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ISP News Archives for February 27, 2025

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Openreach Reveal UK Price for 1Gbps Symmetric FTTP Broadband UPDATE

27th Feb 2025 (74 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has just revealed how much they’ll charge ISPs for their new symmetric 1Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband package, which is due to launch on 1st April 2025 and will initially only be available to locations being covered as part of their rural Project Gigabit contracts (here).

Alternative Cornwall UK Broadband Network Wildanet to Cut Jobs UPDATE

27th Feb 2025 (2 Comments)

More bad news today as alternative rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which is busy deploying a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in England, has revealed that “external forces” have pushed them into a period of restructuring that is expected to result in a loss of up to 35 jobs (roughly 18% of the workforce).

Sky Business to Boost WiFi and Broadband for 787 UK Caffe Nero Stores

27th Feb 2025 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Sky Business (Sky UK) has announced a new multi-year agreement with Caffè Nero, the premium coffee house group, which will see them upgrade the digital infrastructure of 787 stores in The Caffè Nero Group (about 90% of their estate) across the United Kingdom.

KCOM to Close Mini Library Inside Classic Phone Box Due to Fire Risk

27th Feb 2025 (5 Comments)

Hull-based phone and broadband ISP KCOM, which have deployed a full fibre (FTTP) network across 305,000 premises in parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has taken the decision to close a tiny “community library” in Skidby, that was set up during 2020 inside the village phone box, because it posed a “serious fire risk“.

Court Orders Big UK ISPs to Block Pirated Israel TV Streaming Sites

27th Feb 2025 (13 Comments)

Most of the major broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom (BT, Sky Broadband, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, EE and Plusnet) have just been handed a new court order to block an Israel TV video streaming site, which was found to have been facilitating internet copyright infringement (piracy).

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Virgin Media UK Expand FTTP Broadband to 6,000 Homes in Falconwood

27th Feb 2025 (4 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre and supporting retail broadband ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to more than 6,000 homes in the Falconwood area of South East London for the first time.

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Spectrum Policy Forum Says AI Can Help Ofcom Manage UK Radio Waves

27th Feb 2025 (4 Comments)

A new study from the cross-industry UK Spectrum Policy Forum (UKSPF), which was conducted by Smith Institute and Spectrivity, has recommended that the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, should adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to help manage the nation’s finite wireless radio spectrum more efficiently.

Long Running UK ISP Internet for Business Acquired by Converged Communication Solutions

27th Feb 2025 (0 Comments)

Aberdeen-based UK broadband and I.T solutions provider Internet for Business (IFB), which was first established all the way back in 1995, has been acquired by Converged Communication Solutions (CCS) for an undisclosed sum and after briefly falling into administration on 19th February 2025.

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