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ISP News Archives for October 23, 2023

Gov Approve UK Remedies to Tackle China’s Dumping of Optical Fibre

23rd Oct 2023 (19 Comments)

The government has today adopted new measures, as recommended by the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), to protect the UK’s growing optical fibre cables industry – worth around £88m to the economy – from unfair trading practices from China. As a result, imports will now face new anti-dumping and countervailing measures.

7 Million UK Smart Meters At Risk of Connectivity Loss in 2G and 3G Switch Off

23rd Oct 2023 (76 Comments)

A new report from the cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has revealed that an estimated 7 million Smart Meters are at risk of losing data connectivity when the old 2G and 3G mobile communications networks are closed by 2033. But the report doesn’t mention Vodafone’s recent deal to help upgrade the old units.

ITS Technology Partners Evolve to Help Upgrade UK Fibre Networks

23rd Oct 2023 (3 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which operates 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (“Faster Britain“) across urban parts of the UK for businesses and ISPs, has partnered up with Evolve to help it employ the latest technology as they upgrade their old GPON network to be 10Gbps (symmetrical) capable.

England is Top of FarrPoint’s New UK Digital Readiness Index

23rd Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Technical UK consultancy firm FarrPoint has today published their first Digital Connectivity Readiness Index (DCRI), which is designed to enable policymakers and digital leaders to identify where a region performs well and where challenges remain when it comes to mobile (4G, 5G), gigabit broadband, skills and other areas.

MS3 Bring FTTP Broadband to 60,000 Premises in Lincolnshire UK

23rd Oct 2023 (2 Comments)

MS3, which is supported by 30 ISPs in its effort to roll out a new 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across the North of England (here), has announced that their new fibre infrastructure now covers 60,000 premises in Lincolnshire (England) alone and a big chunk of that comes from their Scunthorpe build.

Brsk Extend Full Fibre Broadband Build to Wilmslow in Cheshire UK

23rd Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Brsk, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Midlands (rollout plan), has announced that their network is expanding into Cheshire and one of the first locations to start going live is the market town and civil parish of Wilmslow – home to 26,000 people.

Project to Extend UK Rural 4G Mobile Cover Faces 2 Year Delay

23rd Oct 2023 (23 Comments)

Mobile operators Three UK, O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone have reportedly warned the government that the first phase of their £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network project, which aims to extend geographic 4G (mobile broadband) coverage (aggregate) to 95% of the UK by the end of 2025, is at risk of being delayed by 2 years.

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Top 10 UK Fastest and Slowest Streets for Broadband in 2023

23rd Oct 2023 (17 Comments)

A new study from Broadband Genie (BG) has analysed 265,000 consumer speed tests and found the top slowest and fastest ten streets for broadband in the UK. For example, Morriston Close in Watford (London) comes out as the slowest street, with an average download speed of 0.6Mbps, but this is only half of the story.

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