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07th Jan, 2011 09:15 AM
Broadband ISP PlusNet UK has released a new update on the progress of its 'up to' 40Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet ( FTTC ) internet access technology trials, which has seen average download speeds reach roughly 30Mbps.
07th Jan, 2011 08:29 AM
The UK Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has today moved to support a new reform of Libel Law's that would protect free speech and update defamation rules for the internet age. It's hoped that this will also prevent broadband ISPs from being held responsible for other people's online content.
07th Jan, 2011 07:10 AM
New figures have revealed that, by the end of Q3-2010, the world was home to 508,761,837 broadband ISP subscriptions (lines), which is an increase of +2.88% (14.3m lines) on Q2-2010. The overall year on year growth rate stood at +6.7%.
06th Jan, 2011 09:23 AM
Ofcom has officially made the 2G (mobile voice and text) radio spectrum licences, specifically 900MHz and 1800MHz, available for use by 3G / UMTS Mobile Broadband services in the UK.
06th Jan, 2011 06:24 AM
Business ISP Griffin Internet has sold all of the VoIP (Voice-over-IP) services that they gained from their recent Fused Group acquisition to Worldwide IP-Services (Microtalk UK), which already operates a similar setup.
05th Jan, 2011 06:13 AM
BT Wholesale has warned the UK government not to risk giving out a significant slice of public cash to aid smaller operators and ISPs in developing faster rural broadband solutions, which might be expensive and incompatible with each other.
05th Jan, 2011 00:30 AM
ISPreview UK has today looked back at the performance of broadband ISPs throughout 2010, irrespective of scale (size), and concluded a selection of the best based on a balance of reliability, price and performance.
04th Jan, 2011 11:37 AM
Critics have attacked BT Wholesale's new Content Connect (BTCC) product in the UK. The service aims to handle the growing demand for broadband internet based TV services by caching popular video content on an ISP's own network. Some fear that it could also be used to break the principal of treating all internet traffic as equal.
04th Jan, 2011 08:11 AM
The boss of Fluidata, a UK business ISP, has warned that the growing demand for "more data intensive [internet] applications" will combine in 2011 with an industry culture of reducing prices to the lowest possible level and result in higher prices for all.
04th Jan, 2011 07:02 AM
New research has estimated that the total number of UK telephone lines carrying superfast broadband ISP services will jump from only 45,000 at the end of 2010 to more than 600,000 by the end of 2011.
04th Jan, 2011 06:20 AM
The monthly cost of a typical broadband ISP connection in the UK, not to mention a whole lot of other things, has today gone up after the government increased the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) from 17.5% to 20%.
03rd Jan, 2011 12:06 PM
UK ISP BT Retail has hinted that it might expand the winning local communities of its free superfast broadband telephone exchange upgrade competition to include ten areas instead of the announced six.
03rd Jan, 2011 08:13 AM
ISP BT Retail UK has today revealed the winners of its controversial 'Race to Infinity' campaign, which sought to gauge how much demand existed for its new superfast broadband services. The winning six communities will now receive a free early upgrade by 2012.
03rd Jan, 2011 07:01 AM
The average broadband internet download speed in the UK has climbed yet again from 5.555Mbps (Megabits per second) in November 2010 to 5.685Mbps now, with Virgin Media being the fastest ISP. Over the past 12 months the country's overall internet connection speeds have increased by almost 25 Percent.
01st Jan, 2011 00:44 AM
The incumbent telecoms operator and broadband ISP for Hull and East Riding in Yorkshire UK, KC ( Karoo ), has revealed that general internet traffic over the recent Christmas 2010 weekend was actually "noticeably lower" than expected. At least except for video and TV traffic.
31st Dec, 2010 22:59 PM
ISPreview UK would just like to wish anybody that's awake, and potentially still sober, a very Happy New Year 2011.
31st Dec, 2010 07:01 AM
Powerline Communications (PLC), a technology that sends broadband internet access along a country's existing national grid power cables, looks set to make a comeback after the UK city of Liverpool announced plans for a 200Mbps trial.
30th Dec, 2010 12:27 PM
A survey of 5,200 British people by ISP Sky Broadband UK found that most would rather give up chocolate, alcohol, sex, TV or mobile phones than lose their internet access.
30th Dec, 2010 09:01 AM
The BT UK 'Race to Infinity' campaign, which aims to gauge how much demand exists for its new superfast broadband ISP services, will officially come to an end tomorrow. The campaign will reward five areas with a free superfast connection upgrade by 2012 and the front runners are as follows.
30th Dec, 2010 07:01 AM
The UK county of Lincolnshire and its local council have revealed plans to bid for a slice of government cash, which would be used to help improve the regions broadband internet access coverage and performance.
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