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ISP News Archives for March 2021

ISP Gigaclear Issues Update on Gloucestershire FTTP Rollout

16th Mar 2021 (10 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear has today issued a brief update on their progress to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Gloucestershire via the joint state aid supported Fastershire project, which also includes Herefordshire council.

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The New UK Telecoms Security Bill is Starting to Look a Bit Ugly

16th Mar 2021 (10 Comments)

At present most of the mentions you’ll see around the UK Government’s new Telecoms Security Bill (TSB) tend to involve Huawei’s ban (here) and its impact upon FTTP broadband or 5G mobile networks, but as time goes on it’s becoming increasingly clear that the bill hides a number of other nasty surprises.

CityFibre UK Sets GBP20m FTTP Broadband Rollout for Solihull

16th Mar 2021 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has today confirmed some details of their £20 million rollout plan for a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to homes and businesses in the large West Midlands (England) town of Solihull, which is home to 123,000 people. The first construction work is due to begin in April 2021.

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Rural Ceredigion Villages Proposed for FTTP Broadband Upgrade

16th Mar 2021 (9 Comments)

The Ceredigion County Council (CCC) in Wales has published a list of rural communities that they say “could soon” gain access to a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP connection after a number of suppliers, backed by government voucher schemes, proposed tentative plans to deploy across them.

ISP TalkTalk UK Extends Cityfibre FTTP to Adur and Worthing

15th Mar 2021 (8 Comments)

Budget conscious broadband ISP TalkTalk has announced that their CityFibre based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages have just been made available to homes in the Adur and Worthing area (West Sussex), which follows a similar announcement from rival Zen Internet in January 2021.

Sky’s Sibling NOW TV and Broadband Rebrands to Just.. NOW

15th Mar 2021 (14 Comments)

Sky’s sibling UK ISP and TV video streaming service, NOW TV (NOW Broadband), will this week be rebranded as just “NOW” (i.e. the “TV” part has been dropped) in order to remove unnecessary detail in favour of “brilliant simplicity … for those who love and live for the best entertainment.” Ok then.

ISP iDNET Reduces UK FTTP and SOGEA Broadband Prices

15th Mar 2021 (6 Comments)

UK ISP iDNET has today announced that they’ve reduced some of the prices across their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and SOGEA (data-only FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband packages, which appears to be occurring at the same time as a subtle company rebrand and a major overhaul of their website.

ClearFibre Adopts Nokia XGS-PON FTTP Broadband for UK Rollout

15th Mar 2021 (1 Comment)

ISP ClearFibre (Telcom Group), which is focused on helping to connect UK homes in the private rental sector to “full fibre” broadband, has announced that they’ve chosen Nokia’s XGS-PON technology to support their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) rollout. Xantaro’s network service integration solutions will also be used.

New ISP Lit Fibre Targets FTTP for 500,000 UK Homes by 2026

15th Mar 2021 (9 Comments)

A new network operator and ISP called Lit Fibre has launched today with an aspiration to deploy their own 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across 500,000 UK homes by 2026, albeit starting with several small to medium-sized towns in Wiltshire (England).

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Scotland Unveil Fibre Broadband Rollout to 15 Islands via R100

15th Mar 2021 (11 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) has today named 15 islands under the contract for LOT 1 (North Scotland and the Highlands) of their £579m Reaching 100% (R100) project, supported by BT (Openreach), that will gain access to faster broadband ISP speeds via new subsea fibre optic links.

Ofcom to Review UK Net Neutrality Rules Following ISP BT Moan

14th Mar 2021 (22 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has confirmed that, over the course of the next year, it will begin a review of the existing Net Neutrality rules (i.e. these ensure no serious blocking or slowing of access to legal websites or internet services by broadband ISPs and mobile operators). The move follows a call by BT for greater flexibility.

H2 2020 Take-up of the UK Superfast Broadband Rollout Project

14th Mar 2021 (11 Comments)

The Government’s £2.52bn Superfast Broadband Programme (SFBB) has so far helped to extend 24-30Mbps+ capable UK ISP networks to 5,327,128 extra premises since 2012 (up by 33.9K in H2 2020 vs 62.7K in H1 2020) – about 440,000 (our estimate) of these are FTTP – and take-up data to December 2020 shows strong demand.

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Security Fail Allowed TalkTalk Customer to See Different Person’s Account UPDATE

13th Mar 2021 (32 Comments)

One of TalkTalk’s UK broadband ISP customers, who asked to remain anonymous, has criticised the provider for being “staggeringly uninterested” after he reported a security flaw, which persisted for the best part of a week and enabled him to see the private personal account details of a different subscriber.

Jurassic Fibre Build FTTP Broadband to Sherborne in Dorset

12th Mar 2021 (1 Comment)

Full fibre UK broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre has today announced that one of the first towns in Dorset (England) to benefit from their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network will be Sherborne in the north west of the county, which is home to around 10,000 people.

Devon and Somerset UK Update on Phase 2 Full Fibre Rollout

12th Mar 2021 (9 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued a progress update on their new Phase 2 contracts with ISPs Airband, Wessex Internet and Truespeed, which are worth a combined £80m (including £23.6m of public investment) and aim to improve broadband coverage to 56,396 premises (mostly rural areas).

Cityfibre Name 285 UK Areas for GBP4bn Gigabit Broadband Rollout UPDATE

12th Mar 2021 (98 Comments)

Alternative network builder CityFibre has today confirmed the full list of 285 UK cities, towns and villages where they plan to deploy their new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTHP) broadband platform, which will work alongside ISPs like Vodafone and TalkTalk to cover 8 million homes and businesses. Rural areas will also benefit.

EE, O2, Three UK and Vodafone Sign Deal to Fix Mobile Notspots

11th Mar 2021 (22 Comments)

The Government has confirmed that EE (BT), O2, Three UK and Vodafone yesterday signed a “key agreement” as part of the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which sets out a contract for how the four operators will work together to build new sites that deliver 4G based mobile broadband coverage across “total not spots.”