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ISP News Archives for November 2024

B4RN Extend Connect+ to Help Broadband Users Escape an Existing Contract

8th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

UK ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which is a community benefit society that has deployed a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network to 25,000 premises across rural parts of England (inc. 13,000+ customers), have improved their Connect+ promotion in order to help consumers escape their existing contracts early.

UK ISP BeFibre Connect First Customer to 2.3Gbps Broadband Service

8th Nov 2024 (9 Comments)

Merseyside-based alternative broadband ISP BeFibre, which sells packages via FullFibre Limited’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today announced that they’ve just connected their first customer to the provider’s recently launched 2.3Gbps speed package (here). The user in Leominster recorded a top symmetric speed of 2,373Mbps.

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Future of TV as Gov Predict 99.65% of UK to Have Superfast Broadband by 2030

8th Nov 2024 (39 Comments)

The UK Government has today published an interesting new report examining the ‘Future of TV distribution‘, which among other things looks at the changing viewing habits and platform choices of modern TV viewers and then attempts to predict what will happen by 2040. The report also delves into the related issue of broadband ISP speeds and take-up.

Vodafone UK Offer 6 Months Half Price on Unlimited Data SIM Plans

8th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to take one of Vodafone‘s Pay Monthly 4G and 5G SIM Only mobile plans with unlimited data (mobile broadband), specifically those operating under a 24-month minimum contract term, may like to know that the operator has launched a new discount that cuts their prices in half for the first 6 months of service.

Three UK Launch Black Friday Discount on 4G and 5G Home Broadband

8th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has become the latest telecoms provider to introduce some big Black Friday discounts, which starts today with their 4G and 5G powered unlimited Three Home Broadband packages that have just been given a price cut on their monthly rental down to only £19 per month on a 24-month term (£28 on a 1-month term).

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Three UK Warn of SURGE in Mobile Scams Over Black Friday and XMas

8th Nov 2024 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has warned consumers to be extra cautious around the festive season due to a significant increase in fraudsters targeting mobile users. The operator noted how, at the same time last year, their network tracked a 300% increase in scams around Black Friday and a 500% uptick in fraud or SMS-based scams reported over Christmas.

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Persimmon Homes UK ISP FibreNest Trials 900Mbps Broadband

8th Nov 2024 (20 Comments)

Network builder and broadband ISP FibreNest, which is the Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) operator for new build UK housing sites by Persimmon Homes, has confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve begun to trial a new 900Mbps speed package for homes on “selected sites” (previously their fastest package was only 500Mbps).

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Orkney Broadband Rollout Ran Fibre Cables via Water Pipes

7th Nov 2024 (12 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) has revealed that nearly every home and business in Papa Westray, on the remote archipelago of Orkney, now has access to faster broadband speeds. This is after contractor CloudNet used the community-owned water authority’s existing infrastructure (pipes used for drinking water) to run new fibre optic cables.

Sky Mobile UK Launch Half Price Black Friday SIM Discounts

7th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

Sky Mobile (Sky Broadband) has today kicked off their Black Friday discounts too, which cuts the price of their Pay Monthly SIM plans by 50% for the first 6 months of service for new customers (e.g. their 5GB + unlimited calls/texts plan is now £5 per month instead of £10). But this excludes their entry-level 100MB and premium unlimited data plans.

Virgin Media UK Offers 3 Months Free Broadband for Black Friday UPDATE

7th Nov 2024 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to join broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that they’ve launched their first round of Black Friday discounts, which among other things complements their existing discounts by offering the first 3 months of service for free across many (but not all) of their broadband packages and TV / mobile bundles.

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Survey Claims UK Fibre Providers Struggle to Meet Rising Demands

7th Nov 2024 (10 Comments)

A new survey from service management firm Totalmobile has claimed that alternative UK providers of fibre broadband networks (altnets) are “facing significant operational challenges,” with 53% said to be reporting a lack of day-to-day control over their field operations.

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BT Group See FTTP Broadband Cover 15.9 Million UK Premises as 5G Tops 80 Percent UPDATE

7th Nov 2024 (29 Comments)

The BT Group has today published their latest biannual H1 FY25 results to Sept 2024, which reveals that Openreach’s UK full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network added 2.1 million premises to their coverage in H1 to cover 15.9m, while EE’s 5G mobile coverage increased to 80% of the population (up from 75% in H2 FY24). The fibre build rate has also been accelerated again.

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Virgin Media and Nexfibre Add 9,000 Chelmsford Homes to UK FTTP Network

6th Nov 2024 (5 Comments)

Broadband network operator nexfibre, which shares some of their parentage with UK ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), has announced that they’ve extended their 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network to cover 9,000 additional homes in the Essex (England) city of Chelmsford.

Gigabit IQ Bring Internet Security Features to FullFibre Ltd’s UK FTTP Network

6th Nov 2024 (1 Comment)

Network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which has already built their open access Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 380,000 UK premises, has today announced that ISP Gigabit IQ have made their broadband services and internet security features – FamilyGuard and CyberGuard – available over the network.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Switches on First 5G Standalone Small Cells

6th Nov 2024 (9 Comments)

After launching their commercial 5G Standalone (SA) mobile network during February 2024 (here), O2 (Virgin Media) has today followed that up by claiming to have become the “first UK operator to switch on 5G standalone small cells“. Customers in Birmingham city centre will be the first to benefit from the faster mobile broadband kit (up to 300Mbps).

Mobile Operator iD Mobile Tops 2 Million UK Subscriptions

6th Nov 2024 (4 Comments)

Low-cost mobile operator iD Mobile (Currys), which harnesses Three UK’s national 4G and 5G network via a virtual operator (MVNO) partnership, has today celebrated another significant milestone by reaching a total of 2 million subscribers (up by 488,000 in the year) and ahead of its original projections.

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KCOM Make Amazon eero 6+ Routers Available to Broadband Users

6th Nov 2024 (1 Comment)

Macquarie-backed telecoms operator and UK ISP KCOM, which is deploying a gigabit broadband (FTTP) network across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has today become the latest internet provider to announce that they will “shortly” be adopting Amazon’s eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi routers for their service.