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ISP News Archives for February 2022

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ISP Virgin Media Business UK Prep New Hitron Chita Router

12th Feb 2022 (20 Comments)

After many years of waiting, it looks as if broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) will finally introduce a new DOCSIS 3.1 powered router for customers, which looks as if it will be based off the Hitron Chita cable gateway and could herald the long-overdue arrival of a new 1Gbps package.

Wildanet Appoint New Leaders for Cornwall’s Gigabit Broadband Rollout

11th Feb 2022 (5 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wildanet, which last year started the £50m rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network in Cornwall (here), has appointed Helen Wylde to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Virgin Media’s former COO, Paul Buttery, to join as Chair of the Board.

MP Casts Doubt on UK Broadband Benefits of HS2 Rail Project

11th Feb 2022 (22 Comments)

The MP for Chesham and Amersham, Sarah Green, has challenged the UK Government to make progress on commitments made to local authorities along the Phase One rail route for High Speed 2 (HS2), which among other things included the promise to construct a new “broadband superhighway” to help expand faster internet access.

New ISP Association Commitments to Help Fix UK Digital Divide

10th Feb 2022 (0 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), which is a trade body for broadband providers, has today partnered up with the Good Things Foundation, a digital inclusion charity, as part of a fresh attempt at helping to fix the digital divide so that more people are willing and able to get online.

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First Ever Independent 4G Coverage Map of Newcastle and North Tyneside

10th Feb 2022 (11 Comments)

Technical UK consultancy firm FarrPoint has just created something rather special – the “first ever” independent 4G mobile (broadband) coverage map of Newcastle and South Tyneside. The study was designed to “comprehensively” map out the region’s mobile phone “not spots” in order to help the local authority to improve connectivity.

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Quickline Build 900Mb Broadband to Lissington in Lincolnshire UK

10th Feb 2022 (3 Comments)

East Yorkshire-based UK ISP Quickline has just connected homes and businesses in the Lincolnshire village of Lissington to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which forms part of their £6.1m state aid supported Building Digital UK (BDUK) contract with the Lincolnshire County Council (LCC).

Openreach Create 4000 New UK Jobs to Fuel FTTP Broadband Build

10th Feb 2022 (26 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has this morning announced that they will create 4,000 new jobs during 2022 – including around 3,000 apprenticeships – to help support their ongoing deployment of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which aims to reach 25 million premises by December 2026.

Full Fibre UK ISP YouFibre Sees Growth Surge to 5000 Customers

10th Feb 2022 (5 Comments)

ISP YouFibre has announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is being built by network partner Netomnia across various UK towns, has now surged again to attract a total of 5,000 customers (up from 2,500 in October 2021 and just 1,000 in June 2021).

Broadband ISP Plusnet UK Struck by Email and Website Woes UPDATE

9th Feb 2022 (2 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Plusnet have informed us that the provider is currently suffering from a “major outage” of their website. At the same time their email platform is rejecting attempts to login, which is probably related to the first issue and means that users cannot access their messages.

Ofcom Sets Initial Views on Future of UK Mobile and Spectrum

9th Feb 2022 (13 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published two new discussion papers that set out their “initial thinking” on how UK mobile markets might develop and how networks may need to evolve to meet future demand. But they do not currently propose any major new regulatory interventions or new consumer pricing rules.

BT Group Plans to Outsource UK Supply Chain Operation to GXO

9th Feb 2022 (0 Comments)

The BT Group has this morning outlined new plans to outsource their supply chain operation to logistics firm GXO Logistics, including supporting the Group’s fixed broadband and mobile network build activities by transporting stock and replenishing supply stores, helping to keep 15 million customers connected.

Study of 5G Broadband Speeds and Availability in 16 UK Cities

9th Feb 2022 (22 Comments)

Mobile testing firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published a new H2 2021 summary of 5G based mobile broadband performance and availability across the United Kingdom, which reveals how each of the primary network operators – EE (BT), Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (VMO2) – performed across 16 of the biggest metro cities.

Starlink Loses 40 LEO Broadband Satellites to Geomagnetic Storm

9th Feb 2022 (23 Comments)

SpaceX appears to be licking some extremely expensive wounds today after the company revealed “up to” 40 of the 49 Starlink broadband satellites that it launched to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on 3rd February 2022 will soon be toast, thanks to the impact of a pesky geomagnetic storm.

Project Gigabit Updates on Start of First Live UK Procurements

9th Feb 2022 (17 Comments)

The UK Government’s Building Digital UK team has published an update on the start of their first procurements under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout, which is now inviting bids for contracts worth up to £292m to upgrade rural premises across Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, Cambridgeshire, Dorset and Teesdale.

Vodafone UK Updates on Changes to Roaming and Basics Plans UPDATE

9th Feb 2022 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has informed us of some changes they’ve made to their SIM-Only “Basics” plans from 6th and 9th February 2022, which relates to the introduction of new roaming options (costs), the removal of data capping (not quite what it sounds like) and the enabling of a spend manager.

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Cybersecurity and Human Rights Groups Warn UK Against Encryption Ban

9th Feb 2022 (3 Comments)

Some 50 leading security, human rights and technology experts have put their names to a new letter that accuses the UK Government of “misleading the public” with a “scaremongering” campaign against the use of end-to-end encryption on the internet, which helps to keep everything from financial transactions to messaging secure.

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Gov Ponders Approach to Gigabit Broadband in Remote UK Areas

8th Feb 2022 (12 Comments)

The UK Government has just published a response to its consultation on the question of how significantly faster broadband ISP networks can be extended to reach the final 0.3% of the country (i.e. under 100,000 premises), which are too expensive for their new £5bn Project Gigabit programme to reach in its current form.