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Ofcom Propose to Prosecute Owners of Bad Powerline Network Adapters

6th January, 2015 (14 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has started a new consultation that proposes to expand the remit of its existing wireless telegraphy legislation in order to tackle electronic devices that create “undue interference“, which among other things could target consumers that make use of bad Powerline Adapters (HomePlug) for their home computer networks.

ASA UK Put the Advertising of Network Adapter Speeds Under a Spotlight

31st December, 2014 (29 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a website ad for ZyXEL’s PLA4201 500Mbps Mini Powerline Ethernet Adaptor after two people complained that the performance claims were “misleading“, not least because the adapter itself only offered a 100Mbps (RJ-45) capable Ethernet port. Admittedly this isn’t strictly ISP related, but it’s still interesting.

BT Pilots New Form of Fibre-to-the-Basement Broadband in London

22nd December, 2014 (10 Comments)

BT has today confused fibre optic connection terminologies a little by detailing their first pilot for a “new form” of Fibre-to-the-Basement / Building (FTTB) broadband technology in the City of London area, which uses VDSL2 over copper like FTTC but is optimised for basements / comms rooms where the operator has a wayleave/permission from the landlord and access to power.

Dorset UK Scraps Costly Kcom Built Fibre Optic Public Sector Network

22nd December, 2014 (3 Comments)

Rising costs and a lack of uptake have forced Dorset County Council to give up on their Dorset Public Sector Network (DPSN), which became operational via Kcom (KC) in 2012 and has since exceeded its budget by £340k. Another £200k per year could be added to this overspend until the agreement ends in 2018.

BT Wholesale Enhances UK Connectivity via New Data Centre PoPs

25th October, 2014 (11 Comments)

BTWholesale’s plan to boost its fibre optic based Ethernet footprint and big business connectivity, which started earlier this year, has now seen several new data centre PoP (Point of Presence) sites go live at TelecityGroup in Joule House (Manchester), Equinix [LDN5] in Slough and a further one in Leeds. More are set to follow.

BT Openreach Recruit 500 Extra UK Telecoms Engineers to Improve Service

20th October, 2014 (39 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced its intention to recruit another 500 full-time broadband and telephone engineers, mostly in London, Surrey (England), Aberdeen (Scotland) and more generally around Wales. The move forms part of BT’s on-going efforts to meet Ofcom’s new quality of service requirements (faster fault fixing and installations etc.).

Vaioni Brings 1Gbps Ethernet to Firms in Hammersmith and Fulham

7th October, 2014 (0 Comments)

Manchester-based ISP Vaioni has signed a new partnership deal that will allow them to wholesale out access to the ITS Technology Group’s pure Fibre Optic network to businesses in key parts of Hammersmith and Fulham (London).

WarwickNet Bring Faster Broadband to Hundreds of Coventry Businesses

6th October, 2014 (0 Comments)

UK ISP WarwickNet has confirmed that around 100 businesses on the Binley Industrial Estate in Coventry (England) can now access their new superfast broadband network, which among other things offers leased-line speeds of up to 1Gbit/s; not to mention slower but cheaper FTTC services.

RECORD A Single Laser and Cable Delivers Fibre Optic Speeds of 43Tbps

1st August, 2014 (0 Comments)

A team of scientists working at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has broken a new record after they were able to use a single laser to transmit data speeds of 43Tbps (Terabits per second) over a single fibre optic cable, which is important because this kind of setup is arguably reflective of a real-world environment.

Spectrum Internet Brings 1Gbps Broadband to 70+ Businesses in Cardiff

22nd July, 2014 (1 Comment)

Around 70+ businesses on the Cardiff Gate International Business Park in Wales can now gain access to top broadband speeds of 1000Mbps after Welsh ISP Spectrum Internet expanded the reach of their fibre optic network into the area by using the city’s Connection Voucher scheme, which makes this the first such park to benefit in the whole of Wales.

Vaioni to Cover up to £6K of Fibre Leased Line Excess Construction Charges

29th May, 2014 (0 Comments)

Manchester-based business ISP Vaioni has announced that it will offer up to £6,000 worth of cover against Excess Construction Charges (ECC), irrespective of operator choice, on all orders of its fibre optic based Leased Line services.

BT Clear to Replace Ethernet Excess Construction Charges with Setup Fee

16th May, 2014 (5 Comments)

Ofcom has formally allowed BTOpenreach to proceed with their proposal to replace the sliding scale of Excess Construction Charges (ECC) on their point-to-point Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) products with a simple balancing charge fee of £548 +vat, which will benefit many but not all customers.

Wireless Business ISP Urban WiMAX Moots Growth After Funding Boost

7th May, 2014 (0 Comments)

London-based business ISP Urban WiMAX, which specialises in delivering a mix of wired and or wireless (wimax and microwave) broadband / Ethernet solutions to around 500 customers, last month secured additional investment worth £2.15 million through Santander’s Breakthrough programme and is now planning for their future growth.

Welsh ISP Spectrum Internet Claims First Gigabit Fibre Building in Cardiff

17th March, 2014 (5 Comments)

Cardiff-based Spectrum Internet has become one of the first UK ISPs to demonstrate how the government’s £150m Urban Broadband Fund (UBF), specifically its Broadband Connection Vouchers scheme, can be used by several businesses to “collectively pool their funding together” for the roll-out of a fibre optic based 1 Gigabit capable connection.

BT Openreach Tweak and Reduce UK Ethernet Rental and Setup Prices

27th February, 2014 (1 Comment)

BTOpenreach has unveiled a string of “substantial price reductions” for their range of business focused Ethernet products, which includes the recently proposed plan to replace most of their Excess Construction Charges (ECC) for new Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) orders with a single connection fee of £548 +vat .

BT Could Replace UK Ethernet Excess Construction Charges with Setup Fee

14th February, 2014 (5 Comments)

Ofcom has preliminarily agreed to a proposal by BTOpenreach that could result in the operator replacing its sliding scale Excess Construction Charges (ECC), at least some of them, on their point-to-point Ethernet Access Direct products with a single setup fee of around £550 +vat.

7Gbps Capable Home WiFi Standard 802.11ac-2013 on the Way by 2015

23rd January, 2014 (11 Comments)

The latest generation of Gigabit (1.3Gbps) capable WiFi wireless home networking standard (WLAN), better known as 802.11ac, has only just begun to hit store shelves in its final form and now the next iteration (IEEE 802.11ac-2013) has been approved that will push your local network speeds up to 7Gbps (Gigabits per second).