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ISP News Archives for May 30, 2024

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.

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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.

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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.

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