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ISP News Archives for February 2022

Gov Names Winners of New Pilots to Aid 5G via Street Furniture UPDATE

8th Feb 2022 (1 Comment)

The UK Government has today awarded £4m to support 8 new 2-year long pilots under the Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) project, which will test ways of making it easier for network operators to access and deploy 5G mobile (mobile broadband) infrastructure on street furniture and public buildings.

Zzoomm’s FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Crewe and Nantwich UK

8th Feb 2022 (9 Comments)

UK ISP Zzoomm has announced that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has begun to go live in parts of the large railway town and civil parish of Crewe and Nantwich (Cheshire, England), with premises in the village of Shavington being the first to benefit. But competition is fierce.

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Openreach Hit by More Ethernet Delays Due to Chip Shortages UPDATE

8th Feb 2022 (5 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has warned of further provisioning delays for UK customers taking their high-capacity data services, specifically their Ethernet Backhaul Direct (EBD) products, which is occurring after the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor chips (here) hit their supply of kit from Ciena.

ISP Pure Broadband Sees 5,000 New UK Customers in Past Year

8th Feb 2022 (3 Comments)

Hull-based UK ISP Pure Broadband, which serves consumers covered by new full fibre (FTTP) networks from KCOM, CityFibre and also OFNL, is today celebrating their continued growth, with 5,000 new customers having signed-up in the last 12 months alone.

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Ofcom Shames UK ISP TalkTalk and Shell in Q3 2021 Complaints Study

8th Feb 2022 (10 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their latest Q3 2021 (calendar) consumer complaints study, which identified both TalkTalk and Shell Energy as the providers that attracted the most gripes for fixed broadband services, while TalkTalk also took flak for landline phone services and iD Mobile came top for Mobile moans.

Gov Confirms Second Try at UK Internet Age Verification System

8th Feb 2022 (23 Comments)

The Government has today confirmed that the new Online Safety Bill will, among many other changes, have another go at introducing a controversial internet age verification system, which will target “all websites” that contain pornographic content. Sites that fail to comply will be blocked by broadband ISPs and mobile operators.

Virgin Media UK Offers Free Kids TV Channels Over Half Term

7th Feb 2022 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has today announced that it will make the operator’s full range of premium kids entertainment and learning-based programmes – a total of 12 kids pay TV channels (e.g. Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon) – available for all TV customers until 8th March 2022, “at no extra cost.”

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High Court Orders Big UK ISPs to Block Cyberlocker Website

7th Feb 2022 (18 Comments)

The High Court has ordered six of the UK’s largest broadband ISPs – Sky Broadband, BT, Plusnet, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and EE – to block customers from accessing a website called Mixdrop, which is described as a “cyberlocker” that facilitated internet piracy (copyright infringement) by allowing users to stream or download TV and film content.

London Full Fibre ISP G.Network Launch Cheaper Social Tariff

7th Feb 2022 (3 Comments)

Gigabit-broadband builder G.Network, which is busy investing £1bn to deploy a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across London and beyond (here), has today become the latest in a small group of UK ISPs to launch a cheaper social tariff (‘Essential Fibre‘) that is aimed at “Londoners on lower incomes“.

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Possible Broadband Boost as UK Gov Seeks GBP10bn Macquarie Investment

7th Feb 2022 (16 Comments)

A number of weekend reports have claimed that the UK Government is close to securing a significant £10bn investment from the Australian-based Macquarie Group, which would go toward various British infrastructure projects in the digital infrastructure (i.e. fibre broadband and mobile) and energy sectors.

Virgin Media O2 UK to Create 200 New Apprenticeship Roles

7th Feb 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP, pay TV and mobile giant Virgin Media (VMO2) has announced that they intend to mark National Apprenticeship Week (7-13 February 2022) by creating more than 200 new apprenticeship roles across the UK in 2022. The move comes after BT pledged to recruit over 600 apprentices and graduates this year.

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List of UK Locations Live with CityFibre’s Gigabit Broadband ISPs

7th Feb 2022 (28 Comments)

Over just a few short years’ CityFibre has grown itself into being one of the top largest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks in the United Kingdom. But it can sometimes be difficult to keep track of where they’re actively building, as well as where you can order a live service from an ISP. Hopefully this list will help.

BDUK Publish New Phase 2 Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews

5th Feb 2022 (11 Comments)

The Broadband Delivery UK team have just published a new batch of Public Reviews (PR) and Open Market Reviews (OMR) for additional parts of England – mostly covered by Phase 2 of the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout. Both aim to identify which areas need state aid support for future builds.

Government Appears Unlikely to Extend Relief from UK Fibre Tax

5th Feb 2022 (18 Comments)

Since April 2017 the UK Government has allowed broadband networks to claim 100% business rates relief on new fibre infrastructure, but this “Fibre Tax” holiday is about to expire and there’s been no indication of an extension. Some operators fear this will add “significant cost and uncertainty to the investment case for full fibre.”

Gov Extend UK Online Safety Bill via New List of Criminal Content

4th Feb 2022 (17 Comments)

The Government’s new Online Safety Bill (OSB), which tasks Ofcom with tackling “harmful” content online through website bans, fines and other sanctions, has today extended the legislation via a new list of “criminal content” (e.g. online drug and weapons dealing, people smuggling, revenge porn, fraud etc.) for tech firms to remove as a priority.

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ISP Lit Fibre UK Goes Live with 10Gbps Broadband in Evesham

4th Feb 2022 (9 Comments)

Broadband ISP Lit Fibre, which aims to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 500,000 UK homes by 2026, has officially started to go live in the Worcestershire (England) town of Evesham – despite only starting the physical build last November.

EE UK Customers Hit by Huge USA Roaming Bills and Suspensions UPDATE

3rd Feb 2022 (27 Comments)

Some of EE’s UK mobile customers, specifically those who are currently roaming in the USA or Canada, have complained of being hit by massive data (mobile broadband) bills – some rising into the thousands of pounds – and of unexpected account suspensions. This is despite the users having a free roaming add-on enabled.