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ISP News Archives for January 2, 2026

 
spacex_leo_starlink_vs_gso_broadband_satellite

2nd Jan 2026 (3 Comments)

The Vice President of Starlink Engineering for SpaceX, Michael Nicolls, has revealed that they’re going to move all of the broadband satellites they currently have in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at around 550km above the planet to c.480km (impacting roughly 4,400 satellites) over the course of 2026.

BT Battery Back Up BBU for SmartHub Plus Router

2nd Jan 2026 (74 Comments)

Broadband provider BT (EE) has been criticised by a resident of the remote Outer Hebrides (Scotland) island of Scalpay after they found that the Battery Backup (BBU) device, which the ISP provided for their internet and Digital Voice (phone) service, failed to work in two out of three recent power cuts. A bit of a problem as the house also gets no mobile signal.

uk map green broadband telecoms britain

2nd Jan 2026 (7 Comments)

ISPreview has today published our biannual H2 – 2025 summary of fixed broadband coverage, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 81.89% of UK premises (up from 78.06% in H1) and 89.6% are within reach of “gigabit” 1000Mbps+ speeds (up from 87.84%) – close to the major milestone of 90%. Read on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

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Vodafone £22.00
150Mbps (27 - 150Mbps up)
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Plusnet £22.99
145Mbps (30Mbps up)
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Virgin Media £23.99
264Mbps (25Mbps up)
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