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O2 UK Apologises for Poor Mobile Broadband Performance in London
The CEO of O2 UK, Ronan Dunne, has apologised for the poor performance of its mobile data network since the summer, especially in London.
BT Threatens to Sue UK Government Over Universal Mobile Broadband
BT has cast a shadow over the government’s Digital Britain commitment, which aims to make a minimum broadband speed of 2Mbps available to everybody in the UK by 2012.
UK ISPs Complain - Next Gen BT Fibre Optic Broadband Lacks Flexibility
BT is facing complaints from rivals TalkTalk and Sky Broadband about the wholesale viability of its next generation fibre optic based broadband services ( FTTH / P , FTTC ), which are about to begin their commercial rollout around the UK.
UK ISP Consumers Put Broadband Reliability Before Speed
The results from 1043 respondents to our latest monthly survey reveal that 42% of people rate 'Reliability' as the most important factor when picking a new broadband ISP, which is closely followed by 'Speed' (37%).
UK ISP Consumers to Pay 25GBP Extra Per Year to Tackle Piracy
UK ISPs have warned that plans put forward by the recent Digital Economy Bill (here), which aims to tackle illegal music, film and software file sharing (P2P) among broadband consumers, could push up subscription fees by a staggering £25 extra per year.
UK Broadband ISP Customer Service Awards 2009
Broadband ISPs O2 and AAISP have come top in this year’s annual Thinkbroadband Customer Service Awards 2009. O2 came top of the "Large ISPs" list with a good Customer Service and Reliability rating of 75% and 68% respectively.
UK ISP Sky Broadband Offers 6 Months FREE Service
New and existing customers who subscribe to the Sky TV product online are being offered a whopping 6 MONTHS FREE Sky Broadband service with FREE calls to evening and weekend UK landlines.
Avanti UK Raises Cash to Fund Next Gen HYLAS2 Broadband ISP Satellite
UK satellite operator Avanti Communications has announced the placing of 21,500,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each, which will raise £86 million to fund the procurement, launch and operation of its future broadband Satellite, HYLAS 2.
ISP TalkTalk Threatens Price Rise for Tiscali UK Broadband Customers
Customers of Tiscali UK's broadband services have received somewhat of a Christmas shock after the ISPs new owners, TalkTalk ( The Carphone Warehouse ), warned that users who did not "upgrade" to TalkTalk's phone line rental service would be charged an extra +£5 per month for their package!
BT Tops 5m Broadband Users and Touts Faster Next Gen Fibre Rollout
UK ISP BT has revealed that its retail service has, on 9th December, finally passed the 5 Million broadband customers mark. The operator also added that its £1.5bn rollout of next generation fibre optic broadband services ( FTTC , FTTP ) is several months "ahead of schedule" and now on course to complete and reach 40% (10 Million) UK homes by March 2012.
UK ISP Vtesse Preps Wiltshire Superfast Fixed Wireless Broadband Trial
ISP Vtesse Networks has announced plans to deploy a super-fast fixed wireless broadband trial in rural Wiltshire. The first community to be served will be Chapel Plaister.
Channel4 and UK ISP TalkTalk Join Open Broadband TV Standard
UK television Channel 4 and broadband ISP TalkTalk ( AOL , Tiscali etc. ) have both joined Project Canvas, which aims to create a standards based open environment for broadband connected digital television (DTV) receivers.
Worldwide Broadband ISP Subscribers Top 451 Million in Q3 2009
Analyst firm Point Topic UK has released its latest World Broadband Statistics Report for the third quarter of 2009, highlighting a worldwide growth in broadband ISP subscribers of 3.18% between Q3 and Q2. This represents a decrease in broadband growth over the same period last year, when it grew by 4.15%. There are now 451.94 million broadband subscribers globally.
Ofcom Examines UK Super Fast Fibre Optic Broadband Technology Methods
Ofcom has published several new reports today that chart the different methods of deploying fibre optic broadband ISP services in the UK and their respective market impacts. The reports place a great deal of focus on BT, IFNL and i3 Group and their use of Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology for UK 100Mbps FTTH / P deployments.
ISP Karoo Broadband Issues UK Network Investment Update
Hull-based ISP Karoo (KCOM, Kingston Communications), which predominantly covers East Yorkshire in the UK, has issued a new update on the developments following its recent £2.75m investment to improve the performance of their broadband network in the East Yorkshire region.
Lords Call for Firm UK Broadband Speed and Service Quality Commitment
Two members of the House of Lords - Lord Corbett of Castle Vale and Lord Erroll - have blasted the "buck passing" of customer fault reports between ISPs and BT, the misleading state of broadband speed advertising and the inability to ensure a minimum quality of service for the government’s commitment to a 2Mbps minimum UK broadband speed by 2012.
UK ISP Aquiss Launches Festive Christmas Broadband Deal
ISP Aquiss Broadband has announced a Christmas end of year promotion, which includes FREE Setup or Migration, 2 months FREE broadband service (1 month minimum contract period), up to 24Mbps download speeds and unlimited monthly download limits.
O2 UK Trials 150Mbps LTE Mobile Broadband in Slough
Mobile operator O2 UK (Telefonica) has announced the first successful live trial of next generation Long Term Evolution ( LTE ) Mobile Broadband technology in the Slough area, where the operators headquarters are based.
UK ISP TalkTalk Increases Price and Standard Broadband Speeds to 24Mbps
Broadband provider TalkTalk ( AOL , Tiscali etc.) has announced a number of new service and price changes that will take effect on or after 1st January 2010.
Explaining How the 50p Next Generation UK Broadband Tax Could Work
Analyst firm Point Topic has posted an interesting breakdown of how it expects the governments £0.50p +vat per month tax (Next Generation Fund) on all fixed phone lines (except low-income social telephony services) to work.
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