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WarwickNet Bring 100Mbps Broadband to Business Estates in Luton

21st December, 2016 (0 Comments)

UK ISP WarwickNet has announced that businesses in the Luton area of Bedfordshire, specifically Capability Green, Dallow Road, Luton Airport, Sundon Industrial Estate and Laporte Way, will soon be able to access their new fibre optic based broadband network.

UK ISP Internet for Business Pumps £1m into Ultra-High Speed Connectivity

13th December, 2016 (0 Comments)

Aberdeen-based broadband and telecoms provider Internet for Business (IFB) has today announced that it will invest an extra £1 million to upgrade the capacity of its UK network, which will help the ISP to support their current and future “fibre and ultra-high speed connectivity” (e.g. FTTP) products.

UPD Ofcom Consult on BT Cable Duct and Pole Access for Full Fibre Future

6th December, 2016 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has begun a new consultation on their proposed Duct and Pole Access (DPA) solution, which will help ISPs to build alternative fibre optic broadband networks (FTTP/H) by granting them cheaper and easier access to Openreach’s (BT) cable ducts and telegraph poles.

BT Openreach Publish FINAL Dark Fibre Reference Offer for ISPs

30th November, 2016 (7 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today released their Final Draft Reference Offer for the new Dark Fibre Access (DFA) product, which is required by Ofcom and should give rival ISPs “physical access” to the operator’s existing fibre optic cables (i.e. allows them to “take direct control of the connection“).

Rapier Systems Launch 1Gbps Wireless Ethernet for UK Businesses

9th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

Fife-based ISP Rapier Systems has launched a new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) style connectivity solution for businesses, called RapierBusinessConnect (RBC), which claims that it can deliver symmetric Ethernet speeds of “up to 1Gbps for as little as £49.99 per month” in areas where they have coverage.

London and French Internet Exchanges (IX) to Collaborate

9th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which acts as a central hub for much of the Internet traffic that enters and leaves the United Kingdom, has today announced a new collaboration agreement with their French counterpart (France-IX) that aims to improve peering in Europe and beyond.

SSE Telecoms in 7 Year Network Sharing Deal with Updata and Capita

8th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

The enterprise division of SSE Telecoms today claims to have shaved two years off their on-going ‘Project Edge‘ fibre optic network expansion in the United Kingdom, which has been achieved by signing a 7-year network sharing deal with Updata and Capita plc.

UPDATE OTA Reveal Final Stumbling Blocks for BT’s UK Dark Fibre Product

2nd November, 2016 (3 Comments)

Openreach (BT) hope to publish a final reference offer for their new Dark Fibre Access (DFA) product by the end of 2016, which will give rival ISPs “physical access” to their fibre optic cables. But a recent progress update reveals that disagreements over contracts, repair times and fees have yet to be resolved.

Old Cat5e / Cat6 Twisted Pair Copper Ethernet Cable Given Speed Boost

29th September, 2016 (0 Comments)

Do you connect your broadband router to a computer via wires? If so then you’re probably using the old Category 5e / 6 Ethernet cable, which is limited to 1000Mbps (1000BASE-T / 1000BASE-TX). Not that you’ll need it, but the new IEEE 802.11bz standard can give those a multi-Gigabit speed boost.

ISP Zen Internet to Grow its UK “Next Generation Network” Reach

28th September, 2016 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Zen Internet has announced that the reach of their “next generation” consumer broadband and high-capacity data network (e.g. Ethernet, FTTC, FTTP, EFM and ADSL) will be extended to 400 Points of Presence (PoPs) in BT exchanges by January 2017 (reaching over 500,000 postcodes).

Cityfibre Deploys Gigabit FTTP Broadband Network in Northampton UK

22nd September, 2016 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider Cityfibre has today confirmed that the large county town of Northampton in Northamptonshire (East Midlands of England) has become its next “Gigabit City“, with their 45km long fibre optic (FTTP) network going live for local businesses today.

ISP Zen Internet Warns Businesses Not to Focus on Cheap Broadband

22nd September, 2016 (2 Comments)

Ian Hunter of Zen Internet has warned that UK businesses who choose their broadband connectivity by comparing it with super cheap domestic packages are at risk of becoming “broadband blind” by overlooking the importance of things like reliability, strong technical support and future scalability etc.

ISP Fluidata and Sky in Deal to Deliver Wholesale Ethernet to Businesses

15th September, 2016 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has today signed an agreement with Sky’s (Sky Broadband) recently created SNS (Sky Network Services) Wholesale division, which will enable them to jointly work on offering new high capacity Ethernet connectivity solutions to businesses across the United Kingdom.

Cityfibre Sign Onecom to Support Southend-on-Sea Fibre Optic Network

9th September, 2016 (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has today signed a new 5-year and £1.7 million deal, which commits UK business ISP Onecom to be the launch partner for their new ultrafast (1Gbps+) fibre optic broadband (FTTP) and Ethernet network in Southend-on-Sea (Essex, England).

BT Openreach Publishes First UK Dark Fibre Reference Offer for ISPs

31st August, 2016 (4 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today published the first Draft Reference Offer for their new Dark Fibre Access (DFA) product, which is designed to give rival ISPs “physical access” to the operator’s fibre optic cables (i.e. allowing them to “take direct control of the connection“).

BT Openreach Further Reduces 100Mbps and 1Gbps Ethernet Prices

25th August, 2016 (4 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced another round of Ethernet price reductions for their business customers and ISPs, which are due to come into effect on 1st October 2016 and will impact a number of their 100Mbps and 1Gbps speed connections.

The London Internet Exchange Preps Big Network Upgrade

16th August, 2016 (3 Comments)

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which is a central hub for much of the Internet traffic that both comes into and goes out of the United Kingdom, has announced major plans to redevelop their secondary London interconnect platform (LON2) and give member ISPs more flexibility.