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ISP News Archives for May 2023

Gigaclear Expand Essex UK Full Fibre Build to 3 New Rural Areas

23rd May 2023 (3 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural broadband ISP Gigaclear appears to be expanding their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover another three rural locations in Essex (England) – reflecting an additional 3,800 premises, which forms part of the operator’s £140m investment in the county.

4th Utility Fibre Exploding in City Picture

4th Utility’s UK Full Fibre Rollout Boosted by £25m Investment

23rd May 2023 (1 Comment)

Network builder and broadband ISP 4th Utility, which is rolling out a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service to UK homes (SDU) and large residential buildings (MDU), has today been given a boost after Dutch bank NIBC Bank N.V. made a £25 million investment to help accelerate their plans.

Government May Cut Free WiFi Wireless Internet from UK Trains

22nd May 2023 (35 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) has hinted that the ability of railway commuters to access free onboard public WiFi while travelling could be cut to help pay for the train service itself, which is said to be unsustainable in its current form.

GoFibre List Next 32 Places for Full Fibre Rollout in England and Scotland

22nd May 2023 (11 Comments)

Independent rural UK broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has today named 32 new locations across Scotland and the North of England – reflecting a total of 82,000 premises (homes and businesses) – that will benefit from the next phase of their work to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Virgin Media Rollout of 100Mbps Uploads for UK 1Gig Users Goes National UPDATE

21st May 2023 (77 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) appears to have unofficially begun the full national rollout of 100Mbps+ (110Mbps max profile rate) upload speeds on their top “Gig1 Fibre Broadband” package (avg. 1130Mbps download), which was previously limited to an upstream rate of 52Mbps.

TalkTalk’s Wrongful FTTP Network Closure Warning Causes Confusion UPDATE

20th May 2023 (6 Comments)

Low-cost UK broadband ISP TalkTalk has apologised after customers in two rural villages outside Warrington, which are being served by their older UltraFibreOptic (UFO) based gigabit FTTP network on CityFibre’s platform, were mistakenly told that their service was due to be disconnected.

Ofcom Spring 2023 Study – Gigabit Broadband Covers 73% of UK

19th May 2023 (20 Comments)

Ofcom’s Spring 2023 report into UK fixed line broadband and mobile coverage has found that “full fibre” (FTTP) now reaches 48% of the UK (up from 42% in Sept 2022), while 73% are within reach of a gigabit-capable network (up from 70%) and 73-82% of premises can get outdoor 5G cover from at least one operator (up from 67-78%).

Freedom Fibre Female Engineer with Tablet

Freedom Fibre Reopens UK Community Fund with £500 Grants

19th May 2023 (0 Comments)

Network operator Freedom Fibre, which is supported by UK broadband ISP TalkTalk and aims to cover over 2 million premises in England and Wales with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has re-opened their “Freedom Fund” and is now offering more money to help community projects (£500 per scheme).

Statkraft UK Wind Farm in Loch Laith to Help Rural Broadband

19th May 2023 (0 Comments)

The UK division of Norwegian renewable energy generator firm, Statkraft, has commissioned mapping firm FarrPoint to conduct a study of their proposed Loch Liath wind farm in Scotland, near Loch Ness. The work could help to facilitate the rollout of faster broadband into remote rural communities in the surrounding area.

OneWeb to Launch Final 15 and 1 Prototype Broadband Satellite UPDATE

19th May 2023 (2 Comments)

Space firm OneWeb, which is part-owned by the UK government, has announced that the final batch of 15 first generation (GEN1) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast (100Mbps+) and low-latency (sub-100ms) broadband satellites – plus a single GEN2 prototype “Joey-Sat” – are to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket today.

Gigaclear Builds FTTP Broadband to 3 More Surrey UK Villages

19th May 2023 (0 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural ISP Gigaclear, which has already built their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 380,000 premises, have announced that the operator’s £10m network expansion in Surrey (England) is now starting to reach the villages of Gomshall and Westcott, with Wonersh to follow in 2024.

ISP NOW Broadband to Hike UK Prices by £3.50 a Month

18th May 2023 (14 Comments)

Customers of Sky UK’s sibling NOW Broadband (NOW TV) sub-brand, which in March 2023 reportedly said that it would keep their broadband and phone prices frozen (here), has now begun notifying customers of an imminent price hike that will be introduced from 5th July 2023 – hiking monthly prices by an extra £3.50.

Ofcom Compare Broadband ISPs by Call Waits, Faults and Quality etc

18th May 2023 (9 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their 2023 UK study of broadband ISP, phone and mobile service quality, call waiting times, complaint levels, faults, repairs, compensation and install times amongst the largest providers. For example, TalkTalk attracted the lowest satisfaction for broadband (78%), while Plusnet secured the highest (89%).

CityFibre Engineer Tarmac Reinstatement 2023

After Long Delay – CityFibre Starts FTTP Build in Great Yarmouth

18th May 2023 (13 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that they’ve finally started the construction phase of their £15m project to rollout a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to reach across “nearly every” home and business in the Norfolk seaside town of Great Yarmouth, which was originally due to begin last winter.

UK ISP TalkTalk and CityFibre Sign New Strategic Biz Partnership

18th May 2023 (0 Comments)

The wholesale division of broadband ISP TalkTalk – TT Wholesale Services – has today agreed to a new strategic business-to-business (B2B) partnership with full fibre network builder CityFibre, which will see the internet provider’s wholesale customers (often including rival ISPs) being offered more choice.

Brsk Reveals UK Full Fibre Rollout Plan for 800,000 Premises

18th May 2023 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Brsk has confirmed that their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network has doubled in size over the last 5 months to 200,000 UK premises. But they’ve today also revealed the next locations that will benefit as they deploy to the next 800,000 premises.

BT Slows FTTP Build as Cover Grows to 10.27 Million UK Premises UPDATE

18th May 2023 (46 Comments)

BT Group has today published their latest Q4 FY23 (quarterly) results to March 2023, which saw Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network grow to cover 10.274 million premises (up by 702k in the quarter vs 810k last quarter) and EE increase their 5G Ready customer base to 9.12 million (up from 8.5m).