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ISP News Archives for October 23, 2024

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Broadband ISPs Brace for UK Traffic Surge on CoD Black Ops 6 Release

23rd Oct 2024 (11 Comments)

Internet service providers across the UK are gearing up for a busy Friday and surge in data traffic, which is once again expected to be fuelled by the release of another ‘Call of Duty’ video game on PC and consoles – Black Ops 6. But despite some frivolous claims that this could cause a “broadband blackout” (here), the event is nothing that ISPs haven’t had to handle before.

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Vodafone Claim 63 Percent of Brits Have Put Off Switching Broadband ISP

23rd Oct 2024 (21 Comments)

A new OnePoll survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Vodafone UK, has claimed that 63% of British consumers have put off switching broadband providers for the last 4 years. This is said to be due to the fear of being without internet connectivity (27%) and the switching process being too much of a faff (20%).

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Cellnex UK and Netmore Expand LoRaWAN Wireless Coverage

23rd Oct 2024 (0 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure firm Cellnex has today announced that they’re partnering with network operator Netmore to enhance the UK coverage of their low power Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) network across as many as 200 streetwork sites.

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Airband UK Begin Deploying Tarana 400Mbps Wireless Broadband Tech

23rd Oct 2024 (6 Comments)

Abrdn-backed rural broadband ISP Airband, which has a network that covers rural parts of Wales and South West England via a mix of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Full Fibre (FTTP) tech, has today become the “first operator in Europe” to deploy Tarana’s next-gen wireless (ngFWA) platform – offering “fibre-class speeds” of up to 400Mbps.

BT Group and EE UK Switch-On First Self-Powered 5G Mobile Site

23rd Oct 2024 (16 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today become the latest network operator to switch-on a self-powered 4G and 5G (broadband) mobile site, which uses a mix of solar power and a wind turbine to help support its operation in a remote rural area of the Shropshire Hills (England). The deployment represents a trial, but more could follow.

City-focused UK Broadband ISP Hyperoptic Appoints New Product Director

23rd Oct 2024 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has so far deployed their full fibre (FTTP/B) network to reach “more than” 1.73 million homes in parts of 64 UK towns and cities, has today announced that they’ve appointed Geoff Heddle to be their new Director of Product.

Vodafone UK Trial Pushes 5G mmWave Broadband Speeds up to 4Gbps UPDATE

23rd Oct 2024 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Vodafone UK has today announced the results of two recent 5G trials using a large chunk of millimetre wave (mmWave) radio spectrum, which managed to deliver home broadband (FWA) connectivity peak speeds of up to 4Gbps (dropping to 2.8Gbps in a more traditional mobile environment).

Virgin Media UK Quietly Downgrade Netflix Standard on Top TV Bundles

23rd Oct 2024 (12 Comments)

Customers looking to take one of Virgin Media UK’s (VMO2) top broadband, pay TV, phone and or O2 SIM bundles – specifically ‘Mega Volt‘ and their ‘Biggest Combo‘ – should note that the ISP has quietly downgraded the Netflix plan they include in these packages with a much cheaper option.

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