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ISP News Archives for September 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.

BT and Vodafone UK Reiterate Desire to Make Netflix etc. Pay

26th Sep 2022 (28 Comments)

The Net Neutrality debate (i.e. protecting the open internet from abuse by UK broadband ISPs and mobile operators) reared its head again today after BT and Vodafone both put their names to a new statement by the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ENTO), which was signed by 16 telcos’ CEOs.

ISP Ogi Offer 6 Months Free FTTP Broadband to New Customers

26th Sep 2022 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Ogi, which is rolling out a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across South Wales, has today begun offering its services free for the first six months of service to new customers. The move is being promoted as a “bid to help ease pressures on household bills this winter“, but it’ll also help with take-up.

ASDA Mobile UK Discount 4G and 5G Unlimited Mobile Data SIMs

26th Sep 2022 (2 Comments)

The mobile division of supermarket chain ASDA has launched somewhat of an early “Black Friday exclusive” promotion by discounting the price of their Pay Monthly (1-month term) “unlimited data” (mobile broadband) bundles for new customers, which now start at just £15 per month.

Survey Finds Confusion Over UK Broadband and Full Fibre Jargon

26th Sep 2022 (29 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 2,001 UK adults (aged 16+) that have broadband, which was commissioned by ISP Zen Internet and conducted during May 2022, has found that 32% of respondents still aren’t confident they can define what “full fibre” is – that’s up from 28% when the same question was asked in 2021.

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Government Visa Review to Tackle Shortage of UK Fibre Engineers UPDATE

26th Sep 2022 (31 Comments)

The British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, appears set to confirm earlier reports that she will make it easier for UK network operators and ISPs to tackle the ongoing shortage of skilled fibre broadband engineers by allowing the telecoms sector (as well as other industries) to hire more staff from abroad.

Three UK Add New ZYXEL 5G Hub for Unlimited Home Broadband

24th Sep 2022 (36 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator Three UK, specifically those looking to adopt their 5G unlimited Home Broadband packages (£20 per month – first 6 months at £10), may like to know that they’re no longer shipping it with a ZTE based router and have instead replaced it with the Zyxel NR5103E. But getting 5G to work is another matter.

Growth Plan Hints at Planning Changes to Boost Gigabit Broadband

23rd Sep 2022 (13 Comments)

The UK Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has today published a new Growth Plan 2022, which proposes to “liberate the private sector” by encouraging investment (i.e. removing barriers to the flow of private capital) and boosting infrastructure by “liberalising the planning system and streamlining consultation and approval requirements“.

Spring Fibre to Deploy Full Fibre to 1 Million Premises in England

23rd Sep 2022 (12 Comments)

New alternative network operator Spring Fibre has announced that they’ve secured an investment of “up to” £155 million from R&M’s (River and Mercantile) Infrastructure business, which will support their plan to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 1 million premises in England.

Sky UK Denies Plan to End Satellite TV Dish Installs in 2023 UPDATE

23rd Sep 2022 (60 Comments)

Sky (Sky TV, Sky Broadband etc.) has denied a recent report claiming it had informed its trade suppliers that they would cease installing “new” satellite TV dishes on customer homes by the end of 2023, which was believed to reflect their increasing adoption of broadband internet based IPTV (video streaming etc.) delivery methods.