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ISP News Archives for November 2021

Lyca Mobile UK Discounts Unlimited Data Plan to GBP12.50

23rd Nov 2021 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Lyca Mobile, which is powered by an MVNO agreement with O2’s national network, has joined the bandwagon of Black Friday discounts by reducing the price of their two 4G based unlimited data (mobile broadband) plans by 50% for the first six months of service (available to order until midnight on 30th November 2021).

CityFibre Invest GBP21m to Rollout FTTP Broadband in Lincoln UPDATE

23rd Nov 2021 (6 Comments)

CityFibre has today announced that they’ve committed £21 million to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to homes and businesses in the Lincolnshire (England) city of Lincoln, which is home to a total population of around 95,000 (including the borough area).

VOXI Offers UK 5G Mobile Plans with Refurbished Smartphones

23rd Nov 2021 (4 Comments)

Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is the virtual operator sibling of Vodafone UK, has today begun offering customers the option of buying a cheaper “refurbished” smartphone alongside bundles with their various 4G and 5G capable mobile (mobile broadband) plans. The move will save consumers money and reduce electronic waste.

ISP Plusnet Breaks Out Stronger Black Friday Broadband Deals

23rd Nov 2021 (15 Comments)

UK ISP Plusnet has today introduced new “Black Friday” focused discounts on their Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband and phone packages, which further reduce their monthly prices for the first 18 months of service and boost the bundled “Reward Card” (pre-paid Mastercard) to £75.

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Swish Fibre Complain to ASA Over BT’s Use of Fibre Broadband Terminology

23rd Nov 2021 (52 Comments)

Alternative UK ISP Swish Fibre has continued their “fake fibre” related advertising feud with BT today after they lodged a retaliatory complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which objected to the “confusing” use of the term “fibre broadband” in the incumbents marketing for their “part-fibre” (FTTC) products.

Zen Internet Set to Extend CityFibre FTTP Availability Nationwide

22nd Nov 2021 (34 Comments)

The Founder and Chairman of UK broadband ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, appears to have confirmed that they will be able to connect into 100% of the locally connected on-net footprint for CityFibre by the end of this financial year (September 2022) – expanding the availability of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) products.

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ONS Finds 2021 R&D Spending on UK Telecoms Has Grown

22nd Nov 2021 (0 Comments)

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the telecoms industry has gone from last year’s report, when spending on research and development grew by just 0.95% to total £956m, to this year when such spending has risen by 4.5% (£44m) to reach a 9-year high of £1.028bn.

Casualty of Competition as People’s Fibre Enters Administration

22nd Nov 2021 (20 Comments)

Alternative UK network ISP People’s Fibre, which started building a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in 2020 and soon ran into some challenges with competition from rivals, has fallen into administration due to a “breakdown in the relationship” between the company’s director and investors.

Rivals Prep Legal Challenge Over Ofcom Approval of Openreach FTTP Price Cut

21st Nov 2021 (31 Comments)

Several alternative UK network (AltNets) builders, including Gigaclear and CityFibre, among others, are reportedly set to launch a legal challenge against Ofcom’s recent approval of Openreach’s “Equinox” offer (here), which introduces a “major” price cut (details) to the incumbents Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband products.

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Gov Targets Universal UK Gigabit Broadband Coverage for 2030

20th Nov 2021 (49 Comments)

The UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit rollout programme appears to have quietly confirmed that they now aim to deliver “full” 1Gbps broadband coverage to the final 20% of hardest to reach premises by 2030 (effectively universal coverage), at least where it is “value for money to do so.”

BT Granted Permission to Appeal Landline Overcharging Ruling UPDATE

19th Nov 2021 (3 Comments)

The UK Court of Appeal (CoA) has granted broadband ISP BT permission to try to appeal the Competition Appeals Tribunal‘s (CAT) judgement, which last month rejected the operator’s attempt to stop a £600m class action claim against them – related to the alleged overcharging of 2.3 million landline-only phone customers.

Sky Broadband UK Took 18 Months to Fix Router Security Flaws

19th Nov 2021 (13 Comments)

Sky Broadband has been embarrassed this morning after Pen Test Partners revealed that it had taken the ISP a whopping 18-months to fix a serious security flaw in their consumer routers, which affected the vast majority of their UK customer base and could have enabled a hacker to compromise home networks.

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EE UK Discount Full Fibre Broadband Packages for Black Friday

19th Nov 2021 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator and UK ISP EE has recently discounted some of their Home Broadband packages as part of the usual Black Friday offers, which for example has seen the price of their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) plan on Openreach’s network fall to £49 per month for 24-months (£57 thereafter). Setup is also free.

TalkTalk UK Quietly Adds Cheap 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Package

19th Nov 2021 (37 Comments)

Low-cost UK ISP TalkTalk appears to have quietly launched a new “Fibre 1Gbps” broadband service as part of their CityFibre and Openreach based Future Fibre packages, but at present it only seems to be available in Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) areas (CF areas are still limited to 500Mbps) and costs just £49.

RunFibre to Complement Own FTTP Build with Openreach Products

19th Nov 2021 (0 Comments)

Bristol-based UK ISP RunFibre, which are currently busy building their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of South Gloucestershire in England, has decided to complement that effort by signing a new partner plus agreement with BTWholesale.

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Rural ISP Wessex Internet Start Gigabit Fibre Rollout in Blandford

19th Nov 2021 (2 Comments)

Rural focused ISP Wessex Internet has now started and made progress on the rollout of their new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the North Dorset (England) market town of Blandford, which aims to cover “more than” 6,000 premises (homes and businesses).

ISP BT UK Offers 3 Months FREE Broadband for Black Friday

19th Nov 2021 (6 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT will today launch their official Black Friday sale, which looks set to offer the first 3 months of service completely free “across all our broadband packages.” On top of that, all of their TV and Sport packages will be half price for the first 3 months, which is in addition to the 3 months free broadband offer.