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ISP News Archives for June 2024

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Telecom Acquisitions UK Gobbles Eze Talk Home Broadband Users UPDATE

5th Jun 2024 (0 Comments)

The Horsham-based Telecom Acquisitions Group (TAL), which is a holding company for several familiar UK residential ISP brands (Home Telecom, No One and Eclipse Broadband etc.), has today acquired yet another broadband customer base, this time from little known ISP brand Eze Talk Residential.

ISP Sky Business Warns UK SMEs Underestimate Cost of Cyber Attacks

4th Jun 2024 (1 Comment)

A new Censuswide survey of 353 UK decision makers at smaller (SME) businesses, which was conducted by broadband ISP Sky Business (Sky Broadband) during April 2024, has revealed that their SecurityEdge filters blocked over 73 million malware, phishing and bot attacks in the past year. But SMEs that have yet to experience a cyberattack still underestimate the potential financial impact.

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Openreach Still Struggling with Underground Petrol Leak in Surrey UK UPDATE2

4th Jun 2024 (12 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has issued an update on a long-running petrol leak in the village of Bramley (Surrey, England), which is having a “significant and ongoing impact” on their underground broadband and phone network. Sadly, the dangers involved mean that the problem is now likely to affect their local work and services for “several months“.

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Survey Reveals Most Common UK Mobile Operator Complaints

4th Jun 2024 (18 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has revealed the results of a recent consumer survey of 3,739 UK mobile users, which found that the most common complaints related to poor signal, price rises, receiving SPAM from their provider and poor customer service. Three UK and Lyca Mobile were also most likely to have had customers experiencing a problem in the past year.

OneWeb Broadband Satellites Gain Platinum Score for Space Sustainability

4th Jun 2024 (0 Comments)

Eutelsat’s global network of OneWeb broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which was partly supported by the UK Government, has just secured a platinum score in the Space Sustainability Ratings (SSR) that is designed to encourage such companies to create and implement sustainable space missions and operations.

ITS Technology Refreshes Business-grade UK FTTP Products

3rd Jun 2024 (6 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which operates 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (“Faster Britain“) across urban parts of the UK for businesses and ISPs, has today announced that they’ve “refreshed” their suite of wholesale Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based products aimed at businesses that need to get digital-ready.

Rural UK Broadband ISP Gigaclear Discounts 900Mbps to £29

3rd Jun 2024 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has already extended their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 500,000 premises (RFS) in England (inc. 100,000 customers), has launched their new “Summer Savings” and discounted the price of their top 500Mbps and 900Mbps tiers to just £25 and £29 a month, respectively.

Openreach Extend 2.5Gbps ONT Trial for Slower FTTP Broadband Tiers

3rd Jun 2024 (17 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has extended their already nearly year-long trial of 2.5Gbps Optical Network Terminals (ONT) for installations of specified bandwidths on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP lines. The trial, which was due to end next month, will now run for another year.

ISP MTH Networks Joins Freedom Fibre’s UK FTTP Broadband Network

3rd Jun 2024 (2 Comments)

Broadband provider MTH Networks has today become the latest retail ISP to confirm that they’ve jumped onto Freedom Fibre‘s growing gigabit-capable broadband (FTTP) network, which has so far covered over 300,000 premises (27th Mar 2024) across the United Kingdom – mostly in the North West of England.

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Hyperoptic Grows Full Fibre to Cover 1.6m UK Premises and Enhances Top Team

3rd Jun 2024 (1 Comment)

City-focused broadband ISP and alternative network provider Hyperoptic has revealed the appointment of four new key members to its leadership team. On top of that, they’ve also quietly confirmed that their gigabit full fibre (FTTP/B) network now covers “more than” 1.6 million UK homes (up from 1.4m in Oct 2023) across parts of 64 UK towns and cities.

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Alternative UK ISP Trooli Launches 2Gbps Broadband Package

3rd Jun 2024 (16 Comments)

Alternative network operator Trooli, which was last year acquired by Agnar UK Infrastructure (here) and has so far extended their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 334,000 premises (RFS) across England and Scotland (here), has become the latest ISP to launch a 2Gbps (multi-gigabit) speed package. All package speeds have also gone symmetric.

Broadband ISP Plusnet Confirm Closure Date of UK Mobile Service

2nd Jun 2024 (14 Comments)

Budget UK ISP Plusnet, which is typically positioned as BT’s low-cost division for basic internet access services, has now confirmed that their own-brand of EE powered Pay Monthly SIM-Only Mobile plans will finally be closing “throughout” this month (June 2024). Customers must transfer before their accounts are closed to avoid losing their service and number.