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Alternative network provider Voneus, which has been busy delivering internet connections of up to 100Mbps into UK rural areas by using their ‘Wireless Fibre To The Home’ (WFTTH) service, has pledged to “ensure … fast broadband services become noticed as a basic ‘human right’“.
Communications provider Entanet, which was acquired by urban fibre optic developer Cityfibre in July 2017 for a cash consideration of £29 million (here), will unveil a range of new “full fibre” (FTTP) based internet access and “unbeatable” business Ethernet services next month.
Sky (Sky Broadband) has cut the price of their ‘up to’ 17Mbps entry-level unlimited broadband and phone package again, dropping the monthly rental to just £15 for the first 12 months of service (£28.99 thereafter). The counter to this is that their £100 Prepaid MasterCard offer has ended.
A new survey of 2,700 British home buyers has claimed that an average purchaser would be willing to pay an additional £6,500 for a property if it meant they would be guaranteed to have excellent broadband speed, although the survey fails to clarify what “excellent” actually means.
The boss of UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has taken the unusual but welcome step of asking subscribers to give their thoughts on how the provider should enhance or change their future broadband and line rental tariffs, which are currently being reviewed.