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ISP News Archives for August 18, 2021

Broadband ISP Plusnet Scraps TV for Existing UK Customers

18th Aug 2021 (9 Comments)

Broadband ISP Plusnet has begun to inform existing customers of their YouView (IPTV) powered Pay TV box that they’ve decided to completely close the service from 1st November 2021. Subscribers will be allowed to keep their set-top-box and can continue to use it to watch Freeview channels or to access their players and apps.

Virgin Media O2 Contracts Light Source for UK FTTP Rollout

18th Aug 2021 (33 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile giant Virgin Media (VMO2) has announced a new partnership with infrastructure developer Light Source, which looks set to help with the ongoing expansion and upgrade of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the United Kingdom.

Snapshot of EE UK Data Traffic During UEFA Euros and British F1

18th Aug 2021 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today published a very brief snapshot of how mobile broadband (data) traffic, via 4G and 5G connectivity, was impacted during the recent UEFA Euro 2020 football tournament and the British F1 (GP) race at Silverstone this summer.

EE UK Extends Stay Connected Unlimited Data to More Plans

18th Aug 2021 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has announced that their “Stay Connected” feature, which effectively enables unlimited mobile broadband use on even 4G or 5G Pay Monthly plans with capped data allowances, has been extended to work with ‘Essential’ and ‘Smart’ plans on tablets, laptops and mobile WiFi router devices, as well as data SIMs.

Broadband Genie Gobbles Broadband Tools and Broadband.co.uk

18th Aug 2021 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP comparison website BroadbandGenie.co.uk, which is owned by Genie Ventures Ltd (this also includes the Office Genie, Genie Goals, and Genie Shopping sites), has just completed the purchase of Broadband Tools Ltd and its subsidiary comparison site Broadband.co.uk for an undisclosed sum.

CommunityFibre Adopt AI-Driven Analytics to Improve Home WiFi

18th Aug 2021 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which has so far covered 307,000 UK homes (plus 12,000 businesses) with their 3Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today adopted Lifemote‘s cloud-based AI-driven WiFi analytics service to help detect problems experienced by customers, ideally before they even notice them.

Broadband ISP Zen Internet Aim to Double UK Revenue in 5 Yrs

18th Aug 2021 (6 Comments)

Rochdale-based UK ISP Zen Internet, which over the years has built itself a strong reputation in the telecoms industry and is also B Corp certified, has today boosted their executive team as part of a new effort to more than double their revenue to £200 million over the next 5-years.

Wales Mandates Gigabit Ready Broadband for New Social Housing

18th Aug 2021 (5 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has just published an updated version of their quality requirements for any new affordable homes that are funded by the WG itself (e.g. social housing), which among other things will require that they must now be made “ready” for gigabit-capable broadband ISP connections.

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