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Specs for the NEW Virgin Media SuperHub 3 Cable Broadband Router – Adds VoIP

5th November, 2015 (17 Comments)

Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media in the United Kingdom, has today confirmed that they’ve started the roll-out of a new cable broadband router (SuperHub 3), which can also act as a VoIP based telephone gateway, to their European and UK operators.

Best to Avoid Doing IP PBX Style VoIP via BT’s Home Hub Routers

27th March, 2015 (6 Comments)

Customers of BT’s consumer broadband service should avoid using the ISPs Home Hub routers for business style VoIP phone setups because of a seemingly deliberate built-in weakness that, no matter what security settings you choose on the hub, it will always leave port 5060 open.

ITSPA Reveals 2015 Best UK Internet VoIP Provider Award Winners

20th March, 2015 (1 Comment)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers Association (ITSPA), a trade body for the United Kingdom’s Voice-over-IP (VoIP) industry, has today announced the winners of their 7th annual 2015 ITSPA Awards. This year saw Orbtalk collect the gong for Best Consumer Provider, even though their website appears more business focused.

Vodafone UK Eye Summer Launch for Wi-Fi Calling and 4G VoLTE

10th March, 2015 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that the commercial launch of their new Wi-Fi Calling service and separate Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology, which allows their new 4G network to carry “crystal clear” voice calls, should both be deployed this coming summer.

TalkTalk’s Talk2Go Allows Home Phone Calls via Mobile Data or WiFi

8th December, 2014 (0 Comments)

Customers of TalkTalk’s home broadband service can now download a new Talk2Go app for Android and iOS (iPhone etc.), which allows them to make and receive calls (i.e. using their landline minutes) whilst out and about on 3G or 4G based mobile broadband or over Wi-Fi connections (charged at the same rate as if they were at home).

UK ISP TalkTalk Grows to 4.22m Broadband Users as York FTTP Build Starts

11th November, 2014 (5 Comments)

Low cost ISP TalkTalk has published their latest Q3-2014 (calendar) results, which saw broadband subscribers increase by +15,000 in the quarter to total 4,221,000 (up from +10k in Q2 and the same in Q1). Meanwhile the joint roll-out of their 1Gbps capable FTTP broadband network in York has finally started the build phase. A new Talk2Go app for iOS and Android is also out (i.e. mobile calls over a fixed line).

UK ISP New Call Telecom Could Fuel Broadband with Nimbuzz Stake

28th October, 2014 (0 Comments)

Telecoms provider New Call Telecom, which also owns UK Internet and phone provider Fuel Broadband (formerly Primus Saver), has splashed out around £108 million ($175m) to acquire a 70% stake in India-based Nimbuzz, a free VoIP calls and instant messaging app for use on both desktop computers and mobile devices.

BT Wholesale Moot New Voice Assured Broadband Service for VoIP Calls

7th April, 2014 (5 Comments)

BT Wholesale has started consulting ISPs on the possible introduction of a new product called Voice Assured Broadband (VABB), which appears designed to optimise standard ADSL2+ and superfast FTTC (VDSL) lines for calls made via the Voice over IP (VoIP) protocol.

ITSPA Announces UK 2014 Best Internet VoIP Award Winners

6th March, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers’ Association (ITSPA), which acts as a trade body for the United Kingdom’s VoIP industry, has today unveiled the winners of their 6th annual 2014 ITSPA Awards. Once again Localphone picked up the gong for Best Consumer VoIP provider.

Virgin Media UK Make SmartCall WiFi Service Available After 1 Years Wait

29th October, 2013 (1 Comment)

Cable operator Virgin Media has announced that its SmartCall service, which allows Smartphone (Android and iPhone) users with a Virgin Phone Line to use the unlimited calls from their talk plan on their mobile (so long as you have a wifi internet connection), is now finally available to use after first launching one year ago.

Kent Wireless ISP VFast Partners Vonage to Offer Cheap Voice Calls

4th June, 2013 (2 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP VFast (Orbitalnet), which covers a large swathe of Kent in South East England, has partnered with internet voice provider Vonage to offer residential Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services and cheaper UK or international calls.

UPDATE AAISP Accuse Ofcom of Destroying Competition for UK VoIP

8th May, 2013 (8 Comments)

The often outspoken boss of business ISP Andrews and Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has today accused the communications regulator, Ofcom, of “destroying competition” in the UK market for Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone services.

Virgin Media UK Says SmartCall WiFi Service Has Not Been Forgotten

26th April, 2013 (1 Comment)

The long awaited SmartCall service from cable ISP Virgin Media UK, which allows Smartphone users with a Virgin Phone Line to use the unlimited calls from their talk plan on their mobile (so long as you have a wireless internet connection), should finally surface “later this year“.

ITSPA Reveals UK Internet 2013 VoIP Award Winners

7th March, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Internet Telephony Services Providers’ Association (ITSPA), a trade body for the United Kingdom’s VoIP industry, has announced the winners of its 5th annual 2013 ITSPA Awards. This year the gong for Best Consumer provider went to Localphone and BT was the runner up.

ISP BT Links UK Home Phone Call Plans to Mobiles with SmartTalk App

14th January, 2013 (1 Comment)

BT Retail has today announced the launch of its new SmartTalk (BTSmartTalk) app for Apple iPhone and Android mobiles. The app requires a wifi or Mobile Broadband connection and enables customers to make phone calls via their smartphone and have them billed under their existing home phone plan (whether in the UK or abroad).

ISP Virgin Media UK Takes on Skype with Own WiFi Phone Calling Service

5th November, 2012 (2 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has announced customer trials of its new SmartCall service, which allows UK Smartphone users with a Virgin Phone Line to use the unlimited calls from their home phone talk plan on their mobile. But you’ll need to have a wireless internet (wifi) connection to make it work.

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?