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ISP News Archives for May 2024

Sure Hike Broadband and Phone Prices on Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey

31st May 2024 (2 Comments)

Network operator and ISP Sure, which is present on the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, has informed existing customers of their intention to increase mobile, phone and broadband prices – in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) – by “up to” 6.1% (Isle of Man), 5.8% (Guernsey) and 5.7% (Jersey) from 1st July 2024.

Vodafone UK and Sky Mobile Discount Monthly SIM Only Plans

31st May 2024 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operators Vodafone and Sky Mobile have today launched new discounts on their Pay Monthly SIM Only plans. For example, Voda has knocked £5 off the monthly prices of their 24-month unlimited max plans (i.e. a saving of £120), while Sky have reduced the prices of their mobile plans by 50% for 12-months (e.g. their top 150GB plan is now £15 instead of £30).

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ISP Brsk Faces Objections to UK Broadband Poles in Ashton

31st May 2024 (8 Comments)

Alternative network operator and UK broadband ISP Brsk have put part of their plan to roll-out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the market town of Ashton (Tameside, Greater Manchester) and Dukinfield under review, which comes after locals raised concerns over the provider’s use of poles for part of the build.

Scotland Tenders for £106m Gigabit Broadband Rollout in North East

31st May 2024 (11 Comments)

The Scottish Government has issued a contract notice for the North East of Scotland (Lot 5) under the UK’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme, which is expected to expand related connectivity to an estimated 68,342 premises in hard-to-reach (rural) parts of Dundee, Angus, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Moray, Highland and Perth and Kinross.

Broadband ISP Octaplus Joins Freedom Fibre’s UK FTTP Network

30th May 2024 (4 Comments)

Hull-based UK ISP and Pay TV provider Octaplus, which sells services to consumers via various alternative full fibre broadband networks (e.g. MS3, CityFibre and FullFibre Limited), has today confirmed that they’ve just added Freedom Fibre’s network in the North West of England to that list.

London Full Fibre ISP G.Network Discounts Gigabit Broadband Plans

30th May 2024 (0 Comments)

Alternative network and UK ISP G.Network, which is rolling out a MultiGigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of London (here), has further discounted their top two “Gigafast” broadband (900Mbps average download) packages – with both now starting at just £30 per month.

Grain Installs FTTP Broadband to UK Home in Just 36 Minutes UPDATE

30th May 2024 (20 Comments)

Alternative network operator and UK ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which has extended their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover 220,000 premises (RFS) and 30,000 customers, has revealed that they recently set a new personal record by getting a new customer connected within just 36 minutes.

Freedom Fibre Acquire Hollins Green FTTP Network from CityFibre UPDATE

30th May 2024 (4 Comments)

Network operator Freedom Fibre, which has so far built their gigabit-capable broadband (FTTP) ISP network to cover 300,000 UK premises (27th Mar 2024) – mostly in the North West of England, has confirmed to local residents in the Cheshire village of Hollins Green and Rixton that they’ve acquired the local full fibre network from CityFibre.

Virgin Media UK Reveals Impact of its Broadband Security Filters

30th May 2024 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media has today revealed that their online security services – ‘Essential Security‘ (included for free on their packages) and ‘Advanced Security’ (paid), have – between June 2022 to May 2023 – blocked 136 million unsafe or harmful websites, 800k virus, malware and spyware risks and secured 4.9 million banking and shopping transactions.

New 1.3Pbps Subsea Fibre Cable Planned Between UK and Europe

30th May 2024 (8 Comments)

A new company called IOEMA Fibre has announced plans to build a new 1,371km long repeatered subsea fibre optic cable between the United Kingdom and several neighbouring countries in Europe, including the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway. The total “minimum” capacity of this will reach a blistering 1.3 Petabits per second!

Sky TV Closes Down SD Channels on Older UK Set Top Boxes

30th May 2024 (17 Comments)

Time to upgrade. Customers of Sky UK’s older TV services and devices, specifically those that can only support the viewing of Standard Definition (SD) channels, are being given a last ditch encouragement to upgrade their set-top-boxes (STB) before they “lose access to all Sky channels” – starting from June 2024.

Copper Cable Thieves Strike Openreach’s Network in County Tyrone

29th May 2024 (4 Comments)

Some 700 homes and businesses in the County Tyrone (Northern Ireland) town of Dungannon have suffered significant broadband and phone connectivity problems, which occurred after criminals damaged Openreach’s local network during the theft of a “large quantity” of their copper telecoms cable.

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IX Wireless Agree to Move Wireless Broadband Pole After Allegedly Abusive Call

29th May 2024 (5 Comments)

A woman in Burnage has been successful in getting broadband network operator IX Wireless to move one of their poles (masts). The move occurred after she complained that it had been installed “without warning” next to her house and that staff had allegedly become “really weird and abusive on the phone” when she complained.

Vodafone UK Set 5G and 4G Coverage Targets for Northern Ireland

29th May 2024 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today confirmed their commitment to both “exceeding” the UK Government’s minimum Shared Rural Network (SRN) coverage target for 4G services in Northern Ireland and upgrading this to support 5G Standalone (5G SA / mobile broadband) technology. But only if they get approval for their merger with Three UK (here).

UK ISP NOW Broadband to Hike Prices by £3 Per Month

29th May 2024 (21 Comments)

Sky’s sibling NOW Broadband (NOW TV) sub-brand has notified existing internet and phone customers of an imminent price increase, which will be introduced from 5th July 2024 and bump their package prices by an extra £3 per month (£36 per year). This is only slightly lower than last year’s £3.50 hike.

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CityFibre’s Luton FTTP Broadband Build Covers 35,000 Premises

29th May 2024 (13 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder CityFibre has issued a brief progress update on their efforts to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the Bedfordshire (England) town of Luton, which began two years ago (here) and has now covered a total of 35,000 premises.

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MS3 Grow UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to 200,000 Premises UPDATE

29th May 2024 (1 Comment)

Network operator MS3, which is deploying a new 10Gbps capable open access (wholesale) full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband ISP network across 30 locations in the UK (mostly East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire), has announced that they’ve now extended their coverage to 200,000 premises (up from 174,261 on 4th Jan 2024).