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ISP News Archives for October 11, 2024

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Openreach Name Next 79 UK Areas for Copper to FTTP Switch – Tranche 18

11th Oct 2024 (33 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has released the next batch of 79 exchanges (Tranche 18) in their “FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell” programme, which reflects areas where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre lines and will thus stop selling copper based analogue phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product option).

Virgin Media UK Sees Take-up of Smart Support Reach 200,000 Customers

11th Oct 2024 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) has issued a brief update on the gradual roll-out of “Smart Support”, which is a new service that aims to boost the reliability of internet connections by proactively identifying and tackling issues remotely at no extra cost. Some 200,000 customers have now benefitted from this (up from 50k in July), with 150k more to join by the end of 2024.

Ofcom Probe Gigaclear Over Failure to Provide UK Caller Details to Emergency Services UPDATE

11th Oct 2024 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has launched an investigation into rural broadband ISP Gigaclear over a possible failure to “provide accurate and reliable caller location information to emergency organisations“, which could have made it more difficult for the police, fire and ambulances to find callers.

Three Men Arrested in N.Ireland for Theft of Openreach’s Broadband Cables

11th Oct 2024 (1 Comment)

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which have been investigating multiple thefts of copper broadband and phone cables from Openreach (BT) – said to be worth “six figures“, have just arrested three men (aged 36, 38 and 60) on suspicion of related theft and criminal damage.

Virgin Media Becomes First Big UK ISP to Adopt Apple Pay and Google Pay

11th Oct 2024 (12 Comments)

Broadband, TV and phone provider Virgin Media (O2) this morning claims to have become the first major UK telecoms provider to enable digital payment systems, Apple Pay and Google Pay, for recurring contract payments. The hope is that this will provide a “convenient alternative to traditional direct debits“.

Voneus Claims Walney Island Wireless Broadband Build was Fastest in the World

11th Oct 2024 (2 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Voneus has today announced the completion of their effort to roll-out a new “Gigabit Wireless Broadband” (FWA) network across 4,700 homes on Walney Island in Cumbria (England), which they say took only 12-weeks to complete and is thus the “fastest ever deployed worldwide.”

Four Arrested Over Theft of Batteries from Broadband Cabinets in Kent UK

11th Oct 2024 (14 Comments)

The Kent Police‘s Rural Task Force this week arrested four suspects – three men aged between 37 – 57 and a 14-year-old boy – in connection with the theft of batteries from “telecoms boxes” (i.e. street cabinets used by broadband providers) and a large number of cables from across the South East of England.

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London Hosts the Most Nuisance Callers by Percentage of All UK Reports

11th Oct 2024 (9 Comments)

A rather basic new study, which was conducted by tech refurbishment firm Back Market, has analysed the number of nuisance call reports coming from 752 area codes across the UK – as reported on who-called.co.uk – to see which ones receive the highest percentage of reports nationally. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given its size, London was found to be the area most exploited by cold callers.

Rural Wales Broadband ISP Ogi Opens 8th Round of Community Fund

11th Oct 2024 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed network builder and UK ISP Ogi, which is investing £245m into the deployment of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across South Wales, has confirmed that they’ve opened up their “Cefnogi” local community support fund for an 8th round of projects.

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