turn BT into a pinata continue this week as both Vodafone and Sky (Sky Broadband) have taken another opportunity to prod the telecoms giant ahead of Ofcom’s Strategic Review decision, with one demanding a national Gigabit broadband network and the other attacking the operator’s excess profits.

UPDATE House of Commons Debate UK Superfast Broadband Rollout

12th October, 2015 (10 Comments)

The House of Commons (Westminster) will today debate the Government’s national Broadband Delivery UK programme (dominated by BT contracts) and related commitments to improve mobile network coverage at 3pm in the Commons Chamber. But it probably won’t result in much change.

First Customers Live on BT 500Mbps G.fast Broadband Trial in Newcastle

9th October, 2015 (6 Comments)

As expected BT has today confirmed that their second major trial of future G.fast broadband technology (ITU G.9701), which will initially offer speeds of up to 330Mbps (50Mbps upload) before rising to 500Mbps over the next decade, has begun in Gosforth (Newcastle, North England).

BT Fights Back – Calls for Ofcom Regulatory Changes to Boost Broadband

9th October, 2015 (7 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has today set out the regulatory changes that it believes would help consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom to enjoy the “best possible” outcomes, such as faster broadband services, while also attempting to fend off rivals that would rather Ofcom broken the operator up.

UK Land Owners Warn Ofcom NOT to Split Openreach from BT

8th October, 2015 (7 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association, which represents thousands of landowners across England and Wales, has given BT a bit of unexpected support by warning Ofcom not to split the telco from control of their national network (Openreach) as it would create too much of a “distraction“.

UK ISP BT Cuts 76Mbps Capable FTTC Broadband Price to GBP25

8th October, 2015 (3 Comments)

The price of BT’s top ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable unlimited BTInfinity 2 (FTTC) superfast broadband package has quietly been reduced from £30 to £25 per month for new customers, at least until 14th October 2015. A £100 Sainsbury’s gift card is also accompanying the new deal.

UK ISP BT Tweaks its Consumer 4G Mobile SIM-Only Plan Prices

8th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

BT will today make a few small adjustments to the prices of their 4G based consumer mobile phone service (BTMobile), which will see some SIM-only tariffs go up in price and others being reduced.