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Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today announced that they’ve added over 90 “new” HD (High Definition) TV channels for “free” to their Netgem powered pay TV (IPTV) platform and its related “TV 4K Box” device, which means that customers should be able to access a total of up to 210 channels.
London focused UK ISP CommunityFibre, which has already covered 500,000 premises in the city with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has followed Hyperoptic’s plan to cover 90% of Islington with full fibre (here) by announcing that they’ll do 100%. In short, locals will have plenty of options.
Rural UK ISP County Broadband has today named the next 10 villages in South Cambridgeshire (England) to benefit from their ongoing rollout of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is also being deployed across parts of Norfolk, Essex and Suffolk.
City-focused UK gigabit broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today announced the signing of a new contract with Islington Council in London, which they say will help to extend the coverage of their “full fibre” (FTTP/B) network to “more than 90% of Islington homes and businesses” by August 2025.
Ofcom has revealed that 29% of UK households (8 million) – double last year’s 15% – are still having problems paying their phone, broadband and TV bills. In response, they’ve called on major ISPs to reconsider annual price hikes and ordered TalkTalk, Shell Energy, EE, Plusnet and Vodafone to introduce “social tariffs as soon as possible“.
The second Local Supplier contract under the UK Government’s new £5bn Project Gigabit broadband scheme – worth £6.6m – has today been awarded to rural ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which will upgrade broadband for more than 4,000 hard-to-reach Teesdale premises in Northern England.