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BT Wholesale Launch New 100Gbps Product for UK ISPs and Data Centres

4th Aug 2022 (14 Comments)

BT Wholesale has launched a new 100Gb Data Centre Connect (DCC) product, which enables network operators to benefit from a single 100Gbps data centre port, which marks a nice improvement on the current approach (i.e. achieving such speeds would normally require the aggregation and management of multiple 10Gbps circuits).

Linux Kernel Upgrade Release 5.19 Adds LiFi Networking Drivers

4th Aug 2022 (1 Comment)

Scotland-based pureLiFi, which is developing the new Visible Light Communication (VLC) based networking method called LiFi (Light Fidelity) – using light instead of radio waves to transmit data – has informed us that the latest release of the Linux Kernel (v5.19) includes their LiFi drivers for the first time.

Three UK Reports Average Data Usage Per Customer Hits 21GB

4th Aug 2022 (30 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today reported their latest financial results, which among other things revealed that the average 4G / 5G data usage (mobile broadband), per customer, per month on their network had reached 21.3 GigaBytes in June 2022 (up from 19GB in Dec 2021).

Broadband ISP Zzoomm Adopt Iskratel’s Full Fibre XGS-PON Kit

4th Aug 2022 (11 Comments)

UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that they’ve decided to adopt Iskratel’s XGS-PON based Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) and Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) to help power their UK rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which already covers 50,000 premises.

Netomnia FTTP Broadband UK Rollout Map to 2023

Netomnia Publish UK Full Fibre Broadband Rollout Plan to 2023 UPDATE

4th Aug 2022 (47 Comments)

Full Fibre network builder Netomnia, which is supported by broadband ISP partner YouFibre, has today revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network now covers 210,000 UK premises (up from 130,000 in April 2022) and they’ve also published their rollout plan to 2023.

Which? and ISPA UK Call on Gov to Cut VAT from Broadband Bills

4th Aug 2022 (10 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) and consumer magazine Which? have today called on the Government to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis by enabling ISPs to cut Value Added Tax (VAT) on broadband and mobile bills from 20% to 5%, which is naturally a move that will attract wide support.

Plusnet Make Full Fibre Broadband Available to All UK Customers

4th Aug 2022 (48 Comments)

UK ISP Plusnet will today finally make their new range of cheaper Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) powered home broadband packages – via Openreach’s national network – available to new customers. The packages were first quietly introduced in May 2022 (here), but only to existing customers who were willing to phone up and ask.

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