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ISP News Archives for October 2020

Vodafone UK Cuts Carbon Footprint by 25,000 Tonnes of CO2

8th Oct 2020 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has managed to save 100 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy, equivalent to 25,000 tonnes of CO2 or a financial saving of around £10m, in the space of just three years. All of this will support their pledge to use 100% renewable electricity by July 2021 and to help customers save 350 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030.

N.Ireland Fixed Wireless ISP Air Fibre Hoists the For Sale Sign

8th Oct 2020 (6 Comments)

Fixed wireless ISP Air Fibre, which delivers a broadband network to connect premises across some of the most challenging parts of Northern Ireland and recently opened a new office in Enniskillen, has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they are indeed on the market for sale.

Jurassic Fibre Add Yeovil to Somerset FTTP Broadband Rollout

7th Oct 2020 (10 Comments)

Full fibre UK broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre has today announced that the South Somerset town of Yeovil, which is home to a population of 45,000 people, will be one of the next to benefit from their ongoing deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Full Fibre ISP Vorboss Lays Groundwork for London Expansion

7th Oct 2020 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Vorboss, which has previously hinted at plans to bring their own gigabit FTTP network to 250,000 premises in large UK urban areas by 2022 (here), has moved to “accelerate the expansion” of their fibre network across London with a new data centre deal.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Appoints New Infrastructure Boss

7th Oct 2020 (13 Comments)

Gigabit broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has an ambition to cover 2 million UK premises with FTTB / FTTP by the end of 2021 and then 5 million by the end of 2024 (mostly in urban areas), has strengthened its executive team by appointing industry veteran Peter Ryan to be their new MD of infrastructure.

SMF Report Warns 2025 Gigabit Broadband Target to be Missed UPDATE

7th Oct 2020 (15 Comments)

A new report from the Social Market Foundation (SMF), which is a British cross-party think-tank, has warned that the Government is “unlikely to meet its target” of deploying gigabit-capable “full fibre to the premises” broadband to all by the end of 2025 without “significant policy reform.”

UK ISP Plusnet Joins BT and EE in CPI + 3.9% Price Hike Change UPDATE

7th Oct 2020 (20 Comments)

In a predictable move UK broadband ISP Plusnet has today gone the same way as their parent (BT) by announcing their intention to hike prices, which will see future increases on contracts taken on or after October 7th 2020 being calculated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate of inflation plus an additional 3.9%.

Lothian Broadband Gobbles Rival Scottish ISP Highland Wireless

7th Oct 2020 (2 Comments)

Fixed wireless and full fibre ISP Lothian Broadband, which covers rural parts of East Lothian and Mid Lothian in Scotland, has acquired the entire issued share capital of rival provider Highland Wireless (Highland Wireless & IT Solutions), which operates much further north and covers around 4,000 premises (see image).

6 Months Free BritBox for BT Broadband and TV Customers

6th Oct 2020 (18 Comments)

UK ISP BT has announced that they’ve extended their current partnership with the BritBox video streaming service, which among other things means that the provider’s new and existing broadband and TV customers will now also benefit from a free 6-months subscription to the platform.

EE UK Suffers 4G Mobile Data Wobble in Southern England UPDATE

6th Oct 2020 (21 Comments)

Some customers of mobile operator EE (BT) are this morning reporting a sporadic loss of 4G data connectivity (mobile broadband) on their Smartphones in parts of Southern England, such as around Bristol, Crawley, Brighton, London and Thurroc, among other areas

Questions for UK Gov as EU Court Rules on Internet Data Snooping

6th Oct 2020 (12 Comments)

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has this morning issued a ruling that appears to impose restrictions on the general and indiscriminate retention of phone and internet data, which raises some new questions for the UK Government’s Investigatory Powers Act (IPAct) – also known as the “snoopers charter.”

Q3 2020 Opensignal Study Reveals the Best UK Mobile Networks

6th Oct 2020 (9 Comments)

The latest October 2020 Mobile Network Experience Report from Opensignal has once again named EE as the best overall UK mobile network operator for 3G and 4G (mobile broadband) performance. The operator was also the first to win the new Games Experience category, which looks at areas like latency, packet loss and jitter.

Out of the Frying Pan.. People’s Fibre Target Braintree for FTTP

6th Oct 2020 (8 Comments)

New UK ISP People’s Fibre, which in June 2020 scrapped their plan to deploy a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Deeside (Wales) due to Openreach’s rival rollout (here), has now revealed that they intend to cover Braintree in Essex. Except Gigaclear also plan to cover the area.

Quickline Secure £1.8m North Lincolnshire Broadband Contract

5th Oct 2020 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Quickline (part of the Bigblu group) has today won its third state aid supported UK broadband delivery contract in the space of a month. The latest deal is worth £1.8m and will see the operator expand their fixed wireless and “full fibre” network to cover 1,500 extra premises in rural parts of North Lincolnshire.

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Virgin Media UK Target 1Gb Broadband for 8 Million More Homes

5th Oct 2020 (25 Comments)

The new joint venture between ISP Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 (here) appears to have today resulted in an ambition to expand their gigabit-capable broadband network to reach an extra 1 million premises “within 12 months of the merger closing” (total of 16 million) and to then connect a “further 7 million homes.”

Openreach Add 51 Areas to the Copper Phone to Fibre Migration

5th Oct 2020 (40 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today named the next 51 UK exchange locations where they intend to move way from their old copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR) services and on to a new all-IP network, which will apply in areas that receive over 75% coverage via their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

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BT and TalkTalk Row Over FTTP Discounts and Competition Rules

5th Oct 2020 (5 Comments)

The CEO of low-cost broadband ISP TalkTalk, Tristia Harrison, has criticised BT (Openreach) for not signing long-term discount deals (wholesale) to help boost access to their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. On the flip side BT is reportedly concerned that being too generous could breach UK competition rules.