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ISP News Archives for November 2020

UK ISP TalkTalk Discounts Broadband Plans for Black Friday

25th Nov 2020 (2 Comments)

Budget broadband provider TalkTalk will today become the latest in a long line of ISPs to temporarily reduce their monthly prices for new customers as part of the annual “Black Friday” phenomenon. On top of that they’ve also removed the postage fee for almost all of their packages, except their older ADSL based plan.

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Offers 200Mbps Fibre for £20 Per Month

25th Nov 2020 (9 Comments)

Rural focused full fibre broadband ISP Gigaclear has today launched their own Black Friday orientated deal, which offers a special unlimited 200Mbps (symmetric) package for just £20 per month for the first 18 months of service (£47 per month thereafter).

Broadway Partners Build FTTP Broadband into Rural Powys

24th Nov 2020 (2 Comments)

Rural broadband builder Broadway Partners (aka – UK ISP Broadway Broadband) appears to have extended their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) rollout in Wales to include rural communities in parts of Powys, starting with the small villages of Llanafan Fawr (population of 470+) and Llanwrthwl (population of 190+).

ISP Giganet Drops Setup Fee to £1 on 500Mbps and 1Gbps Plans

24th Nov 2020 (0 Comments)

Hampshire-based UK ISP Giganet, which offers Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband packages via both the Openreach and Cityfibre networks, has cut the one-off activation fee on their top 500Mbps and 900Mbps plans from £45 to just £1 as part of a new Black Friday discount.

Business ISP Connectus Offers Free Extras to Help During COVID19

24th Nov 2020 (0 Comments)

Communications and managed services provider Connectus has today launched a raft of new bonus features, services and cost-savings to help UK business customers ride out the second lockdown wave. Top of that list is a price freeze for all existing contracted customers until the end of March 2021.

London ISP Community Fibre Cuts More Prices for Black Friday

24th Nov 2020 (2 Comments)

London-centric broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which last week launched a special 800Mbps for £30 plan, have this week added another set of discounts that reduce the monthly prices by between £2.50 and £10 across their existing range of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based packages in the city.

Rural UK ISP Truespeed Launch Faster FTTP Broadband Plans

24th Nov 2020 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Truespeed, which is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of South West England, has today introduced a series of new packages that, among other things, push the provider’s top median average speeds to 900Mbps (gigabit class).

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New Bill Laid to BAN Huawei and Boost UK Telecoms Security

24th Nov 2020 (12 Comments)

The Government will today publish their Telecommunications (Security) Bill, which imposes new rules to improve the security of UK networks (mobile and broadband) and ban “high risk vendors” like Huawei, while also threatening fines of up to £100k a day (or 10% of turnover) against operators that fail to meet the standard.

BT Virus Protect Struggling to Work on Latest Mac OS Big Sur

24th Nov 2020 (13 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP BT and its various home broadband packages, which come bundled with an included McAfee internet security solution called Virus Protect (can be installed on PCs, Android phones and tablets), are finding that the software fails to function properly or get updates on the latest release of Mac OS (v11 Big Sur).

Orbital Net to Provide 13,000 Holiday Homes with Broadband

23rd Nov 2020 (1 Comment)

Canterbury-based UK ISP Orbital Net (Vfast) has today signed a new multi-million pound deal with Park Holidays UK, which will see 13,000 holiday homes across Britain being provided with access to a new “high-speed broadband” connection.

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ONS Finds R&D Spending on UK Telecoms Has Nearly Stalled

23rd Nov 2020 (0 Comments)

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the telecoms industry has gone from last year’s report, when it was the fastest growing sector for R&D spending (up 25.4% to total £947m by the end of 2018), to this year (2019) when spending on research and development grew by just 0.95% to total £956m.

Hyperoptic Deploy FTTP to Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

23rd Nov 2020 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic, which specialises in building 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks to large residential (MDU) and office buildings, has today announced a new partnership with Metropolitan Thames Valley (MTV) to rollout their “hyperfast” service across a “large proportion of its housing portfolio.”

ISP iDNET to Migrate Entire UK Phone Network to All-IP with BT

23rd Nov 2020 (6 Comments)

UK broadband ISP iDNET has today announced that they’ve signed a 5-year deal with BTWholesale to help migrate their entire “phone network” to an all-IP solution in advance of the 2025 digital switch-over (when old analogue phones services are due to be withdrawn).

Vodafone Target Net Zero Total Global Carbon Emissions by 2040

23rd Nov 2020 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has today become the latest telecoms giant to make a major climate related commitment, which will see them reduce their total global carbon emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2040 (i.e. removing as many emissions as they produce) – ten years sooner than previously planned.

Smarty UK Cut Unlimited 4G Mobile Data and Calls Plan to £15

23rd Nov 2020 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator Smarty has reduced the monthly prices of their top two SIM Only tariffs by up to 25% as part of a new Black Friday promotion for new customers, which means that their biggest unlimited calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) plan is now just £15 per month for 12 months (£20 thereafter).

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ISP Vodafone UK Discounts Home Broadband for Black Friday

23rd Nov 2020 (12 Comments)

One of the cheapest fixed home broadband ISPs in the UK market, Vodafone, has just become a little bit cheaper ahead of Black Friday this week. The operator has shaved a bit extra off the monthly cost of their various “Superfast” (FTTC) and “Gigafast” (FTTP via Openreach or Cityfibre) packages.

Eutelsat Reveals New 100Mbps UK Broadband Satellite Plans

21st Nov 2020 (9 Comments)

European space firm Eutelsat has released details of what their new KONNECT based satellite packages will look like for UK consumers, which will offer a top download speed of 100Mbps and “unlimited” data usage. But admittedly there are a few caveats to consider.