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ISP News Archives for April 2020

Gigabit Broadband May Boost British Economy £51.4bn by 2025 UPDATE

27th Apr 2020 (4 Comments)

A new study from Assembly Research, which was commissioned via the vested interests of Huawei, has forecast that the UK Government’s deployment of “gigabit-capable broadband” could provide £51.4bn gross value added to the economy in five years, growing to £68.8bn in 2030. But any delays could be very costly.

Cityfibre Start 1Gb Home Broadband Build in Bury St Edmunds

27th Apr 2020 (4 Comments)

Cityfibre has today announced that they’ve already started construction of their new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network in the Suffolk (England) town of Bury St Edmunds (not to be confused with Bury near Manchester), which was only very recently added (here) to their £4bn UK roll-out plan.

Jurassic Fibre’s OLT for 1Gbps Broadband in Exmouth is Live

27th Apr 2020 (19 Comments)

Full fibre UK ISP Jurassic Fibre, which aspires to cover 350,000 premises with a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in South West England (here), seems to be making good progress and their first Optical Line Terminal (OLT) in Exmouth has just gone live (expected to serve 14,000 premises in the town).

500 Glasgow Premises Without Broadband After Arson Attack UPDATE

25th Apr 2020 (26 Comments)

“Stupid is as stupid does,” said the great philosopher Forest Gump. In keeping with that somebody, most likely one of the “mindless” COVID-19 conspiracy theorists, has decided to burn key fixed line broadband ISP and phone cables in part of Glasgow during a pandemic, thus leaving 500 people without connectivity.

Telecoms Operators Prep New UK COVID-19 NHS Number 119 UPDATE

25th Apr 2020 (16 Comments)

At present if you need to contact the NHS about an issue related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) then the advice is to visit their website or phone 111 (not 999). However, ISPreview.co.uk understands that UK telecoms companies (e.g. Vodafone, Simwood etc.) have been working hard to prep a new number (119), which may launch next week.

Flaky Parliamentary Video Debates Highlight Poor Broadband

24th Apr 2020 (24 Comments)

Across the UK various devolved and central parliaments have been returning to work this week in a very different way, with many connecting to hybrid public debates via live video conferencing from their own homes for the first time. But a few hiccups have helped to highlight how some areas still suffer from poor connectivity.

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Brings FTTP to 10,000 Essex Premises

23rd Apr 2020 (8 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Gigaclear has announced that their on-going roll-out of a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Essex (England) has now covered 10,000 premises, which includes 1,153 homes and businesses that were added in just the last month alone. A further 20,000 are due to be covered by December 2021.

Disney+ Goes Live on NOW TV’s UK Video Streaming Service

23rd Apr 2020 (3 Comments)

Sky’s sibling UK ISP and TV streaming service, NOW TV (NOW Broadband), has today finally added the Disney+ app to its platform. Naturally customers will still need to purchase Disney+ directly through Disney and then sign-in on their account through the new app in order to access its content.

UK Creeps Up 2020 FTTH Ultrafast Broadband Country Ranking

23rd Apr 2020 (6 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe has today published their annual 2020 ranking, which lists the countries with the strongest subscriber penetration of “full fibre” (FTTP/H/B) ultrafast broadband ISP networks. The good news is that the United Kingdom continues to claw its way up and is no longer at the very bottom.

Government Attempts to Expand UK Internet Snooping Bodies

23rd Apr 2020 (8 Comments)

The Government appears to have decided that, while the country’s attention is distracted by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis, it might as well try to increase the number of bodies capable of obtaining communications data from UK phone, mobile and broadband ISPs under the Investigatory Powers Act (IPAct).

Rollout of Ultrafast Broadband Must Continue Despite COVID-19

23rd Apr 2020 (23 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has today said that “delivery of ultrafast broadband to all parts of the UK must continue” despite the current COVID-19 lockdown conditions, which have put significant strain on complex supply chains and exasperated the shortage of skilled telecoms engineers.

Virgin Media to Extend Hub 4 Availability for WiFi Boost.. sort of UPDATE

23rd Apr 2020 (63 Comments)

Sources indicate that broadband ISP Virgin Media UK are imminently due to start expanding the availability of their latest HUB 4.0 (ARRIS TG3492LG-VMB) router outside of the new 1Gbps network areas, which we understand will be marketed as a WiFi improvement. But there are other reasons for the move.

BT Part Fixes InLink Kiosk Problem – Rebrands to Street Hubs

23rd Apr 2020 (4 Comments)

BT has partly resolved an issue that left many of their InLink UK smart WiFi broadband kiosks without a working tablet or free phone calling functionality (feedback from ISPreview.co.uk readers suggests this has been going on for over a week). The units have also been rebranded to “Street Hubs.“

CMA Shuns Competition Fears to Clear £2bn Cellnex Buy of Arqiva

22nd Apr 2020 (3 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today cleared Arqiva to proceed with the proposed £2bn sale of their UK masts and rooftop sites to Cellnex (here) which, despite protests from mobile network operator Three UK, ultimately found that the deal “does not raise competition concerns.”

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Smishing – UK Mobile Firms Unite to Stop COVID-19 Text SCAMS

22nd Apr 2020 (3 Comments)

A rise in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) related text message scams (e.g. Smishing), which often attempt to trick UK mobile users into parting with their money or other sensitive personal details, has prompted mobile operators to join with other industries in order to update a trial of the new SMS SenderID Protection Registry.

New Broadband Index Ranks 334 UK Areas by Average DL Speed

22nd Apr 2020 (16 Comments)

Comparison site Comparethemarket.com has posted an updated analysis of Ofcom’s Connected Nations 2019 data (here), which uses information supplied by UK ISPs to rank 334 local authorities by their average broadband download speed. Naturally Hull (East Yorkshire) tops the list with 131.4Mbps and the biggest annual rise of 54.9Mbps.

ISP Plusnet to Replace Pre-Paid Line Rental Saver Discount UPDATE

21st Apr 2020 (2 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Plusnet may be interested to know that the provider has announced that they’ve removed the option of their annual Line Rental Saver (LRS) discount (i.e. pay for 12 months in advance to save money) from their acquisition journey for new home broadband services.