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ISP Virgin Media Business UK Offer 3 Months Free Broadband

15th March, 2023 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) has launched a new promotion that offers 3 months of free ‘Voom Fibre‘ business broadband for small businesses eligible for contract renewal – applicable to all Solus, Bundle and Volt packages on a minimum 24-month term (existing users will need 3 months or less left on their contract).

BDUK Identify 2.87m Premises in England for Help to Get Gigabit Broadband

15th March, 2023 (17 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has published the results of their latest quarterly Rolling National Open Market Review (NOMR) process, which reveals that 2,866,478 premises across England are currently classed as being unlikely to get a gigabit-capable broadband ISP network within the next 3 years.

Former BT Execs Start New UK Broadband ISP – Rebel Internet

14th March, 2023 (25 Comments)

A new UK broadband ISP appears to have launched this month called Rebel Internet, which is run by two former BT executives – CEO Tucker George and COO David Groth – and aims to do things differently from others by pledging “no contracts“, “fair pricing” and a “customers first” approach with “Wi-Fi that actually works“.

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Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to 800,000 Scotland Premises

14th March, 2023 (4 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network now covers over 800,000 premises across Scotland, which has been achieved via an investment of just £240 million (reflecting their “average UK build cost” of £300 per premises passed).

Full Fibre UK Broadband ISP Zzoomm Tops 10,000 Customers

13th March, 2023 (10 Comments)

Alternative network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today revealed that they’ve managed to grow their customer base to 10,000. The figure reflects about 10% of their 100,000 premises (Feb 2023 data) strong network coverage across 29 locations, which is up from 50,000 premises in July 2022.

Brsk Grow UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to 150,000 Premises

13th March, 2023 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Brsk has today announced that the UK coverage of their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which spans across parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands in England, has grown from 100,000 premises passed in November 2022 to 150,000 today.

The Top 10 Full Fibre Alternative Networks by Estimated UK Coverage

13th March, 2023 (17 Comments)

A new report has been published that provides a useful independent assessment of how big – in terms of network size (coverage footprint) – the top 10 alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP networks in the UK have become (excluding Openreach), which we’ve compared against the official coverage claims below.

Swish Fibre Bring FTTP Broadband to Kebbell Homes and Elivia Homes Sites

10th March, 2023 (12 Comments)

Network operator and UK ISP Swish Fibre, which is deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 250,000 premises across the Home Counties of England, has reached an agreement to extend their infrastructure across new build homes being built by Kebbell Homes and Elivia Homes.

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Air Broadband Users Hit with Disconnection Letters by CityFibre and OFNL UPDATE16

10th March, 2023 (467 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Air Broadband (ZYBRE) have faced a difficult week after those connected via OFNL and CityFibre’s alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks received worrying letters from the two aforementioned suppliers, which warned them of service termination.

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Rural ISP Grayshott Gigabit Boosts Broadband Rollout with Calix

9th March, 2023 (0 Comments)

Grayshott Gigabit, which is building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in rural parts of East Hampshire, the Surrey Hills and surrounding areas, has reported lowering their costs, improving performance and passing the savings on to their customers after adopting Calix’s platform.

CityFibre UK Finish Primary FTTP Broadband Build in Town of March

9th March, 2023 (1 Comment)

CityFibre has today announced the completion of their £5m “primary build” in the Cambridgeshire (England) town of March, which has extended their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 8,500 premises (around 80% of the town’s residential properties), including most businesses.

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Diana Johnson MP Petitions UK Parliament to Tackle Telecoms Poles

9th March, 2023 (45 Comments)

The Labour MP for Hull North, Dame Diana Johnson, has presented a petition to parliament – signed by residents of Hull North – that urges the government to make it a requirement for new telecoms poles to apply for local planning permission and consult residents before being built – risking delays to the gigabit broadband build.

FTTP ISP Toob Keep 900Mbps UK Broadband Price Frozen Again

9th March, 2023 (10 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP toob, which aims to cover 1 million premises across the South of England by 2027 (mostly in Surrey and Hampshire), has joined the growing club of smaller providers that have bucked the trend of recent price hikes by opting to keep their package prices frozen.

Full Fibre UK AltNet ISP Zzoomm Sniffs Acquisition of Trooli

8th March, 2023 (9 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm, which is being backed by Oaktree Capital and aims to cover 1 million premises with their full fibre broadband network by the end of 2025 (they’ve already covered 100,000), has reportedly joined the list of those interested in acquiring fellow network provider Trooli.

BT Updates on Expanded Pilots of New UK Digital Voice Rollout

8th March, 2023 (63 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT has today confirmed that they will restart the national UK rollout of their new Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) based Digital Voice product from April 2023, which will start gradually with a series of expanded pilot schemes that will be made up of “lower usage landline customers” who already have full fibre broadband.

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INCA Accuses Ofcom of Putting UK Full Fibre Rollout at Risk UPDATE

8th March, 2023 (30 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association, which represents UK alternative broadband ISP networks, has today warned Ofcom that “more than £25bn worth of investment” to improve the UK’s digital infrastructure “will be directly threatened” if Openreach is allowed to introduce new FTTP wholesale price discounts (Equinox 2).

Ofcom UK Clamps Down on Misleading Uses of “Fibre” Broadband UPDATE2

8th March, 2023 (80 Comments)

Good news. The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed new guidance that would only allow broadband ISPs to use the terms “fibre” and “full-fibre” on their websites and in contracts “if their network uses fibre-optic cables all the way from the exchange to the home” (i.e. FTTP).