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ISP News Archives for November 2023

Rural ISP Wessex Internet Get £35m to Boost UK Full Fibre Build

13th Nov 2023 (8 Comments)

Gigabit broadband ISP and network builder Wessex Internet has secured £35 million of addition funding, including a Senior Debt Facility from Triodos Bank UK, which will be used to help fuel their deployment of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service across rural parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset in England.

Welsh Broadband ISP Ogi Cuts Prices in Half for Black Friday

13th Nov 2023 (0 Comments)

Alternative network builder and ISP Ogi, which is backed by Infracapital and working to deploy a multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across South Wales, has launched their own Black Friday promotion that cuts 50% off the price of their home broadband packages.

Customers of Virgin Media UK Suffering Account Update Bug

11th Nov 2023 (26 Comments)

The web development team at broadband ISP, pay TV and phone provider Virgin Media UK (VMO2) must be seriously overworked because it appears as if they’ve been unable to resolve a small but annoying bug for well over a year, which prevents some customers from being able to update their contact phone number online.

Black Friday Discounts Hit ISP BT’s UK Full Fibre Packages

10th Nov 2023 (0 Comments)

The latest broadband ISP to introduce a round of seasonal Black Friday discounts today is BT, which has added further reductions across their existing range of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based packages and also complemented that by offering the first 3 months of service for free. All upfront costs have also been removed.

ISPA Names WINNERS of the 2023 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards UPDATE

10th Nov 2023 (37 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has this morning revealed the winners of their 25th annual 2023 internet industry and broadband awards, which among other things saw several ISPs taking home more than one award across different categories, including Hyperoptic, CommunityFibre and Brsk.

Mobile Operator O2 UK Recalls Own Brand Phone Chargers

10th Nov 2023 (8 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has put out a product recall notice for their own-brand 45W or 20W charger plugs, which follows some additional safety testing that took place after the operator said they “received a very small number of reports on a few faulty O2-branded plugs“.

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Q3 2023 – UK Top and Bottom 10 Local Authorities by Full Fibre Cover

10th Nov 2023 (16 Comments)

A new update from Point Topic has revealed how the top and bottom ten UK local authorities have changed over the past quarter, at least with respect to their coverage of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks. In addition, 103 local authorities now have three overlapping full fibre networks (up from 96 in Q2).

Brsk Builds UK Full Fibre Broadband to Cover 350,000 Premises UPDATE

9th Nov 2023 (3 Comments)

Network builder and broadband ISP Brsk, which is deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Midlands (rollout plan), has today announced that their infrastructure has grown to cover 350,000 premises (up from 266k on 8th August 2023).

Braintree – First UK Town with 5 Full Fibre Networks Overbuilding

9th Nov 2023 (82 Comments)

New data has revealed that the Essex town of Braintree in England, which is home to just 56,000 people, has become the first location in the UK to show areas where five different gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks have overbuilt each other.

UK ISP Plusnet Discount Fibre Broadband for Black Friday

9th Nov 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Plusnet has today become the latest internet provider to introduce their own round of Black Friday targeted discounts, which slashes the monthly price of their various hybrid-fibre (FTTC) and full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages on Openreach’s UK network by a few extra pounds.

MS3 UK Completes FTTP Broadband Network in Scunthorpe

9th Nov 2023 (9 Comments)

Network builder MS3, which is being supported by 30 UK ISPs as part of its work to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the North of England (here), has announced that they’ve completed their full fibre roll-out across the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe.

Survey Suspects UK Broadband ISPs Profit from Confusing Jargon

9th Nov 2023 (18 Comments)

Do you know your FTTPs from your Gigabits, FTTC and ADSL? A new survey of 2,008 UK broadband customers, which was conducted between 18th to 20th October 2023 by Broadband Genie, has found that 63% feel internet providers use “confusing language” and 54% believe they “hide behind baffling jargon to squeeze more money out of customers“.

O2 UK Offers More than Double Data Across All PAYG Plans

9th Nov 2023 (12 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) will today launch a “more than double data” offer across all of their Freesim and Pay As You Go (PAYG) style mobile plans (Big Bundles and Rolling Plans), which will see most of their SIM plans getting a big data allowance (mobile broadband) boost for no extra cost.

Netomnia’s UK Broadband ISP YouFibre Cuts 150Mbps to £19.99 UPDATE

8th Nov 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP YouFibre, which sells packages via Netomnia’s 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has introduced its own Black Friday discount by slashing the price of their 150Mbps (symmetric) speed package from £21.99 to £19.99 per month.

Ofcom UK Detail 5G Mobile Auction Plan for 26GHz and 40GHz

8th Nov 2023 (9 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today set out the design of their planned auction for a large chunk of millimetre wave (mmW) radio spectrum frequency across the 26GHz and 40GHz bands, which is to be used by mobile network operators to deliver even faster 5G (mobile broadband) services – mostly across urban areas.

London Full Fibre ISP G.Network Grows EV Fleet with 100 Vans

8th Nov 2023 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP G.Network, which is building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes and businesses in parts of London, has just signed a new deal with Maxus dealership HTC Van Centre. The move sees the operator adding 100 electric vans from Harris Maxus to their fleet.

Broadband ISP Shell Energy UK Switches to 12 Month Contracts

8th Nov 2023 (18 Comments)

Customers of broadband and energy provider Shell Energy, which is in the process of being acquired by the Octopus Energy Group (here), recently launched its own set of Black Friday discounts and at the same time scrapped their 18-month minimum term contracts in favour of a softer 12-month term.