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ISP News Archives for September 6, 2022

Auditor Warns UK ISP TalkTalk Over Unusual Accounting Practices

6th Sep 2022 (9 Comments)

Deloitte has reportedly highlighted a series of “unusual accounting practices” (Telegraph journalist’s quote) in broadband ISP TalkTalk’s as yet unpublished annual report, which the auditors suggest could – in a reasonable worst case scenario – only enable them to meet the covenants on theirs debt by excluding more “exceptional items” from everyday costs.

BT Boss Says Future of Low Cost UK ISP Plusnet is Under Review

6th Sep 2022 (61 Comments)

The CEO of BT’s Consumer division, Marc Allera, has revealed that the future of their low-cost phone and broadband ISP sub-brand, Plusnet, is under assessment. The move is understood to form part of their ongoing work to turn EE – over time – into their “flagship brand for our consumer customers“.

ISPA Starts Hunt for UK Internet Hero and Villain in 2022 Awards

6th Sep 2022 (7 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today begun inviting feedback to help them choose the shortlist for this year’s “Internet Hero” and “Internet Villain” category as part of their 2022 internet industry awards event, which is due to take place on the 24th November 2022 at the Landmark Hotel in London.

Mobile Operator Tries to Hide UK Mobile Mast.. As a Toilet Brush?

6th Sep 2022 (24 Comments)

Sometimes when you try particularly hard to hide something big, you end up making it even more obvious – this seems to be what happened after EE and Three UK attempted to hide a new 25-metre mobile mast in the town of South Queensferry by making it look like a tree. But it ended up looking like a giant toilet brush instead.

BDUK Publish New Batch of Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews

6th Sep 2022 (2 Comments)

The Building Digital UK team have published another batch of Public Reviews (PR) for the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout – this time covering Herefordshire, Lincolnshire (inc. north-east Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire) and East Riding, Cheshire and Gloucestershire in England.

ISP Hyperoptic Offers 9 Months FREE UK Full Fibre Broadband

6th Sep 2022 (4 Comments)

City-focused UK broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which is rolling out a new gigabit speed “full fibre” (FTTP/B) network to serve 2 million UK homes by the end of 2023 (900,000 premises are already covered), has launched a new promotion that offers 9 months’ of free broadband to anyone switching from their current contract.

ISP Sky Broadband Freezes UK Package Prices for 18 Months

6th Sep 2022 (2 Comments)

New customers joining UK ISP Sky Broadband may like to know that the provider has adopted an 18-month “price freeze” on their Openreach based (FTTC + FTTP) superfast, ultrafast and gigafast broadband packages (including some TV bundles), which removes the usual mid-contract price hikes.

UK Jumps to 35th out of 220 Countries for Broadband Speed in 2022

6th Sep 2022 (12 Comments)

Research firm M-Lab and Cable.co.uk have today published their annual 2022 global broadband ISP speeds report, which reveals that the United Kingdom delivered an average (mean) download speed of 72.06Mbps (up from 51.48Mbps last year), ranking us 35th fastest in the world (up from 43rd in 2021 and 47th in 2020).

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