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ISP News Archives for July 26, 2019

Connecting Cumbria UK Adding 2,000 FTTP Premises to Rollout

26th Jul 2019 (45 Comments)

The state aid supported Connecting Cumbria project, which has so far made “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services available to around 93% of premises in the county (125,000 extra homes and businesses), is being extended to add a further 2,000+ premises via Openreach’s Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Bigblu Broadband UK ISP Customers on Avanti Satellite Cut-off

26th Jul 2019 (17 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Bigblu, specifically those who use broadband packages based off the Satellite network from Avanti (HYLAS), have been suddenly and unceremoniously disconnected from their internet connections after Avanti “suspended the supply of satellite broadband to us with no notice.”

O2 UK Confirms Plan to Re-enter Fixed Line Broadband Market

26th Jul 2019 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK) has confirmed earlier reports that it intends to return to the fixed line broadband market. The move could result in the provider either moving to build their own “full fibre” (FTTP) style network or partnering with another ISP (e.g. Virgin Media, Cityfibre).

ISP Vodafone UK Offers 63Mbps FTTC Broadband for Just £22.99

26th Jul 2019 (18 Comments)

New and existing customers planning to join Vodafone’s fixed line FTTC superfast broadband and phone packages may like to know that the ISP has dropped their monthly prices in a new special offer, which sees their 35Mbps plan fall to just £19.99 per month and 63Mbps at £22.99 (we think that’s the cheapest UK offer for such a plan).

Three UK Reveal 5G Mobile Prices – Unrestricted and At No Extra Cost

26th Jul 2019 (17 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today confirmed that all new and existing customers will have access to 5G, when it launches in August 2019 (details), with no mobile broadband speed caps and at no extra cost on all contract, SIM only and PAYG mobile plans. A big offer given their tendency toward “unlimited” data plans.

Sky Mobile UK Preparing to Launch 5G Plans in November 2019

26th Jul 2019 (0 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has this morning announced that they will launch their own 5G based Sky Mobile plans during November 2019, which as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) partner of O2 will of course be directly linked to their UK rollout plan (here) for the new ultrafast mobile network.

Vodafone UK Top 606000 Fixed Broadband Users as 5G Roaming Live

26th Jul 2019 (2 Comments)

Mobile giant and UK ISP Vodafone has published their latest quarterly results to the end of June (Q1 FY20) and launched 5G roaming in 55 towns and cities across four countries (Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK). On top of that they added +31K fixed broadband customers to total 606,000 (down from +50K added in the previous quarter).

Matt Warman MP Appointed to Become New UK Digital Minister UPDATE

26th Jul 2019 (5 Comments)

Yesterday saw the Government choose Nicky Morgan MP to become the UK’s new Culture Secretary (DCMS) – with responsibility for everything from broadband to media – and reporting to her will be a new Minister of State for DCMS in the shape of Nigel Adams MP and a new Digital Minister, Matt Warman MP.

Altnet ISP Zzoomm Proposes Changes to Deliver a Full Fibre UK by 2025

26th Jul 2019 (19 Comments)

Oxford-based ISP Zzoomm, which hopes to cover 1 million homes with a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network by the end of 2024 (here), has proposed a series of changes that new PM Boris Johnson could make to help achieve universal “full fibre” coverage of the UK by 2025.

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