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Customers of UK ISP TalkTalk Unable to Reach UK2 Web Hosting UPDATE

5th July, 2018 (2 Comments)

An unspecified network problem has been preventing TalkTalk’s broadband ISP customers from accessing any servers belonging to the website hosting company UK2.net since earlier this morning. At the time of writing nobody appears to know quite when it will be resolved.

ISP TalkTalk Scraps £175m Sale of UK B2B Business to Daisy Group

29th June, 2018 (2 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has this afternoon announced a joint agreement “not to proceed with the proposed sale” of their direct B2B business customers to The Daisy Group. The sudden announcement follows a tumultuous week for Daisy (here), which lost its CEO after a failed attempt to sell the business.

ISP TalkTalk UK Drop 63Mbps FTTC Broadband and Phone to £25

25th June, 2018 (15 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has slashed the monthly price of their 63Mbps ‘Faster Fibre Large‘ (FTTC / VDSL2) unlimited superfast broadband and phone line rental package to just £25 per month for the first 18 months of service, which for the first time means they can match Vodafone. But it’s only available until 12th July 2018.

H1 2018 – Top 10 Fastest National UK Broadband and Mobile ISPs

25th June, 2018 (2 Comments)

The first six months of 2018 recorded another rise in average fixed home broadband download speeds to 33.29Mbps (7.82Mbps upload) among the top 10 ISPs, which continues to be fuelled by the rising adoption of faster FTTC, FTTP and Cable lines. Average mobile data speeds also hit 18.87Mbps (5.02Mbps upload).

UK Gov Aim to Make ISP Piracy Website Blocks Cheaper and Easier

15th June, 2018 (5 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) appears to have echoed the British Phonographic Industry’s (BPI) recent call (here) for it to be made both cheaper and easier to get websites – those that facilitate internet piracy – blocked by major broadband ISPs, possibly by removing the court process.

BT and ISPs Win UK Court Battle Over Website Blocking Costs

13th June, 2018 (8 Comments)

BT and three other broadband and mobile operators have today won their battle in the Supreme Court with Cartier, which challenged whether it was right for them to suffer the costs of implementing blocks against websites that were found to be selling counterfeit goods (i.e. abuse of Trade Mark).

Consumer Choice of UK Broadband ISPs Impacted by Reputation

11th June, 2018 (1 Comment)

How important is the perceived reputation of a broadband ISP when looking to switch providers? A new ISPreview.co.uk poll of 5,000 readers found 79.7% agreed that their choice could be impacted by reputation, while Sky Broadband and Virgin Media faired best among the largest four players.

ORG Warns Many Court Ordered UK ISP Website Blocks are in Error

4th June, 2018 (0 Comments)

A new study conducted by the Open Rights Group has claimed that around 37% of court ordered website blocks in the UK, which are often enforced by large broadband providers against copyright infringing websites (internet piracy), are done in error and being “improperly administrated by ISPs and rights holders.”

Major Broadband and Phone Outage Strikes ISPs in East Scotland UPDATE

25th May, 2018 (17 Comments)

Customers of UK ISPs such as Sky Broadband and TalkTalk are this morning being affected by a loss of broadband and phone services across several exchanges in East Scotland, with some pointing the finger of blame at a damaged core network cable from Virgin Media.

TalkTalk Top 4.1M Broadband Subs, Update on FTTH and Sell B2B

24th May, 2018 (5 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has today published their latest half year results to 31st March (FY 2018), which saw them add +109K new on-net broadband subscribers in the final quarter to total 4,139,000. We also got an update on their “full fibre” FTTH/P plans and they’re selling their direct B2B business to Daisy for £175m.

BPI Calls for Quick and Easy Blocking of Piracy Websites by UK ISPs

23rd May, 2018 (15 Comments)

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents the recorded music sector, has called for the Government’s forthcoming ‘Internet Safety Strategy‘ to add new measures that would make it easier for copyright holders to get websites that facilitate internet piracy blocked or completely removed.

4 Year Old WPS Security Flaw Still Affecting TalkTalk UK ISP Router UPDATE

23rd May, 2018 (5 Comments)

One of the older D-Link based ADSL2+ broadband routers from UK ISP TalkTalk has been found to still be vulnerable to a security exploit, which was first notified to the provider all the way back in 2014. This enables a hacker to gain access to your wireless (WiFi) network by sniffing out the WPS password.

New and Faster WiFi Router Spotted at Broadband ISP TalkTalk UPDATE3

21st May, 2018 (35 Comments)

New customers of budget ISP TalkTalk look set to start receiving a faster and much more capable broadband router with their orders, which comes after ISPreview.co.uk discovered the existence of a new Wi-Fi Hub. At this stage we don’t have a lot of detail to share but we do know the core specifications.

ISP TalkTalk Drops UK Unlimited Home Broadband and FTTC Prices

18th May, 2018 (14 Comments)

The budget ISP price war continues today as UK ISP TalkTalk discounts their standard unlimited and superfast “fibre” (FTTC / VDSL2) broadband packages down to an even lower level. Prices now start at £17 a month for ‘Fast Broadband‘ (17Mbps) and £22.50 for ‘Faster Fibre‘ (38Mbps) etc.

TalkTalk and Virgin Media Moot UK Broadband Infrastructure Sharing

14th May, 2018 (26 Comments)

The rumour mill has burst into full swing this morning with reports that UK ISPs Virgin Media and TalkTalk are tentatively exploring the possibility of passive infrastructure sharing, which could enable the budget provider to lay their fibre optic lines in Virgin’s cable ducts and vice versa.

ISP TalkTalk Identifies the Most Common Online UK Frauds

9th May, 2018 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk and Action Fraud have today published the results of their latest joint research, which attempts to identify the most common online scams (within the last year) and the areas in the UK that are most frequently targeted. Fraud related to online shopping or auctions tops the table.

Ofcom 2018 Study – Average Home Broadband Speeds Hit 46.2Mbps

9th May, 2018 (9 Comments)

Ofcom has published their annual study of fixed line home broadband ISP speeds across the United Kingdom, which reveals that the average download rate has risen from 36.2Mbps last year to 46.2Mbps now, while uploads hit 6.2Mbps (up from 4.3Mbps). Sadly the gap between urban and rural areas persists.