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ISP News Archives for December 13, 2023

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New UK Broadband ISP Switching System to be Delayed AGAIN

13th Dec 2023 (21 Comments)

The industry-led One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is responsible for implementing Ofcom’s already heavily delayed One Touch Switch (OTS) system for broadband ISPs and consumers who want to change provider, has today warned that their revised plan to introduce it from 14th March 2024 is “no longer achievable“.

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O2 UK Trial 5G from Drones with Warwickshire Search and Rescue

13th Dec 2023 (7 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2), specifically their Technical Trials team, has built a new 5G connected mobile base station that is tiny enough to be flown on a hand lifted drone (pictured), which is currently being trialled with Warwickshire Search and Rescue to help tackle issues of poor signal coverage in isolated rural areas.

19,000 More Brentwood Homes Get Virgin Media’s Full Fibre

13th Dec 2023 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) and nexfibre have today revealed that an additional 19,000 homes and businesses in the Essex (England) town of Brentwood, which is home to a population of over 55,000, have now been covered by their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network.

Vandals Attack Netomnia’s FTTP Broadband Network in Liverpool UPDATE

13th Dec 2023 (35 Comments)

Police have been called in after vandals caused “extensive” damage to part of Netomnia’s (supported by UK ISP YouFibre) new full fibre broadband network in Liverpool, where the operator is currently investing £39 million on a large deployment project. But thankfully only a few customers have felt the impact.

New Ofcom UK Rules to STOP Misleading Use of “Fibre” Broadband UPDATE

13th Dec 2023 (57 Comments)

The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has today introduced new guidelines that will effectively only allow broadband ISPs to use terms like “fibre” and “full-fibre” on their websites, and in contracts, if their network brings fibre optic cables all the way to your home (i.e. FTTP / FTTH).

EE Retain Best Mobile Provider Crown in Connect’s 2024 UK Network Test

13th Dec 2023 (16 Comments)

Connect has today published their annual UK Mobile Network Test 2024 study, which used a range of different benchmarks to test 4G (voice and data / broadband) and 5G service performance across 19 cities, 38 towns and along over 10,400km of major roads. Overall, EE managed to come top again, while O2 (VMO2) continued their trend of being bottom.

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Hampshire UK’s Rural Superfast Broadband Project Concludes

13th Dec 2023 (0 Comments)

The Hampshire County Council (HCC) in England has concluded its state aid supported Superfast Broadband Programme (SFBB) and published a new report that summarises its “achievements and lessons learnt“. Overall, the project helped to extend superfast (30Mbps+) speeds from 80% in 2012 to 97.8% today, exceeding its 95% target.

ASA UK Ban Virgin Media’s Misleading Fastest WiFi Guarantee Claims

13th Dec 2023 (12 Comments)

A complaint by Vodafone has prompted the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to investigate and ultimately ban a series of adverts for Virgin Media’s (VMO2) UK broadband ISP products after some of them “misleadingly” claimed to be offering the “fastest WiFi Guarantee of any major provider“.

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