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ISP News Archives for February 2023

EE UK Offers 6 Months Half Price on 5G Unlimited Data Plans

20th Feb 2023 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has introduced a “6 Months Half Price” discount on their 4G and 5G SIM Only plans with unlimited calls, texts and data (mobile broadband), when taken with a 24-month minimum contract term. The offer reduces the price down to just £14 per month (£28 after 6 months).

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Artists to Paint Virgin Media O2 UK’s Broadband Cabinets in Amersham UPDATE

20th Feb 2023 (9 Comments)

A collaboration between UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) and the Amersham Town Council in Buckinghamshire (England) will soon allow young artists to paint a number of the operator’s broadband street cabinets around the town with pretty murals, which should make a nice change from the usually bland dark green and cream colours.

West Sussex Council UK Sets Aside £13m for Gigabit Broadband UPDATE

19th Feb 2023 (5 Comments)

The West Sussex County Council (WSCC) in England has officially published their plan and budget for the 2023 – 2024 period, which among other things has set aside a total of £13 million to invest in supporting the “roll out of high speed gigabit broadband for businesses and residents“.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Extend 1Gbps Broadband to 20,000 Southall Homes

18th Feb 2023 (19 Comments)

ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has confirmed that they’ve just expanded their gigabit-capable broadband network – via Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology – to cover an additional 20,000 homes in the large suburban town of Southalll, West London (England). The town is home to a total population of around 70,000.

New UK Gigabit Broadband Voucher Site Causes Headache for Suppliers

18th Feb 2023 (15 Comments)

Network operators that are participating in the Government’s Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS), which is overseen by the Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency, are complaining that a newly launched supplier portal has significantly increased the admin burden they face and allegedly suffered from serious security failings.

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Ofcom Predicts UK to Hit 50% Full Fibre Coverage in March 2023

17th Feb 2023 (14 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today used its latest data to predict that the country will finally achieve 50% coverage of full fibre (FTTP/B) broadband ISP networks in March 2023, which is actually slightly down from the prior prediction of 55% that they issued in December 2022.

Shropshire UK Council Boost Gigabit Broadband Vouchers to £7k

17th Feb 2023 (0 Comments)

The Shropshire Council in England has allocated another £500,000 (total so far of £2.5m) to help boost the value of gigabit broadband vouchers for rural areas, which means that local homes and businesses will now be able to apply for vouchers worth up to £7,000 to help them get a faster connection installed.

Giganet Extend CityFibre FTTP Broadband Availability to Scotland

17th Feb 2023 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Giganet has today announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service, specifically the part that is served via CityFibre’s network, has been extended again and is now also available to 360,000 premises across Scotland (Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Renfrewshire, Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh).

LINX and UK Broadband ISPs See Huge 15th Feb Traffic Surge UPDATE2

16th Feb 2023 (11 Comments)

Internet traffic across UK broadband ISPs surged to a new peak on Wednesday night (15th Feb 2023), with customers of TalkTalk setting a new record of 10.25Tbps (Terabits per second), while Virgin Media hit 24.77Tbps, BT topped 29.11Tbps and the London Internet Exchange (LINX) reached a peak of around 7.87Tbps.

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BT Launch National UK Roaming SIMs for Business IoT Smart Devices

16th Feb 2023 (8 Comments)

Broadband and mobile giant BT (EE) has today launched their new IoT National Roaming SIMs for businesses across the UK, which are designed to help firms keep their smart Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected “wherever they are” by harnessing several different wireless and mobile network technologies.

TalkTalk Winks at Sky While Turning Satellite TV Dishes into Art

16th Feb 2023 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK has today moved to promote their latest Pay TV Hub by partnering with mural artist Qubek (Russell Meheen) to create a “live street art stunt” (Dish it Out), which turns old satellite TV dishes into art. The aim is to highlight how people are “spending unnecessarily” on “expensive” TV plans (wink.. wink.. Sky).

Gigaclear Detail Full Fibre Build for 10,000 Cambridgeshire UK Premises

16th Feb 2023 (7 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP Gigaclear has announced that, as part of their ongoing £39 million project to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across Cambridgeshire in England, the provider intends to cover another 10,000 premises across four neighbouring villages.

UK ISP Zzoomm Launch Cheaper FTTP Broadband Packages

16th Feb 2023 (13 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today launched a new range of packages and prices on their multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which appears to make gaining access to faster speeds on their service even more affordable than before.

Mobile Projects Collaborate to Extend 4G Deeper into Rural Scotland

16th Feb 2023 (0 Comments)

A collaboration between operators O2 UK (VMO2) and Vodafone, the Scottish Government’s £28.75m 4G Infill Programme (S4GI) and the UK government’s £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project has enabled two rural Scottish communities – Traquair (Peeblesshire) and Balmacara (Ross-shire) – to be covered by a 4G signal.

ISP Plusnet Discounts UK Full Fibre Home Broadband Packages

16th Feb 2023 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Plusnet has today sweetened the offers on their existing range of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) powered home ultrafast broadband packages – provided via Openreach’s national network, which sees the provider shaving another few pounds off each of their plans for new customers.

Full Fibre ISP Ogi Scraps Price Hikes Until At Least March 2024

16th Feb 2023 (9 Comments)

Network builder and ISP Ogi, which is investing £200m to deploy a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across 150,000 premises in rural parts of Wales by 2025, has today made the business decision to “buck the industry trend” by not increasing prices for customers this year.

Ookla Warns of Declining UK 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds

15th Feb 2023 (41 Comments)

Ookla, which operates the popular internet Speedtest.net service, has warned that median 5G performance (mobile broadband download speeds) are declining in many early launch markets like the United Kingdom, where speeds fell by -38.26Mbps (Megabits per second) year-on-year.