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ISP News Archives for October 2020

Broadband ISP Airband UK Hails its First Female Telecoms Engineer

19th Oct 2020 (12 Comments)

The slow march toward gender diversity in the traditionally male dominated role of UK telecoms engineering appears to be paying off after Airband, which supplies a mix of fixed wireless and full fibre (FTTP) broadband connectivity to various rural communities, appointed its first female engineer.

That’ll Do – Plusnet Make “renewed push” into the Value Market

19th Oct 2020 (59 Comments)

Budget broadband ISP Plusnet has informed us that they’re refocusing their strategic direction, with a renewed push into the value market by “concentrating on its three core strengths – simplicity, reliability and award-winning customer service.” So it’s out with the old tag line – “we’ll do you proud” – and in the with the new – “that’ll do“.

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Virgin Media UK Warns BT Against Anti-Competitive FTTP Discounting

19th Oct 2020 (29 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has warned the market regulator, Ofcom, against allowing BT (Openreach) to sign “deeply discounted and long-term” wholesale agreements for “full fibre” (FTTP) services with rivals ISPs, which they claim might make it harder for alternative networks to compete against the established giant.

One UK Village’s Roller-Coaster Ride of USO Broadband Costs

18th Oct 2020 (21 Comments)

The long running saga of trying to get a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service installed across the village of Pandy in Wales is one step closer to a solution. But its plight also helps to highlight how difficult it’s been for some areas to harness the new 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO).

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Vodafone UK Discounts FTTP and FTTC Home Broadband Plans

17th Oct 2020 (28 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone has just introduced a number of discounts to their FTTC (Superfast) and FTTP (Gigafast – Openreach and Cityfibre) based broadband packages, which reduces the monthly price on their superfast plans and offers several months of free service on their gigafast options.

O2 Reveals Top UK Cities with Highest Mobile Data Consumption

17th Oct 2020 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica) has revealed a list of the top 10 most data hungry (mobile broadband) UK cities for September 2020, which sees Bradford top the list after it saw data consumption on their network jump by 50% when compared with the same time last year. Meanwhile Coventry came a close second (47%).

ISP Sky Broadband UK Opens FTTP for Existing Customers

17th Oct 2020 (31 Comments)

Over the past week we’ve noted that Sky Broadband appears to have started making their new Openreach Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “Superfast” (59Mbps) and “Ultrafast” (145Mbps) broadband package available to existing customers, after initially only appearing to launch it for new subscribers.

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EE Mobile Seeks to Trade Some 2.6GHz 4G Spectrum to O2 UK UPDATE

16th Oct 2020 (23 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today requested approval from Ofcom for them to trade some of their 4G (mobile broadband) friendly unpaired radio spectrum in the 2.6GHz band (between 2595-2620MHz) to rival O2 (Telefonica UK). At present neither O2 nor Three UK own any of their own spectrum in the 2.6GHz band.

Audit Office Casts Doubt on UK 2025 Gigabit Broadband Target UPDATE

16th Oct 2020 (15 Comments)

A new report from the National Audit Office, which examines the original £1.9bn Superfast Broadband Programme (SFBB), has warned that the Government may struggle to achieve its ambition of bringing gigabit-capable broadband to all by the end of 2025 and thus risks “leaving the hardest to reach areas even further behind.”

Broadband Network Builder FullFibre Opens New Ledbury Office

16th Oct 2020 (0 Comments)

Devon-based network builder FullFibre, which is currently working to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across rural parts of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, has officially opened a new office in the town of Ledbury.

London ISP Community Fibre Runs Double Speed Boost Offer

16th Oct 2020 (2 Comments)

London-focused broadband ISP CommunityFibre will today launch a new promotion that doubles the service speeds for new customers of their 150Mbps and 400Mbps plans, which means that for the first 24 months of service subscribers to those tiers will instead receive 300Mbps and 800Mbps respectively at no extra cost.

MLL Telecom to Extend the EastNet Full Fibre Network WAN

16th Oct 2020 (1 Comment)

Business ISP MLL Telecom has been awarded a new contract to further extend the gigabit-capable EastNet Full Fibre Network WAN service, which will see them connect an additional 20 public sector sites across Northamptonshire in England.

Vodafone UK Launch New Trade-in Tool for Old Mobile Phones

15th Oct 2020 (0 Comments)

Vodafone has today launched a new trade-in tool via their MyVodafone app, which aims to makes it easier for people to exchange their existing mobile handsets as they upgrade to the latest technology and could “help overcome the issues that have put people off trading in their phones in the past.” But you’ll need an iPhone.

KCOM Target Full Fibre for 10,000 North Lincolnshire Premises

15th Oct 2020 (3 Comments)

UK ISP KCOM, which is investing a further £100m to extend the availability of their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, have today confirmed the next phase of their expansion. This will see them cross the Humber Bridge to cover 10,000 properties in North Lincolnshire for the first time.

Nextivity and Spry Fox Networks Bring 4G to Hampshire Village

15th Oct 2020 (5 Comments)

Locals in the rural Hampshire village of Kilmeston can now access a 4G mobile connection after Nextivity and Spry Fox Networks joined forces to donate their respective time and skillsets as a “gesture of good-will,” which has seen them deploy a new solution to help boost the local 4G mobile signal.

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New Build Focused UK ISP FibreNest to Enhance Voice Services

15th Oct 2020 (1 Comment)

Property developer Persimmon Homes has announced that their sibling ISP FibreNest, which caters for many of the new homes they build via a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network (around 10,000 connections so far), has signed a deal with business telecoms provider Gamma to improve their voice services.

Preply Ranks UK 16 out of 30 Countries for e-Learning Infrastructure

15th Oct 2020 (9 Comments)

Digital learning provider Preply has examined the state of digital infrastructure, the number of digital educational courses and the market for online learning across 30 countries in order to create a new E-Learning Index, which ranks the United Kingdom 16th, partly due to poor broadband speeds.