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ISP News Archives for October 2023

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20,000 Extra Homes in Sheffield Get Virgin Media’s Full Fibre

27th Oct 2023 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) and nexfibre have today announced the completion of yet another network expansion, which sees an additional 20,000 homes and businesses in the South Yorkshire (England) city of Sheffield being covered by their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network.

Direct Debit Billing Errors Strike UK Customers of Virgin Media

27th Oct 2023 (35 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has informed us that they’ve now resolved a tedious “system error” that recently caused some of their customers to suffer a spate of billing errors with their Direct Debit payments, which resulted in either only partial or no funds at all being taken from their accounts.

Ofcom Finalises Softer UK Rules to Protect the Open Internet UPDATE

26th Oct 2023 (19 Comments)

Ofcom has finalised their move to soften the Net Neutrality rules, which were originally established to prevent unfair blocking or slowing of access to legal websites and internet services by broadband ISPs and mobile operators. Providers will now gain more flexibility to create “premium” packages (e.g. better latency) and “specialised services“.

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17,000 Extra Scarborough Homes Get Virgin Media’s Full Fibre

26th Oct 2023 (8 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) and nexfibre have just completed another expansion of their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network, which is now serving an additional 17,000 homes and businesses in the coastal North Yorkshire (England) town of Scarborough.

Eutelsat’s New 500Gbps VHTS Broadband Satellite Goes Live

26th Oct 2023 (3 Comments)

European space operator Eutelsat has today announced that their new Konnect VHTS (Very High Throughput) broadband satellite, which was launched into orbit a year ago, has now successfully moved into live service from its orbital position at 2.7°E – covering much of the UK, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Customers of Vectone Mobile UK Face Support and Service Outage

26th Oct 2023 (128 Comments)

Over the past few days’ we’ve seen a worrying rise in complaints about UK mobile operator Vectone Mobile. Customers appear to be reporting a variety of problems from a protracted loss of service (lasting for several days), as well as an inability to reach customer support or order new SIMs via their website etc.

Rural UK ISP Airband Offers 4 Months Free Broadband – Black Friday

26th Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Airband, which aspires to reach 600,000 UK premises via a mix of Wireless and Full Fibre (FTTP) networks by the end of 2025, has recently launched a new Black Friday promotion that offers new customers their first four months of service for free – saving up to £220.

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24,000 Extra Coleraine Premises Covered by Virgin Media’s Full Fibre

25th Oct 2023 (7 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has revealed that they and nexfibre have completed another expansion of their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network, which is now serving an additional 24,000 homes and businesses in the Northern Ireland town and civil parish of Coleraine (County Londonderry).

Virgin Media UK Add New TV 360 and STREAM Features in Update

25th Oct 2023 (11 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has recently begun to issue new firmware updates (v5.04 and v5.05) for both their Virgin TV 360 and STREAM platforms, which add a variety of new features. For example, the Pluto TV streaming app is now available on both 360 and Stream boxes, but that’s not all.

Ofcom UK Opens Review of Fixed Wireless Network Links

25th Oct 2023 (6 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today begun a review of the use and demand for fixed wireless links and related spectrum implications. Such links can be used for all sorts of things, such as delivering broadband to homes, feeding backhaul data capacity for mobile networks in remote areas and TV broadcasts etc.

New AltNet UK ISP UrFibre Deploying FTTP Broadband in Dudley

25th Oct 2023 (7 Comments)

A new alternative network operator and ISP called UrFibre (UrSolutions) has been spotted deploying a new 2Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is currently only targetting homes and businesses in the West Midland’s (England) market town of Dudley.

VIVID and CTG to Deploy Full Fibre for 16,000 MDU Homes in England

25th Oct 2023 (2 Comments)

Affordable homes’ provider VIVID, which serves the South of England, has teamed-up with the Complete Technology Group (CTG) to help it roll-out new full fibre broadband infrastructure across the high rise blocks of flats (MDUs) in its portfolios – reflecting about 16,000 homes.

EE UK Details 139 Mobile 4G Mast Site Upgrades for Northern Ireland UPDATE

25th Oct 2023 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that, as part of their work under the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, they’ve upgraded 139 mobile mast sites across Northern Ireland and delivered improved 4G mobile coverage.

Vodafone Testing Upper 6GHz Band for 5G mobile

Vodafone Push 5G Broadband Speeds to 5Gbps via Upper 6GHz Band

25th Oct 2023 (13 Comments)

The tedious debate around whether EU and UK regulators should release the upper 6GHz radio spectrum band for use by WiFi or Mobile networks (or share it between both) has taken another twist after Vodafone conducted a new test, which used the band to achieve 5G mobile broadband downloads of “up to” 5Gbps (Gigabits per second).

Full Fibre Broadband Operator Toob Opens New Office in England

24th Oct 2023 (7 Comments)

Hampshire-based network builder and gigabit broadband ISP toob, which is currently deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the South of England (e.g. Southampton, Camberley, Aldershot, Farnborough, Fareham and Gosport), has opened a new office in Stockton-on-Tees to support their expansion.

Zzoomm Bring 2Gbps Broadband to Codsall in Staffordshire UK

24th Oct 2023 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Zzoomm has today announced their new multi-gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network is about to start going live in the large Staffordshire (England) village of Codsall, which is currently home to a population of almost 8,000 people.

Fujikura to Fight STL in UK Court over Fibre Optic Cable Patent

24th Oct 2023 (6 Comments)

A new legal battle has begun in the High Court after cable manufacturer Fujikura and its UK subsidiary, Fujikura Europe, filed a patent infringement action against India-based Sterlite Technologies (STL), which is related to one of STL’s improved fibre optic cable designs (European Patent 3796060).