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ISP News Archives for November 26, 2025

Chancellor Calls on UK Broadband and Mobile Providers to Play Fair with Price Hikes

26th Nov 2025 (2 Comments)

The UK Government’s Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has today increased the pressure on the country’s main broadband and mobile providers by calling on them to “reinforce” their commitment to “treating customers fairly” by, among other things, confirming that “customers under contract will not face price rises beyond those they signed up for“.

Broadband ISP Plusnet Launch Black Friday SALE and Reward Cards up to £180

26th Nov 2025 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Plusnet has kicked off the Black Friday sale across their home broadband packages for new customers, which bundles big discounts on the monthly prices of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and FTTC based packages with Reward Cards (pre-paid Mastercards) that are now worth up to £180.

Openreach Officially Closes First Legacy UK Exchange – Deddington

26th Nov 2025 (4 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today confirmed that the first of their pilot programme of old exchange closures – Deddington (pictured) – has finally shut its doors and slightly ahead of schedule. The move also means that Deddington is the first UK location to see the closure of BT’s copper based Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).

O2 Set for “Major” 5G Standalone Mobile Network Upgrade in Norfolk UK

26th Nov 2025 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they’ve begun to switch on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network in Norfolk (England) as part of its UK-wide rollout, which is now live in a total of more than 500 locations (70% of the UK’s population or c.49 million people).

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New Broadband ISP Olilo Joins Freedom Fibre’s UK FTTP Network

26th Nov 2025 (5 Comments)

Techy-focused broadband ISP Olilo, which first launched in early September 2025 (here), has today announced that they’re in the process of starting to go live across Freedom Fibre’s alternative open access full fibre (FTTP) network – available to 350,000 premises across various parts of England and North Wales

Streetwave Surveys Mobile Network Speeds at the Royal Welsh Show

26th Nov 2025 (0 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave, in collaboration with Growing Mid Wales and the Welsh Government (WG), has shared the results from a recent survey they conducted, which tested the mobile broadband coverage and performance of 4G and 5G networks – including EE, Three UK, Vodafone and O2 – around the recently held Royal Welsh Show.

UK Mobile Brand The People’s Operator Returns After Going Bust in 2019

26th Nov 2025 (1 Comment)

One of our readers has spotted (here) that mobile operator TPO (The People’s Operator) appears to be in the process of gearing up for a relaunch into the UK market, which may come as a surprise to many after the original company went bust in early 2019 (here) – disrupting services for around 15,000 customers in the process.

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