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ISP News Archives for December 2022

A Summary of Openreach’s UK Network Traffic During 2022

21st Dec 2022 (6 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has published a summary of their network traffic for 2022, which among other things reveals the average monthly UK data consumption of broadband users across their network for the past year. For example, the busiest month in 2022 was actually January, when a total of 5,701PB (PetaBytes) passed over their network.

Virgin Media O2 Summarises UK Connectivity Trends for 2022

21st Dec 2022 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media (VMO2) has today published their usual round-up of customer connectivity habits for 2022, which among other things noted that customers downloaded 9% more broadband data per day than the previous year, with mobile traffic up 36% year-on-year.

EE Named Best Operator in Connect’s 2022 UK Mobile Network Test

21st Dec 2022 (21 Comments)

Connect and Umlaut have today published their annual UK Mobile Network Test study, which used a range of different benchmarks to test 4G (voice and data / broadband) and 5G service performance across 19 cities, 40 towns and along over 10,000km of major roads. Overall, EE managed to come top again.

EE and Vodafone UK Extend 4G Mobile to 6 New London Underground Stations

21st Dec 2022 (6 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operators EE (BT) and Vodafone have announced that they’ve extended their 4G network on the London Underground to include six more stations, covering parts of the Central and Northern lines, which reflects a partnership with BAI Communications. This builds on their already live coverage on the eastern half of the Jubilee Line.

ISP BT to Restart Troubled UK Digital Voice Rollout in Spring 2023

21st Dec 2022 (57 Comments)

Broadband provider BT has issued an update on the national UK rollout of their new Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) based Digital Voice product, which was “paused” in May 2022 (here) following complaints about service outages during power cuts etc. But the ISP now says this is “likely” to restart during the “spring of 2023“.

Full Fibre ISP Fibrus Makes Progress on Transition to EV Fleet

21st Dec 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Fibrus, which is busy rolling out their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across parts of both Northern Ireland and the North of England, has revealed that 14 of their vehicles are now electric (EV) and they’ve deployed five rapid chargers at their Dargan site to support that.

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.

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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BT Trial Cloud Based C-RAN 5G Mobile Technology in Leeds UK UPDATE

19th Dec 2022 (20 Comments)

BT Wholesale – supported by EE and Three UK – is conducting a new “state-of-the-art” 5G (mobile broadband) technology trial in Leeds, where they’re deploying a Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) that in future could be installed as individual street works or fitted in existing street-furniture (e.g. lampposts) to extend the signal.

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ISP Community Fibre Gets £100m Funding Boost for UK FTTP Build

19th Dec 2022 (2 Comments)

London focused broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which now covers 720,000 UK premises with their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (up from 675k in Oct 2022), has today confirmed that Macquarie Asset Management has provided £100 million of debt financing to help support the provider’s rollout.

ISP KCOM Pause Broadband Data Caps for Christmas and New Year

19th Dec 2022 (6 Comments)

Hull-based network builder and UK broadband ISP KCOM, which serves much of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, has announced that customers who still take packages with a capped data allowance will be able to enjoy unlimited usage over the Christmas and New Year period (19th December 2022 to 9th January 2023 inclusive).