AAISP jumping the BE ship in unsteady waters.

It makes sense. Sky don't really do B2B unless you count The Cloud which is owned by them and Easynet which they have ties to since the purchase of their LLU network.  Sky having no wholesale entity it would make things tricky for AAISP, although O2 were supposed to be keeping their wholesale business going on the LLU platform under which I presume AAISP would have been served.

It'll be a loss in terms of subscriber count but then again AAISP, although very technical in nature are rather expensive so I wonder just how many subscribers that will be in terms of losses.

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2013/08/aaisp-uk-migrating-o2-wholesale-lines-to-talktalk-after-bskyb-concerns.html

Sky's broadband share growing!

Good to see. There is also an increase in customers taking stand alone phone and broadband which shows strength in the product on its own.

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2013/01/bskyb-sky-broadband-tops-4-23-million-uk-isp-subscribers.html

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5694-sky-starting-to-challenge-virgin-media-as-second-largest-provider.html

Ofcom announce the 4G auctions bidders

Interesting not to see Virgin in there as they were running some 4G trials.

BT are in the mix via Niche Spectrum Ventures Limited.

I was kinda hoping for a surprise from a a big name fixed line ISPs but it seems they aren't interested.

B Sky B have The Cloud.

TalkTalk operate an MVNO

So I guess they consider the fix line market a core technology for another generation at least.

Going forward with fibre, the speeds will certainly beat 4G but 4G does bring down the latency on mobile connections. It'll be interesting when there is a mature 4G network in place, we might see more and more people willing to forgo a fixed line to save costs.

Thinkbroadband:
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5637-ofcom-announce-the-4g-auctions-bidders.html

Virgin extends free London tube WiFi coverage till 2013

I've enjoyed using this at Waterloo / Aldgate East but I would never pay for it unless it covered the tunnels as well as it's only for quick travel checks / updating new articles / pulling e-mails, all of which I can do on my way into the station....

Would have loved for The Cloud to extend into the Underground as I really like their service top side in Waterloo. Helps me catch football matches on my way home from work in the evenings.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/17/virgin-media-tube-wifi-extension/

The Cloud First to Enable Default UK Internet Censorship on its Public WiFi

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2012/09/the-cloud-first-to-enable-default-uk-internet-censorship-on-public-wifi.html

The Cloud expanding WiFi coverage

The Cloud has been expanding its WiFi network quite rapidly recently, To name a few new names:

Harvey Nichols in Edinburgh,
60 Mamas & Papas
Phones4u,
Ted Baker
Around ten Marks & Spencer stores (pilot scheme)
Info: http://www.thecloud.net/wifi/news/wifi-rolled-out-in-mamas-papas-and-harvey-nichols/

Also recently announce was 23 First Great Western stations to have The Cloud WiFi installed:
http://www.thecloud.net/wifi/news/first-great-western-picks-up-speed-with-the-cloud/ 

Twitter feed: @TheCloudWiFi