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UPD6 UK Broadband ISPs Survive 2012 Olympic Games Weekend Unscathed

30th July, 2012 (0 Comments)

Early indications suggest that the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony and weekend events failed to put any real strain upon national UK broadband providers. Several ISPs reported increased internet usage, yet none suffered any serious problems. But the first real test could come today.

Internet Streaming Services Gobble Half of the Traffic on PlusNet UK

27th July, 2012 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP PlusNet UK has revealed that internet streaming services (e.g. YouTube) now account for over 42% of all usage on its network during the evening and often peak at 50-60% depending on what’s happening (i.e. big sporting events). A raft of other stats have also been published including some that hint at a possible abuse of the SkyGo service.

ISP O2 UK Suffers Sharp Decline to 602000 Broadband Subscribers

26th July, 2012 (24 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP O2 UK (BE Broadband) has released its latest results to 30th June (Q2), which revealed that their fixed line broadband subscriber base saw a shock fall to total 602,000 (-15,800 in the quarter). That’s a nosedive from the -2,500 lost in Q1-2012 and the -5,000 lost during Q4-2011.

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.

Orange UK Home Broadband ISP Subscribers See Tiny Growth to 714000

25th July, 2012 (1 Comment)

It finally happened. After years of waiting Orange UK (Everything Everywhere) has today reported its first tiny sliver of growth in their fixed line Home Broadband subscriber base, which increased from 713k in Q1-2012 to 714,000 in Q2 (up by +1,000). But what about future services and superfast packages?

BT Top 6.36 Million Broadband Subscribers as FTTC Passes 11M UK Homes

25th July, 2012 (7 Comments)

BT has released its latest results to 30th June (Q2-2012), which saw their retail broadband ISP subscriber base add +85,000 new customers (down from +136k in Q1) to reach a total of 6,365,000. The operators superfast up to 80Mbps capable FTTC (BTInfinity) service also expanded to pass 11 million UK homes (up from 10m in Q1).

Top 10 Fastest and Slowest UK Cities and Towns by Broadband ISP Speed

25th July, 2012 (2 Comments)

A new study of broadband performance across fifty of the country’s “most populated towns and cities” has revealed that the average UK broadband download speed grew by 16% to 7.84Mbps (up from 6.74Mbps in 2011). Meanwhile London tops the speed chart with an average of 13.262Mbps, while Norwich came last on 5.336Mbps.

Virgin Media UK Holds at 4.38 Million Broadband ISP Subscribers for Q2 2012

24th July, 2012 (9 Comments)

National UK cable operator Virgin Media has today released its latest quarterly results (Q2-2012), which saw their broadband ISP subscriber base increase by just +4,000 in the quarter to total 4,385,600 (significantly down on the +30,500 added in Q1-2012 and +17,500 in Q4-2011). But what of a future 200Mbps product?

Two Thirds of UK People to Watch the 2012 Olympic Games Online

23rd July, 2012 (9 Comments)

Network optimisation firm Riverbed Technology has predicted that almost two-thirds of UK inhabitants will watch this summer’s London 2012 Olympic Games online and, according to their OnePoll study, the Men’s 100m Sprint Final is set to be the most popular event among 55% of respondents. But what about Women’s beach volleyball?

ISPreview.co.uk Study Calls for Tougher Rules on Broadband Speed

23rd July, 2012 (3 Comments)

The results from 529 respondents to our latest monthly survey has revealed that the majority (74.8%) continue to find UK ISP promotions of broadband speed to be misleading and just over half (57.6%) aren’t familiar with the related Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) guidelines. But are tougher rules the answer?

OECD Ranks UK 8th in its Fixed Broadband Rankings of 34 Countries

19th July, 2012 (3 Comments)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which includes 34 countries that claim to support democracy and a market economy, has ranked the UK 8th in its latest Q4-2011 fixed wired broadband rankings, with 33.3 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. But we do poorly in other areas.

Superfast Broadband Available to 60% of UK Homes but Low Uptake Remains

18th July, 2012 (20 Comments)

The communications regulator, Ofcom, has released its annual 2012 Communications Market Report (CMR), which covers almost every conceivable variable of the UK’s media and telecom industries. In particular it reveals that 60% of UK homes can now access superfast broadband ISP services (up from 53% a year ago) but uptake is still low.

ISP TalkTalk Spends GBP200k to Upgrade Broadband in West Norfolk UK

18th July, 2012 (2 Comments)

Budget internet and phone operator TalkTalk (AOL) has reportedly spent £200,000 on an upgrade of their unbundled broadband (LLU) services at several telephone exchanges in West Norfolk, which includes Middleton, Terrington St Clement, Hunstanton and Heacham.

Olympic Video Streams to Gobble 30 to 60 Percent of Internet Bandwidth

16th July, 2012 (0 Comments)

Californian-based technology firm Blue Coat Systems has predicted that 30-60% of internet traffic will be turned into “wasted bandwidth” as workers go online to watch the London 2012 Olympic Games via various video streaming services, which it fears could put ISP networks and productivity at risk.

UK ISP Fluidata Report Record Office Internet Traffic Surge During Wimbledon

10th July, 2012 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata reports that last week’s annual Wimbledon tennis tournament in London (England) caused the highest increase in office internet traffic witnessed on their broadband network for any sporting event over the past three years, mostly as a result of video streaming (e.g. iPlayer) by day workers.

Virgin Media UK Network Carries 4.2 Petabytes of Broadband Data Daily

5th July, 2012 (5 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has revealed that its national UK telecoms network, which is home to 4.4 Million residential broadband ISP subscribers, carried a daily average of 4.2 Petabytes of data during Q1-2012 (4.2 million billion bytes). The volume of data consumption has thus increased by nearly a third in the 6 months from Q3 2011.

Top 9 UK Fastest Broadband ISPs by Internet Speed for June 2012

3rd July, 2012 (10 Comments)

The latest anecdotal monthly consumer broadband ISP speed testing results from Broadband.co.uk, which covers the past month of June 2012, reveals that the average UK internet download speed has shot up yet again from 15.286Mbps (Megabits per second) during May 2012 to 17.662Mbps now.