News - June - 2011
10th Jun, 2011 23:49 PM
A new infographic from ISP MLL Telecom UK claim that Ethernet First Mile (EFM) technology, which uses old style local loop unbundling ( LLU ) via copper lines, is both faster and cheaper than an equivalent fibre optic broadband connection.
10th Jun, 2011 13:15 PM
CityFibre Holdings, the UK group that is now in charge of the Fibrecity project, has today started to repair the unfinished 1Gbps superfast fibre optic broadband network in Bournemouth.
10th Jun, 2011 12:47 PM
Scotland has finally launched a procurement (tender) process to find the best suppliers for its superfast broadband project in the Highlands and Islands.
10th Jun, 2011 11:47 AM
A UK mobile phone operator, O2, has described plans to auction off the 800MHz and 2.6GHz radio spectrum bands as "illegal" under EU law because their ability to bid would be hindered by unfair "spectrum floors".
10th Jun, 2011 09:04 AM
ISP Virgin Media has announced that its new cable (DOCSIS3) based 100Mbps broadband internet access service is now available to four million UK homes and climbing.
10th Jun, 2011 08:47 AM
The total number of fibre optic FTTH broadband internet access subcribers around the world will boom from 61 million at the end of 2010 to 227 million by 2015, according to IDATE.
10th Jun, 2011 07:50 AM
The UK Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Broadband Borders project has finally, after 8 long months of waiting, been put out to tender. The move should result in everybody having access to a superfast broadband ISP service by 2018.
10th Jun, 2011 06:35 AM
Two Davenport Lyons (London, UK) solicitors could face a fine or even disbarment after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) upheld serious complaints of misconduct for the way in which they hounded innocent broadband ISP customers by using flimsy evidence to accuse them of internet piracy.
09th Jun, 2011 09:25 AM
The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has been heavily criticised today after one of its former bosses was jailed for almost three years after defrauding the public body of GBP522k by circumventing its "robust" financial controls.
09th Jun, 2011 09:04 AM
Icomera has expanded its UK range of vehicle based internet connectivity solutions to include free wireless (Wi-Fi) broadband services on both National Express's Stansted Airport Coaches and the First Hull Trains service.
09th Jun, 2011 08:04 AM
The UK government's HomeOffice has released a new report (Prevent Strategy) that suggests a major expansion of internet filtering (website blocking) by ISPs to include any website that they deem to be "unlawful".
09th Jun, 2011 07:28 AM
The OECD, which represents 34 countries around the world, has warned that the high cost of mobile internet data roaming must be addressed through new consumer protection rules. At present the average cost for a single MegaByte (1MB) is 9.48 US Dollars.
09th Jun, 2011 06:34 AM
Internet providers in Wales look set to benefit after the former head of broadcasting and telecommunications at Ofcom UK started a new Wales Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) in the country, which will focus on getting better broadband for the Welsh.
08th Jun, 2011 11:56 AM
Rural residents and businesses in the East of Suffolk (UK) could soon benefit from a new superfast fibre optic and wireless broadband ISP network after the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) awarded a related grant worth GBP250,000.
08th Jun, 2011 09:03 AM
A UK business ISP, Fluidata, has today heralded the start of World Ipv6 Day and pointed towards some of the many benefits that would be gained by switching to the internet's latest addressing standard.
08th Jun, 2011 07:37 AM
The holding company for the UK based i3 Group Limited, Earlstown Technology, has been placed into administration following residual creditor pressure and a related investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). i3 had originally been a pioneer of superfast fibre optic broadband ISP service deployments in several UK city's.
08th Jun, 2011 06:53 AM
The boss of a notorious UK law firm (ACS:Law) that pursued thousands of broadband ISP customers with big cash demands over dubious allegations of internet copyright infringement (piracy), Andrew Crossley, has been declared bankrupt and can no longer practice law.
08th Jun, 2011 06:13 AM
ISP PlusNet has begun offering a GBP30 Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate to any new UK customers who subscribe to its broadband internet access services or bundles.
07th Jun, 2011 12:25 PM
The UK Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA) has recorded the first ever decline in cheaper unbundled (LLU) telephone and broadband lines. This could signal the start of a new swing towards superfast broadband solutions, which are being delivered almost exclusively by BT and Virgin Media .
07th Jun, 2011 11:30 AM
UK ISP Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has launched a new promotion that offers 6 months of half price unlimited broadband service (i.e. GBP5 a month), but only when taken alongside their Sky Talk Freetime (free Evening and weekend UK landline calls) and Sky Line Rental services.
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