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ISP News Archives for September 2024

Pulse Fibre to Deploy FTTP Broadband Across New Build Homes in Dorset UK

30th Sep 2024 (0 Comments)

Alternative broadband provider Pulse Fibre, which is aiming to complete over 250,000 unique “full fibre” (FTTP) connections into new build dwellings and MDUs (here), has today announced that they’ve signed a new deal with property developer Cavanna Homes to extend their service and cover new build homes in Dorset.

Full Fibre UK Broadband ISP Connexin Launch 5Gbps Speeds

30th Sep 2024 (11 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Connexin, which is currently aiming to deploy a new full fibre (FTTP) network across 500,000 premises in East Yorkshire and beyond (England), has today become one of the UK’s fastest residential providers with the launch of a new 5Gbps (symmetric speed) package called “Fibre 5000“.

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Lightning Fibre Trial 50Mbps UK Broadband Plan for People Aged 66+

30th Sep 2024 (1 Comment)

Eastbourne-based alternative UK broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which has built a new full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, have today begun to “trial” a new 50Mbps (symmetric) package that costs just £15 per month for 24-months. But it’s only available to people born before 23rd September 1958.

Vodafone and Three UK Set Out Competition Commitments for Merger UPDATE

30th Sep 2024 (21 Comments)

Mobile network operators Vodafone and Three UK (CK Hutchison) have today responded to the recently raised competition concerns over their proposed mega-merger by setting out a series of commitments, which they hope will satisfy the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) enough to approve the deal.

CityFibre Connect First Norfolk UK Project Gigabit Broadband Homes

30th Sep 2024 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider Cityfibre has today announced that they’ve connected the first homes to their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in rural parts of Norfolk, which is being built as part of their £114m state aid supported Project Gigabit contract (Lot 7) with the Government.

Ofcom UK Probe Brsk Over Birmingham Deployment of Broadband Poles UPDATE

30th Sep 2024 (3 Comments)

Network operator Brsk, which is in the process of being merged into Netomnia (here), are facing an investigation by Ofcom after the regulator suggested that the operator may have “failed to comply with its obligations” under Code Powers during the roll-out of new “telegraph poles” as part of their new full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Birmingham.

Virgin Media O2 UK Gift Free Access to Kids TV Channels in October 2024

30th Sep 2024 (6 Comments)

Customers of UK broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take their pay TV service and have kids, may like to know that the provider will be offering free access to children’s TV channels throughout the whole of October 2024 “as a way of saying thank you to customers and helping to keep families entertained throughout the month“.

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BT Get £105m for First Sale of Old UK Copper Telecoms Cables

30th Sep 2024 (17 Comments)

The BT Group has confirmed that they recently received their first upfront prepayment of £105m for the sale of leftover copper cables. The cables had been extracted from their legacy UK exchange network (broadband and phone lines) as part of the operator’s gradual move to replace those with newer fibre optic lines.

Survey Claims UK Internet Users Leave Broadband Routers Open to Hackers

30th Sep 2024 (10 Comments)

A new survey of 3,045 UK internet users, which was conducted by Broadband Genie between 1st January and 26th April 2024, has revealed that 89% of respondents have never updated the firmware of their home router and 86% have never changed the device’s administrator password (falling to 72% for those who have never changed their WiFi password).

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Ofcom’s Roaming Rules Come into Force for UK Mobile Operators

30th Sep 2024 (7 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, will tomorrow (1st Oct 2024) begin enforcing new roaming rules that require mobile network operators, such as Three UK, Vodafone, EE and O2 (including their many virtual / MVNO partners), to protect consumers who travel abroad from mobile BILL SHOCKS on data (broadband), call and text charges.

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A Question of Competitive Limits as Openreach Ponders UK Fibre Cable Size

28th Sep 2024 (18 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has told ISPreview they’re reviewing new options with broadband operators (CPs) for making better and more efficient use of their existing cable ducts. This occurred after a dispute was raised over one operator’s deployment of large 51.2mm optical diameter (OD) multitube cabling (the limit is normally 25mm to a single cable/subduct diameter).

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Business Focused UK Broadband ISP Merula Acquired by Rydal Group

27th Sep 2024 (2 Comments)

The Peterborough-based Rydal Group, which is a UK telecoms and managed IT provider, has today announced that they’ve acquired the Cambridgeshire-based data centre (they have one site in Huntingdon), phone and broadband provider Merula for an undisclosed sum.

Altnets and ISPs Pickup Wins at UK 2024 Comms National Awards

27th Sep 2024 (5 Comments)

The annual 2024 Comms National Awards were held this week, which each year works to recognise the stand-out organisations, technologies, leaders and innovations in the communications and ICT communities. The event covers a lot of different categories, and there were several wins for alternative broadband networks / ISPs.

Network Rail’s Wi-Fi Suffers UK Outage at 19 Stations Due to Rogue Employee

27th Sep 2024 (6 Comments)

The company that owns and manages most of the railway network in Great Britain, Network Rail, suffered a major service outage on their national Wi-Fi network this week, which began on Wednesday and impacted 19 stations. But it appears to have been caused by an “employee of Global Reach [who] corrupted the system“.

UK ISP Gigaclear Nearly Complete Fastershire FTTP Broadband Rollout UPDATE

27th Sep 2024 (6 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear appears to have nearly completed their state aid supported contract under the Fastershire scheme, which originally instructed the operator to extend their gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP) network to 70,000 of the hardest to reach premises in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire (this was revised upwards to 110,000 in 2020 – here).

Broadband ISP EE UK Discounts 1.6Gbps Speed Full Fibre Plan

27th Sep 2024 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has discounted their top 1.6Gbps (110Mbps upload) Busiest Home Bundle for new customers covered by Openreach’s new FTTP network, which includes their latest WiFi 7 router (Smart Hub Pro), by an extra £5 per month. This reduces its monthly rental to £64.99 per month on a 24-month term with free setup.

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Guernsey Set for £48m 5G Mobile Boost as Gov Suspends Competition Law

27th Sep 2024 (5 Comments)

The States of Guernsey, which governs the English Channel Island of Guernsey (British Crown dependency), yesterday voted to do something extraordinary by temporarily suspending local competition law in order to allow the dominant telecoms and broadband operator, Sure, to acquire Airtel Vodafone. The reward is a £48m deal to deploy 5G services.