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ISP News Archives for May 2022

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“.

Quickline Refreshes Brand, Moves HQ and Set to Double Staff

23rd May 2022 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Quickline, which runs a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless (FWA) broadband networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, has refreshed their branding, moved their HQ to East Yorkshire and confirmed that their workforce will double again to 200 (it’s already doubled to 100 in the last six months).

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OneWeb Sign First Aviation Deal for Satellite Broadband on Planes

23rd May 2022 (5 Comments)

Satellite broadband firm OneWeb, which is British-registered and partly owned by the UK Government, has today signed its first long-term distribution partnership agreement for the business aviation market with Gogo Business Aviation. Gogo’s service is widely used by a number of airlines for in-flight Wi-Fi, such as British Airways.

ISP Air Broadband Joins MS3’s New FTTP Broadband Network

23rd May 2022 (3 Comments)

UK ISP Air Broadband, which offers broadband packages over multiple different Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks (e.g. CityFibre, FullFibre Ltd, OFNL, Prime Fibre, Lila / VXFIBER, Connect Fibre and Gigaclear), has today added MS3 to that list in the North of England.

Ovo Ponder Sale of SSE Broadband Customers to ISP TalkTalk

23rd May 2022 (11 Comments)

Low-cost UK home broadband ISP TalkTalk is reportedly in talks that could result in the acquisition of Ovo Energy‘s internet access base, which is perhaps better known to consumers as SSE’s broadband and phone division (Ovo’s retail division doesn’t have its own packages). The deal, if agreed, could involve around 100,000 customers.

Three UK Claims 5G Population Cover of 54 Percent – Beats EE

23rd May 2022 (44 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK this morning claims to have overtaken arch rival EE (BT) for population coverage of their new ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network, which they say can now reach 54% of the United Kingdom. By comparison, EE put their own figure at 50% on 10th May 2022 (here).

Website Status Update – New Gigabit Broadband Comparisons

21st May 2022 (0 Comments)

We’ve just completed a refresh of our Broadband ISP Comparison (listings) section, which makes a few key changes that are intended to help simplify the system and reduce the workload involve with keeping it up-to-date – something that has become increasingly challenging with all the new providers entering the market.

Freshwave to Deliver 5G Cover in City of London by End of 2022

20th May 2022 (4 Comments)

The City of London (CoL) is already home to a small cell based Wi-Fi and 4G network that claims to offer broadband speeds of up to 200Mbps across the Square Mile, but now Freshwave has been chosen to help deliver on the plan for a “city-wide deployment” that will push 5G coverage across the Square Mile by the end of 2022.

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Ofcom UK to Let O2 and Vodafone Use Existing Bands for 5G

20th May 2022 (20 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, have today proposed to update certain licences held by mobile operators Vodafone and O2 (VMO2) – including for the 900MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz and 2.6GHz bands. The move is designed to enable the deployment of newer technologies, such as ultrafast 5G broadband services, into the bands.

ISP Lothian Broadband Celebrate 2000th Customer in Scotland

20th May 2022 (1 Comment)

Internet provider Lothian Broadband, which is extending their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 70,000 premises across rural parts of East and Mid Lothian, has announced that they’ve exceeded 2,000 active customers for the first time across their fibre and fixed wireless networks in Scotland.

Ofcom Spring 2022 Study – Gigabit Broadband Covers 66 Percent of UK

20th May 2022 (16 Comments)

Ofcom’s latest Spring 2022 report into fixed broadband and mobile coverage has revealed that “full fibre” (FTTP) now reaches 33% of the UK (up from 28% in Sept 2021), while 19.3 million homes (66%) are within reach of a gigabit-capable network (up from 47%). Geographic 5G coverage has also improved.