Ofcom UK has revealed that it could be 12 more months before broadband ISPs are issued with their first Copyright Infringement Reports (CIR) against customers suspected of involvement with internet piracy.
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The national UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, is reportedly about to proposing a series of three new options for improving customer migration between communications providers (telephone operators and broadband ISPs).
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BTWholesale UK is struggling to fix a persistent error with the charges that it makes for CP / ISP requested special fault investigation (SFI2) visits by engineers.
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Several local UK county councils have today said that they expect to be told this week whether or not their bids for public money, which will be used to improve local broadband internet access services, has been granted.
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PlusNet, a UK internet service provider, is currently offering a '12 Months Half Price' deal on its cheapest budget broadband package, but only when taken with its Home Phone service (line rental and free off-peak/weekend calls).
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Cable giant Virgin Media has once again topped the monthly UK charts for the fastest broadband internet provider (ISP) after recording an average download speed of 13.231Mbps. By contrast the national average is just 7.150Mbps.
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The Royal Wedding has not caused congestion among the nations broadband internet providers, as some ISPs had initially feared. The combination of a national holiday and widespread TV coverage appears to have kept the video streams down to moderate but not exceptional levels.
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Sky Broadband UK is now home to 3,161,000 internet access subscribers after growing by +155,000 over the previous quarter.
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Avonline, a UK satellite ISP, has announced a new deal to offer the latest 10Mbps rural broadband services to anywhere in the UK from mid-2011 via Eutelsat's new KA-SAT spacecraft.
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Akamai's latest Q4 2010 State of the Internet report has found that the world average broadband download speed is still just above 1.9Mbps, while the UK average is growing in respectability to 4.3Mbps. Sadly only one city, Bradford, made the list of Top 100 Fastest Cities for internet access.
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BSkyB (Sky Broadband) has agreed to step in and help BT conduct a proper trial of its controversial new Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product. This allows rival UK internet providers (ISP) to build their own next gen broadband networks by using the operators existing cable ducts and telegraph poles.
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Bluwan has today revealed more about its plans to launch their new wireless Fibre Through The Air (FTTA) technology in the UK this year, which could bring reliable broadband ISP speeds of up to 100Mbps to rural homes and businesses.
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UK ISP Entanet has spoken of its "dismay" after a Judicial Review of the controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA) was dismissed by the courts last week.
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The worldwide manufacturer of networking kit, NETGEAR UK, has confirmed that they do plan to release an IPv6 firmware upgrade for existing broadband ISP routers. However, in an exclusive interview with ISPreview.co.uk, the firm could not give a precise date or list of supported models.
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ISPreview UK wishes a very Happy Easter and a joyous long weekend to all those who have been lucky enough to get a few extra days off work.
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Home broadband and phone provider TalkTalk has unsurprisingly come top in a new list of telecoms operators that have recieved the most complaints. Three (3) topped the list for mobile / Mobile Broadband operators.
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CityFibre Holdings (Fibrecity, H2O Networks, Opencity Media, Wireless Network Systems) has completed its lengthy restructuring and promised to finish its controversial 100Mbps fibre optic FTTH broadband networks in Bournemouth and Dundee.
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Virgin Media UK has increased its total broadband ISP subscriber base to 4,332,600 and begun trials of 1.5Gbps download speeds.
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Business internet provider PlusNet UK has updated its SME packages to offer the latest 'up to' 20Mbps broadband speeds through ADSL2+ technology and also faster 2.5Mbps uploads via Annex M tech.
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Doubts have today been cast over the future of OnLive's remotely controlled broadband video game streaming service in the UK after the firms key partner, ISP BT Retail, appeared to delay their plans and was unable to say when it might proceed.
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