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ISP News Archives for December 2019

Gloucestershire and Herefordshire’s £14m Broadband Plan for 2022

17th Dec 2019 (5 Comments)

The Gloucestershire and Herefordshire UK councils appear to be on the verge of agreeing a new £14m Broadband Strategy for their joint Fastershire project, which will run until the end of 2022 and aims to extend the reach of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) ISP networks into some of the most poorly served parts of both counties.

ISP Fidelity Broadband Target 30000 UK Premises for FTTH UPDATE

17th Dec 2019 (5 Comments)

A few months ago a new ISP called Fidelity Broadband unveiled their plan to deploy a 1Gbps Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network to cover over 1 million UK premises “on-demand” (here). Now the same provider has revealed that they also intend to build a Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network for homes and businesses.

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Big Ofcom Changes to Help Broadband ISP and Mobile Switching UPDATE

17th Dec 2019 (8 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to make switching between broadband ISPs on physically separate UK networks easier (e.g. BT to Hyperoptic) and they also intend to ban mobile operators from selling “locked” handsets (i.e. Smartphones that cannot be used on other networks unless they are unlocked).

ISP Swish Fibre in £250m Deal to Deploy 10Gbps UK Broadband

17th Dec 2019 (3 Comments)

New UK ISP Swish Fibre, which only recently entered the market (here), has been acquired by Fern Trading Ltd as part of a “long-term funding deal” that they say will enable them to unlock £250m of investment and begin their roll-out of a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 250,000 premises (starting outside London).

Connect Fibre Preps 10Gbps FTTP Network for Cambridgeshire UK

17th Dec 2019 (3 Comments)

A new UK ISP called Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd.) has today announced its presence to the industry and that comes alongside their goal of becoming Cambridgeshire’s “first open access full fibre broadband” operator, although strictly speaking Openreach (BT) and Cityfibre may have already taken that crown.

£165m N.Ireland Broadband Project to Target 97000 Premises

16th Dec 2019 (4 Comments)

The Department for the Economy has issued a small update on their long-in-gestation £165m Project Stratum scheme, which after two consultations has finally confirmed that some 97,000 premises are eligible to be upgraded with a “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) network under their future roll-out programme.

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8,500 Premises in Cudworth Get Virgin Media’s UK Gigabit FTTP

16th Dec 2019 (18 Comments)

Some 8,500 premises in the large urban village of Cudworth (South Yorkshire) have become the latest to go live on Virgin Media’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband and TV network, which at present can deliver average download speeds of 516Mbps and this will be upgraded to support 1Gbps in the near future.

Gov Hand Gigabit Capability Status to SSE Enterprise Telecoms

16th Dec 2019 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has today approved fibre optic connectivity provider SSE Enterprise Telecoms (SSEET) as a supplier under the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) RM6095 agreement, which means that they’re now eligible to provide public sector buyers with “Gigabit-capable” connectivity services.

Sky Broadband and TV Offer XMas Freebies to Existing Customers

16th Dec 2019 (25 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband, Sky Mobile and Sky TV are being offered a raft of freebies for Christmas this year, including movies, TV sport, unlimited mobile data and free calls to any landline or mobile number – in any country – from a Sky Talk line (excludes calls to certain types of chargeable numbers) among other gifts.

1Gbps Cityfibre Home Broadband Goes Live in Cambridge UK

16th Dec 2019 (14 Comments)

Full fibre network builder Cityfibre, which is currently in the process of investing £20m to build a new Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network that will reach around 60,000 premises in Cambridge via UK ISP partner Vodafone (here), appears to have put their network live with the first customers getting a connection.

Broadband ISPs Respond to the 2019 UK General Election Result

14th Dec 2019 (23 Comments)

Yesterday saw the Conservative party return to power after securing a large majority in the 2019 UK General Election. In response broadband ISPs have politely welcomed the “new” government but have called upon PM Boris Johnson to get on with the job of implementing his commitment to gigabit connectivity for all by 2025.

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Survey Claims Broadband Consumers Save £120 by Haggling

14th Dec 2019 (1 Comment)

A new Savanata survey of 5,016 broadband customers by Which? has claimed that UK consumers can save an average of £120 a year by haggling with their ISP for a better deal, which could take the form of either a discount on your monthly rental or various other incentives in order to stop you switching.

Ofcom UK Questions O2’s Compliance in Ongoing Billing Probe UPDATE

13th Dec 2019 (1 Comment)

The UK telecoms regulator has opened a second investigation into O2, which is examining whether or not the mobile operator provided “complete, accurate and on time” information to them as part of their on-going probe into an “Extraordinary Performance Failure” of the company’s metering and billing system.

Rural Full Fibre ISP County Broadband Helps Colchester Foodbank

12th Dec 2019 (7 Comments)

Some of the staff at UK ISP County Broadband have taken a break from deploying their new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the rural East of England region, but only so they could raise over £1,000 and donate three large boxes of food to their local Colchester foodbank.

Full Fibre Builder Cityfibre Signs Armed Forces Covenant (AFC)

12th Dec 2019 (2 Comments)

Fibre optic operator Cityfibre, which is currently in the process of investing £2.5bn in order to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 5 million premises across 60 UK cities and towns by the end of 2025, has today signed the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC).

ISP BT Separates Sport TV Content from Broadband, At Cost

12th Dec 2019 (16 Comments)

UK ISP BT has announced that they will make their BTSport TV content available via a separate flexible monthly pass, which means that customers no longer have to bundle it in with the provider’s own broadband or another service in order to receive it. However such a pass will set you back £25 per month.

Three UK Discounts 4G and 5G Unlimited Data SIM Plan to £10

12th Dec 2019 (32 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has this week discounted their 4G and future 5G based unlimited calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) SIM-Only plan for new customers to just £10 per month for the first 6 months of service (£20 thereafter). The catch is that you’ll have to take it alongside a long 24 month contract term.