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ISP News Archives for November 2020

Barry Forde – CEO of Pioneering Rural FTTP ISP B4RN to Retire

9th Nov 2020 (17 Comments)

The founder and CEO of UK rural “full fibre” broadband ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), Barry Forde MBE, has this morning announced that he intends to retire by the end of this year. The provider’s Board is currently overseeing the ongoing process of appointing a successor.

VOXI Offer 5G Unlimited Voice and Data for £10 to Job Seekers

9th Nov 2020 (12 Comments)

Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, which is a sibling of Vodafone, has today launched a new 5G based (mobile broadband) tariff that will give unlimited data, calls and texts for just £10 a month, for up to 6 months, to anyone who has lost their job as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (equivalent to a 70% discount).

UK ISP Hyperoptic Discounts 1Gbps Broadband Plan to £40

9th Nov 2020 (5 Comments)

City focused full fibre (FTTP/B) ISP Hyperoptic, which currently covers over 400,000 UK premise and holds an aspiration to cover 5 million by the end of 2024 (here), has today dropped the price of their top gigabit (900Mbps+ average speed) plan to just £40 per month for the first 12 months (£60 thereafter)..

Gigabit Broadband ISP Coverage Jumps to 34% of UK Premises

9th Nov 2020 (16 Comments)

The combined reach of 1Gbps (1000Mbps+) speed capable ISP networks, via both Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and DOCSIS 3.1 technologies, has now helped to increase national “gigabit broadband” coverage to 34.1% of UK premises (up sharply from just 10% one year ago).

ISP TalkTalk Adds 24 Month Terms and Offer 3 Months FREE Broadband

9th Nov 2020 (17 Comments)

Budget conscious UK ISP TalkTalk will today reintroduce 24 month contract terms to their home broadband packages, at least for a limited period, and start offering “3 months free” service on all of their most popular “fibre” plans (FTTC, G.fast and FTTP). The one-off postage cost for routers has also been reduced to £4.95.

Virgin Media UK Cut Standalone Broadband Prices for Black Friday

9th Nov 2020 (2 Comments)

Cable ISP Virgin Media UK will today further discount their prices for new customers taking out their standalone ultrafast home broadband packages, which for example will see their entry-level 108Mbps (average speed) plan fall from £29 to just £24.99 per month for 18 months (£46 thereafter).

Three UK Scrap Capita Call Centre Outsourcing Deal 2 Years Early

7th Nov 2020 (50 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK appears to have confirmed that its £70m business process outsourcing contract with Capita, which was signed in late 2016 as part of a 7-year deal to improve sales and customer support (among other things), has been scrapped 2 years early following allegations of poor performance.

TalkTalk Reports UK Traffic Spike on First Night of Lockdown 2

6th Nov 2020 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has reported an increase in the amount of internet traffic flowing over their network during the first night (Thursday) of the new COVID-19 lockdown in England, which at 9:10pm yesterday saw data traffic jump to 6.46Tbps (Terabits per second).

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482 UK Towns Ranked for Home Working and Broadband Quality

6th Nov 2020 (15 Comments)

A new survey from Resume.io has attempted to rank 482 UK towns to identify the best ones for home working (WFH), which examines various different factors (e.g. broadband performance and coverage, house prices, WiFi hotspots, life satisfaction, cost of living etc.). Overall Llandough in Wales came top with a score of 80.9 out of 100.

BT UK Hints at Plan to Launch a New WiFi Equipped TV Box UPDATE

6th Nov 2020 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT (EE) appears to have publicly hinted that they are developing their first WiFi equipped set-top-box (STB) for pay TV customers, which seems set to be followed by “multi-room capability” and plans for a “seamless TV” experience – both in and out of the home (i.e. via fixed line and mobile broadband).

Three UK Parent Close to £9bn Sale of Mobile Masts to Cellnex

5th Nov 2020 (13 Comments)

The parent of mobile operator Three UK, CK Hutchison Holdings, has officially announced that they’re in an “advanced stage of negotiations” to potentially sell their mast and rooftop infrastructure across Europe to Cellnex in a transaction that could be worth c.£9bn (10bn Euros); it might also boost their 5G rollout.

Cityfibre Sign £1.5bn of Contracts for UK FTTP Broadband Rollout UPDATE

5th Nov 2020 (12 Comments)

Cityfibre has today signed £1.5bn worth of civil engineering contracts (overall total of £2.5bn), which means they’ve now secured enough capacity to extend their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to 5 million UK premises, with all projects scheduled to be in build by summer 2021.

Virgin Media Cover 125k More UK Premises as New TV Service Looms

5th Nov 2020 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP and TV provider Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has just published their latest Q3 2020 results, which saw their UK network coverage grow to reach another 125,000 UK premises and their broadband base add +47,000 new customers (up from +39.2k in the previous quarter) to total 5,365,400.

Virgin Media Bring 1Gbps to 3 Million People in London and N.Ireland

4th Nov 2020 (38 Comments)

Cable broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has tonight switched-on their new DOCSIS 3.1 network upgrade for 3 million extra people across both London and Northern Ireland, which means that a total of 6.8 million homes can now access their top Gig1 service (1104Mbps download and 52Mbps upload).

BT Hit 100% Renewable Electricity Target as Openreach Buys EV

4th Nov 2020 (18 Comments)

As expected, the BT Group has today announced that they’ve achieved their target of buying 100% of their electricity worldwide from renewable sources. At the same time Openreach has revealed that they will change a third of their 27,000 UK vehicles (engineer vans and cars etc.) to electric by 2025.

O2 UK Boosts 4G Mobile Capacity for 33,109 London Postcodes

4th Nov 2020 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK) has today announced that, since April 2020, they’ve increased their 4G based (mobile broadband) network capacity in over 33,109 postcodes across London, which they say includes some of the city’s most residential boroughs. More capacity tends to improve data speeds by reducing congestion.

Cityfibre UK Picks Nick Dunn to be New Chief Financial Officer

4th Nov 2020 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has announced the replacement of its former Chief Financial Officer, Terry Hart, with a new permanent CFO in the shape of Nick Dunn, who joins the operator after serving a 10 year stint in the same role for Gatwick Airport.