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ISP News Archives for October 2023

AltNet ISP Highland Broadband Expands Rural FTTP Rollout Plan

17th Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Scottish ISP Highland Broadband (HB), which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network across rural parts of the Highlands, has started to bring their new network to the first of 2,200 premises across Tain – a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross. But other areas are also in their plans.

UK Mobile Operators Fail to Win Any Awards in Global 5G Study UPDATE

17th Oct 2023 (16 Comments)

Crowdsourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal will today publish their annual 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2023 report, which examines the performance of 5G using mobile operators across the world and awards those that perform the best. But you won’t find any wins for EE (BT), Three UK (3), Vodafone UK or O2 UK (VMO2).

Fibre Operator Neos Networks Expands its UK Data Centre Estate

17th Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Network operator Neos Networks, which operates one of the fastest growing and highest capacity 34,000km long business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges and 676 Points of Presence (PoPs), has today expanded its data centre estate with two high profile sites added in London and Manchester.

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Openreach Finish Final Essex UK FTTP Broadband Rollout Contract

17th Oct 2023 (2 Comments)

The Essex County Council (ECC) has announced that Openreach (BT) has officially completed their state aid supported Phase 4b contract under the Superfast Essex (SFE) project, which helped to extend gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband lines to another 3,559 premises in hard to reach rural areas.

Broadband ISP Fresh Fibre Joins FullFibre Ltd’s UK Network

16th Oct 2023 (3 Comments)

A relatively new UK ISP called Fresh Fibre has become the latest retail provider to join FullFibre Limited‘s (Fibre Heroes) growing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband network, which is currently in the process of being merged with Digital Infrastructure (BeFibre).

Brsk Extends UK Full Fibre Broadband Rollout in Lancashire

16th Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Network builder and broadband ISP Brsk, which has already deployed their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 250,000 UK premises (RFS), has today announced that they’ve expanded further into Lancashire (England) with the addition of Darwen.

ISP Virgin Media UK Seeks Beta Testers for New Hub 3 Firmware

16th Oct 2023 (16 Comments)

A small group of 30 customers on Virgin Media’s (VMO2) home broadband packages, specifically those who are still using their old Hub 3.0 (ARRIS TG2492S/CE) router, are being invited to help beta test a new firmware update for the device. Participants will also receive a £30 Amazon voucher on completion of the trial.

BT and Nokia in UK Trial of 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) Tech

16th Oct 2023 (3 Comments)

Sometimes, less is more, or at least that’s the idea behind BT (EE) and Nokia’s latest trials of 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology and devices at the operator’s Adastral Park site in Ipswich (England). RedCap is a technology introduced in 3GPP Release 17 that brings 5G to devices that do not require its full capabilities.

JET Launch World’s First Permanently Deployable Floating 5G Base Station in UK

16th Oct 2023 (8 Comments)

Bromsgrove-based JET Connectivity, which was spun out from JET Engineering Services and develops 5G (wireless broadband) mesh communications for the marine environment, has launched the “world’s first permanently deployable 5G floating base station” (cell tower) in Grimsby to help connect an operational offshore wind farm.

New Vodafone UK Broadband App Cuts Alexa from WiFi Booster

16th Oct 2023 (8 Comments)

Customers of UK mobile operator and broadband ISP Vodafone, specifically those taking their original Pro Broadband (Pro 1) package for homes, have been informed that the included WiFi booster device will soon lose the use of its built-in Alexa voice assistant. This is because the new home broadband app they’re planning to launch doesn’t support it.

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IX Wireless Move Ahead with Broadband Rollout Plan for Tameside

14th Oct 2023 (23 Comments)

Network operator IX Wireless, which is building a new UK fibre-fed fixed wireless broadband network – supported by ISP 6Gi (not related to 6G mobile technology), appears close to expanding their existing roll-out into Tameside (Greater Manchester) after it applied to Oldham council for 29 poles to be installed, each 15 metres high.

Opensignal Compare European and UK Fixed Broadband Speeds UPDATE

14th Oct 2023 (9 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has published a new study of fixed broadband speeds across 28 European countries, which reveals that the United Kingdom performs poorly against its peers – placing mid-table for downloads and toward the bottom for uploads.

UK ISP Your Co-op Offers Broadband Discounts of up to £70

13th Oct 2023 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Your Co-op has launched a new autumn promotion that offers new customers discounts worth between £50 and up to £75 (bill credit) off their existing range of Openreach based broadband packages, but you’ll need to use the promotion code PROMO1K at the checkout in order to benefit.

IFB Sign Contract to Help Bring Full Fibre to 50 Aberdeen Education Sites

13th Oct 2023 (2 Comments)

Aberdeen-based UK broadband and I.T solutions provider Internet for Business (IFB) has secured a new contract worth £300,000 that will see them support and deliver the rollout of a new full fibre network in the Scottish city, which aims to bring multi-gigabit speeds to 50 key Aberdeen City Council (ACC) education locations.

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Openreach Name 28 New UK Areas for Copper to FTTP Switch – Tranche 14

13th Oct 2023 (25 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has released the next batch of 28 UK exchanges under Tranche 14 of their “FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell” project, which reflects locations where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre broadband and can thus stop selling copper based phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product available).

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Virgin Media O2 Business Users with Static IPs Suffer UK Broadband Outage UPDATE2

13th Oct 2023 (8 Comments)

Customers of UK broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Business (VMO2), specifically those with a Static IP address assigned to their connection, are reporting that the provider suffered a major service outage yesterday that appears to have started at around midnight the day before and is still be impacting some users this morning.

UK ISP Zzoomm Sees 33 Percent Full Fibre Take-up in Henley

13th Oct 2023 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zzoomm has reported that take-up of their multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in one of their first locations to go live during early 2020, the Oxfordshire (England) town of Henley-on-Thames, has now hit 1 in 3 premises (roughly 33%) and growing.