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UPD Sky’s NOW TV Launch No Contract Bundle with Broadband and Calls

29th June, 2016 (2 Comments)

Sky’s sibling Internet video streaming service, NOW TV, has today announced “the UK’s first ever contract-free triple play bundle” that includes unlimited broadband and phone (voice call) services, with prices starting from just £9.99 per month + £17.99 line rental.

Scam Alert – UK Broadband ISP Users Targeted by Fake Support Pop-ups

22nd June, 2016 (4 Comments)

Customers of BT, TalkTalk, PlusNet and Sky Broadband in the United Kingdom (others may also be affected) are all being warned to keep an eye out for fake pop-up support messages that claim to come from your ISP (phishing), which due to a simple exploit can appear on even legitimate websites.

BT and Sky Enter the Top 10 Most Green Companies in the World

13th June, 2016 (3 Comments)

A new study, which examined the environmental performance (i.e. corporate sustainability and environmental impact) of the world’s largest publicly-traded companies by market capitalisation, has ranked BT Group as the 3rd best in the world and Sky PLC (Sky Broadband) 8th from a total of 500 companies.

UK ISP Sky Broadband to Trial 18Mbps Sky Fibre Lite FTTC Service

3rd June, 2016 (9 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky Broadband) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they are about to start trials of a new 18Mbps unlimited usage Sky Fibre Lite (FTTC) product with around 20,000 customers, which is designed to tempt those on their slower ADSL2+ based service to upgrade to FTTC for a better speed.

Sky UK Raises Standard FTTC Fibre Broadband Activation Fee

27th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Sky Broadband has moved to increase the one-off activation fee of its superfast capable Sky Fibre (FTTC) packages from £35 to £39, which will be introduced from 10th June 2016.

UK ISPs Sky, BT and Plusnet Sweeten Broadband Discounts with Gifts

19th May, 2016 (1 Comment)

Sky Broadband has added a £100 M&S e-Voucher to their Sky Fibre Unlimited (up to 38Mbps) service (currently £10 a month instead of the usual £20), while Plusnet has added a £50 Cashback voucher to their 12 months free (normally £9.99) ‘up to’ 17Mbps unlimited broadband deal and BT have introduced £75 to £125 Reward Cards across all broadband and phone bundles.

BT Rivals Sky, TalkTalk and Voda Push 10 Point Plan for a Better Openreach

16th May, 2016 (18 Comments)

A new “all-industry coalition“, which represents alternative network providers and major UK players like Sky Broadband, TalkTalk and Vodafone, has today put pressure on Ofcom to deliver on its Strategic Review by publishing a plan that sets out how they think the regulator should deliver a better and more independent Openreach.

BT’s TV Adverts Banned for Misleading Infinity Broadband Quality Claims

4th May, 2016 (0 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has landed itself in hot water again after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) was forced to ban three of their TV adverts for making “misleading” BTInfinity (FTTC) “fibre broadband” quality claims versus rival UK ISPs Sky Broadband and Virgin Media.

Virgin Media TV Customers Facing Price Rise for Sky Content

25th April, 2016 (6 Comments)

Approximately 900,000 of Virgin Media’s existing customers, specifically those who take a triple-play bundle of broadband, phone and TV that includes the Sky Sports or Sky Movies content, look set to face a monthly price increase of between £1 and £2.50 on their bills.

2 Years On – Waiting for Sky and TalkTalk’s 940Mb FTTH Broadband in York

25th April, 2016 (3 Comments)

It’s officially been two years since Cityfibre, Sky Broadband and TalkTalk announced their Joint Venture (here) to roll-out a new 940Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network across the city of York in England, but we’re still not clear when it will launch or whether it will progress beyond Phase One.

Sky Confirm No Plans to Build Own UK Fibre Optic Broadband Network

22nd April, 2016 (5 Comments)

In a somewhat unsurprising development Sky’s (Sky Broadband) CEO, Jeremy Darroch, appears to have now officially ruled the operator out from any ambition to build its own national ultrafast fibre optic broadband (FTTP/H) network in the United Kingdom.

UPD Sky Broadband Outage Hits the South Midlands and South Downs

21st April, 2016 (5 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband and Talk services in the South Midlands and South Downs areas of England currently appear to be suffering Internet and phone connectivity problems due to a major outage.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Suffers Slow Growth to 5.94 Million Subscribers

21st April, 2016 (2 Comments)

Sky has published their latest results to the end of Q1 2016 (calendar), which reveals that the total number of Sky Broadband subscribers in the UK and Ireland increased by just +46,000 in the quarter to total approx. 5.94 million (down sharply from the +144K added in Q4 2015 and +133k in Q3).

Sky UK Offers FREE 38Mbps FTTC Fibre Broadband for 1 Year

15th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Sky Broadband has quietly tweaked the prices for their ‘up to’ 38Mbps Sky Fibre (25GB usage) and Sky Fibre Unlimited packages, with the former being free for the first 12 months of service (£10 a month thereafter) and the latter being £10 per month for the first 12 months (£20 thereafter).

BT Launch BTInfinity 1 Service with Broadband Speeds of up 52Mbps

15th April, 2016 (14 Comments)

Internet provider BT has today replaced their old Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL) based 38Mbps BTInfinity 1 broadband service with a new up to 52Mbps package speed, which they brag is “a faster standard fibre service” than you can get from Sky Broadband, TalkTalk or Virgin Media.

Sky Broadband UK Finally Offers Sky Q Hub Router to Existing Customers

14th April, 2016 (6 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today officially confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that any existing customer who wish to buy the new Sky Q Hub broadband router can do so by paying a one-off fee, which means that you don’t have to take out a Sky Q TV bundle in order to get it.

BT Loses Moan vs Sky’s Best Price Guarantee for Broadband and BTSport

13th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

BT has lost its complaint against an October 2015 website advert for one of Sky’s bundles, which offered a “Best Price Guarantee” on a bundle that allowed existing Sky Sports customers with Sky Broadband to get “the best monthly price for unlimited broadband and BTSport“.