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ISP News Archives for March 2021

Openreach to Resume UK Ultrafast Broadband Installs Next Week UPDATE

9th Mar 2021 (42 Comments)

Beware the backlog. Network access provider Openreach (BT) has been informing UK ISPs that new installations for their ultrafast broadband products (FTTP, Gfast and SOGfast), which had previously been delayed to 1st March 2021 onwards, are now set to restart at the later date of Monday 15th March.

Confusion Hampers Resolution of UK Broadband ISP Complaints

9th Mar 2021 (4 Comments)

A new report from UK consumer complaints handler firm Ombudsman Services (OS), which is an Ofcom approved Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) provider for UK broadband ISPs, mobile operators and energy providers, has found that many people are still confused about when and where to get unresolved complaints tackled.

CityFibre May Sell Minority Stake to Raise Fibre Rollout Funding

8th Mar 2021 (20 Comments)

CityFibre, which is currently working to deploy their 1Gbps FTTP broadband ISP network to cover 8 million UK premises over the next five years (here and here), has reportedly hired bankers at UBS and Rothschild to help it sell a significant minority stake (worth many hundreds of millions) to a third potential backer.

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Full Fibre UK ISP Vorboss Setup Training Project for New Engineers

8th Mar 2021 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss has setup a new training and recruitment initiative – The Vorboss Academy – that will host a 4-week intensive training course for new hires, which has been designed to give those unfamiliar with telecoms the skills they need to kickstart a career in the industry.

CityFibre Preps 1Gbps FTTP Rollout in Bracknell and Maidenhead

8th Mar 2021 (10 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today confirmed that they will soon start work on their £34 million project to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Berkshire (England) towns of Bracknell (£20m) and Maidenhead (£14m), with both being expected to reach completion during 2024.

Angry Highlanders Invite Scottish MSP to Try Broadband in a Cow Field

8th Mar 2021 (14 Comments)

Angry locals in the Moray beauty spot of Finderne have setup an office in a cow field and invited the Scottish Government’s Connectivity Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, to come and try (suffer) working from it for a day. The stunt is designed to reflect frustrations over delays to the new voucher scheme and poor broadband.

Business UK ISP Onecom Acquires Customers of Rival 9 Group

8th Mar 2021 (0 Comments)

Hampshire-based business broadband ISP Onecom, which is backed by a £100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), has added 450 indirect channel partners and over 5,000 telephony, hosted voice and on-premise customers after acquiring 9 Group (9 Retail and 9 Partners) for an undisclosed sum.

New Chair Joins the UK’s Broadband Stakeholder Group Think-Tank

8th Mar 2021 (0 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholder Group, which is a think-tank that advises the UK Government on internet and broadband connectivity issues, has appointed Stephanie Liston, a senior lawyer with international experience in pragmatic commercial, legal and regulatory advice, to be the group’s new Chair.

Hyperoptic Study Examines Broadband in the Post Pandemic Home

8th Mar 2021 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic and SAY Property Consulting have published a new report, which surveyed over 2,000 members of the public and 311 property industry experts to help understand how the COVID-19 crisis has changed internet connectivity in homes and what the post-pandemic world may look like. Just 10% of people want to go back to the office full-time.

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New Toolkit to Aid Scotland’s Rollout of 5G Mobile Broadband

7th Mar 2021 (1 Comment)

The Infralink programme, which is funded by The Scotland 5G Centre (i.e. it’s one of their key Wave 1 projects), has today launched a “game-changing” initiative that will pave the way for greater 4G and 5G mobile connectivity across Scotland by helping to “identify sites on public buildings for masts and antennae.”

ISP Connectus Brings Gigabit Fibre to Doncaster Business Park

7th Mar 2021 (4 Comments)

Business focused UK ISP Connectus has announced that their gigabit-capable broadband network has now been extended to cover the Kestrel Court business park in Doncaster (South Yorkshire), which sits adjacent to Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

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DCMS Committee Demands Answers on UK Gigabit Broadband Target UPDATE

6th Mar 2021 (35 Comments)

The Chair of the cross-party DCMS Select Committee, Julian Knight, has criticised the UK Government for having “failed to answer” a key question in their recent report, which called for a detailed plan to show how it would deliver on its revised-down target for “gigabit-capable broadband.” The committee is now seeking a fuller response.

Spectrum Internet and Openreach FTTP Rollouts Clash in Rural Wales

6th Mar 2021 (8 Comments)

Residents in the rural village of Llanvaches near Newport (South Wales) will soon be able to benefit from a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network thanks to UK ISP Spectrum Internet, which is being part-funded by the Rural Gigabit Voucher Scheme. But Openreach’s rival state aid supported rollout isn’t far behind.

Rural UK ISP County Broadband Donates Tablets to School

5th Mar 2021 (6 Comments)

Colchester-based ISP County Broadband, which is supported by a £46m investment from Aviva and working to roll-out a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the rural East of England, has donated an “initial batch” of 10 new tablets to St Andrew’s Primary School in Weeley.

Full Fibre ISP Trooli Grows Network to 70,000 UK Premises

5th Mar 2021 (5 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Trooli, which is currently deploying their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Kent, Hampshire and East Sussex in England, has hit a new milestone after their deployment reached 70,000 premises (up from 50,000 in Nov 2020 and 26,000 in Jun 2020).

Vodafone UK Launch Pro Broadband Packages and Super Wi-Fi

5th Mar 2021 (43 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK have today launched a new range of fixed line “Pro Broadband” packages for homes, which give you better support, “Super Wi-Fi” (i.e. a mesh based WiFi solution to boost coverage) and a hybrid router solution that seamlessly switches between fixed line and 4G (mobile broadband) to keep you online.

New UK Law Passed to Spread Gigabit Broadband into Big Buildings

5th Mar 2021 (18 Comments)

After a long wait the new Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill is set to become law, albeit with a few changes, after passing through parliament. The law aims to make it quicker and cheaper for “gigabit-capable” ISPs to access big blocks of flats or apartments (MDU) when “rogue landlords” fail to respond.