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ISP News Archives for May 2021

BT Calls on UK Gov to Help Subsidise Social Broadband Tariffs

12th May 2021 (6 Comments)

The CEO of BT’s Consumer ISP division, Marc Allera, has today called on the UK Government to help support the industry by making it easier for home broadband providers to launch new social tariffs via targetted funding or subsidies, which could come in a number of different forms.

Gov Publish UK Online Safety Bill to Censor “Harmful” Content UPDATE

12th May 2021 (23 Comments)

After much delay the UK Government will today publish a draft of their new Online Safety Bill (Online Harms), which among other things hands Ofcom a new “legal duty of care” that can be used to force websites into removing “harmful” internet content. Failing to do so may risk being fined or blocked by mobile and broadband ISPs.

What3words Helps Openreach to Pinpoint UK Network Damage

11th May 2021 (21 Comments)

Openreach has begun using What3words to help find damage to broadband ISP cabinets, telephone poles and overhead wires across the UK. In case readers don’t know, W3W is a geocode system that essentially reduces any location with a resolution of about 3 metres down to being described via three dictionary words.

Misguided 5G Vandals Wreck Broadband Service in Rural Somerset

11th May 2021 (0 Comments)

Rural homes and businesses around the Norwood Park area of Somerset (England), specifically those connected to the local network run by UK ISP Voneus, lost their internet connection over the weekend after a group of “misguided 5G protestors” damaged broadband equipment while mistaking it for a mobile mast.

2021 Queens Speech Touts Online Safety Bill and Broadband Boost

11th May 2021 (0 Comments)

The Queen has today carried out the first State Opening of Parliament since the pandemic began, which sets out the UK Government’s agenda for the coming session. As expected this included various references to gigabit broadband and mobile connectivity, as well as their plans to publish the controversial Online Safety Bill.

Ofcom Preps Strategic Review of UK 4G and 5G Mobile Networks

11th May 2021 (7 Comments)

Ofcom has today set out the terms of reference for their future UK mobile strategy review, which will examine how the regulator can adjust their approach in order to improve 4G and 5G based mobile (mobile broadband) network connectivity for consumers and businesses over the next 5 to 10 years.

Openreach List Next 77 UK Areas for Copper Phone to Fibre Switch

11th May 2021 (52 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today published the next batch of 77 UK exchange locations where they plan to move away from old copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR etc.) services and on to a new all-IP network, which will occur in areas where over 75% of premises can get their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network.

Cross Party MPs Examine UK Rural Broadband and Mobile Divide

11th May 2021 (6 Comments)

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse, which is an informal cross-party group formed by UK MPs and members of the House of Lords, has begun a new inquiry that will explore whether the government has “given up” on bridging the digital divide (mobile and broadband connectivity).

Gigaclear UK Complete West Berkshire FTTP Broadband Rollout

10th May 2021 (1 Comment)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has revealed that they’ve now fully completed their last £1.8m (BDUK) West Berkshire deployment contract with the government funded Superfast Berkshire project, which since 2015 has helped to make their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network available to 14,000 extra premises.

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1 Billion Nuisance Calls Made to People in the UK in 2021

10th May 2021 (23 Comments)

New data from caller ID verification firm Hiya has reported that over 1 billion nuisance calls (e.g. silent calls, spam or frauds) have been made to people in the United Kingdom in 2021 so far and, more worrying perhaps, nuisance call volumes are currently increasing at a rate of 30% every month.

TalkTalk Business Sees 25% Monthly Rise in Biz Broadband Usage

10th May 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk Business has today revealed that they saw a “sharp rise” in business broadband usage during the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e. March 2020 to March 2021), with average monthly usage rising 25% from 172GB to 212GB (GigaBytes). In keeping with that, c.10,000 of their customers upgraded to faster products during the period.

Alternative Broadband ISP Glide Gobble Full Fibre Builder CSP

10th May 2021 (0 Comments)

Business and residential UK ISP Glide Group, which has built a national “full fibre” broadband network that reaches over 100,000 premises, has acquired Concept Solutions People (CSP) for an undisclosed sum. CSP designs and builds bespoke fibre networks for councils, data centres, ISPs, and universities.

BT to Ramp-up Openreach’s Rural UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

10th May 2021 (40 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Philip Jansen, will this week announce another ramping-up of Openreach’s planned £12bn investment programme, which currently aims to cover 20 million UK premises with their gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network by the mid to late 2020s. We list 27 new rural locations likely to benefit.

BDUK Consults on Gigabit Broadband Coverage in Cambridgeshire

9th May 2021 (4 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK team has begun a new consultation to identify any existing or planned commercial coverage of gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks in Cambridgeshire and nearby areas (England), which helps to establish the areas where public investment may be needed to deploy the service.

Military Exercises Threaten to Disrupt Lothian Broadband Network

8th May 2021 (2 Comments)

Fixed wireless and full fibre ISP Lothian Broadband, which reaches across rural parts of East Lothian, Mid Lothian and the Highlands of Scotland, has warned some of its customers on their Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network that nearby exercises by the UK military (MoD) may disrupt their internet connectivity.

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Jurassic Fibre and Virgin Media May Battle Over Full Fibre in Bridgwater

8th May 2021 (18 Comments)

Alternative UK network ISP Jurassic Fibre, which at the end of last year announced that their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network would be deploying across the Somerset market town of Bridgwater (here), may soon face off against a new deployment from rival operator Virgin Media in the same location.

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Vodafone Relaunch Offer for 1 Year of Free Business Broadband

7th May 2021 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK has today confirmed that they’re relaunching their one year (12 months) free Superfast Broadband Packages offer for small businesses, which applies to those who take out one of their Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) and 36-month term based services.