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ISP News Archives for March 21, 2024

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ISP Hey! Broadband Freezes UK Prices in F&W Networks Areas

21st Mar 2024 (4 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Hey! Broadband, which caters for areas covered by F&W Networks new full fibre (FTTP) network, may be pleased to learn that the internet provider has committed to “freeze all prices” and all at a time when others have been increasing theirs by up to 9%.

Honest Mobile Reduces UK 4G and 5G Plan Prices for Loyal Customers

21st Mar 2024 (11 Comments)

Crowdfunded mobile network operator Honest Mobile, which harnesses Three UK’s network via a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement, has today announced that they’re bucking the industry trend of annual price hikes by decreasing some of their prices for “loyal customers“.

Full Fibre Providers Move to Tackle Rising UK Thefts of Fibre Equipment

21st Mar 2024 (21 Comments)

The SHIFT (Safety & Health In Fibre Telecoms) group, which aims to improve health and safety practices and standards across the UK’s fibre broadband industry, has today told ISPreview that its members (network operators etc.) are uniting to tackle the “numerous thefts of fibre splicing and test equipment amongst its members in recent weeks“.

Government Boosts Resilience of UK 999 Calls After BT Fault

21st Mar 2024 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has today proposed a series of recommendations to help “bolster the resilience” of the 999 emergency call handling system, which is operated by BT, following a technical fault (“complex software issue”) last summer (here) that resulted in 11,470 unique emergency calls being “unsuccessfully connected“.

Three UK Sees Average Mobile Data Usage Per User Hit 30GB

21st Mar 2024 (14 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has this morning published their annual financial results, which reveals that over 4,700 sites (up from 4,250 last year) across 650 towns and cities are now live with 5G and the average data (mobile broadband) usage per customer has reached 30 GigaBytes per month (up by 19.52% from 25.1GB).

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CTG and Lightning Fibre Find UK Full Fibre Awareness is Still Low

21st Mar 2024 (5 Comments)

A new survey of residents in housing schemes across Hastings (East Sussex), which was jointly conducted by altnet ISP Lightning Fibre, the Orbit Housing Association and the Complete Technology Group, has revealed a “stark lack of awareness” of what full fibre broadband is (51% had little to no understanding and 87% of residents wanted to learn more about it).

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YouFibre Named Best UK ISP in 2024 Broadband Genie Awards

21st Mar 2024 (6 Comments)

The annual Broadband Genie 2024 Awards survey has just named UK ISP YouFibre, which harnesses Netomnia’s growing full fibre network, as the “Best Provider” of the year, while a variety of other internet service providers also scooped various other awards across several different categories.

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