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ISP News Archives for April 2023

Vodafone UK Struck by Easter Outage of Fixed Home Broadband

10th Apr 2023 (20 Comments)

Customers of Vodafone’s fixed line broadband ISP, which is supplied to UK consumers via both Openreach and CityFibre’s respective networks (FTTC and FTTP lines), appear to be suffering from an Easter service outage that began earlier this morning (around 8:30am ish for some people).

Agnar UK Infrastructure Take Control of Full Fibre Provider Trooli

10th Apr 2023 (12 Comments)

A recent update to the Companies House records for broadband ISP Trooli, which was rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of England and recently became the subject of various takeover talks, has confirmed that a new company called Agnar UK Infrastructure Ltd has taken significant control (75%+) of the business.

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Netomnia Add 4 Hertfordshire Towns to 2023 UK Full Fibre Rollout

9th Apr 2023 (17 Comments)

Network operator Netomnia, which is supported by UK ISP YouFibre, has confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve quietly added another 4 towns – this time in Hertfordshire (England) – to the 2023 rollout plan for their 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network (currently covers 410,000 premises, up from 300k in Nov 2022).

Rural ISP SWS Broadband Add 2 Shropshire Villages to Fibre Rollout

8th Apr 2023 (0 Comments)

Shrewsbury-based ISP SWS Broadband (Rural Broadband Solutions Plc), which covers premises in rural parts of Shropshire (England) and Wales via both wireless and full fibre (FTTP) connectivity, has today added the villages of Minsterley and Pontesbury to their gigabit fibre rollout plan.

Examining the Lack of Gigabit Broadband in Some UK Urban Areas

8th Apr 2023 (31 Comments)

Most people tend to assume that the problem of slow broadband ISP connectivity is one that predominantly affects rural areas, which is matched by a presumption that commercial operators (Openreach, Virgin Media etc.) will quickly blanket big UK cities and towns with the fastest speeds. But such assumptions are not always correct.

LetterOne Challenges Gov Order to Sell UK Full Fibre Network

7th Apr 2023 (13 Comments)

The investor behind Upp’s £1bn project to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across 1 million premises in the East of England by 2025 (here), LetterOne, has launched a legal challenge against the UK Government’s order for L1 to sell its entire stake in Upp in order to “prevent, remedy, or mitigate the risk to national security” (here).

Top 30 UK Full Fibre Providers by Share of New Build Homes – 2022-23

7th Apr 2023 (13 Comments)

We’ve today published our second annual summary of the top broadband network operators with the greatest share of the new build homes market, which specifically reflects those that are catering for such developments by deploying Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology. This update adds a comparison with last year’s data.

UK ISP Plusnet Start Offering 900Mbps FTTP Broadband at £49.99

6th Apr 2023 (54 Comments)

Budget UK broadband ISP Plusnet, which until now has only tended to promote Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based packages with speeds of up to 500Mbps on Openreach’s network, appears as if it will finally start offering their top 900Mbps tier to new customers today – starting at £49.99 per month on a 24-month term.

O2 UK Mobile Offers Double Data on Pay As You Go Plans

6th Apr 2023 (7 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) will later this morning be introducing some new offers on their Pay As You Go (PAYG) plans, which will see double data across all their ‘Big Bundle’ and selected ‘Rolling Plan’ tariffs for both new and existing customers. But this will only last for up to 3 months.

Virgin Media O2 UK Close Wi-Fi Hotspots on London Underground

5th Apr 2023 (7 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media and O2, specifically those who enjoy connecting to their public WiFi service on the London Underground, have been left confused after the operator suddenly closed the service on 31st March 2023. The move is not quite what many were expecting to occur.

Opensignal Reveal UK Best 4G and 5G Mobile Networks for Q1 2023

5th Apr 2023 (12 Comments)

Benchmarking firm Opensignal has their latest Mobile Network Experience Report for Q1 2023, which examines the 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) services of all four primary network operators – EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three UK – to find which delivers the best performance. Once again, Three UK and EE continued to sweep the awards.

Trooli Launch Cheaper 150Mbps Plan on UK Full Fibre Network

5th Apr 2023 (35 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Trooli, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of England and originally aspired to cover 1 million premises by the end of 2024 (so far they claim to have covered 275k), has finally launched a cheaper entry-level 150Mbps tier.

Lothian Broadband Boost Funding for Highlands Full Fibre Rollout

5th Apr 2023 (0 Comments)

Scottish ISP Lothian Broadband (LNBL), which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network across rural parts of East and Mid Lothian, has announced that they’ve completed a £20m senior debt raise arranged by Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) – taking total investment capacity up to £50m for 2023.

New Digital UK Map of Underground Cables Starts to Go Live

5th Apr 2023 (21 Comments)

The Government’s new National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), which is a digital UK map of underground pipes (water etc.) and cables (broadband, power etc.) that could help reduce accidental damage, has started to go live for several initial areas under its first deployment phase – covering North East England, Wales and London.

Ofcom Set to Refer UK Cloud Market for Competition Probe

5th Apr 2023 (6 Comments)

Ofcom’s ongoing probe into internet-based UK cloud services, which tend to be dominated by big providers like Amazon (AWS) and Microsoft (Azure), has uncovered practices and features that “could limit competition” and is proposing to refer the market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for further investigation.

Broadband ISP MTH Networks Softens UK Price Rises on OFNL

5th Apr 2023 (5 Comments)

Internet provider MTH Networks, which sells full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages to customers covered by several different UK networks (e.g. Openreach, OFNL, Glide), has softened their approach to annual price rises for those on OFNL’s network (usually serves new build homes) and introduced a new social tariff.

Broadband ISP BT Trials Improved UK Content Delivery Network

4th Apr 2023 (4 Comments)

Customers of UK telecoms giant BT may be interested to learn that the ISP has been conducting trials of a new Virtual Content Delivery Network (vCDN), which uses software-based caches that can be flexibly used at selected points, deeper in the network, to bring content (video etc.) closer to the “edge” where their users consume it.