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ISP News Archives for May 10, 2023

Ofcom See Positive Impact of UK Mobile Text-to-Switch System

10th May 2023 (14 Comments)

Ofcom has today published a new analysis of the impact their “Text-to-Switch” (Auto-Switching) system for UK mobile operators (e.g. EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three UK), which was introduced in June 2019, had on consumers. Overall, the new system has fuelled a strong increase in consumers switching mobile operators.

London Full Fibre ISP G.Network Plans Hundreds of Job Losses

10th May 2023 (37 Comments)

Instability in the UK market for alternative broadband networks has continued to rise today after ISP and network builder G.Network, which had been investing around £1bn to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network across London, notified staff of future redundancies (sources indicate over 200 jobs could go).

Freedom Fibre Win Rural Shropshire Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract

10th May 2023 (2 Comments)

The eighth contract to be awarded under the UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme – worth £24 million – has today been awarded to network builder Freedom Fibre, which will upgrade connectivity for “around” 12,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural parts of Shropshire (England).

Customers of Giganet Broadband Suffer Mass UK Service Outage UPDATE

10th May 2023 (9 Comments)

Fern Trading-backed UK ISP Giganet (Cuckoo) appears to have been suffering from a “mass service outage” over the past 12-24 hours which, judging by feedback from customers across the UK, has resulted in a variety of sporadic connectivity problems since around 3pm yesterday afternoon.

Broadband ISP ZYBRE Shift UK CityFibre Customers to Octaplus

10th May 2023 (10 Comments)

Customers of troubled broadband ISP ZYBRE (Air Broadband), specifically those served by CityFibre’s UK full fibre (FTTP) network, have this week been informed that the provider has reached an agreement with rival internet provider Octaplus Networks to “support migrating of our existing broadband subscribers“.

Virgin Media O2 Sees UK Broadband Growth as Nexfibre Expands UPDATE

10th May 2023 (9 Comments)

Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has published their latest Q1 2023 results, which saw broadband customers grow to total 5,682,600 (up by 28.8k vs 22.7k in Q4 2022) and 5G mobile expand its coverage to 2,100 towns and cities. The operator also added 107,800 premises to their new full fibre (FTTP) network (primarily for nexfibre).

UK Ranks 22 out of 132 Countries for Broadband Affordability

10th May 2023 (3 Comments)

Comparison site Broadband Genie has today published a new 2023 Global Broadband Affordability Index, which explores the affordability of “high-speed broadband across the globe“. Overall, the United Kingdom was found to rank 22nd out of a total database of 132 countries.

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