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ISP News Archives for August 7, 2019

EE UK Add Amazon Prime Video and Gamer’s Data Pass to Smart Plans

7th Aug 2019 (3 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE UK (BT) has today added the option of two new “Swappable Benefits” – Amazon Prime Video (£5.99 per month) and Gamer’s Data Pass (£7.99 per month) – to their 4G and 5G based Pay Month Smart Plans. Such plans usually give you a choice of several included benefits, but you can also add more at cost.

London FTTH ISP Community Fibre Add Kentik’s Traffic Monitoring

7th Aug 2019 (0 Comments)

Gigabit broadband ISP Community Fibre, which is rolling out FTTH services to over 500,000 premises across London by 2022, looks set to add real-time network performance, availability and security insights by adopting Kentik‘s SaaS analytics platform.

Openreach Launch Special Offer for FTTC Managed Engineer Installs UPDATE

7th Aug 2019 (1 Comment)

Openreach (BT) appears to be running a 6 month special offer for UK ISPs using Managed Engineer Installs for their Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) broadband service, which will start on 10th September 2019 and run until 10th March 2020.

Ecom Make Progress Deploying FTTP Broadband to Rural Buckinghamshire

7th Aug 2019 (11 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Ecom (Electronic Communities) appears to be making good progress on their rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in rural Buckinghamshire (England), which is now in the process of moving on toward Ledburn and aspires to cover 1,000 premises by the end of 2019.

The Top Reasons Why UK ADSL Broadband Users Haven’t Upgraded

7th Aug 2019 (32 Comments)

At present around 96% of UK premises are estimated to be within reach of a so-called “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) ISP network, yet Ofcom found that superfast connections only accounted for 59% of all fixed broadband lines at the end of 2018. Now a new Which? survey has helped to explain why so many are still on slow copper ADSL lines.

ISP John Lewis Broadband Discount Prices and Add Google Home Hub

7th Aug 2019 (0 Comments)

Customers looking to join the UK broadband ISP division of John Lewis are being offered a free Google Home Hub AI smart speaker. On top of that they’ve also introduced a bigger discount on their FTTC based superfast broadband and phone packages, which lasts for the first 12 months of service.

Virgin Media UK Make Changes to Protect 100,000 Vulnerable Users

7th Aug 2019 (39 Comments)

Cable TV, phone and broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has reportedly committed to protect over 100,000 of their most vulnerable customers (e.g. pensioners, the unemployed and those with disabilities), such as by freezing their prices against future hikes or automatically moving them to a better (cheaper) deal.

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