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First Rural Full Fibre Customers Go Live in Pembrokeshire Scheme

30th Jun 2021 (5 Comments)

The Pembrokeshire County Council’s (PCC) wider Digital Connectivity Programme (DCP) in Wales, which is working with several UK ISPs to rollout gigabit-capable full fibre broadband networks into several remote rural communities, has just seen their first customers go live.

Microwave Ovens Cause WiFi Confusion for UK Consumers

30th Jun 2021 (34 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 2,014 UK adults that have broadband, which was commissioned by ISP Zen Internet, has found that 75% of people are unaware that using Microwave Ovens could be “causing havoc” for their home WiFi signal and 8% wrongly believe “hitting their router” will improve connectivity.

ISPA Name Finalists for 2021 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards

30th Jun 2021 (1 Comment)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today revealed the shortlist of finalists for this year’s 23rd annual industry awards, which sees a number of broadband ISPs receiving nominations across several categories (e.g. Exa Networks scored five nominations, while Hyperoptic and Glide both received four nominations each.

OneWeb UK Secures GBP360m Funding Boost from Bharti Global

29th Jun 2021 (1 Comment)

OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK Government, Bharti Global, Eutelsat and Softbank, has secured another $500m (£361m) funding boost from Bharti to ensure that they’re able to fully complete their initial deployment of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for ultrafast low-latency broadband provision.

CityFibre’s Gigabit Broadband Goes Live in Rotherham UK

29th Jun 2021 (7 Comments)

CityFibre has today announced that their £29m rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham has finally reached the stage of connecting its first customers, which are being supported by local ISP partner Pure Broadband (more providers will follow).

Devon and Somerset UK Seek Larger Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

29th Jun 2021 (6 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued its response to the UK Government’s consultation on upgrading broadband for “Very Hard to Reach Premiuses” (VHTRP), which calls for larger Gigabit Broadband Vouchers to support rural builds and warns against moving away from “future proof” fibre solutions.

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Vodafone UK Launch “enterprise grade” FTTC Broadband for SMEs

29th Jun 2021 (13 Comments)

ISP Vodafone UK has today partnered with Cisco to launch an “enterprise grade broadband and Wi-Fi solution” for small and medium-sized businesses (10 – 250 employees), which is said to feature “advanced security features” to ensure SMEs have everything required to stay connected, secure and in control. But it’s only FTTC.

London ISP Community Fibre Offers 3 Months Free Broadband

29th Jun 2021 (0 Comments)

London broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which is busy building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover a good chunk of the UK’s capital city, has launched a new promotion for small and medium-sized businesses (SME) that gives them up to 3 months of free full fibre service.

Persimmon Homes Criticised Over FTTP Broadband Monopoly Claims UPDATE2

29th Jun 2021 (69 Comments)

Property developer Persimmon Homes is facing criticism from several UK MPs, which comes after residents on some of their new build home sites alleged that they’d been left them with no option but to use the Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network provided by the same group (via ISP FibreNest).

Gov Updates on UK 4G Shared Rural Network Rollout Progress

29th Jun 2021 (6 Comments)

The UK Government has today published somewhat of a progress update on their £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which reveals that Scotland, Wales and North East England will benefit most from the expansion of 4G based mobile network (mobile broadband) coverage into rural areas.

ISP Fibrus Secures Full Fibre Contract for 10 N.Ireland Councils

29th Jun 2021 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Fibrus has this morning finally confirmed that they’ve won the Full Fibre Northern Ireland Consortium (FFNI) contract, which is valued at £23m and will see the UK operator expand a new gigabit-capable “full fibre” network to connect over 969 public-sector sites (police, GPs, council offices etc.) in “up to” 10 council areas.

234,000 Premises in Wales to Benefit from £5bn Project Gigabit

29th Jun 2021 (7 Comments)

The UK Government will today reveal that “up to” 234,000 hard-to-reach rural homes and businesses in Wales have been identified as “in scope” to potentially receive a gigabit-capable broadband upgrade, which should come as part of the new £5bn Project Gigabit programme.

Air Broadband Expands CityFibre FTTP Coverage to 10 UK Cities

28th Jun 2021 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Air Broadband has announced that their gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service on CityFibre’s network has now become available to homes and businesses in a further 10 of their cities and towns, such as Solihull, Gloucester and Cheltenham among others.

Vodafone UK Signs New MNO Deal with Dixons Carphone UPDATE

28th Jun 2021 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today announced that they’ve signed a new multi-year Mobile Network Operator (MNO) partnership deal with Dixons Carphone, which separately runs the MVNO provider iD Mobile and will thus see new packages launch “later in the year.”

Virgin Media O2 Use Gigabit Broadband Vouchers to Cover Rural Areas

28th Jun 2021 (10 Comments)

Telecoms and media giant Virgin Media (VMO2) has, for the first time, harnessed the UK Government’s Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme in order to extend their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to connect rural locations in West Sussex (England) – with residents in Steyning, Upper Beeding and Bramber being invited to participate.

VIDEO – Virtual Walk-Through of CityFibre’s UK Full Fibre Network

28th Jun 2021 (15 Comments)

CityFibre has published a new video online that acts as a moderately basic, but still interesting, “virtual walk-through” of their new full fibre (FTTP) gigabit broadband ISP network, which at a cost of some £4bn (details) is currently being deployed to cover 8 million UK premises by around the end of 2025.

New UK ISP Brsk Starts FTTP Broadband Build in West Yorkshire

28th Jun 2021 (8 Comments)

Bath-based UK ISP brsk has today named the first locations in West Yorkshire (England) to benefit from their new gigabit-capable “open access” Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which has already begun its civil engineering phase, and they’ve even managed to connect their first customer.