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ISP News Archives for July 2022

Connexin Create InfraCo to Support Full Fibre Build in Northern England

22nd Jul 2022 (3 Comments)

A new alternative network (altnet) operator called Connect InfraCo, which has close links to UK ISP Connexin, has cropped up with a plan to rollout a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband platform to homes and businesses in the North of England, albeit “primarily” in a wholesale capacity.

Competition Authority Clears BT Sport TV and Eurosport UK Joint Venture

22nd Jul 2022 (3 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today cleared BT Group’s agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery, which is intended to result in a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) company between BT Sport and Eurosport UK that will create a new TV sports offering for the UK and Ireland.

Devon and Somerset UK Scrap Truespeed FTTP Broadband Contracts

22nd Jul 2022 (26 Comments)

The state aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has been hit by yet another controversy after it “terminated” two contracts with Bath-based broadband ISP Truespeed, which had suffered delays in its £6.7m (public investment) deal to deploy a full fibre network to cover 15,172 premises.

Freedom Fibre Add 10 Cheshire Locations to FTTP Broadband Build

21st Jul 2022 (6 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Freedom Fibre, which is being supported by UK ISP TalkTalk and is currently rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across semi-rural parts of North England, has today added 10 new towns and villages in Cheshire to their rollout plan.

Eutelsat Set to Launch New 500Gbps VHTS Broadband Satellite

21st Jul 2022 (3 Comments)

European satellite operator Eutelsat, which is also the parent of UK ISP Konnect (We Konnect), has announced that their next generation Very High Throughput Satellite (VHTS) is finally on its way to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana), ready to be launched via an Ariane 5 rocket on 6th September 2022.

Starlink Expand UK Availability of Ultrafast LEO Satellite Broadband

21st Jul 2022 (13 Comments)

Consumers in the north of Scotland who have been waiting to adopt SpaceX’s popular Starlink service, which offers ultrafast latency and internet speeds via a mega constellation of broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), may be pleased to learn that ISP has just expanded its availability to cover the highlands and Orkney.

Openreach Add 65 More UK Exchanges to Copper Phone to Fibre Switch – Tranche 9

21st Jul 2022 (22 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has published the Tranche 9 batch of 65 new UK exchange areas where they plan to move away from copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR etc.) services and on to a new all-IP network, which will also occur once over 75% of premises in an area can get their “ultrafast broadband” (FTTP and G.fast at 300Mbps+).

O2 and Virgin Mobile UK Zero Rate Mobile Data on More Websites

21st Jul 2022 (15 Comments)

Mobile operators O2 and Virgin Mobile (VMO2) have today announced that, as part of their measures to help tackle the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, they’ve expanded the number of websites and internet services that can be accessed without eating into your mobile broadband data allowance (i.e. zero rating).

CEO of ISP 4th Utility Calls for HS2 Funding to be Spent on Broadband

20th Jul 2022 (45 Comments)

The CEO of UK ISP 4th Utility, Tony Hughes, has today said that access to reliable broadband should be a basic human right and that now is the time for the Government to “rethink” their investment in the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project. Instead, Tony believes that such funding should be diverted to upgrade broadband infrastructure.

Scotnet Bring 100Mbps Broadband to Scotland’s Ardnamurchan Peninsula

20th Jul 2022 (9 Comments)

Some 300 homes across Scotland’s most westerly mainland point – the Ardnamurchan Peninsula – now have access to superfast broadband speeds of 35 – 100Mbps after local ISP Scotnet, supported by the government’s voucher scheme, deployed a new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network to serve the area.

Openreach to Cut Missed UK Engineer Visits with Direct Contact System

20th Jul 2022 (14 Comments)

Good news. Openreach has announced that their direct end customer contact programme is leaving the trial phase and will shortly start to be adopted by broadband ISPs as part of normal business, which will improve the level of contact made between the network operator and consumers for certain installation and repair work.

Government’s Building Digital UK Agency Appoints New Chair

20th Jul 2022 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Digital Secretary, Nadine Dorries MP, has appointed Simon Blagden CBE to be the new chair of their Building Digital UK (BDUK) executive agency, which has responsibility for delivering faster broadband and mobile networks across the nation (e.g. the £5bn Project Gigabit scheme and the £1bn Shared Rural Network).

Welsh Government and Openreach Extend FTTP Broadband Rollout

20th Jul 2022 (6 Comments)

The Welsh Government has issued an easy to miss statement on Digital Connectivity in Wales, which among other things reveals that their £52.5m Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband rollout contract with Openreach (BT) is now expected to cover slightly more premises. But this will push completion back to 31st March 2023.

Engineers with Umbrellas Protect UK Broadband Cabinets from Heat UPDATE

19th Jul 2022 (15 Comments)

A number of UK network operators appear to be sending out engineers to monitor and work on broadband street cabinets that have been struggling in today’s heat. This includes everything from upgrading vents and fans, to literally sitting outside the cabinet with an umbrella. Sometimes, the simplest solution works best.

Full Fibre UK ISP Lit Fibre Picks Comtec as Supply Chain Partner

19th Jul 2022 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Lit Fibre, which is being backed by investment from Newlight Partners LP to help build a new gigabit-speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 500,000 homes in England by 2026, has today chosen Comtec to be their Strategic Supply Chain Partner for the ongoing rollout.

Rights Holders Move Closer to Website Blocks via DNS Providers

19th Jul 2022 (13 Comments)

People who use Cloudflare’s popular third-party public Domain Name System (DNS) resolver – via the easy to remember IP address of 1.1.1.1 – may soon find that the company is forced by the courts to block websites that have been found to facilitate internet copyright infringement (piracy).

CEO of Broadband ISP Voneus Named New Chair of the UK ISPA

19th Jul 2022 (0 Comments)

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA UK), which is the national trade body for broadband and internet providers, has today had a key change in its leadership, which sees Steve Leighton (CEO of Voneus) taking over the reins from Andrew Glover (CEO of Air Broadband) to become the organisation’s new Chair.