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ISP News Archives for February 2020

Spectrum Internet to Build FTTP Broadband Across South Wales

18th Feb 2020 (5 Comments)

Cardiff-based UK ISP Spectrum Internet has announced that they intend to build their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across South Wales, which will aim to cover 150,000 premises (homes and businesses) in various market towns and villages.

Rural FTTP ISP County Broadband Extends to Cambridgeshire

18th Feb 2020 (1 Comment)

Rural UK ISP County Broadband, which is being fuelled by £46m from Aviva to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the rural East of England, has announced their first expansion into South Cambridgeshire, where they initially plan to build across 9 hard to reach villages.

Brighton and Hove UK to Build £1.66m Fibre Optic Ring Network

18th Feb 2020 (7 Comments)

The Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) in East Sussex has agreed to invest £1.66m into a new 3 mile long fibre optic ring network in the centre of Brighton, which will be used to connect up key public sector sites in the city centre with the Brighton Digital Exchange (BDX) and a 5G mobile test bed at New England House.

Cityfibre Deal to Provide Capacity for Three UK’s 5G Rollout

18th Feb 2020 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK, which from the end of this month will have expanded their new ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network to cover 65 new locations (here), has signed a new nationwide backhaul capacity deal to harness Cityfibre’s growing full fibre network in order to fuel their new service.

ISP Sky Broadband UK to Hike Some Internet and TV Prices UPDATE

18th Feb 2020 (25 Comments)

Just like clockwork Sky (Sky Broadband) has this week announced a new set of annual price hikes, which for some broadband customers will see the monthly price they pay increase by an extra £2 from 1st April 2020. But newer Sky “superfast broadband” (FTTC) and some TV plans will not be increased.

ISP BT Soft Launch New Premium UK Flexible Pay TV Packages UPDATE

18th Feb 2020 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT will today soft launch a new range of “flexible” TV packages on 24 month contract terms, which gives subscribers a choice of content bolt-ons that can easily be changed. As part of that the platform has also completed its promise to fully integrate Sky’s NOW TV service via a single bill.

Virgin Media to Begin Closing 25 of its UK Stores and Kiosks

17th Feb 2020 (12 Comments)

Cable broadband ISP Virgin Media recently confirmed that it intends to close 25 of its stores and kiosks across the United Kingdom, which will put around 110 jobs at risk. Once completed the move will leave around 53 stores and kiosks open across the country but staff fear that more may follow.

Optifi – Another New UK Full Fibre Broadband Provider Launches

17th Feb 2020 (7 Comments)

A new broadband operator called Optifi Limited, which doesn’t yet appear to have a website, has cropped up in the UK market with an ambition to build an open access Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to “serve primarily residential” homes, as well as some commercial properties and related communal facilities.

Virgin Media UK Drops £35 Setup Fee Across All Packages

17th Feb 2020 (5 Comments)

Cable TV and broadband ISP Virgin Media has quietly boosted their existing range of service discounts by temporarily removing the £35 one-off set up fee from all fixed line packages with a 12 month contract term, which affects everything from standalone broadband to broadband + phone and triple play bundles with TV etc.

After Storm Dennis – Broadband ISP Outages Sweep the UK UPDATE

17th Feb 2020 (9 Comments)

Significant flooding (c. 200 warnings issued), power outages and winds gusting over 90 mph as a result of Storm Dennis – the second major storm since Ciara just last weekend – has caused a fair bit of damaged to the broadband and telecoms infrastructure of multiple operators across the United Kingdom.

Vodafone Cut Price of 500Mbps and 900Mbps Broadband by £8

15th Feb 2020 (27 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK appears to have cut the price of their top two Gigafast Broadband products (500Mbps and 900Mbps) by £8 per month, which is what they offer in urban areas covered by Cityfibre’s on-going Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network build.

Post Contract Broadband ISP Price Rises Still Causing Headache

15th Feb 2020 (4 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has today published yet another “Loyalty Penalty” focused survey of 7,517 members, which claims that 68% of current broadband ISP deals from the big operators see UK customers being hit with significant price hikes when their contract ends (some prices jumped by as much as 89%).

Customers of UK Broadband ISP BT See Small 1.3% Price Rise

14th Feb 2020 (11 Comments)

As expected UK ISP BT has now begun reminding customers of their various consumer fixed line broadband, phone and mobile services that they should expect a small 1.3% increase in the price they pay from March 2020, which has been matched to the CPI level of inflation (Consumer Prices Index).

Three UK to Go Live with Ultrafast 5G Mobile at 65 Locations

14th Feb 2020 (120 Comments)

After a delay Three UK (Hutchison 3G UK) has this morning announced the launch of their 5G mobile network for Smartphone users, which will be available across busy parts of 65 new locations from the end of this month. Previously they’d only been able to launch the network on their dedicated Mobile Broadband service.

End of Contract Letters to Start for UK Mobile and Broadband ISPs

14th Feb 2020 (22 Comments)

Starting tomorrow all fixed broadband, mobile, home phone and pay TV providers will be required to implement Ofcom’s end-of-contract notification system (sent by text, email or letter), which is designed to help tackle the so-called “loyalty penalty” by keeping customers informed about the best deals and encouraging switching.

Virgin Media Adds 154,000 Premises to UK Ultrafast Network UPDATE

13th Feb 2020 (22 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media UK (Liberty Global) has published their Q4 2019 results, which reveals that their “gigabit capable” broadband and TV network was extended to another 154,000 premises in the quarter (up from 119K in Q3) and their total broadband base now stands at 5,271,000 (up by 1.9K in Q4 vs 2.4K in Q3).

Oliver Dowden Named New UK Digital and Culture Secretary

13th Feb 2020 (0 Comments)

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has initiated yet another cabinet reshuffle. As a result Nicky Morgan has been replaced by Oliver Dowden CBE (MP for Hertsmere) as the Secretary of State for the the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), who among other things will oversee the roll-out of gigabit broadband.