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ISP News Archives for January 2023

Ofcom UK Removes FAX Service Obligation from BT and KCOM

13th Jan 2023 (12 Comments)

As expected, Ofcom has today confirmed that the requirement for certain UK telecoms operators to provide “outdated” FAX (facsimile) services under their legally-binding Universal Service Obligation (USO), which only applies to BT and KCOM, has officially been removed.

New Ofcom UK Broadband ISP Switching System Faces BIG Delay UPDATE

13th Jan 2023 (10 Comments)

Last year we revealed (here) that Ofcom’s April 2023 deadline for the launch of One Touch Switch (OTS), which will make it easier for consumers to migrate between broadband ISPs on different networks, was at high risk of delay. The latest information suggests that some key aspects won’t even be ready to test until late 2023.

CityFibre Begins Maidstone’s £50m Gigabit Broadband Rollout

12th Jan 2023 (9 Comments)

Cityfibre has today confirmed that they’ve begun the construction phase of their £50m project – supported by civil engineering firm Lanes-i – to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to “almost every home and business” in the Kent (England) town of Maidstone.

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EE and BT UK Report Surge in Boxing Day Fixed Broadband Traffic

12th Jan 2023 (4 Comments)

Information supplied by BT has revealed that customers on their core fixed broadband ISP network (including Consumer, Enterprise and EE) consumed a total of 141PB (PetaBytes) of internet data on Boxing Day 2022, which is up by 17.5% from 120PB on the same day in 2021.

A Third of UK Broadband Leaders Shun Energy-Efficiency Labelling UPDATE

11th Jan 2023 (25 Comments)

A new CensusWide survey, which was commissioned by Slovenia-based ICT provider S&T Iskratel, claims to have found that the vast majority of respondents (97%) favour publishing data about the energy efficiency of products and solutions. But 29% of UK broadband leaders are “not prepared to adopt this now or in the future“.

CityFibre Confirm £25m FTTP Broadband Build for Rochford and Rayleigh

11th Jan 2023 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has today confirmed that they will invest £25 million to deploy their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the two neighbouring towns of Rochford and Rayleigh in Essex (England), which will also include the village of Great Wakering.

Virgin Media UK Confirm Aim to Switch Virgin Mobile Plans to O2

11th Jan 2023 (32 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has today confirmed what we published yesterday (here), which is that, starting from March 2023, Virgin Mobile’s 3 million customers will begin being moved to O2’s own equivalent mobile plans with migrations taking place across 2023. The first customer letters about all this will go out next month.

Sky Broadband See Rise in UK Christmas and New Year Data Traffic

11th Jan 2023 (0 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband saw increased internet data consumption during the festive period this year, with data downloads on Christmas Day rising by 9.52% to 115PB (PetaBytes), which is up from 105PB last year. But bigger increases were reported across the rest of the festive season.

Full Fibre UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband Confirms Price Freeze

10th Jan 2023 (13 Comments)

Alternative network builder and ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which aims to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 200,000 premises in the East of England by the end of 2022 (rising to 1 million by the end of 2025), has shunned the traditional price hikes season by announcing a price freeze promise for customers.

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Broadway Partners Pick CEO to Support FTTP Rollout to 250k Premises UPDATE

10th Jan 2023 (8 Comments)

Network provider Broadway Partners (UK ISP Broadway Broadband), which in 2021 set a bold target to cover 250,000 premises across rural Wales and Scotland with their gigabit broadband (FTTP) network by 2025, has appointed industry veteran Steve Haines to be their new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Quickline Appoint New CFO to Support UK Rollout of Ultrafast Broadband

10th Jan 2023 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider Quickline, which is building a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based broadband networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire in England, has appointed Craig Fairey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to help grow the business alongside its new rollout plans.

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FACTCO Bringing Gigabit Broadband to 3 Cheshire UK Villages

10th Jan 2023 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP FACTCO has today announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network is being extended to cover three villages in rural parts of Cheshire (England), including more than 1,000 properties across Crowton, Kingsley and Norley.

Virgin Mobile UK Customers to be Switched to Equivalent O2 Plans UPDATE

10th Jan 2023 (41 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2), which in mid-2021 completed a mega £31bn merger with mobile operator O2, has quietly indicated that its own Virgin Mobile brand – still home to c. 3 million customers – may “soon” be coming to an end as subscribers will be “moving from a Virgin Mobile plan to an equivalent O2 plan.”

ISP Shell Energy Hikes Out of Contract UK Broadband Prices

10th Jan 2023 (9 Comments)

New customers who take one of Shell Energy’s broadband plans, which are based off Openreach’s UK network (ADSL, FTTC and FTTP), may be displeased to note that the ISP has just significantly increased their out-of-contract prices by around 12.5% (i.e. impacting those who choose to remain loyal at the end of their term).

ISP TalkTalk Offers Discount Pay TV and NOW TV Membership

9th Jan 2023 (0 Comments)

Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today announced that customers ordering one of their “Full Fibre” (FTTP) packages will also, optionally, be able to add both their Android TV powered Pay TV service and a NOW TV Entertainment Membership for just £9.99 a month with no up-front costs.

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More Northamptonshire UK Villages to Go Live on Gigaclear’s Fibre

9th Jan 2023 (6 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network will this month start to go live across the first 2,000 premises of their latest deployment patch – three villages in remote parts of Northamptonshire, England. This forms part of the operator’s wider £97m investment in the county.

ISP Gigabit Networks Joins FullFibre Ltd’s New UK FTTP Network

9th Jan 2023 (0 Comments)

Leicester-based UK broadband ISP Gigabit Networks, which until now had seemed to focus on connecting premises across the Midlands of England via CityFibre‘s full fibre (FTTP) network, has now confirmed that their services will also be available via FullFibre Limited‘s gigabit-capable network.