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ISP News Archives for November 2022

Cityfibre UK Expand Glasgow FTTP Broadband Build to Clydebank

23rd Nov 2022 (1 Comment)

Cityfibre has today announced that their huge £270 million rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across Glasgow (Scotland) is being extended into the Clydebank area, which will be supported by a new civil engineering contractor – local company IMS Scotland.

EE Adds Over 150 New UK Locations to its 5G Mobile Network

23rd Nov 2022 (34 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve extended the coverage of their ultrafast 5G based (mobile broadband) network to more than 150 new locations across the United Kingdom, including various Christmas markets and places such as Kettering, Carlisle, Portlethen and Merthyr Tydfil etc.

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Focus on Cost Savings Impacts Openreach’s UK Full Fibre Build UPDATE2

23rd Nov 2022 (25 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has reportedly informed its suppliers that their need to curb costs and get more “bang for its buck” will impact the UK rollout of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which will “include an element of cancellation or suspension” of some work and have a “financial impact“.

ASA Bans Vodafone UK’s “Reliable, Award-Winning Network” Claim

23rd Nov 2022 (7 Comments)

A complaint raised by EE (BT) has prompted the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban a website banner and press advert for broadband and mobile provider Vodafone, which were both found to have made a “misleading” claim of being “the UK’s Reliable, Award-winning network“.

The UK Top 5 Fastest 5G Smartphones for Data are iPhones

22nd Nov 2022 (16 Comments)

New data from Ookla, which operates the popular broadband ISP and mobile network speed testing service – Speedtest.net, claims to have today revealed the top fastest 5G handsets in the UK for mobile broadband speed. Interestingly, they’re all Apple iPhones.

London ISP CommunityFibre Discounts 1-10Gbps Biz Full Fibre Plans

22nd Nov 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has already covered 675,000 premises in London with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (aiming for 2.2 million by the end of 2024), has introduced a series of new discounts across their 150Mbps to 10Gbps speed business packages – mostly reflecting 3 months of free service.

Utility Warehouse Grows to 341,392 UK Broadband Customers

22nd Nov 2022 (5 Comments)

Energy and communications provider Telecom Plus, which trades as UW (Utility Warehouse), has published their latest biannual (H1 FY23) report and revealed that they ended the period with 341,392 broadband ISP customers (up by 17,769 in the last 6 months) and 364,062 mobile customers (up by 39,289).

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Cityfibre and toob Sign Mutual UK Full Fibre Network Access Deal UPDATE

22nd Nov 2022 (14 Comments)

Alternative network builders Cityfibre and toob have today signed a unique network access agreement, which will see both sides aiming to benefit from each other’s deployments of their respective gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks across the UK.

Ericsson Kicks Off 6G Mobile Research Program in the UK

22nd Nov 2022 (7 Comments)

Network supplier Ericsson has today announced that they’re investing “tens of million pounds” (GBP) in order to establish a new research unit in the United Kingdom, which will be used to help test and develop the next (sixth) generation of 6G mobile and wireless broadband technologies.

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IX Wireless Fined for Unauthorised Broadband Build in Bury

21st Nov 2022 (10 Comments)

Blackburn-based network operator IX Wireless, which is building a new fixed wireless broadband network for UK ISP 6G Internet (not related to 6G mobile technology), has been hit with a small fine in the Greater Manchester market town of Bury (specifically the suburb of Brandlesholme) after they built unauthorised digital infrastructure.

England FIFA 2022 World Cup Match Causes UK Internet Traffic Surge UPDATE2

21st Nov 2022 (4 Comments)

Data traffic flowing through the London Internet Exchange (LINX) has today hit another record level – peaking at 7.424Tbps (Terabits per second) at 3:10pm – on the back of England’s first FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 match against Iran, which saw the three lions walk away with a 6-2 win.

Full Fibre ISP LightSpeed Broadband Offers 6 Months FREE Service

21st Nov 2022 (8 Comments)

Lincolnshire-based network operator and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is aiming to rollout a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 200,000 premises across the East of England by the end of 2022 (rising to 1 million by the end of 2025), has for a limited time begun offering all new customers six months of free service.

Devon and Somerset UK Extend 4G Mobile Boost Scheme

21st Nov 2022 (0 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project in England has received a further £250,000 of funding in order to extend their Mobile Boost Scheme, which works to improve rural 4G mobile (mobile broadband and voice) availability by offering vouchers (up to £1,200) to help deploy indoor mobile signal boosters.

Update Brings More Adverts to Sky’s Stream and Glass TV Service

21st Nov 2022 (30 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky Broadband, Sky TV etc.) has reportedly rolled out a new update for their broadband-based Sky Stream and Sky Glass TV services, which means that customers of the service will now see even more adverts appearing both before on-demand shows start and mid-show during breaks.

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Openreach Connect 200,000th Customer to FTTP in Northern Ireland

21st Nov 2022 (5 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that they’ve doubled the number of customers they’ve connected, via various different UK ISPs, to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Northern Ireland from 100,000 to 200,000 in the space of a year.

EE UK Leave Kent Village Without Mobile Signal for Two Weeks

20th Nov 2022 (20 Comments)

Residents and businesses on EE’s mobile network in the area surrounding the tiny rural hamlet and civil parish of Leaveland in Kent (England) have complained after a fault with the operator’s local mast left them without a working 4G connection, as well as a poor signal in other areas (via other masts), for two weeks and counting.

Openreach Prep Return of UK Fibre Community Partnerships in Early 2023

19th Nov 2022 (12 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has informed ISPreview that its Fibre Community Partnership (FCP) scheme, which works with disadvantaged parts of England, Wales and Scotland to help co-fund the deployment of new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks, will become available again for new applicants “early” in 2023.