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ISP News Archives for June 14, 2023

BDUK Change Stalls One of B4RN’s Rural FTTP Builds in Cumbria UPDATE

14th Jun 2023 (13 Comments)

Residents in the Eden Valley (Cumbria) villages of Warcop, Sandford, Coupland Beck, Bleatarn and Ormside have been left angry after the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency, which had been due to supply gigabit vouchers to help them get a new full fibre (FTTP) network installed, put their project into limbo.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Offers Half Price Service Till End of 2023

14th Jun 2023 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to take one of Sky Broadband’s plans may like to know that the ISP has begun offering their FTTC and FTTP powered “Superfast” (61Mbps) and “Ultrafast Plus” (500Mbps) packages at half price until the end of 2023, which means that they now cost £17 (£34.50 thereafter) and £24 (£48 thereafter) respectively.

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Vodafone and Three UK Sign Agreement for Mobile Mega Merger

14th Jun 2023 (73 Comments)

Mobile network operators Vodafone and Three UK (CK Hutchison) have today confirmed that they’ve reached a formal merger agreement, which is said to be worth an estimated £15bn and will see the former party owning a 51% slice of the business (CKH will hold 49%). But they’ll still have to satisfy the regulators, and that may require concessions.

Zzoomm FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Bewdley, Worcestershire

14th Jun 2023 (1 Comment)

Network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that the first customers in the Worcestershire (England) town and civil parish of Bewdley are now able to connect to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure, although the same area is also being targetted by Openreach and FullFibre Limited.

Openreach Trial G.fast Broadband DLM Tweak to Improve Speeds UPDATE

14th Jun 2023 (25 Comments)

Openreach has notified UK ISPs of an upcoming trial on their hybrid-fibre G.fast based “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) products (including SOGFAST), which looks as if it will attempt to improve line performance by establishing the “most effective” Dynamic Line Management (DLM) thresholds.

Labour MP Stephanie Peacock sees Hyperoptic team in Pimlico

Hyperoptic’s Anti-Mid Contract Price Hikes Campaign Backed by Labour

14th Jun 2023 (15 Comments)

The UK Labour Party’s Shadow Digital Minister, Stephanie Peacock MP, has this week given her support to full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic in its ongoing campaign to stop mid-contract price rises by rivals, which often increases consumer prices well above the current level of inflation (hikes of 13-15% hit many consumers earlier this year).

Survey Claims 19% of UK Mobile Users Have Never Changed Network

14th Jun 2023 (15 Comments)

A new survey conducted by Opinium with 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Sky Mobile (vested interest), has found that 19% of UK mobile phone users have never changed their network operator, while 28% haven’t switched for more than 5 years and could thus potentially be missing out on over £100 every year in savings.

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