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ISP News Archives for October 2024

 
Vodafone-Net-Zero-UK

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-Stream-UK-Box-and-TV

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.

Mobile phone communication

22nd Oct 2024 (9 Comments)

Ofcom has published the results from a new survey that is intended to help monitor how well the UK mobile market is functioning and whether it continues to deliver good outcomes. For example, the work reveals that unlimited data (broadband) tariffs accounted for 13% of mobile plans in 2023 (up from 5% in 2019), but plans with smaller allowances are now less common.

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PlatformX Communications on Display Screen with CEO

22nd Oct 2024 (0 Comments)

Network provider PlatformX Communications (PXC), which was formerly known as Talk Talk Wholesale before the demerger (here), has joined the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA UK), a trade body for UK ISPs and associated organisations, as part of its Partnership Programme.

World-broadband-and-information-visualisation-CoPilot-AI-for-MJ-12072024

22nd Oct 2024 (0 Comments)

A recent study from Source Advisors has revealed that the UK ranks 8th globally in “telecommunication innovation” with 1.85% of telecom patents filings since 2010. But it also calls on the UK government to improve this by adopting an intellectual property strategy to compete with global telecoms leaders.

Airband FTTP Engineer at Work

22nd Oct 2024 (8 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Airband, which was aiming to cover 400,000 premises in rural parts of Wales and South West England via a mix of fixed wireless access (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) networks by 2026, appears to have quietly introduced symmetric speeds to their fibre packages for new customers. New subscribers can also get 6 months of free service.

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vodafone_uk_hand_holding_sim

22nd Oct 2024 (33 Comments)

Existing customers of UK mobile operator Vodafone, specifically those who take their Pay As You Go 1 plan, have been informed that the daily cost of the service will increase by 100% – from £1 to £2 – on 11th December 2024. The cost of data (broadband) usage per 50MB (charged after the first 250kb) is also rising from £1 to £2!

lightning-fibre-in-worthing-and-brighton

22nd Oct 2024 (1 Comment)

Eastbourne-based alternative network and UK ISP Lightning Fibre has announced that they’ve just connected their first customer in the seaside town of Worthing (West Sussex) to FTTP broadband. This is part of their recently agreed expansion (here) to harness CityFibre’s existing network across the Brighton & Hove and Worthing areas.

Inside Openreach Fibre Exchange 2023

22nd Oct 2024 (8 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has revealed that they’re gearing up to be one of the first to deploy Nokia’s Altiplano Access Controller cloud (SDN) platform across their open access full fibre (FTTP) broadband and Ethernet network. This could boost automation, network visibility + control, and product flexibility for both ISPs and end-users.

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AVM-FRITZBox-Broadband-Routers

21st Oct 2024 (36 Comments)

Some customers of UK broadband ISP Zen Internet have complained about repeated service disconnections after their bundled FRITZ!box 7530 routers from AVM received a firmware update to the latest FRITZ!OS v8 software, which appears to have introduced an unexpected instability into the device.

switch broadband ISP direction sign illustration

21st Oct 2024 (2 Comments)

The UK media and telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published a new letter that they recently sent to broadband and phone providers. The letter confirms their intention to decommission the old consumer ISP switching system (NoT+) on 24th October this week in favour of their new One Touch Switching (OTS) system, which is said to be “working well“.

UltraNetworks Wireless Coverage in Aberdeenshire

21st Oct 2024 (2 Comments)

Internet provider UltraNetworks has used vouchers from the Scottish Government to help it upgrade and deploy a new 5G Standalone (SA) based fixed wireless (FWA) network from Mormond Hill. The site will be able to serve homes and businesses in rural parts of North East Aberdeenshire (Scotland) with 1Gbps+ broadband speeds.

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Virgin-Media-O2-Flat-Colour-Logo-UK

21st Oct 2024 (0 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media and O2’s various broadband, mobile, phone and TV packages may like to know that the provider’s ‘Priority’ app, which is a way of rewarding existing subscribers with various special offers and discounts, has begun offering a cheaper Railcard for £10 instead of the usual £30.

British sterling one pound coin currency by 123rf

21st Oct 2024 (2 Comments)

A new survey of 5,083 UK adult consumers, which was conducted by Which?, has claimed that the average broadband-only ISP customer could save £105 per year by switching to a new provider and those switching from BT, Sky Broadband or Virgin Media saved even more – up to £165 on average for a Virgin customer. It’s a similar story for mobile and TV users.

Grain Engineer Installing ONT

21st Oct 2024 (4 Comments)

Alternative network operator Grain (Grain Connect), which has already built their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 220,000 UK premises RFS (21st May 2024) and connected 30,000 customers, has confirmed that their next expansion target is the industrial Cheshire town of Widnes.

OneWeb-Eutelsat-LEO-Satellite-GEN1

21st Oct 2024 (3 Comments)

Eutelsat has confirmed that they’ve launched an additional 20 satellites, on the back of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, to join their global network of OneWeb broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which is a constellation that has been partly supported by the UK government. This is despite the network supposedly being completed last year.

19th Oct 2024 (3 Comments)

National UK broadband and phone operator Openreach, which are already under pressure from having to help tackle a long-running underground petrol leak in the Surrey village of Bramley, have confirmed that they’ve had to pause work in the area again after Southern Gas Network (SGN) reported a “suspected gas leak” too.

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