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ISP News Archives for December 20, 2022

Openreach Increases Wholesale Ethernet Prices for UK ISPs

20th Dec 2022 (6 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced large price increases across their various high-capacity Ethernet (EBD, EAD etc.) products and Excess Construction Charges (ECC) for UK ISPs, which are all due to be introduced from April 2023. The changes also help to position their 1Gb services as the new entry-level products.

Government Orders LetterOne to Sell UK Full Fibre ISP Upp over Russia Links

20th Dec 2022 (11 Comments)

The UK Government’s Secretary of State for Business, Grant Shapps, has ordered investment company LetterOne (L1T FM Holdings UK) to sell its entire stake in alternative broadband network provider Upp (formerly Fibre Me) in order to “prevent, remedy, or mitigate the risk to national security“.

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County Broadband Appoint New Contractor for Norfolk FTTP Build

20th Dec 2022 (0 Comments)

Rural ISP County Broadband, which aims to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2027, has appointed civil engineering firm Highway Workforce to help conduct their ongoing rollout across rural parts of Norfolk in England.

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New AltNet Meliora Networks Plan to Build UK Full Fibre Network

20th Dec 2022 (3 Comments)

A new alternative network (altnet) builder called Meliora Networks Limited has emerged on to the scene with a plan to rollout a hybrid Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and gigabit-capable Full Fibre broadband network, which will focus on “areas of the UK that do not presently have access to next generation connectivity.”

EE UK First to Trial Freshwave’s Small Cell 5G Network in London

20th Dec 2022 (5 Comments)

Mobile giant EE (BT) has officially become the first operator to make use of Freshwave‘s deployment of a new small cell based outdoor 4G and 5G mobile network in the central City of London area, which is currently in the pilot phase. O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone are expected to follow.

UK Gov Says Password Sharing on Streaming Services is Illegal UPDATE2

20th Dec 2022 (63 Comments)

The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) announced an interesting new campaign in partnership with Meta yesterday, which among other things decided to label “password sharing on streaming services [e.g. Netflix, Amazon Prime etc.] … without paying a subscription” as breaking copyright law. That’s a lot of new criminals.

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Starlink’s LEO Satellite Broadband Network Hits 1 Million Subscribers

20th Dec 2022 (2 Comments)

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced that Starlink’s global mega constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband ISP satellites has managed to grow its customer base to over 1 million, which is double the 500,000 they reported just six months ago in June 2022.

Virgin Media O2 UK May Adopt Inflation Busting Price Hikes by 2024

20th Dec 2022 (22 Comments)

Sources have indicated to ISPreview that broadband customers of UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) might face bigger price hikes in the future than usual, with the provider being tipped to adopt the same annual style of inflation busting RPI + 3.9% hikes as those of their mobile base (e.g. O2 sims).

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