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UPD A Closer Look at Latency and Packet Loss on the Biggest Broadband ISPs

17th August, 2012 (57 Comments)

Ofcom’s latest broadband speeds report (released this week) also includes a unique and useful insight into the Latency (Ping) and Packet Loss performance of the UK’s largest ISPs, which can have a serious impact upon the performance of specific internet applications (e.g. online video games, Skype etc.). But which provider is best?

Sky UK Extends 6 Months FREE Unlimited Broadband and Calls Bundle

16th August, 2012 (0 Comments)

Media giant Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has extended its online-only 6 months free unlimited broadband with free evening and weekend UK landline calls bundle, which includes a £25 Marks and Spencer’s Voucher, for another month. But price hikes are coming.

BSkyB UK Rivals Could Raise Broadband ISP Bundle Prices After Pay TV Ruling

13th August, 2012 (3 Comments)

The price UK consumers pay for bundling broadband, TV and or phone services when premium movie or sports content is included from BSkyB could soon rise after several recent competition rulings left Ofcom’s effort to break the media giants alleged hold over the pay-tv market in tatters.

Sky Broadband UK Breaks the 4 Million ISP Subscribers Milestone

26th July, 2012 (5 Comments)

BSkyB (Sky Broadband) has today released its latest results to 30th June 2012 (Q2), which saw it add +138,000 new home broadband customers in the quarter (down from +212k in Q1) and reach the milestone of 4,001,000 internet access customers.

Virgin Media UK Fails to Get Sky Totally Unlimited Broadband Claim Banned

18th July, 2012 (9 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected an attempt by Virgin Media to have rival Sky Broadband’s claim of offering a “totally unlimited broadband” package banned from its TV, press and website promotions. Meanwhile Sky succeeded in having several adverts for Virgin’s TiVo service banned.

UPD Sky UK Switch On New Broadband Television and Film Service NOW TV

16th July, 2012 (6 Comments)

BSkyB (Sky Broadband) will tomorrow switch-on its new web-based internet TV and Film (video streaming) service, NOW TV, which aims to challenge Netflix and LOVEFiLM by making the media giants huge library of content available via a “wide range of broadband-connected devices” (computers and smartphones etc.).

Sky UK Make 76Mb Superfast Broadband Fibre Pro Service Available to All

6th July, 2012 (33 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today informed ISPreview.co.uk that its hidden superfast 76Mbps capable Sky Fibre Unlimited Pro broadband (FTTC) service, which still isn’t shown on their website, is now available to “all customers – new and existing“.

Analyst Expects Sky to Bid for Budget UK Internet Provider Rival TalkTalk

5th July, 2012 (8 Comments)

BT’s risky £738 million grab of 38 Premier League football games (here) for its BTVision TV (IPTV) service has allegedly sparked rumours in the city that BSkyB (Sky Broadband) could be about to make a bid for arch rival TalkTalk, which may or may not be a good thing.

UPD Ofcom UK Names TalkTalk the Most Complained about Broadband ISP

27th June, 2012 (2 Comments)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today published its latest quarterly customer complaints data (Q1-2012) for big fixed line broadband and mobile providers (i.e. those with a market share of 4%+). Sadly TalkTalk remains the ISP with most complaints but crucially they have continued to improve.

Sky UK Offer 12 Months Half Price Unlimited Broadband as Price Hike Looms

22nd June, 2012 (8 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today reintroduced their £25 M&S voucher (£100 if you take a TV bundle) with 12 months half price unlimited broadband and free off-peak calls promotion (£5 per month), which is only available to new customers who sign-up online. But a price hike for calls and line rental could follow.

Sky UK Offers 6 Months Half Price Unlimited Broadband and Free Calls

16th June, 2012 (0 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has this week launched a new promotion that offers their unlimited broadband and free calls (evenings and weekends) bundle at half price for 6 months to new customers (i.e. £5 per month), which includes a £25 M&S voucher (Marks & Spencer).

Sky Broadband to Overtake TalkTalk and Become 3rd Largest UK ISP

15th June, 2012 (2 Comments)

Analyst firm Strategy Analytics predicts that Sky Broadband (BSkyB) will continue to see strong growth throughout 2012 and add an additional 425,000 broadband subscribers by the end of 2012, which would give them a total of roughly 4.3 Million and most likely place them ahead of TalkTalk and close to the second largest ISP Virgin Media.

Sky Broadband Study Names Leeds City as WiFi Capital of the UK

13th June, 2012 (0 Comments)

ISP Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today published new research into the wireless internet (Hotspot) usage in 10 of the UK’s biggest cities, which found that 22% of people in Leeds have used public WiFi in the past 24 hours. That’s twice the national average (11%) and above London’s result of 20% (Manchester and Birmingham scored 13% each).

Sky Broadband UK Reports Big Drop in Internet Usage over Jubilee Weekend

7th June, 2012 (3 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) claims that internet data usage across its network of 3,863,000 home broadband ISP customers fell by a fifth over the long Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend as end-users swapped their computers for the nearest TV or took trips away from home.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Blocks Internet Piracy Website The Pirate Bay

31st May, 2012 (5 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) yesterday become the latest internet provider to block its UK customers from being able to access The Pirate Bay website, which follows an identical move by both Virgin Media and Orange UK. Several other operators, including O2, TalkTalk and BT, are expected to follow suit within the next couple of weeks.

Sky Broadband UK Denies it Has Plans for a Mobile Phone Service

29th May, 2012 (0 Comments)

BSkyB (Sky Broadband) has today played down speculation that it could be about to enter the quad-play market (broadband, tv, phone and mobile) with a mobile phone service after several reports indicated that the group had held related talks with Everything Everywhere (Orange UK and T-Mobile).

SES Astra Tips Sky UK to Focus on Ultra HDTV via Satellite Instead of Broadband

21st May, 2012 (3 Comments)

Global satellite operator SES ASTRA has tipped BSkyB (Sky Broadband) to be one of the first in the world to deploy the next generation of Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) services (aka – 3840×2160 pixels or “4K” / 7680×4320 pixels or “8K“) into homes, possibly by 2015, which could call into question the future competitiveness of over-the-top (OTT) style broadband TV (IPTV).