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ISP News Archives for May 5, 2023

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Openreach Make FTTP Discounts Accessible for Small UK ISPs

5th May 2023 (24 Comments)

Network provider Openreach (BT) has introduced a special “Equinox Waiver” for smaller broadband ISPs. The change means they will be entitled to Equinox connection and rental discounts on the operator’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband products, but without needing to meet the Fibre Only Target or Fibre Only Threshold.

EE Offers Free UK Mobile Broadband Data for King’s Coronation UPDATE2

5th May 2023 (23 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator EE (BT) may be pleased to learn that they’ll be zero-rating data (free usage) across their entire mobile network for the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th May 2023, “as the nation unites to celebrate the crowning of His Majesty” (yeah.. ok).

Broadband ISP BT Discount UK Home Fibre Broadband Packages

5th May 2023 (0 Comments)

New customers who join BT’s fibre (FTTC, G.fast and FTTP) based home broadband packages may like to know that the ISP has introduced several significant discounts that will run for the next week or so, which removes their upfront charges and cuts the monthly rental for the entire 24-month of their contract term.

X-Fibre Prep FTTP Broadband Build in Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire

5th May 2023 (0 Comments)

A relatively new UK network builder called X-Fibre has revealed that they’re planning to roll-out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to “surpass” 10,000 homes across parts of Surrey, West Sussex, and Hampshire “within the next five years” (i.e. by 2028).

Ofcom Probe Three Providers Over Failure to Pay UK Number Charges

5th May 2023 (3 Comments)

Ofcom has announced that they’ve launched a new enforcement programme, which among other things will investigate whether TelNG Limited, ETC Telecom Limited and Number Services Limited have failed to pay charges for phone numbers they have been allocated.

O2 UK Calls on Mobile Rivals to “Stop the Smartphone Swindle”

5th May 2023 (24 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has launched a new campaign today that calls on their rivals to “Stop the Smartphone Swindle” by introducing changes that would prevent consumers overpaying for mobile phones they already own. But EE (BT), Vodafone and Three UK say they already offer such packages.

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ISP Virgin Media Business UK Launch Flexible Broadband Plans

5th May 2023 (6 Comments)

New customers of Virgin Media Business (VMO2) can, from today, now choose to take one of their new Flex offerings, which enables small businesses to move either up or down between different “VOOM Fibre” broadband package options (i.e. customers can “flex” or change their package every 30 days).

FullFibre Ltd Drop UK ISP Zybre from Network as Provider Faces Strike-Off UPDATE2

5th May 2023 (14 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP ZYBRE (Air Broadband) are facing more uncertainty after one of their remaining network partners, FullFibre Limited, informed related users that they’d taken the “difficult decision to no longer work” with the provider. On top of that, ZYBRE has also received a “First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off“.

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Virgin Media O2, Starlink and Wavemobile Trial Brings 4G to Remote Wales

5th May 2023 (15 Comments)

O2 UK (VMO2) has completed a unique trial in an extremely remote part of Wales, which successfully worked with Starlink’s network of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Wavemobile to deploy a mobile broadband capable 4G signal to the area around the South Stack Lighthouse in Holyhead, Anglesey.

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