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BT and OneWeb’s Rural Broadband Trial Goes Live in Devon UK

21st July, 2023 (13 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT and satellite operator OneWeb have completed the deployment of their new rural broadband trial on Lundy Island, near the North Devon coast, which aims to help bring “high-speed, low-latency internet connectivity” to residents – supported by the UK Government’s (DSIT) Alpha Trials programme.

BT Extend UK Digital Voice Service into Yorkshire & Humberside

19th July, 2023 (25 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT has today confirmed that they’ve extended the ongoing region-by-region deployment of their new Internet Protocol (IP) based home phone service, Digital Voice, to include the Yorkshire and Humberside areas of England. After this, we expect Northern Ireland to be next.

BT Sport Has Today Rebranded its UK TV Service to TNT Sports

18th July, 2023 (12 Comments)

As expected, BTSport’s Pay TV service has today officially been rebranded to TNT Sports throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland. The move follows last year’s deal between broadband giant BT and Warner Bros. Discovery, which resulted in a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) company between BT Sport and Eurosport UK.

Openreach List Next 18 UK Areas for Copper Phone to Fibre Switch – Tranche 13

13th July, 2023 (17 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has confirmed the next batch of 18 UK exchanges under ‘Tranche 13‘ of their project to move away from older copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR etc.) services and on to a new all-IP network, which in this case will also occur once over 75% of premises in each area are able to get FTTP broadband.

Big UK Mobile and Broadband ISPs Commit to Cut Emissions

13th July, 2023 (1 Comment)

The Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF), an industry think-tank, has today announced that the UK’s largest mobile and broadband providers, including BT, Three UK, and Sky Broadband, among many others, have agreed to work together to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the telecoms supply chain.

Three UK Tops Ookla’s H1 Study of 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds

12th July, 2023 (16 Comments)

Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net service, has published their latest Q1-Q2 2023 (H1) study into the performance of 5G based mobile broadband networks in the United Kingdom, which once again finds that Three UK continues to deliver the fastest median download speed (265.75 Mbps).

Study Claims Sky Has Most Confusing UK Broadband Contract of Big ISPs

12th July, 2023 (5 Comments)

A new study by Uswitch, which adopted a Flesch–Kincaid readability test to examine the Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) of all the major UK broadband ISPs, has concluded that Sky Broadband’s terms are the “trickiest” for customers to understand. On the other hand, Plusnet’s terms were found to be the “most straightforward“.

BT Group Confirm UK CEO Philip Jansen to Exit Within 12 Months

10th July, 2023 (30 Comments)

Broadband and phone giant BT Group (inc. Openreach, Plusnet and EE) has this morning announced that the operator’s current CEO, Philip Jansen, is to leave the business “at an appropriate moment over the next 12 months“. Since taking on the role in February 2019, the operator’s share price has fallen from around 230p to 122p.

Broadband ISP Plusnet UK Stops Providing BT Sport TV Service

6th July, 2023 (17 Comments)

As expected (here), UK ISP Plusnet this week confirmed that they’re no longer providing BT Sport as a part of their existing customer home broadband packages, which means you won’t be able to access the service, including the BT Sport App or via a Sky TV set-top-box.

ISP BT Launch UK Business Smart Hub 3 Router and Complete Wi-Fi Plus

6th July, 2023 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT Business has today announced the launch of their new Wi-Fi 6 capable Smart Hub 3 (SH3.1) router and WiFi mesh extender system (Complete Wi-Fi Plus) for small business customers, which follows last month’s soft launch of similar kit for customers of their EE consumer division (here).

Broadband ISP BT to Scrap UK Line Rental Saver Discount

5th July, 2023 (14 Comments)

In an unsurprising move, BT has confirmed that their legacy Line Rental Saver (LRS) discount is to finally be “withdrawn from sale” on 21st July 2023. The service gave a special discount to home broadband customers who separately pre-paid for their phone line rental a year in advance.

Survey Claims 53% of UK Broadband Users Suffer Connection Woes UPDATE

4th July, 2023 (9 Comments)

A new survey of 3,975 UK people who had a contract for a home broadband ISP in December 2022 and January 2023, which was conducted by Which?, has found that 53% have experienced “connection issues” in the past year (e.g. very slow speeds, connection drop-outs etc.) and Sky Broadband were the worst offender.

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Numis Report Warns BT Underplaying the Risk from UK AltNets

3rd July, 2023 (47 Comments)

A new report from investment bank Numis, which was authored by analyst John Karidis, has today reiterated its sell recommendation on BT (inc. Openreach) and warned that the national broadband giant “keeps underplaying the risk” from rival alternative networks to its consumer and business units.

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2023 H1 – UK Full Fibre Broadband Coverage Rises to 53 Percent

1st July, 2023 (15 Comments)

The latest biannual summary of UK fixed broadband coverage for H1 2023 has found that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have surged to reach 52.77% of premises (up from 45.13% in H2 2022) and 76.22% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 72.66%). Read on for details of England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

UK Disappoints in Global Comparison of 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds

1st July, 2023 (25 Comments)

Benchmarking firm Opensignal, which specialises in testing the performance of mobile networks, has published new research that reveals how the UK compares with the rest of the world for 5G based mobile broadband speeds (downloads and uploads) and availability. Suffice to say, we sit at the wrong end of the table.

BT Reveal Cause of 999 Emergency UK Call Handling Outage

30th June, 2023 (25 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT has revealed that last Sunday’s outage and disruption to their 999 emergency services number, which resulted in 11,470 unique emergency calls being “unsuccessfully connected“, was caused by a “complex software issue” that had never previously been seen through their testing regime.

UK 5G vs 4G Mobile Broadband Speeds at Different Times of Day

30th June, 2023 (16 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has produced an interesting insight into how download speeds on 4G and 5G networks – across operators including EE (BT), Vodafone, O2 (VMO2) and Three UK – compare, both generally and at different times of the day.