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Fibrus Founder Criticises Openreach “Pole Tax” on UK Fibre Broadband Builds

17th Apr 2025 (27 Comments)

The co-Founder & Chair of UK broadband ISP Fibrus, Conal Henry, has criticised network operator Openreach (BT Group) for the “pole tax” they claim is being levelled against them, which is said to be “twice the cost of paying our own staff, just to rent some poles and holes built by the British taxpayer“.

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Plusnet UK Discounts 900Mbps FTTP Broadband to £36.99 with £100 Reward

17th Apr 2025 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Plusnet has today introduced a bunch of new Easter discounts across their home broadband plans for new customers, which for example has cut the monthly price of their top 900Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) package to just £36.99 per month on a 24-month term (mid-contract price hikes apply). Plus there’s a £100 reward card thrown-in.

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Which? Awards the Best and Worst UK Mobile Operators for H1 2025

17th Apr 2025 (8 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has published the results from their latest UK mobile network satisfaction survey, which questioned 4,153 adults in January 2025 about their chosen operators. Overall, Smarty topped the table with a customer satisfaction score of 82%, while Three UK placed last on just 62%.

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UBS Predicts Openreach to Lose 800k UK Broadband Lines in 2025

17th Apr 2025 (90 Comments)

The latest analyst note from Swiss Bank UBS has maintained their long-running “sell” rating on the BT Group and predicted that Openreach could lose 800,000 broadband lines to rival networks in 2025 (up from 707k in 2024). The analyst warned that the operator needed to “deploy fibre faster” to stem the bleed and “accelerate [its] cost-cutting“, otherwise they claim it may face a downside risk to free cash flow in FY26.

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