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ISP News Archives for June 28, 2024

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Scientists Push Record 402Tbps Speed Down Standard Fibre Optic Cable

28th Jun 2024 (1 Comment)

A new world data speed record has just been set after a team of Japanese researchers from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), using a standard commercially available optical fibre, managed to reach a transmission rate of 402.2Tbps (Terabits per second) over a distance of 50km.

Altnet UK Broadband ISP Zzoomm to Cease New FTTP Build from End of Q2

28th Jun 2024 (33 Comments)

Oxfordshire-based alternative broadband ISP Zzoomm, which recently revealed that their 2Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network had covered 200,000 premises (RFS) across 23 towns in England (here), has today reported their end of year results (Dec 2023) and confirmed that they’ll cease new building work from the end of this month.

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Northumberland Council Warn of Rise in UK Broadband Scammers

28th Jun 2024 (0 Comments)

The Northumberland County Council (NCC) in England has put out a general warning to residents after observing a rise in “broadband-related cyber fraud“, which occurs when scammers attempt to impersonate your ISP in order to steal financial data and money. Some 68% of the reported victims have collectively lost £12.57k to this scam alone.

Mobile Operator VOXI Doubles Data on £10 UK Plan to 45GB

28th Jun 2024 (0 Comments)

Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is a virtual network operator (MVNO) sibling of Vodafone, has more than doubled the 4G and 5G data allowances (mobile broadband) on their two entry-level plans. New customers will now get 45GB (GigaBytes) for £10 a month (up from 20GB) or 75GB for £12 (up from 25GB).

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Business UK ISP Onecom Acquires Telecoms Provider Daly Systems

28th Jun 2024 (0 Comments)

Hampshire-based business broadband and cloud provider Onecom, which is backed by LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), has today announced yet another acquisition after they scooped Leicester-based telecoms and IT provider Daly Systems for an undisclosed sum.

West Devon Councillors Criticise CDS Broadband Project and Airband UPDATE2

28th Jun 2024 (6 Comments)

The recent meeting of an overview and scrutiny committee in West Devon (England) saw local councillors, as well as some residents, heap criticism on the state aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme and contracted UK ISP Airband for being “inefficient and chaotic” in their delivery of faster broadband networks.

Full Fibre Provider Hyperoptic Appoint New UK Director of Regulation

28th Jun 2024 (0 Comments)

City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has so far extended their gigabit full fibre (FTTP/B) network to cover “more than” 1.6 million UK homes (as well as 300k customers) across parts of 64 towns and cities, has appointed ex-BT figure Kathryn Bowden to be their the new Director of Regulation, Policy, Risk, and Compliance.

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