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ISP News Archives for June 2022

Colchester’s UK Dark Fibre Network Benefits from New High Density Cable

20th Jun 2022 (11 Comments)

The Colchester Borough Council‘s recent multi-million pound project to build a new Dark Fibre network across the Essex town (here) appears to have also been one of the first places in the UK to deploy the Prysmian Group’s latest Sirocco HD cable, which can fit 552 fibres into a diameter of just 8.2mm.

ISP Aquiss Lowers Price of UK Family Full Fibre Broadband Plans

20th Jun 2022 (16 Comments)

Shropshire-based UK ISP Aquiss has today reduced the standard monthly pricing on several of their Openreach based and higher speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband packages for families. Some packages, such as their top 1000Mbps (gigabit) tier, have seen prices fall by up to £10 per month.

BDUK Publish Another Batch of Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews

18th Jun 2022 (17 Comments)

The Building Digital UK team has today published another round of Public Reviews (PR) for the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout – this time covering West Yorkshire and Parts of North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and West of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire in England.

Openreach Still Coy on Plan to Fix 330Mbps Capped UK FTTP Lines

18th Jun 2022 (38 Comments)

Openreach has informed ISPreview.co.uk that they recognise the plight of the less than 50,000 premises that are still stuck on older ECI based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband lines, which limits such homes to a top download speed of 330Mbps. But there’s still no certainty about when this will be resolved.

Virgin Media O2 UK Fix Midnight Broadband Connectivity Fault

17th Jun 2022 (9 Comments)

Some customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) may be pleased to know that the operator has now resolved a curious connectivity problem, which for the past few days has been causing a short period of internet disruption at just before midnight every single night.

Ofcom Add New Protections for UK Broadband and Mobile Users

17th Jun 2022 (18 Comments)

Ofcom has reminded us that communications providers, such as those ISPs and companies offering broadband, mobile, phone and pay TV services, are today required to introduce a number of changes, including simpler contract details, more rights to exit your contract early and the introduction of an emergency video relay service.

Broadband ISP BT to Scrap Email and Cloud for New Customers

17th Jun 2022 (32 Comments)

New broadband and mobile customers of UK ISP BT will, from the end of this month, no longer be able to benefit from the operator’s included Email and online Cloud storage features. The good news is that existing customers will be unaffected, at least for now.

YouFibre’s FTTP Broadband Service Goes Live in Wakefield

17th Jun 2022 (0 Comments)

UK ISP YouFibre has today announced that the first customers can now connect to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the West Yorkshire (England) city of Wakefield, which is impressive given that their network partner (Netomnia) only unveiled the build phase in January.

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Hyperoptic Bring Full Fibre to 11,000 Social Homes in Hillingdon

17th Jun 2022 (8 Comments)

City-focused UK gigabit broadband ISP Hyperoptic has reached a new agreement with the Hillingdon Council in London, which will enable them to expand the reach of their full fibre (FTTP/B) network to cover over 11,000 social housing properties across the borough.

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Three UK eSIM and Apple Watch Support Goes LIVE UPDATE

17th Jun 2022 (44 Comments)

After years of waiting and a few false starts, customers of mobile operator Three UK are this week reporting that they’ve finally been able to connect their Apple Watches to the operator via a new eSIM supported mobile plan – the ‘Smartwatch Pairing Plan‘, which is intended to complement an existing mobile package.

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Government Sets Out New UK Penalties for Nuisance Calls and Texts UPDATE

16th Jun 2022 (13 Comments)

The UK Government has today responded to an earlier consultation on their new Data Reform Bill (DRB) by, among other things, setting out how they’ll increase the financial penalties for those pestering people with nuisance calls and text (SMS) messages. But this probably won’t do much to stop calls made from outside the country.

Jurassic Fibre Bring 10Gbps UK Broadband to 90,000 Premises

16th Jun 2022 (16 Comments)

Exeter-based broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and Dorset in England, has today revealed that their network coverage has grown to “over” 90,000 premises in the South West.

Pine Media Brings FTTP Broadband to 7,600 Flats in Sheffield

16th Jun 2022 (9 Comments)

ISP Pine Media, which is slowly building their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of South Yorkshire, Kent and rural Derbyshire (they also sell products via Openreach‘s rival network), has revealed that their full fibre network now covers over 7,600 flats/apartments in Sheffield.

VX FIBER’s Stoke FTTP Rollout Hit with £2460 of Fines in 1 Week

16th Jun 2022 (5 Comments)

Network developer VXFIBER (inc. subsidiary LilaConnect) has once again faced criticism over their work to build a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Staffordshire (England) city of Stoke-on-Trent, which recently saw them being hit with £2,460 of roadworks fines in just one week.

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Telford and Wrekin to Deploy Full Fibre via Virgin Media O2 Business

16th Jun 2022 (7 Comments)

The Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire (England) and broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Business have agreed a new “multimillion-pound” partnership to connect 200 public sector sites (schools, council, libraries etc.) to the operator’s “multi-gigabit … full fibre” network, which could also help to extend residential services.

H2 2021 – FTTP Broadband Covers 96% of New Build UK Homes

15th Jun 2022 (18 Comments)

The latest H2 2021 study into the broadband coverage of new build UK homes has found that over 96% of houses constructed during the second half of last year were connected to a “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP network (up from 93% in H1 2021), which rises to 99%+ for 30Mbps+ “superfast broadband” services.

ISP Quickline Boosts Network with Proximity Data Centre Deal

15th Jun 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Quickline, which runs a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless (FWA) networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire in England, has signed a deal to boost their network by taking rack space in Proximity’s Nottingham data centre (edge colocation facility).