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ISP News Archives for August 31, 2023

BT UK Adopt Infovista to Help Troubleshoot Fixed Voice Problems

31st Aug 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and communications provider BT has announced that it’s adopting new technology from network automation firm Infovista that could help to more rapidly identify the root-cause of customer or service disruptions, which it hopes will improve both “operational efficiency and customer satisfaction“.

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Broadband ISPs Report UK Internet Traffic Surge on Game Releases

31st Aug 2023 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISPs from across the industry have said that they saw a UK internet traffic surge yesterday (30th August 2023), which appears to have been driven by the release of both the latest ‘Call of Duty‘ Season 05 Reloaded update and the start of preloading for Bethesda’s hotly anticipated game ‘Starfield‘.

Vodafone UK Starts Large Scale Build of OpenRAN to 2,500 Sites

31st Aug 2023 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Vodafone has today moved out of the pilot phase for its new 4G and 5G capable Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technology and begun their “volume deployment“, which aims to reach 2,500 sites across mostly rural parts of Wales and the South-West of England by 2027.

LONDON, UK: British Airways A380 on final approach into London Heathrow on 06 July 2017(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)

Virgin Media O2 UK Offers Free Airport Lounge Access to Delayed Travellers

31st Aug 2023 (9 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), specifically those who are currently facing airport delays of 60 minutes or more at over 500 airports around the world – something that has been in the news quite a lot this week, are being offered free access via up to four passes to 1,200 airport lounges.

Broadband ISP Brsk Face Full Fibre Anti-Pole Campaign in Burnley UPDATE

31st Aug 2023 (42 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Brsk, which has so far deployed their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 250,000 UK premises (RFS) – mostly in the Midlands (rollout plan), is facing a petition from 40 residents in Burnley who want to see their newly installed telecoms poles removed.

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5G Download Speeds Have Fallen in 9 out of 12 UK Regions

31st Aug 2023 (18 Comments)

Internet benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular broadband and mobile network performance testing service Speedtest.net, has revealed that 5G based mobile broadband download speeds have fallen across most regions of the UK over the past year. But despite this, overall data speeds (4G + 5G) have increased.

Mobile Operator Three UK Renames Pay Monthly Mobile Plans

31st Aug 2023 (16 Comments)

Customers of primary mobile network operator Three UK may like to know that the provider has quietly renamed their Pay Monthly plans in order to ensure they are simple for customers to understand and reflect the benefits within the tariff, but otherwise there are no changes to what each plan includes or their pricing.

Mobile Operator Talkmobile Launch UK Unlimited Data Plan

31st Aug 2023 (19 Comments)

Mobile operator Talkmobile, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on parent Vodafone’s national UK 4G and 5G network, has finally launched their first plan offering “unlimited data” and at launch it’ll set you back just £16 per month (similar to SMARTY’s plan on Three UK’s network).

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