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UK ISP Entanet Criticises Sky Broadband’s Move to Shun Sub-2Mbps Lines

1st February, 2017 (5 Comments)

Communications provider Entanet has warned that Sky Broadband’s recent decision to stop selling broadband to customers with a Minimum Access Line Speed (MALS) of 2Mbps or less (here) is “bad news for consumers” and could end up “stretching the digital divide instead of closing it.”

UPD Sky Broadband Top 6.1Mill Subs and Pushes Sky Q TV via the Internet

26th January, 2017 (18 Comments)

Sky has today published their latest results to 31st December 2016, which reveals that in the last six months they’ve added +140,000 new Sky Broadband subscribers in the UK and Ireland to total 6.1 million (up from +70K added in H1 2016). Plus you’ll soon be able to get Sky Q TV via broadband.

UPDATE2 ISP Sky Broadband Confirms Line Rental Price Hike to £18.99

25th January, 2017 (11 Comments)

Last week news broke that Sky Broadband intended to raise the monthly price of Phone Line Rental from 1st March 2017 (it’s currently £17.40), although the ISP refused to say by how much. Today we’ve had it confirmed that the price will rise by 9.14% to £18.99 per month.

Sky Broadband Preparing UK Line Rental Prices Rise for 1st March 2017

12th January, 2017 (12 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband have been given an unusual early warning of a future price increase to the cost of Sky Line Rental (phone), which is due to hit on 1st March 2017. However Sky’s warning stems from a newspaper promotion for their service, rather than a direct communication.

UPDATE2 UK ISPs to Send First Internet Piracy Warning Letters this Month

10th January, 2017 (22 Comments)

ISPreview.co.uk can today confirm that the first Internet piracy warning letters (aka – “subscriber alerts” or “educational emails“) will this month begin to be sent by all of the biggest broadband ISPs. The “alerts” will be issued to those users who are suspected of engaging in online copyright infringement.

The 2017 UK Best Home Broadband ISP Picks by ISPreview.co.uk

9th January, 2017 (49 Comments)

Choosing a new broadband ISP is harder than picking a supplier for Gas or Electricity, not least because the quality of service and performance can vary hugely depending upon where you live and which provider you pick. But with any luck our annual editors pick might help to simplify the options.

Sky Mobile 4G Service Becomes Available to Everybody in the UK

6th January, 2017 (5 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has this week confirmed that their new Sky Mobile service is now available for anybody to buy, after initially only being made available to Sky’s existing customers and those who pre-registered. However the new service might not seem terribly attractive unless you also take Sky TV.

The UK Electricity Costs of Home Broadband ISP Routers Compared

3rd January, 2017 (8 Comments)

One of the unseen costs of running a modern Home Broadband connection stems from its impact on your electricity bill, not least the price of keeping your Internet router or modem device switched-on around the clock. We take a closer look at the costs of running such hardware.

Sky Broadband Won’t Sell to People Unable to Get 2Mbps Speeds

31st December, 2016 (29 Comments)

Reliable sources have informed ISPreview.co.uk that Sky Broadband has recently made a stealthy change to their Internet access packages, which means they are no longer selling broadband (of any type) to customers with a Minimum Access Line Speed (MALS) of 2Mbps or less.

Netflix UK’s 2016 vs 2015 Broadband ISP Video Streaming Speed Index

29th December, 2016 (0 Comments)

Netflix UK’s most recent ISP Speed Index update, which measures the popular Internet Movie and TV service’s video streaming performance on different broadband providers, has one again named Virgin Media as the fastest provider for their service in 2016; but it’s not that important to be top.

Christmas Day Pushes Sky Broadband UK ISP Network Traffic to 5Tbps

27th December, 2016 (15 Comments)

The amount of data crossing Sky Broadband’s network peaked at a staggering 5Tbps (Terabits per second) over the Christmas weekend (equivalent to 5242880Mbps) as many of the ISPs 6 million subscribers went online to stream video, activate new devices and post updates on social media etc.

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.

Q3 2016 Study – BT and Plusnet Attract Most Broadband Complaints

20th December, 2016 (6 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today published their Q3 2016 consumer complaints study, which reports that the total volume of fixed line Broadband, Phone and Pay TV complaints in the UK has increased, while Mobile gripes declined. Sadly BT came out as the biggest magnet for broadband gripes.

Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox to Gobble Sky in £11.7bn Takeover Deal

15th December, 2016 (2 Comments)

Second time lucky. Customers of Sky (Sky Broadband) may have mixed feelings when they read today’s news, which confirms that Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has agreed to gobble Sky by paying £11.7bn to acquire a 61% stake in the company (Fox already owns 39%).

UK ISP BT Warns Email Using Customers After 2nd Massive Yahoo! Hack

15th December, 2016 (14 Comments)

A staggering 1 billion accounts belonging to Internet giant Yahoo! have been breached by a second major hack, albeit one that occurred in August 2013. Today BT Retail and other broadband ISPs that have used the firm for their email (e.g. Sky Broadband) are warning customers to change their passwords.

UK ISPs to Send Internet Piracy Warning Letters from Early 2017

30th November, 2016 (7 Comments)

After years of waiting, the Government’s long-held plan to force major broadband ISPs into issuing warning letters / emails to customers, specifically those suspected of having engaged in online copyright infringement (Internet piracy), looks set to get underway from early 2017.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Unveils New 4G Sky Mobile Plans and Prices

29th November, 2016 (8 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today officially soft launched their new 4G based Sky Mobile service in the United Kingdom, which is powered by a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with O2 (Telefonica UK). The move will turn Sky into a true quad-play provider.