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UK Home and Small Business Broadband Connections Top 24 Million

2nd September, 2015 (0 Comments)

Ofcom’s latest Telecoms Market Data update has revealed that the United Kingdom achieved a milestone of 24 million fixed line residential and small business broadband ISP connections (excluding corporate lines) in Q1 2015 (up by +277K since Q4 2014), which is 967,000 (4.2%) more than a year ago.

80 Percent of Wales Can Now Get 30Mbps Superfast Broadband

1st September, 2015 (25 Comments)

An independent study of broadband Internet connectivity in Wales has claimed that 80% of premises in the country should now have access to a superfast connection (30Mbps+), which rises to 81.3% when you use the Government’s definition of 24Mbps+. But rural areas still have a long way to go.

Low Spec Bundled Routers Discourage New Broadband ISP Customers

1st September, 2015 (4 Comments)

The latest survey of 910 ISPreview.co.uk readers has found that a little over half of respondents (55.1%) get their Internet connection hardware (router) included as part of a broadband ISP bundle and over a third (38.4%) say that the quality of this kit is “very important” to their choice of provider.

UK People Could Spend GBP14K More on Homes with 100Mb Broadband

28th August, 2015 (26 Comments)

A new survey of 3,000 Brits commissioned by Hyperoptic, which is deploying “hyperfast” (1000Mbps) Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/H) broadband services around a number of UK cities, has claimed that people would spend 8% (+£14,000) more on a new home if it came with a 100Mbps+ connection.

Small UK Business Managers Puzzled by Broadband and Internet Services

26th August, 2015 (4 Comments)

A new survey of 1,141 small and medium sized business bosses, which was conducted by the Daisy Group, has found that a staggering 92% have virtually no understanding of data centres, while 75% have no clue about VoIP and 44% are puzzled by “fibre broadband” (ISPs sometimes get that one wrong too).

The Full Q2 – 2015 BDUK and BT UK “Fibre Broadband” Take-up Figures

25th August, 2015 (10 Comments)

The state aid supported Broadband Delivery UK project, which is primarily working with BT to deploy superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services across the United Kingdom, has now published its latest take-up figures to the end of June 2015 and more councils have now passed the crucial 20% threshold.

UPDATE2 TalkTalk Call on Rival ISPs to BAN Capped Broadband Packages

19th August, 2015 (19 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has used a new YouGov survey to claim that consumers who pick broadband packages with a capped usage allowance risk excess data charges, which could be worth £140m across the industry. The provider wants rivals to BAN such products in favour of “unlimited” services.

UPD On Target – BDUK Bring Superfast Broadband to 3 Million UK Premises

12th August, 2015 (12 Comments)

The Government’s £1.7bn (public funding) Broadband Delivery UK project, which is primarily working with BT to make fixed line superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services available to 95% of the United Kingdom by 2017/18, has confirmed that 3 million homes and businesses can now benefit from its effort.

Broadband Delivery UK Spent £5M on Marketing from Sep 2014 to Feb 2015

10th August, 2015 (6 Comments)

The government’s Broadband Delivery UK project, which is responsible for overseeing the national £1.7bn publicly funded roll-out of fixed line superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services to 95% of people by 2017/18, spent £5.041 million of its budget on publicity (adverts) during the six months from September 2014 to February 2015.

UPD Ofcom – Next Gen Broadband Covers 90% of UK as Uptake Tops 30%

6th August, 2015 (12 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published their annual 2015 Communications Market Report, which reveals the latest details about the take-up and usage of broadband, mobile, phone and broadcasting (TV and Radio) services across the United Kingdom (split by England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland).

Virgin Media Reaches 4.57 Million UK Cable Broadband Subscribers

5th August, 2015 (8 Comments)

National UK cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has today published their latest results to the end of Q2 2015, which reveals that they’ve reached a total of 4,570,300 broadband customers, with 40% of those now taking their “ultrafast” 100Mbps+ services.

NFU Begins Survey of Broadband and Mobile Quality Among UK Farmers

4th August, 2015 (14 Comments)

The National Farmers Union (NFU), which represents 55,000 members across England and Wales (around 70% of full time farmers support the NFU), has launched a major new survey of its members in order to find out how many are suffering from a poor fixed line broadband service or mobile signal.

UK Gov Confirm £129m Clawback Reinvestment to Boost Broadband

30th July, 2015 (27 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project, which is predominantly working with BT to deploy superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to 95% of the United Kingdom by 2017/18, has confirmed that the take-up rate of their roll-out has exceeded the forecast and as a result they’ve activated their clawback mechanism to reinvest up to £129m.

BT Reach 7.8M Broadband Customers and 80 Percent UK Fibre FTTC Cover

30th July, 2015 (3 Comments)

BT has released the latest results for Q2-2015 (calendar) and confirmed that their retail business added +85K new broadband subscribers in the quarter (down sharply from +121K in Q1) to total 7,798,000, which includes 3,226,000 on BTInfinity “fibre broadband” (up by +217K vs +266K in Q1). Incidentally FTTC/P is now available to 23 million premises (80% of the UK).

Sky Broadband UK Growth Stable to Reach 5.62 Million Internet Users

29th July, 2015 (0 Comments)

Sky Broadband is holding its own against increasing pressure from BT and this is demonstrated by their Q2 2015 results reporting another +96,000 increase in Internet subscribers for the UK and Ireland (total 5.62 million), which is only a small dip from the +100k added in Q1 2015 and +106k in Q4-2014.

EE Home Broadband Growth Slows as UK 4G Coverage Hits 90 Percent

27th July, 2015 (3 Comments)

Mobile giant EE has reported their latest Q2 2015 results today, which revealed that the operators 4G network coverage had reached the 90% (population) milestone. Elsewhere their fixed line home broadband subscriber growth slowed to total 919,000 (up by +35K in Q2 vs +50K in Q1 and +44K in Q4 2014).

New Broadband ISP Switching Rules Unlikely to Fuel UK ISP Exodus

27th July, 2015 (3 Comments)

The latest survey of 748 ISPreview.co.uk readers has found that 85.2% of respondents have at some point switched their Internet or phone provider, although just 15.2% anticipate that Ofcom’s simplified new broadband and phone switching process will make them more likely to migrate to another ISP in the future.