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ISP News Archives for September 27, 2022

Gigaclear Tunnels FTTP Under Railway to Connect Rural Communities

27th Sep 2022 (1 Comment)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has so far deployed their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 300,000 premises across England, is on-track to cover 2,500 homes in the Gloucestershire town of Lydney after it deployed specialist engineering to drill under a historic railway line. But it may go further than that.

EE Offers Free Independent Debt Advice to UK Customers

27th Sep 2022 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE has today announced that they’ve teamed up with the Money Adviser Network to offer customers free, independent debt advice through referrals from customer service advisors. Nearly 3,000 customers are said to have so far benefitted from the service since its rollout in June 2022.

Rural Broadband ISP Voneus Appoint Ex-BT Director as its CCO

27th Sep 2022 (0 Comments)

Macquarie Capital-backed UK ISP Voneus, which holds a “near term” plan to cover 100,000 homes in rural areas with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network (here), has today appointed the ex-commercial director at BT Enterprise, Francesca Lee, to be their new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

Full Fibre UK ISP Wessex Internet Get Funding Boost from abrdn

27th Sep 2022 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset in England, has today announced that they’ve secured a “major equity investment” from abrdn’s Core Infrastructure team to “accelerate” their rollout.

Sky UK Unveil Broadband Based Stream TV Box Without Satellite

27th Sep 2022 (64 Comments)

As expected, Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced the launch of their new standalone ‘Sky Stream‘ product, which uses your home broadband ISP and WiFi connection to stream Sky’s on-demand video content and live TV channels directly to your existing TV set without any satellite dish or installation being required.

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Grants Boost Biz Broadband in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

27th Sep 2022 (0 Comments)

A new business grant scheme, which has injected just under £1.4 million into the local Cambridgeshire and Peterborough economy in England, has already helped local firms to create 42 new-to-the-firm products and enabled 32 businesses to access faster broadband speeds in excess of 30Mbps.

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Starlink Expand UK Coverage to Include Part of Shetland Islands

27th Sep 2022 (13 Comments)

SpaceX’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based mega constellation of Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites has made a small but significant improvement to its coverage of the UK, which for the first time has now started to encompass the southern part of the remote Shetland islands in Scotland.

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Warning of Challenges Ahead for Investment in UK Gigabit Broadband

27th Sep 2022 (0 Comments)

A new report from the UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), which examined the appetite for investment in alternative broadband networks (AltNets) by interviewing leading investors, has warned that the market has “reached saturation point” and those looking for further rounds of investment will find new challenges.

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