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ISP EE UK Discounts Home Broadband Plans for Black Friday

25th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

New customers thinking of taking out one of EE’s fibre-based home broadband packages (FTTC and FTTP) may like to know that the ISP has just introduced a series of new Black Friday discounts (e.g. 900Mbps at £42 per month with free setup for 24-months), which will be available to take until 8th December 2022.

County Broadband Extend FTTP Broadband to 9 Essex UK Villages

25th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

Network builder and rural ISP County Broadband has today announced 9 new villages, this time in Essex (England), where local homes and businesses will now be able to access their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is also being deployed across parts of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Discounts 1Gbps Broadband to £25

25th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which aims to cover 2 million UK premises with their full fibre (FTTP / FTTB) network by the end of 2023 (they’ve almost done half of that), has just discounted their top 1Gbps (symmetric speed) package to just £25 per month on their 24-month terms (£60 thereafter).

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New Rules to Aid UK Full Fibre Builds and Network Security Become Law UPDATE

25th November, 2022 (2 Comments)

The UK Government’s new Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) is finally set to become law after passing through both houses of parliament this week. The new law will, among other things, make it easier for full fibre broadband and mobile operators to upgrade, share and deploy new infrastructure.

Broadband ISP Ogi Invest £10,000 into Local Schools in Wales

24th November, 2022 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP and full fibre network builder Ogi has today announced that they’ve begun a new pilot programme with schools in Wales, which is initially investing £10,000 to help local schools in the country bring STEM subjects (i.e. science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to life for pupils in years 5-9.

Telecoms Providers Join UK Landowners in Connectivity Alliance

23rd November, 2022 (1 Comment)

A new National Connectivity Alliance (the NCA) has been launch today, which for the first time brings together UK telecommunications providers (mobile and broadband), infrastructure providers, landowners and their professional advisers. The goal is to collaborate on areas of mutual interest and that may boost the rollout of new networks.

Gigaclear Expand FTTP Broadband Build into Rural Derbyshire

23rd November, 2022 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has already covered 360,000 premises (up from 300,000 in May 2022) across rural parts of England with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today announced that they’ve expanded into Derbyshire and aim to cover a total of more than 25,000 premises in the county.

Upp Extend UK FTTP Broadband Rollout in Norfolk and Lincolnshire

23rd November, 2022 (15 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Upp has today confirmed that they’ve started rolling out their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to premises (homes and business) across the Norfolk town of King’s Lynn. But we’ve also managed to pull the full rollout plan (so far) from their website.

Cityfibre UK Expand Glasgow FTTP Broadband Build to Clydebank

23rd November, 2022 (1 Comment)

Cityfibre has today announced that their huge £270 million rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across Glasgow (Scotland) is being extended into the Clydebank area, which will be supported by a new civil engineering contractor – local company IMS Scotland.

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Focus on Cost Savings Impacts Openreach’s UK Full Fibre Build UPDATE2

23rd November, 2022 (25 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has reportedly informed its suppliers that their need to curb costs and get more “bang for its buck” will impact the UK rollout of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which will “include an element of cancellation or suspension” of some work and have a “financial impact“.

London ISP CommunityFibre Discounts 1-10Gbps Biz Full Fibre Plans

22nd November, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has already covered 675,000 premises in London with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (aiming for 2.2 million by the end of 2024), has introduced a series of new discounts across their 150Mbps to 10Gbps speed business packages – mostly reflecting 3 months of free service.

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Cityfibre and toob Sign Mutual UK Full Fibre Network Access Deal UPDATE

22nd November, 2022 (14 Comments)

Alternative network builders Cityfibre and toob have today signed a unique network access agreement, which will see both sides aiming to benefit from each other’s deployments of their respective gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks across the UK.

Full Fibre ISP LightSpeed Broadband Offers 6 Months FREE Service

21st November, 2022 (8 Comments)

Lincolnshire-based network operator and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is aiming to rollout a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 200,000 premises across the East of England by the end of 2022 (rising to 1 million by the end of 2025), has for a limited time begun offering all new customers six months of free service.

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Openreach Connect 200,000th Customer to FTTP in Northern Ireland

21st November, 2022 (5 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that they’ve doubled the number of customers they’ve connected, via various different UK ISPs, to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Northern Ireland from 100,000 to 200,000 in the space of a year.

Openreach Prep Return of UK Fibre Community Partnerships in Early 2023

19th November, 2022 (12 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has informed ISPreview that its Fibre Community Partnership (FCP) scheme, which works with disadvantaged parts of England, Wales and Scotland to help co-fund the deployment of new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks, will become available again for new applicants “early” in 2023.

UK ISP Zen Internet Tries to Resolve Network Performance Issue UPDATE

18th November, 2022 (22 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zen Internet has today resolved a problem, which appears to have been occurring for almost two weeks, that caused some of their wholesale partners and related fibre (FTTC and FTTP) customers to suffer from performance problems (e.g. slower than expected speeds, poor latency and high packet loss).

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First Trial Users Live on Virgin Media’s UK XGS-PON Fibre Network UPDATE

18th November, 2022 (52 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has confirmed that the first trial customers on their new XGS-PON powered Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network were connected this month, which in the future will make even faster latency and symmetric speeds of up to 10Gbps possible across their entire network.