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ISP News Archives for September 7, 2020

H1 2020 – 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds and Availability by UK City

7th Sep 2020 (21 Comments)

A new H1 2020 report from benchmarking firm RootMetrics has revealed how well each UK mobile operator (Three UK, EE, Vodafone and O2) performs in terms of 5G based network availability and mobile broadband speeds across 16 cities. Overall EE offered the best availability, but in terms of performance it’s not so clear cut.

ISP Trooli Extends 1Gbps FTTP Broadband into East Sussex UK

7th Sep 2020 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic UK ISP Trooli (CallFlow) has announced that their on-going deployment of a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband network is set to expand outside of the Kent area and into East Sussex, with two of the first communities to benefit being Crowborough and Uckfield.

O2 UK Expands 5G Mobile to Tyne & Wear, Surrey and Lincoln

7th Sep 2020 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator O2, which is working alongside key supplier Ericsson, has today announced that their new ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband network has just been expanded to cover several parts (usually the busiest areas at first) of Tyne & Wear, Surrey and Lincoln.

virgin media engineer connecting fibre optic cable

Virgin Media UK Build FTTP to 5,600 Homes in New Rossington

7th Sep 2020 (1 Comment)

The large village of New Rossington just outside Doncaster (South Yorkshire), which is home to around 14,000 people, has just become the latest to benefit from Virgin Media’s expansion of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network. Some 5,600 homes have been covered.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Ranked in 2020 Tech Track 100

7th Sep 2020 (0 Comments)

Full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic has, for the fourth year in a row, made it into the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 for 2020, which is a league table of Britain’s top 100 private technology companies with the fastest-growing sales over the latest 3 years. Sadly no other internet service providers made this year’s ranking.

Vodafone UK Named Fastest for 5G Mobile Broadband in London

7th Sep 2020 (9 Comments)

A new study from umlaut (formerly P3), which examined the performance of 5G based mobile broadband networks across London, has found that Vodafone delivered the best overall performance across the capital city. The operator also hit the highest average download of 215.2Mbps, but they were beaten on uploads by EE.

Tesco Mobile Refreshes its UK Logo to Look Like Parent Firm

7th Sep 2020 (4 Comments)

In a small development Tesco Mobile today appears to have conducted a brand (logo) redesign, which they say will aim to revitalise the brand expression and to align more closely with the wider Tesco family. Otherwise there doesn’t appear to be anything dramatically new.

Fiber Optic cables connected to an optic ports and Network cables connected to ethernet ports

CBI Joins Calls for Infrastructure Bank to Fuel 1Gbps Broadband

7th Sep 2020 (8 Comments)

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has today echoed existing calls for the UK Government to setup a new “Infrastructure Bank” to help deliver on their planned expansion of “gigabit-capable” and “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband networks, as well as to support roads, railways and housing.

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