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ISP News Archives for July 2024

Preston City in Lancashire Establish Digital Infrastructure Cooperative

22nd Jul 2024 (1 Comment)

The Preston City Council (PCC) in Lancashire (England) recently announced that it will be the founding member of a new Preston Digital Cooperative (PDC) organisation, which seeks to promote digital inclusion across communities in the city through the deployment of new digital infrastructure (e.g. free broadband WiFi) and enhancing digital skills.

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Guernsey Make it Simpler for Consumers to Submit Telecoms Complaints

22nd Jul 2024 (1 Comment)

The States of Guernsey, which is the government for the English Channel Island of Guernsey, have moved to improve and simplify the handling of consumer broadband, phone and mobile complaints by adjusting their rules to make clear that the States of Guernsey’s Trading Standards Service (TSS) will be the main body for handling such things.

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Trooli Extend Full Fibre to 370K UK Premises and OFNL Top 130K as Both Join Fibre Café

22nd Jul 2024 (3 Comments)

Alternative UK network operators Trooli and OFNL, which are in the process of rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTT) broadband network across various parts of the United Kingdom, have today become the latest providers to join the Fibre Cafe connectivity aggregation platform.

BT to EE UK Migrations Causing Problems for Some Customers

22nd Jul 2024 (41 Comments)

Some of BT’s broadband ISP, phone, TV and mobile customers, specifically a proportion of those who have been or are in the process of being migrated to EE, appear to be experiencing a variety of problems with the process that is causing headaches. Missing services, trouble accessing accounts and general admin errors are just some of the issues being reported.

Existing TalkTalk UK Shareholders to Provide Over £200m of Funding

21st Jul 2024 (10 Comments)

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of UK broadband ISP and network business TalkTalk, James Smith, has revealed that the debt-laden group’s existing shareholders have “confirmed their intent to provide new funding of over £200m” to support the company’s “working capital and operational costs“.

Broadband ISP BT Confirms Closure of UK Cloud Storage Service

20th Jul 2024 (7 Comments)

Existing customers of BT’s online Cloud storage service, which was once frequently offered alongside their various broadband packages, have been notified that the long-running service will finally be switched off on 31st October 2024. At this point “all information will be deleted“, so now might be a good time for users to download anything of relevance.

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Street Think Tank Calls for Removal of UK’s Old and Ugly Pay Phone Boxes

20th Jul 2024 (22 Comments)

A new report from think tank Create Streets has suggested that the new UK government should make it easier for local authorities to remove old and “ugly” pay phone boxes, which are said to damage the look of many high streets by attracting litter, graffiti and.. other things.

BeFibre Add £75 Amazon Gift Card to 900Mbps Broadband Plan

20th Jul 2024 (0 Comments)

Merseyside-based UK ISP BeFibre, which is powered by FullFibre Ltd’s national gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has sweetened the existing discounts on their top 900Mbps (symmetric) broadband package by throwing in a £75 Amazon gift card (£50 if you take a shorter 12-month term). The package costs from £29 per month on a 24-month term (£45 thereafter).

Chair of Government’s Building Digital UK Agency Resigns

19th Jul 2024 (17 Comments)

The Government (DSIT) has just confirmed that the Chair of their broadband and mobile centric Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency, Simon Blagden, resigned from his position yesterday “with immediate effect“. The details of Simon’s departure have not been made public, but it’s perhaps not surprising given the recent change of Government.

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Openreach Name Next 92 UK Areas for Copper to FTTP Switch – Tranche 17

19th Jul 2024 (38 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today released the next batch of 92 exchanges (Tranche 17) in their “FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell” programme, which reflects areas where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre and will thus stop selling copper based analogue phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product option).

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Quickline’s Project Gigabit Broadband Build Hits 600 Homes in Escrick as Kids Try Diggers

19th Jul 2024 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline has announced that their state aid (Project Gigabit) supported roll-out of a new gigabit full fibre (FTTP) broadband network in the North Yorkshire village of Escrick has now reached 600 homes. As part of that, they’ve teamed up with PBS Construction to show pupils at the local Primary School how they build the network via a “Digger Day“.

EE UK Adds YouTube App for TV Box Pro and TV Box Mini Users

19th Jul 2024 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that UK customers of their internet-connected pay TV service can now, finally, gain access to the YouTube App on their TV Box Pro and TV Box Mini set-top-box hardware.

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Ordnance Survey Helps UK Broadband Networks with Data on Flats

19th Jul 2024 (4 Comments)

The Ordnance Survey (OS), which creates and maintains detailed location (map) information for Great Britain, claims to have launched a “game-changing advantage” for alternative broadband networks (Altnet) that can help them to roll-out full fibre lines by “eradicating time-draining obstacles“, such as missing data for multi-dwelling units (big residential buildings).

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Ofcom UK Approve Plan to BAN Some Mid-Contract Broadband Price Hikes UPDATE2

19th Jul 2024 (25 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today finalised their earlier proposal to BAN phone, mobile, pay TV and broadband ISPs from doing mid-contract price hikes that are linked to inflation and percentage changes. The plan is to introduce this change from 17th January 2025, before the next round of annual price increases typically hit.

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London Broadband ISP Community Fibre Offers 500Mbps for £20

19th Jul 2024 (0 Comments)

Broadband network builder and UK ISP CommunityFibre, which runs a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across around 1.4 million UK premises – mostly in London (inc. parts of Surrey and West Sussex), has launched a new offer that discounts their 500Mbps (symmetric speed) package to just £20 per month on a 24-month term (£33 thereafter).

Mobile Operator Lebara UK Offer Cheaper 30 Day SIM Only Plans

19th Jul 2024 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operator Lebara, which harnesses Vodafone’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform, has introduced a handful of exclusive 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) supporting SIM-Only Pay Monthly mobile plans on 30 day terms for those who want a save a bit of extra money on the middle tier plans.

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Opensignal Finds UK is a Top Country for Broadband Reliability

18th Jul 2024 (0 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published the results of a new study that explored the differences in broadband reliability between urban and rural areas across 18 countries. The study reveals that, among other things, the Nordics, the United Kingdom and Canada all score highly for connection reliability.