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UK Broadband ISP Cotswold Satellite Ceases Trading

24th October, 2013 (1 Comment)

Internet provider Cotswold Satellite (Company No. 08182706) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that the business, which operates in a market full of samey clone ISPs with near-identical prices and speeds, officially agreed to cease trading over one month ago.

Europe Claims 100% Basic Broadband Target Won via Satellite

18th October, 2013 (17 Comments)

Sooner or later a politician was bound to play the quick-fix card. The European Commission has declared that the race to achieve 100% coverage of basic broadband services has been achieved thanks to the help of pan-EU Satellite availability. Concerns over capacity, performance and price appear to have been left at the door.

Satellite ISP Uses Crowd Funding to Solve Broadband Notspots in Scotland

21st August, 2013 (0 Comments)

Ayrshire-based ISP Internet Anywhere, which claims to be Scotland’s largest reseller of Eutelsat’s up to 20Mbps capable Tooway based satellite broadband services, has become one of the first businesses to make use of a new crowd-funding platform that could help to plug the country’s remaining internet notspots and slowspots.

Ofcom Consult on Faster Satellite Broadband for UK Aircraft, Ships and Trains

15th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has begun a fresh consultation to support the introduction of a regulatory framework for a new generation of faster Earth Stations on Mobile Platforms (ESOMPs), which typically provide broadband internet access to moving vehicles.

New 20Mbps SES UK Satellite ISP Launches Called Broadband Everywhere

31st July, 2013 (3 Comments)

Box Limited, an IT and technology sales company, has today announced the launch of its own satellite ISP called Broadband Everywhere. As with some other providers this new one also makes use of the SES Broadband Services platform, which offers internet download speeds of up to 20Mbps.

UPDATE Eutelsat and Skylogic Scrap Unlimited Tooway Satellite Broadband

24th July, 2013 (18 Comments)

Satellite operator Eutelsat (Skylogic) appears to be feeling a strain on its broadband capacity after it began advising ISPs in the UK, and we assume the rest of Europe too, that their current top-end unlimited usage package would be withdrawn by the end of August 2013.

Has Satellite Broadband Finally Reached its Tipping Point Towards Success

18th July, 2013 (6 Comments)

A recent report from Point Topic claimed that Satellite broadband ISPs might finally have become an “attractive option” for consumers seeking higher speed internet connections, especially those in UK rural areas. But has it really reached a “tipping point” towards even wider success and if so then why aren’t consumers lapping it up.

UK Satellite ISP EuropaSat Adds 20Mbps SES Broadband Products

5th July, 2013 (2 Comments)

Oxfordshire-based EuropaSat (SSW) has signed a new agreement that will allow them to add a new range of ‘up to’ 20Mbps Ka-band based satellite broadband products from SES (ASTRA) to their existing portfolio of home and business packages, which already includes services from Eutelsat (KA-SAT) and Avanti (HYLAS).

Satellite ISP Bentley Walker Launch UK Rural Broadband Survey

28th June, 2013 (2 Comments)

Satellite internet provider Bentley Walker has launched a new 2013 Rural Broadband Survey website in order to “investigate the gap in broadband internet performance around the UK“. But the survey appears to be limited in scope.

UK Broadband Satellite ISP Tooway Direct Becomes EuropaSat

22nd May, 2013 (1 Comment)

Satellite ISP Tooway Direct UK, which is part of the UK based Satellite Solutions Worldwide group, appears to have re-branded once again to become EuropaSat. But unlike before the “new” ISP has ended its exclusive arrangement with Eutelsat (KA-SAT) and now also sells broadband options supplied by SES (ASTRA) and Avanti (HYLAS).

Satellite ISP BeyonDSL Rebrands to Launch 20Mbps Broadband in the UK

30th April, 2013 (0 Comments)

ISP BeyonDSL has reached an agreement with its supplier SES (SES Broadband) to re-brand its broadband service to Satellite Internet, which will allow them to offer download speeds of up to 20Mbps (Megabits per second) to practically the whole of the United Kingdom.

Eutelsat Trains 700 UK Satellite Broadband Installers to Help Rural Areas

29th April, 2013 (0 Comments)

European communications provider Eutelsat has teamed up with the Confederation for Aerial Industries (CAI) to help train 700 new satellite broadband installers to support its latest up to 20Mbps capable Tooway (KA-SAT) service that typically targets customers in poorly served rural areas.

Eutelsat to Launch Unlimited 20Mbps Satellite Broadband Service for the UK

31st January, 2013 (0 Comments)

Competition in the UK and EU markets for Satellite based internet access, which can help to serve remote rural areas, is heating up and as a result Eutelsat (Tooway) will today announce a series of new packages for their KA-SAT spacecraft at 9° East. Faster speeds of up to 20Mbps and unlimited data allowances are two of several enhancements.

UK Government Sees Satellite Broadband as Essential for Rural Areas

5th January, 2013 (18 Comments)

The UK government’s Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts (Conservative MP for Havant), has said that Satellite based broadband ISP services will indeed become an “essential means” of deliver faster internet access into rural communities.

Northumberland UK to Benefit from £1.3m Broadband Loan Scheme

5th January, 2013 (2 Comments)

The Northumberland County Council (NCC) in North East England has announced the launch of a new £1.3 million loan scheme that has been designed to encourage small satellite, wireless or other alternative technology ISPs to come into the county and offer their broadband services to the most remote rural areas.

Radio Spectrum Worth £52bn to the UK But Mobile Broadband to Get Cheaper

6th November, 2012 (0 Comments)

A new Government commissioned report from Analysys Mason has revealed that the total radio spectrum (e.g. wifi, digital tv, 3G etc.) market was worth £52 billion a year to the UK economy in 2011 (up 25% in real terms since 2006) and rising. But Mobile Broadband is going to get cheaper.

SES Prep Self Installable 20Mbps Capable Broadband Satellite for EU and UK

19th October, 2012 (6 Comments)

Global satellite operator SES (SES Broadband) has confirmed that its new ASTRA 2F spacecraft, which was launched into orbit at the end of last month, will bring affordable internet download speeds of up to 20Mbps to rural parts of both the UK and Europe. On top of that it will also make self-installation a possibility.