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ISP News Archives for September 8, 2022

KCOM UK Unveil Major 10Gb Broadband Expansion and Retires Copper

8th Sep 2022 (4 Comments)

Hull-based network builder and broadband ISP KCOM has today announced a second major expansion of their existing gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which will see them invest a further £100m to cover an additional 50,000 premises across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (14 new locations).

Truespeed’s FTTP Broadband Covers 50,000 Premises in South West

8th Sep 2022 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP Truespeed, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England, has today issued a progress update and confirmed that their infrastructure now covers 50,000 premises (with 11,500 live customers).

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CityFibre Finally Begins £21m Full Fibre Rollout for Hartlepool

8th Sep 2022 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that they’ve finally started the £21m rollout of their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the large port town of Hartlepool in County Durham, which was originally due to get underway in “early 2022” (here), but that seems to have been delayed a bit – until now.

Lightning Fibre Extend UK FTTP Rollout to Kent and West Sussex

8th Sep 2022 (4 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Lightning Fibre, which initially aimed to cover 100,000 premises across parts of East Sussex with their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband infrastructure, has today announced a multi-million pound expansion of their network into West Sussex and Kent in England.

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Eutelsat Successfully Launch 500Gbps VHTS Broadband Satellite

8th Sep 2022 (0 Comments)

European satellite operator Eutelsat, which is also the parent of UK ISP Konnect (We Konnect), are celebrating this morning after confirming the successful launch of their next gen ‘Very High Throughput Satellite’ (VHTS) into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana.

British Satellite Firm OneWeb to Test 5G Mobile from Space

8th Sep 2022 (4 Comments)

British-registered satellite broadband operator OneWeb has joined with the 5G Innovation Centre at the University of Surrey (5GIC) and CGI to launch a new 5G-Pilot Test project, which will trial the ability to harness the firm’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) network to communicate with terrestrial 5G mobile devices (phones etc.).

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Vorboss Unveil New London-wide Fibre Network for Businesses

8th Sep 2022 (2 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is part of the Fern Trading Group, has today hailed the progress they’ve made on their £250m project to build “London’s only full-coverage fibre network dedicated to business“, which has installed over 500km of fibre optic cable in the UK’s capital city since 2020.

Adverts Watchdog Tackles UK Mid-Contract Telecoms Price Hikes

8th Sep 2022 (8 Comments)

The Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP and BCAP) – sister body to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) – has launched a consultation on new guidance that would require information about mid-contract prices hikes to be more prominently stated in ads by broadband ISPs and mobile operators to “avoid misleading consumers“.

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