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ISP News Archives for August 2020

Openreach UK Buy 279 Vauxhall Electric Vehicles for Engineers

12th Aug 2020 (27 Comments)

Openreach has officially started to expand their range of EV cars and vans beyond last year’s limited trial of 11 vehicles with Renault (here), which they’ve done by adding 279 new EVs from Vauxhall that will soon be used by their UK broadband and phone engineers (including 270 Vivaro-e vans and 9 Corsa-e cars).

Sky UK Advert Banned for Misleading Setup Fees on TV Bundles

12th Aug 2020 (6 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has banned two adverts for Sky’s (Sky Broadband) TV and Netflix bundles, which promoted a £20 or £25 one-off setup fee to new customers but failed to make sufficiently clear that existing customers would have to pay an upfront fee of “up to £219“.

O2 Predict 5G to Save UK up to 269 Megatonnes of CO2 by 2035

12th Aug 2020 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 has kicked the 5G mobile hype train into high gear again, this time by predicting that the new mobile broadband tech could work alongside connected technologies, such as smart grids and autonomous vehicles, to save up to 269 megatonnes of CO2 by 2035 (England’s total emissions in 2018 were 280 Mts).

Openreach Updates on Rural FTTP Pilot Progress in Okehampton

11th Aug 2020 (13 Comments)

Last autumn Openreach (BT) revealed that the West Devon (England) town of Okehampton would be among 13 other rural locations to help pilot a “range of new tools and techniques” for deploying their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network (here). Fast forward to today and the work is almost completed.

Welsh Broadband ISP Dyfed Superfast Buys Pembs WiFi for FTTP

11th Aug 2020 (0 Comments)

Carmarthenshire-based ISP Dyfed Superfast (Dyfed IT), which supplies wireless broadband services to premises across rural parts of Wales, has acquired rival network Pembs WiFi for an undisclosed sum and aims to extend gigabit broadband coverage. The latter had been building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

ISP TalkTalk Adds 1 Year Amazon Prime to Broadband Bundles

11th Aug 2020 (0 Comments)

Budget UK internet service provider TalkTalk has launched a new promotion that bundles one year’s worth of included access to Amazon’s Prime video streaming and delivery service (normally worth £79 per year) into their unlimited “fibre broadband” (FTTC, G.fast), phone and TV bundles.

New UK ISP YouFibre Connect First FTTP Broadband Customers

11th Aug 2020 (11 Comments)

Alternative “full fibre” ISP YouFibre, which a few months ago started their first gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network roll-out in the small Durham (England) town of Peterlee (here), has just recently followed that by welcoming the first of several live customers.

EE Complete 500th New 4G Mobile Site for UK Emergency Network

10th Aug 2020 (22 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today confirmed that they’ve just completed the build of their 500th new mobile site, located in Glencoe (Scotland), as part of their contract to roll-out a new 4G based Emergency Services Network (ESN). This is on top of the 19,000 existing sites that have already been upgraded for the ESN.

Virgin Media UK Extend Full Fibre to 2,500 Leasowe Homes

10th Aug 2020 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and TV provider Virgin Media UK (Liberty Global) has completed another network extension, which this time sees an additional 2,500 homes in Leasowe – an area on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula (Merseyside) – gain access to their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service.

Full Fibre ISP Hyperoptic Trial Seamless Broadband Switching

10th Aug 2020 (5 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic, which has deployed their 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband network across large apartment and office buildings in various cities, has launched a new migration service that makes it cheaper and easier for them to switch people who are still stuck in an existing contract with another ISP.

Eurostar Trains Stop WiFi in Standard Class Due to COVID19 ? UPDATED

10th Aug 2020 (22 Comments)

In an odd development Eurostar has blamed the Coronavirus for their decision to disable wireless broadband connectivity (WiFi) in their Standard class train coaches. Meanwhile those travelling in Standard Premier and Business Premier are apparently immune and can still surf the internet (bandwidth allowing).

ISP Beacons Telecom Reveals FTTP Broadband Rollout in Wales

8th Aug 2020 (3 Comments)

New UK ISP Beacons Telecom (related Facebook page) has today revealed some of the first details about their plans to deploy a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit-capable broadband network across rural parts of Wales, which is already starting to connect some of its first customers.

Gov’s £1bn Helps 493,600 UK Premises Get Gigabit Broadband

8th Aug 2020 (33 Comments)

The UK Government has today announced that nearly half a million premises have been connected to gigabit-capable broadband since summer 2018, which stems from £1bn of public investment. But in order to push take-up they’re now launching a new Gigabit Take-Up Advisory Group (GigaTAG).

ONS 2020 Study – 2.7 Million UK Adults Have Not Used the Internet

7th Aug 2020 (5 Comments)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today published their latest annual 2020 Internet Access report, which reveals that 5% (2.7 million) of UK adults have not used the internet in the past 3 months and that’s down from 7% (3.9 million) last year. Sadly issues of age and disability remain key barriers to adoption.

NOW TV Cuts 63Mbps Broadband and Anytime UK Calls to £25

7th Aug 2020 (9 Comments)

New customers looking to join Sky’s sibling ISP and TV streaming service, NOW TV (NOW Broadband), may like to know that they’ve just discounted the price of their top Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based “Super Fibre” (63Mbps) broadband package with inclusive anytime UK calls from £30 to £25 per month.

Telecoms Operators Come Top of the List for Safe UK Digging

7th Aug 2020 (2 Comments)

The latest annual Digging Up Britain 2020 report by LSBUD, which provides a free online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms, has claimed that telecoms companies (broadband and mobile network operators etc.) are “top of the list when it comes to safe digging” (i.e. accounting for 32% of total searches).

Full Fibre ISP Hyperoptic Hails Top UK Net Promoter Score

7th Aug 2020 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which is busy deploying their “hyperfast” (1Gbps) full fibre (FTTP/B) network out across large apartment buildings in various UK cities, has hailed itself as outperforming industry rivals after they secured a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of +51 (only around 10% of UK brands get an NPS of 40 or more).