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ISP News Archives for November 2022

ISP Lothian Broadband Adds Pay TV and VoIP Home Phone

4th Nov 2022 (8 Comments)

Scottish ISP Lothian Broadband, which is building a gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 70,000 premises across rural parts of the Highlands and East to Mid Lothian, has become the latest provider to introduce a Netgem powered Pay TV service and they’ve also launched a VoIP based home phone solution from Netsapiens.

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Zzoomm Adds Upton in West Yorkshire to their Full Fibre Rollout

3rd Nov 2022 (10 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Zzoomm has announced that their UK rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network is being expanded to include nearly 3,000 properties in the small West Yorkshire town of Upton, which is anticipated to cost the operator £1.7 million to complete.

Quickline’s UK Fibre and Wireless Covers 2,000 Rural Communities

3rd Nov 2022 (4 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Quickline, which has deployed a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire in England, has today announced that they’ve covered 2,000 rural communities in just the past 12-months.

ISP Onestream Sign Vodafone Deal to Launch UK FTTP Broadband UPDATE

3rd Nov 2022 (10 Comments)

Hampshire-based home and business broadband ISP Onestream has signed a new “strategic agreement” with Vodafone – said to be worth £40m over 2-years – that will enable them to extend beyond superfast broadband (FTTC) packages to launch a new range of SOGEA and gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based plans.

BT Results See FTTP Broadband Cover 8.8 Million UK Premises

3rd Nov 2022 (37 Comments)

The latest Q2 FY23 results to September 2022 have today been released by the BT Group, which saw the coverage of Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network reach 8.76 million premises (up by 805k in the quarter vs 763k last quarter). Meanwhile, EE’s 5G customers topped 8.157 million (up from 7.74m).

FullFibre Ltd’s Network in Derbyshire Gets 100G Capacity Boost

2nd Nov 2022 (3 Comments)

Business ISP Commsworld has provided UK alternative network provider FullFibre Limited with a capacity boost for their FTTP broadband rollout in Derbyshire by deploying a 100Gbps connection between the Derby Exchange and Telehouse North Two (data centre) in London.

BT Wholesale Brings EE’s UK Mobile Connectivity to Wholesale

2nd Nov 2022 (11 Comments)

The wholesale division of ISP BT (BT Wholesale), which sells broadband and other services to a large number of UK providers, has announced that they’re going to make EE’s connectivity available to enterprises and resellers on a direct, wholesale basis for the first time, through their mobile SIMs.

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London ISP CommunityFibre Offer Half Price 200Mbps and 500Mbps

2nd Nov 2022 (2 Comments)

London-focused broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has already covered 675,000 premises with their 3Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (aiming for 2.2 million by the end of 2024), has launched an early ‘Black Friday’ sale that reduces their 200Mbps and 500Mbps (symmetric) plans to half-price for 12-months.

Virgin Media O2 Sees Project Lightning Add 3 Million UK Premises

2nd Nov 2022 (15 Comments)

The latest Q3 2022 results from broadband ISP and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has seen their fixed broadband base reach 5.63m customers (up by 19.1k in Q3 vs 16k in Q2), while their gigabit network coverage added 115,000 premises (3 million delivered via Project Lightning) and 5G is available in over 800 towns and cities.

Broadband ISP ZYBRE Adopts F&W Networks UK Full Fibre Service

2nd Nov 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband and Cloud Gaming ISP ZYBRE has announced that they’ve joined the F&W Networks platform, which offers access to other UK ISPs via wholesale. The move will give them access to F&W’s existing FTTP deployments in parts West Sussex, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Surrey.

Openreach Launch Pilot of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps FTTP Broadband Tiers

1st Nov 2022 (96 Comments)

Openreach has today officially announced the launch of their new pilot for UK broadband ISPs, which will test faster download speeds of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps on their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines. The service will also be accompanied by two new optical modems (ONT) from Nokia G-010G-T and ADTRAN SDX 611Q.

AltNet UK Broadband ISP Freedom Fibre Launch Community Fund

1st Nov 2022 (0 Comments)

Network builder and ISP Freedom Fibre, which has a long-term aspiration to reach over 2 million properties with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today launched a new community fund that will invest thousands of pounds in “environmental projects” across areas where it is building.

Ofcom Wants to be Notified of More UK Network and Internet Disruption

1st Nov 2022 (1 Comment)

Ofcom has proposed to update their existing Network and Information Systems (NIS) guidance in order to require that UK Operators of Essential Services (OES), such as top-level domain name registries, DNS (domain name systems) providers and IXP (internet exchange) operators, inform them of less severe outages.

Openreach Extend FTTP Rollout Deal with Morrison Telecom Services

1st Nov 2022 (5 Comments)

Civil engineering company Morrison Telecom Services (MTS), part of the M Group Services, will continue to support Openreach’s ongoing rollout of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology after the pair agreed to sign a new 3-year contract.

Ofcom UK Give the Kiss of Death to FAX Services on BT and KCOM

1st Nov 2022 (2 Comments)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today officially proposed to remove the requirement for telecoms operators to provide FAX (facsimile) services under their legally-binding Universal Service Obligation (USO), which only applies to BT and KCOM.

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Cityfibre Invest £30m to Build FTTP Broadband in Warwick and Leamington Spa

1st Nov 2022 (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has today confirmed that they’ll invest £30m to rollout their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to cover “almost every home and business” in the two neighbouring towns of Warwick and Leamington Spa in Warwickshire (England).

Rural UK ISP Alncom to Cover 50,000 Premises with FTTP Broadband

1st Nov 2022 (0 Comments)

Alnwick-based broadband ISP Alncom has announced that they’ve secured enough funding to be able to expand the coverage of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 50,000 premises in the North East of England (up from 25,000), with a focus on Northumberland, County Durham and the Scottish Borders.