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Network builder and UK ISP FACTCO has today announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has gone live for 800 premises across the riverside Cheshire (England) village and civil parish of Hale, which sits just a bit South East of Liverpool.
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has just announced that their ISP pilot of faster Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband tiers, which pushes top download speeds to 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps (both offer 120Mbps upstream), has been extended yet again until 29th February 2024.
The BT Group has moved to simplify and speed up the delivery of its network services to customers (orders etc.) by adopting Ciena’s Blue Planet automation system, which essentially replaces half a dozen of their legacy systems and processes with more digital automation.
Broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that they’ve turned all of their UK stores into “National Digital Inclusion Hubs“, which will start offering free mobile data (mobile broadband), texts and calls to people who need it this Christmas – an extension of the Good Things Foundation’s National Databank.
Network builder and UK ISP Lit Fibre, which is deploying a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of England, has today added a new ‘Internet Jargon Buster’ tool to their website. The feature is meant to assist consumers to better understand the often-confusing world of broadband-related terms.
Broadband ISP Quickline, which is rolling out a gigabit-capable wireless and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across North East England, has today announced the completion of their £8.1m contract to cover 8,000 premises in rural parts of Lincolnshire with “superfast” (30Mbps+) and “ultrafast” (100Mbps+) broadband.
Some customers of Vodafone’s home broadband service have, for much of the past month, been experiencing an usual problem that seems to cause internet connectivity and performance problems for mobile apps (e.g. BBC, Sky News, Gmail, ASDA and many more) when connected to home WiFi. But there’s a temporary fix.