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Virgin Media UK Tops 4.46M Broadband Users and Sells to LGi for GBP15bn

6th February, 2013 (9 Comments)

Cable provider Virgin Media UK has today released its latest results (Q4-2012), which saw subscribers to their broadband ISP climb to total 4,465,000 (up by +51,600). But the big news is that international cable operator Liberty Global (LGi) has officially agreed to buy VM (merger) for an enterprise value of approximately $23.3 billion (£14.88bn).

Ofcom Reports UK Broadband Lines Total 21.37 Million in Q3 2012

5th February, 2013 (1 Comment)

The latest Telecoms Market Data Tables Q3 2012 update from Ofcom has revealed that the United Kingdom is now home to a total of 21,371,000 fixed line broadband ISP connections (excludes corporate lines), which is up by +264,000 over the previous quarter and includes 639,000 superfast fibre broadband (FTTx) lines.

UK ISP TalkTalk Returns to Growth with 4.053m Broadband Subscribers

5th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Budget UK internet and phone provider TalkTalk can celebrate today after the ISP returned to growth, following a three year period of decline, by adding +10,000 new broadband subscribers during Q4-2012 (total 4,053,000). The number of customers taking their superfast “fibre” broadband (FTTC) package also increased to 52,000 during Q4 (+22k).

Brits Still Seek Clampdown on Misleading Broadband ISP Adverts

4th February, 2013 (6 Comments)

The results from 846 respondents to ISPreview.co.uk’s latest monthly reader poll have found that 89% still feel that big broadband ISPs are continuing to mislead consumers with their advertising practices, especially in regards to promotions of internet service speed and pricing. Time for tougher rules perhaps.

The Top 8 UK Fastest Broadband ISPs for January 2013

4th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

The latest summary of anecdotal consumer broadband ISP speed testing data has revealed that the average download speed in the United Kingdom fell sharply from 19.374Mbps (Megabits per second) in December 2012 to 16.914Mbps during January 2013. Meanwhile the average upload speed is largely unchanged at 2.387Mbps.

UK ISP BT Tops 6.56 Million Broadband Subscribers as Fibre Access Grows

1st February, 2013 (0 Comments)

National UK telecoms operator BT has today released its latest Q4-2012 financial results, which revealed that their retail broadband ISP subscriber base grew by +122k (up from +88k in Q3-2012) to total 6,569,000 customers (more than 1m of which are fibre optic based BTInfinity superfast broadband subscribers).

Sky Broadband UK Tops 4.23 Million ISP Subscribers

31st January, 2013 (0 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today released their latest results to 31st December 2012 (Q4-2012), which saw the operator increase its growth by adding +132,000 new quarterly fixed line internet access subscribers to reach a total customer base of 4,235,000 (up from +102k added in Q3-2012).

BDUK to Bring Superfast Broadband to 1.8m Extra UK Homes by 2015

29th January, 2013 (1 Comment)

Telecoms analyst Point Topic has predicted that superfast broadband (30Mbps+) services, with state aid support through the government’s Broadband Delivery UK office, will cover 1.8 million more homes in the United Kingdom by 2015 than if the only source of investment had been the private sector.

UPDATE 4am is Best for Getting the UK Fastest Broadband ISP Speeds

29th January, 2013 (5 Comments)

New research from uSwitch, which analysed data from 2.3 million anecdotal internet speed tests (carried out between 21st July 2012 and 20th January 2013), has concluded that consumers get the fastest broadband speeds if they go online at 4am (least busy period) and the slowest if they start surfing at 9pm.

Most Blind and Partially Sighted Older People Have Never Gone Online

28th January, 2013 (3 Comments)

A new telephone and face-to-face survey of around 370 blind or partially sighted UK people over the age of 65, which was jointly conducted by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and BT, has revealed that 87% of respondents have never used the internet.

Akamai Average Global Broadband Speeds Hit 2.8Mbps as UK Tops 6.3Mbps

23rd January, 2013 (1 Comment)

Akamai‘s latest quarterly State of the Internet Q3 2012 study claims that the average global broadband download speed has fallen by 6.8% since Q2 to reach 2.8Mbps (Megabits per second). By comparison the average speed in the United Kingdom reached 6.3Mbps (up from 5.7Mbps in Q2) and ranked us as 17th fastest in the world.

Hull ISP KC Find Snow Fuels 30 Percent Jump in Broadband Internet Traffic

23rd January, 2013 (0 Comments)

East Yorkshire ISP KC has reported a 30% surge in internet traffic on their broadband network for the past week, which is believed to have been caused by heavy snow conditions forcing more people to work from home over cloud and Virtual Private Network (VPN) based services.

Ultrafast FTTH Fibre Optic Broadband Connections Pass 199000 UK Homes

22nd January, 2013 (5 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe, which champions adoption of true Fibre-to-the-Home based fibre optic broadband ISP connections, has revealed that FTTH services passed 199,000 homes in the United Kingdom during December 2012 (up from 175k a few months earlier) with a take-up rate of about 8.5%.

Ofcom – Rise in Broadband ISP Speed Dissatisfaction and Switching Hassle

8th January, 2013 (3 Comments)

Ofcom has today published its annual 2012 Consumer Experience report. The study found that general dissatisfaction with fixed line broadband ISP speeds had increased to 17% (up from 15% in 2011) and that consumers were continuing to complain about experiencing too much “hassle” when switching provider.

BT WiFi Sees Record Wireless Hotspot Usage on New Years Eve

7th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

BT WiFi has announced that its UK network of 4.5 million public wireless internet hotspots saw a record usage rise on New Year’s Eve as wifi users’ online minutes jumped 317% on last year and physical data consumption grew by 260%. The network also saw 88% more unique users than at the same time last year.

UK TalkTalk Broadband ISP Traffic Breaks 557GBps Record

4th January, 2013 (12 Comments)

Internet and phone provider TalkTalk reports that its broadband network in the United Kingdom was “busier than ever” over the Christmas and the New Year period. Customer downloads of new Tablet updates and pre-work emails pushed data traffic to a peak of 557GBps (GigaBytes per second?) on New Year’s Day.

Top 8 UK Fastest Broadband ISPs by Speed for 2012 and 2011 Compared

3rd January, 2013 (7 Comments)

The latest summary of anecdotal consumer broadband ISP speed-test data for December 2012 reveals that the average download speed in the United Kingdom has surged from 7.578Mbps one year ago to 19.374Mbps now (up 156%). The average upload speed also jumped by 101% over the same period from 1.160Mbps to 2.327Mbps.