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UPDATE ISP Sky Broadband Adopt Average Speeds and Dedicated Tech Team

21st December, 2016 (4 Comments)

Sky Broadband will today become the first ISP in the United Kingdom to start advertising their headline packages using average download speeds. On top of that they’ve tweaked some of their broadband prices / contract lengths and launched a new dedicated “Tech Team” to boost customer support.

UK ISP TalkTalk Tweak Broadband Prices and Adopt 24 Month Contracts

19th December, 2016 (6 Comments)

TalkTalk has today decided to complement their 18 month contract terms by adding a lengthy 24 month option (i.e. 12 and 18 month terms are also available) and they’ve tweaked some of their broadband bundle discounts to match, although the new offers won’t last forever.

Ofcom Reveals its Options for the UK 10Mbps Broadband USO

16th December, 2016 (6 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator has today proposed a series of options for how a new legally-binding 10Mbps broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) could be rolled out across the United Kingdom by 2020, but it’s expensive and the final decision is down to the Government.

89% of UK Covered by 30Mbps Broadband, But Only 1.7% See “Full Fibre”

16th December, 2016 (12 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their annual Connected Nations 2016 report, which confirms that 89% of UK premises are now within reach of a fixed line superfast broadband service (up from 83% in 2015), with take-up hitting 31% (up from 27%). But only 1.7% (498K premises) can get “full fibre” (FTTP/H).

UPD BT Openreach Offer 6 Months Free FTTC Broadband in Certain Areas

16th December, 2016 (7 Comments)

Openreach (BT) will shortly begin offering ISPs 6 months of free rental on new PCP Only (Self-Install) FTTC / VDSL2 based “fibre broadband” connections when taken as a Simultaneous Provide service (e.g. broadband and phone line rental at the same time), but only on “eligible [street] cabinets“.

Hampshire UK Targets 97.4% Superfast Broadband Coverage by 2019

15th December, 2016 (7 Comments)

The Hampshire Superfast Broadband project in England, which recently worked with Openreach (BT) to expand “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) coverage to 90% of the county (59,500 extra premises), has given the green light to a £7.8m extension that will bring the availability to 97.4% by 2019.

Surrey UK Set to Push Beyond 96% Superfast Broadband Coverage

14th December, 2016 (6 Comments)

Surrey is special because it’s one of the few counties in England to have already delivered over 96% coverage of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) and as a result they were able to skip the Government’s second Broadband Delivery UK phase. But the council has this week agreed to go even further.

WarwickNet Bring 100Mbps Broadband to 80 Birmingham Businesses

13th December, 2016 (0 Comments)

Some 80 businesses at the Kings Norton Business Centre in Birmingham can now access “high-speed” broadband connectivity of up to 100Mbps (FTTC and FTTP), as well as dedicated 1Gbps leased lines, thanks to WarwickNet’s new network.

6200 Extra Staffordshire Premises to Get “Fibre Broadband” Under BT Deal

12th December, 2016 (2 Comments)

The Superfast Staffordshire project in the West Midlands of England has signed a new £5.1 million deal with BTOpenreach, which will expand the local coverage of their “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to an additional 6,200 homes and businesses.

BT Wholesale Add 18Mbps FTTC Product to UK Broadband Checker

11th December, 2016 (35 Comments)

The BT Wholesale Checker has added a couple of new columns to reflect the availability of Openreach’s (BT) 18Mbps (2Mbps upload) capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based “fibre broadband” product, which is aimed at people who still use slow ADSL copper broadband lines.

WarwickNet Bring 100Mbps Broadband to Drayton Industrial Estate

8th December, 2016 (0 Comments)

WarwickNet has announced that businesses on the Drayton Fields Industrial Estate in the market town of Daventry (Northamptonshire, England) can now access their new fibre optic based broadband network (FTTP, FTTC etc.), which offers speeds of up to 100Mbps and gigabit leased lines.

BT Openreach Engineers to Make Saturday Visits for FTTC Provisions

2nd December, 2016 (4 Comments)

From early next year Openreach (BT) will begin offering Saturday appointment slots for PCP Only (self-install) based Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) broadband provisions, which seems intended to help tackle occasions where the operator’s engineers are facing “significant demand“.

BT Openreach Offer 5 Months Free FTTC for Slow Broadband Lines

29th November, 2016 (9 Comments)

Openreach has announced that they will soon give UK ISPs the ability to offer 5 months of free rental on their 40Mbps FTTC (VDSL2) based “fibre broadband” service, which will apply to customers who currently only receive sub-10Mbps speeds via their existing copper lines (e.g. ADSL).

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Removes Setup Fees for Black Friday

25th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

TalkTalk has informed us that their Black Friday offer removes all setup fees from their broadband packages and TV bundles, which for example could save £25 off their ‘up to’ 38Mbps “Faster Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) service. Various half-price TV offers will also run on their Sky Cinema and Sports content.

UK ISP Aquiss Offers 3 Months Free ADSL and FTTC Broadband

23rd November, 2016 (6 Comments)

Shropshire-based ISP Aquiss has announced that all of their ‘up to’ 19Mbps ADSL and ‘up to’ 38-76Mbps unlimited “fibre broadband” (FTTC) packages are being offered free for the first 3 months of service to new orders until 30th November, although this doesn’t include phone line rental (optional service).

Call Flow Boss – Regulation Needed to Protect AltNet Broadband ISPs

21st November, 2016 (14 Comments)

The Managing Director and Founder of broadband ISP Call Flow Solutions, Andy Conibere, has told ISPreview.co.uk that the future could be “very bright“, provided regulation is introduced to protect alternative networks from being “unfairly squeezed out by the dominant suppliers” (BT, Virgin Media etc.).

Call Flow Finish “Fibre Broadband” Network in Windsor and Maidenhead

17th November, 2016 (56 Comments)

Alternative network provider Call Flow Solutions has announced the completion of their Broadband Delivery UK contract for the ‘Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’ in Berkshire (England), which has expanded the reach of their 30Mbps+ capable FTTC broadband network to an extra 1,750 premises.