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ISP News Archives for May 30, 2022

Three UK Reports an All-Time Mobile Traffic High of 1068 Gbps

30th May 2022 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has reported seeing a “record-breaking weekend” of data traffic (mobile broadband) peaks. This included a Saturday evening high on the back of the Champions League final and the highest daily traffic volume on Sunday due, in part, to the release of Stranger Things Season 4 on Netflix.

Oopsy – Openreach UK Contractor Cuts Own Fibre in Wrexham

30th May 2022 (24 Comments)

A serious broadband outage that began in Wrexham (Wales) yesterday afternoon, which is affecting multiple ISPs and around 6,000 premises, appears to have been caused after one of Openreach’s contractors ended up cutting through their own fibre optic cable.

Five UK ISPs in Alliance to Fight for Better Service and Lower Prices

30th May 2022 (11 Comments)

A group of five independent UK broadband ISPs – Gigabit Networks, Triangle Networks, Air Broadband, Highnet and Trunk Networks – have formed a new consortium called the ‘Rebel Alliance‘ (Lucasfilm and Star Wars might have words), which appears to be demanding better service levels and lower prices.

Rural ISP Wessex Internet Tops 5000 Broadband Customers

30th May 2022 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is currently rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South and South West England (Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset), has revealed that they’re now home to 5,000 customers, including one who just got free broadband for life.

CityFibre Prep GBP23m FTTP Broadband Build in High Wycombe

30th May 2022 (1 Comment)

The large market town of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire (England) has been named as the next to benefit from CityFibre’s rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. The local build aims to “reach … almost every home and business” in the town and is being supported by a £23m investment.

Connexin Extend 10Gbps UK Broadband Rollout into Beverley

30th May 2022 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Connexin has announced that their £80m project, which aims to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Hull and East Yorkshire (here and here), has now been extended into the market town of Beverley. The operator plans to start connecting customers “shortly“.

Complaints Prompt Inspections of CityFibre’s Swindon Full Fibre Build

30th May 2022 (6 Comments)

The Swindon Borough Council has confirmed that “all works” by CityFibre, which is currently investing £40m to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Wiltshire town, will be “inspected for defects shortly“. The move was prompted by “numerous” complaints.

Welsh Government Give Local Broadband Fund a GBP9m Boost

30th May 2022 (4 Comments)

The Welsh Government’s £10m Local Broadband Fund, which was setup in 2020 to help local authorities and social enterprises to deliver broadband projects to areas that need it, has been given a funding “boost” of £9m. The money will provide better connectivity to communities in Cardiff, Newport, Vale of Glamorgan and North Wales.

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Gov Issue Spring 2022 Update on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

30th May 2022 (12 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK team has today published a Spring 2022 progress update for their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout, which among other things adds new regional procurements in Norfolk and Suffolk and two local supplier procurements in Cornwall, potentially extending 1Gbps speeds to c.190,000 premises.

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