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ISP News Archives for May 24, 2022

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Freedom Fibre Raise GBP100m to Accelerate UK Full Fibre Rollout

24th May 2022 (0 Comments)

Network operator Freedom Fibre (FF) has today secured a major £84m investment boost from infrastructure investor Equitix, alongside a £16m Santander debt facility, to help fund the expansion of their new 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across semi-rural parts of North England.

FullFibre Ltd Bring FTTP Broadband Build to Rural Herefordshire

24th May 2022 (0 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited, which is currently deploying their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across numerous locations in England, has reached an agreement with the Fastershire programme that will see their rollout extend into rural parts of Herefordshire.

2022 Full Fibre Country Ranking Sees UK Overtake Germany

24th May 2022 (12 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe has today released their annual ranking of the European countries with the strongest subscriber penetration and annual growth of gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP/H/B) broadband ISP networks. Happily, the UK continues to show exceptional growth, and has managed to leapfrog over Germany.

BT Launch Hybrid 4G Speed Boost for SME Copper Broadband Lines

24th May 2022 (8 Comments)

UK ISP BT has today launched a new product for their small business customers – ‘Hybrid Speed Boost‘, which is specifically aimed at those still stuck on slower copper broadband lines. The service attempts to “fuse” fixed line and 4G based mobile broadband connections together to produce a faster connection.

RootMetrics Study Finds Improvement in UK Mobile Call Quality

24th May 2022 (8 Comments)

Mobile testing firm RootMetrics, which is owned by Ookla (here), has today published the results from their new research into UK mobile calling (voice) performance and trends, which claims that consumers are experiencing “outstanding mobile call performance that’s continued to improve over time“.

CityFibre UK Scoops FTTH Council Europe’s Operator Award

24th May 2022 (2 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe, which is currently holding its annual conference in Vienna (Austria) this week, has today announced the winners of three awards that reflect those who have made “outstanding contributions” to the acceleration of FTTP/B deployment in Europe. One of the headline ‘Operator Award‘ winners was CityFibre.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Sees Record Mobile Data Traffic on Sunday

24th May 2022 (0 Comments)

Customers on the VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) mobile network are said to have seen the operator’s “highest ever data traffic peak” (mobile broadband) on Sunday afternoon, which was driven by the frenetic final showdown matches of the football Premier League.

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Ofcom and BT Reportedly Prep Contingency Plans for AltNet Flops UPDATE

24th May 2022 (24 Comments)

A new newspaper report claims that “runaway inflation” is threatening to cause a “wave of bankruptcies” among the new generation of alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP networks, which is said to have triggered Ofcom into drawing up contingency plans with BT for how to handle the fallout, should smaller players start to fail.

Starlink for RVs Product Launched on LEO Satellite Broadband Service

24th May 2022 (4 Comments)

SpaceX has informed customers that they’ve launched a new Starlink for RVs (Recreational Vehicles) product via their constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband ISP satellites, which is more than just a combination of their regular package with the new Portability Add-on attached by default.

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RouteThis Claims Device Overload Overwhelming UK Bandwidth

24th May 2022 (14 Comments)

A new study of live data from nearly 3,000 ISPs around the world, which was conducted by remote Wi-Fi diagnostics firm RouteThis, has claimed that broadband users in the UK and Ireland are facing “significant connectivity issues“, despite increases in connection speeds, due to “device overload overwhelming bandwidth“.

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