News - August - 2010
05th Aug, 2010 06:07 AM
A new report from the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) - 'Global Player or Subsidy Junkie? Decision time for the BBC' - has been doing the rounds this week after it called for the BBC TV Licence fee to be "abolished" and for the BBC itself to instead become a "subscription service". One of several reasons given is that universal UK broadband coverage and the internet will make "a 'licence' to broadcast obsolete".
04th Aug, 2010 12:23 PM
The UK Performing Rights Society for Music (PRS), which represents 65,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, has revealed that the UK music industry was worth a total of £3.9bn last year; up 4.7% on 2008. Not bad considering the economic climate and especially after all the recent claims that "suspected" illegal P2P file sharing by broadband ISP customers was "killing" music.
04th Aug, 2010 11:30 AM
The SANS Institute has warned that a significant solar storm (solar mass ejection / eruption), which occurred several times across the entire Earth-facing side of the sun during Sunday (August 1st, 2010), could threaten ISP communication satellites in orbit around the earth.
04th Aug, 2010 06:16 AM
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against an ISP advert in the national press for BT Retail's new up to 40Mbps FTTC based fibre optic broadband service - BT-Infinity. The advert effectively claimed that BT's new product allowed content, such as high quality videos, to be uploaded and downloaded instantly. This is of course very misleading.
03rd Aug, 2010 11:30 AM
The TalkTalk Group (formerly Carphone Warehouse) has officially come to an agreement with Tiscali S.p.A. (TIS) concerning the final sale price of broadband ISP Tiscali UK, which was ultimately sold to TalkTalk in May 2009 for a measly £236m.
03rd Aug, 2010 09:12 AM
Broadband ISP PlusNet has, at no extra cost, boosted the maximum internet download speed of its budget £6.49 per month 'Value' package from 'up to' 8Mbps to 20Mbps. The change applies immediately for new customers, while existing users will receive the boost as part of a phased upgrade (your local telephone exchange must also support it).
03rd Aug, 2010 08:19 AM
New customer can now get the BT Broadband and Anytime Calls package, which includes up to 20Mbps download speeds, a 10GB usage allowance, free wireless BT Home Hub router and unlimited UK anytime calls including 0845 and 0870 numbers, FREE FOR 3 MONTHS (£15.99 per month thereafter).
03rd Aug, 2010 07:33 AM
Competition in the UK consumer broadband Satellite internet access market is hotting-up again today after ISP BeyonDSL announced a new service with download speeds of up to 4Mbps (0.25Mbps uploads) for just £29.99 inc. VAT per month. The package uses ASTRA's (ASTRA2Connect) satellites (23.5E Astra 1E, 1G, 3A) and includes a 2.5GB usage allowance.
03rd Aug, 2010 07:17 AM
BT has hinted that it might bid in Ofcom's late-2011 auctions of crucial 800MHz and 2.6GHz Mobile Broadband spectrum, although the UK telecoms giant admitted that it was "low down on [its] list of likely things". The 800MHz radio spectrum band is currently used by old analogue Television (TV) signals, which are slowly being switched off.
03rd Aug, 2010 06:07 AM
Cable giant Virgin Media has carried out its earlier threats by lodging an official competition complaint against Project Canvas in the UK. Canvas claims to be an open standard for delivering subscription-free broadband internet TV services directly into homes via your ISP and special £100-£200 set-top-boxes (mix of freeview/freesat and other tech).
02nd Aug, 2010 14:20 PM
Broadband ISP supplier Entanet and BT has officially made available a new technology that will allow its resale and wholesale vISP partners to offer faster internet upload speeds. The geeky sounding Annex M technology runs over BT's 21st Century Network (Wholesale Broadband Connect) and trades off some download speed from existing up to 24Mbps (ADSL2+) connections in order to boost upload performance.
02nd Aug, 2010 03:51 AM
UK ISP Rutland Telecom (RT) claims that BT Openreach, which is responsible for ensuring that all rival operators have equality of access to BT's local network, has "caved in" and finally agreed to supply crucial data linking premises (homes/businesses) to BT's street cabinets. The information, which BT has in the past allegedly "refused" to supply, should make it easier for small providers to bring "super-fast" broadband internet services to rural communities.
02nd Aug, 2010 01:30 AM
Comparison site Broadband.co.uk has released its latest anecdotal monthly broadband speed testing results for July 2010, which has seen the average download speed rise from 4.957Mbps in June to 5.106Mbps this month. By comparison Ofcom reported that its average in May 2010 had been calculated as 5.2Mbps (here), Akamai claimed it was more like 3.8Mbps (here) and Ookla preferred 7.71Mbps (here).
02nd Aug, 2010 00:20 AM
The UK Internet Service Providers Association ( ISPA ) has called on Ofcom to soft launch its Initial Draft Code of Practice for tackling internet copyright infringement by broadband ISP customers. The code is a requirement of the recently passed Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA).
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