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ISP News Archives for January 16, 2024

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Virgin Media’s FTTP Covers 12,000 Premises in Heysham and Lancaster

16th Jan 2024 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) and nexfibre have today announced that more than 12,000 extra homes and businesses – across both the large coastal village of Heysham and the small city of Lancaster in Lancashire (England) – can now access their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network.

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CityFibre UK’s Newcastle Full Fibre Build Tops 50,000 Premises

16th Jan 2024 (9 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has announced that their £50m project to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the northern city of Newcastle (Tyne and Wear), which first began at the end of 2019 (here), has now covered 50,000 premises in the city and rising.

Broadband ISP BT Confirm New UK Pricing Policy for 2024 – Drops Inflationary Hikes UPDATE

16th Jan 2024 (35 Comments)

Following Ofcom’s recent proposal to BAN providers from doing mid-contract price hikes that are linked to inflation and percentage changes (here), telecoms giant BT has today become the first major operator to confirm that they will instead be adopting “clear and simple” price changes from “early summer” (not in time to stop the next hike, though).

Mobile Operator Spusu Adds WiFi Calling to All UK Plans

16th Jan 2024 (15 Comments)

Mobile network provider spusu, which hold a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement via BTWholesale that enables them to harness EE’s national UK network, has today announced the launch of Wi-Fi Calling (VoWiFi) support across all of their plans.

Survey Claims Londoners Lose 1 Day a Year to Slow, Unreliable Broadband UPDATE

16th Jan 2024 (1 Comment)

A new OnePoll UK survey of 2,560 adults based in London, which was commissioned by London-focused broadband ISP and network builder G.Network, has claimed that 17% of people in the capital lose more than a day each year waiting for slow and unreliable internet connections.

EE Complete First Phase of Shared UK Rural 4G Mobile Upgrade

16th Jan 2024 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve completed – six months ahead of schedule – the first phase of their roll-out under the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which aims to extend geographic 4G (mobile broadband) coverage (aggregate) to 95% of the UK by the end of 2025.

Vodafone UK Warn Over Costs of Adding Battery Backup to Mobile Sites

16th Jan 2024 (22 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today highlighted the potentially huge cost challenges involved with adding backup power (batteries etc.) to their network of 12,000+ mast sites across the country, which could be one of the possible outcomes from Ofcom’s new probe into the issue of inadequate power backup.

Vodafone Bringing Microsoft’s AI and Cloud to UK Customers

16th Jan 2024 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today signed a major 10-year strategic partnership with Microsoft, which aims to benefit more than 300 million businesses, public sector and consumer customers across Europe, the UK and Africa by harnessing various technologies (e.g. generative AI, digital services and the cloud).

Broadband ISP Plusnet Recovers from DNS Linked Mass Outage

16th Jan 2024 (6 Comments)

Low-cost focused UK broadband ISP Plusnet (BT Group) has apologised to customers after their internet service was hit by a “mass outage” that struck yesterday afternoon and lasted for several hours. The issue appears to have been related to a problem with their Domain Name System (DNS).

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