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ASA UK Bans BT Broadband Advert for Misleading Performance Claims

4th December, 2013 (3 Comments)

The tit for tat advertising war appears to be continuing after a complaint by Sky Broadband (BSkyB) successfully resulted in the banning of another national press advert for BT’s Broadband services, which boldly said “Official. BT Broadband offers better overall performance than Sky and TalkTalk“.

Suffolk UK Seek to Expand BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout

4th December, 2013 (10 Comments)

The £40 million Better Broadband to Suffolk project, which is working to make BT’s superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to more than 85% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2015, has joined other regions in seeking fresh Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) funding to reach more premises.

UPDATE High Court Finds BT Infringes on ASSIA DSL Management Patent

3rd December, 2013 (0 Comments)

The High Court of Justice in London has ruled that BT infringes upon one of ASSIA’s patents for DSL management technologies, which the telecoms operator allegedly uses as part of their national FTTC (VDSL) based Next Generation Access (NGA) network deployment.

Former BT Wifi Boss Becomes the New CEO of UK ISP PlusNet

3rd December, 2013 (0 Comments)

Internet and phone provider PlusNet, which is a semi-independent sibling of BT, has appointed Andy Baker (Aged 41) to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Andy replaces the ISPs current CEO, Jamie Ford, whom is leaving to pursue a role as the Managing Director of IT Services at BT Business.

BT Employee and Copper Telecoms Thieves Jailed After UK Police Sting

2nd December, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Snaresbrook Crown Court has sentenced a corrupt former BT employee and members of a criminal gang to a total of over 32 years in jail after they were found to have colluded over the theft and damage of vital copper broadband and phone cable, which cost the telecoms operator a total of £279,635.00.

Labour Reveals Plan to Slash “rip-off” UK Phone Bills and Cut Line Rental

30th November, 2013 (43 Comments)

The Labour Party has proposed a new multipoint point plan that it believes could help to cut the cost of consumer phone and calling bills across the United Kingdom, which includes a pledge to force BT and other operators into cutting the cost of line rental. But some of the measures are already expected.

UPDATE UK ISP BT Launch Internet Music Streaming Service for TV Users

29th November, 2013 (9 Comments)

BT and Universal Music haven’t given up on their long held plans to launch an Internet-based music streaming service and indeed one is about to be introduced, albeit at a cost of £3 extra per month (FREE to their TV Unlimited customers).

BT and Virgin Media Add £50 and £100 Gift Credits and Vouchers

29th November, 2013 (0 Comments)

It’s the Christmas war of the voucher cards again. New customers who sign-up to a broadband bundle from BT, Virgin Media or TalkTalk are for the next week or two being offered a variety of special account credits or voucher cards with their orders, some of which are worth up to £100 and stack with existing discounts.

Fell End Broadband Project Starts Fibre Optic Rollout in Cumbria UK

29th November, 2013 (2 Comments)

The tiny Fell End Broadband project in Ravenstonedale (Cumbria, England) has this week begun deployment of a new fibre optic cable that will be used to connect 58 local premises (these are spread out over an 11km area) to super-fast Internet connectivity.

BT Based RCBF Funded UK Rural Broadband Schemes Still Going Ahead

28th November, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Government’s £20m Rural Community Broadband Fund (RCBF), which has been stalled for months because BT and local councils have controversially refused to share vital service speed and coverage (SCT) data with bidding altnet ISPs, is still alive in Northumberland (England). Naturally BT is running the project.

BT and AAISP Close to Fixing VPN on FTTC Superfast Broadband Modems

28th November, 2013 (3 Comments)

The boss of broadband ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, says that close cooperation with a team from BT and Huawei has enabled them to identify and replicate an earlier reported fault (here) that caused some superfast broadband FTTC (VDSL) modems from BTOpenreach to break Virtual Private Network (VPN) services.

BT Openreach Launch Self Install FTTC Superfast Broadband to UK ISPs

28th November, 2013 (10 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced that its new and cheaper Fibre-to-the-Cabinet / VDSL self-install (PCP-Only) service, which allows consumers to install an up to 80Mbps FTTC superfast broadband line without needing an engineer to enter their homes, will finally become available to UK ISPs and their subscribers from 31st December 2013.

UPDATE TalkTalk and Sky Accuse BT of Using Accounting Trick to Hike Prices

27th November, 2013 (9 Comments)

Ofcom’s on-going review into the United Kingdom’s fixed telecoms market took a new turn today after ISPs Sky Broadband and TalkTalk accused BT of using “accounting tricks” to make the price of UK unbundled (LLU) Internet and phone lines more expensive for rival ISPs, which usually gets passed onto consumers.

BT Recruit 165 New Staff for Contact Centre in Northern Ireland

25th November, 2013 (0 Comments)

BT has announced that it will add another 165 new jobs to their latest Belfast based ‘Flex’ contact centre, which will shortly be opening at Riverside Tower.

BDUK Expand FTTC Broadband Rollout in Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire

25th November, 2013 (0 Comments)

The £14.57m CSW Broadband partnership of 8 local authorities, which aims to ensure that BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network is made available to 92% of Coventry, 96% of Solihull and 91% of Warwickshire in England (overall 91% will get speeds of 24Mbps+) by spring 2016, has been expanded by +6,480 additional premises.

Wales BT and BDUK Contract Reveals Actual Broadband Speed Commitment

25th November, 2013 (12 Comments)

A time consuming Freedom of Information (FoI) request conducted by Richard Brown has successfully secured a redacted version of the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) supported ‘Next Generation Broadband’ roll-out contract for Wales, which was agreed between BT and the Welsh Government and contains a lot of interesting details about service speed.

O2 UK Shifts Directly Managed Business Broadband Services to BT

25th November, 2013 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (Telefonica), which last month announced that their unbundled (LLU) wholesale fixed line broadband platform (formerly BE Wholesale) would be closed down at the end of February 2014 (here), has now confirmed that the remaining business services will also be switched to BT.