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ISP News Archives for July 15, 2025

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Cloudflare Blocking Access to Internet Piracy Websites in the UK

15th Jul 2025 (37 Comments)

At present, it’s already quite well known that the UK’s major home broadband ISPs (BT, Virgin Media, Sky Broadband, EE, Plusnet, TalkTalk etc.) block customers from accessing websites that have been found, via the High Court, to facilitate internet copyright infringement (piracy). But now Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider Cloudflare has started doing the same.

Sky Broadband’s Full Fibre 2.5Gbps and 5Gbps Speeds Now Available Online

15th Jul 2025 (19 Comments)

Internet provider Sky Broadband has today confirmed that, as per last week’s partial launch announcement (here), their new Full Fibre 2.5 Gigafast+ (2.5Gbps) and Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ (5Gbps) packages are now available to order online via CityFibre’s growing UK FTTP broadband network (available to c.4.5 million homes).

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Freedom Fibre Launch New 2500Mbps Broadband Tier for UK ISPs

15th Jul 2025 (8 Comments)

Network operator Freedom Fibre, which has so far grown their FTTP (XGS-PON) based gigabit broadband network to cover 350,000 premises across various parts of England and North Wales, has today made a new 160Mbps and faster 2.5Gbps (2500Mbps) tier available to their broadband ISP partners at wholesale.

GoFibre Win Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract for North East Scotland

15th Jul 2025 (15 Comments)

Edinburgh-based ISP and network builder GoFibre has secured a fourth contract under the UK government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme. The new deal is worth £105m (state aid) and will see them expand their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover “around” 63,000 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas of North East Scotland.

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Quickline Put FTTP Broadband Live in 3 More West Yorkshire UK Villages

15th Jul 2025 (3 Comments)

Alternative network operator and rural ISP Quickline has announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has just gone live in three more West Yorkshire (England) villages, including Southowram, Clifton and Holywell Green.

Ookla Name Vodafone UK Best for 5G Mobile Video Streaming in H1 2025

15th Jul 2025 (8 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband Speedtest.net website and App, have published the results of their Q1-Q2 2025 study into the video streaming performance of 5G mobile networks and awarded Vodafone the best on a score of 85.29 out of 100. But none of the operators performed particularly poorly.

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ICO Rules BT and Openreach are Subject to UK Environmental Info Requests

15th Jul 2025 (32 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT and Openreach are appealing a recent decision by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which made them subject to public information requests about their UK broadband network under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). The decision could potentially provide communities and rivals with a new avenue for extracting useful info.

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