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ISP News Archives for January 27, 2026

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Broadband Altnet Fibrus Surpasses 30 Percent UK Full Fibre Take-up

27th Jan 2026 (1 Comment)

Infracapital-backed alternative broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a full fibre network across parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, recently revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure had now achieved a customer take-up of 30% (up from 28% in March 2025) – we make that roughly 135,000+ subscribers.

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World Broadband Lines Top 1.56bn as UK Full Fibre Growth Slows in Q3 2025

27th Jan 2026 (1 Comment)

New research from Point Topic has revealed that global fixed broadband lines grew by 1.46% or 22.42 million in Q3 2025 (up from 1.12% in Q2 2025) to total 1.56 billion connections. The subscriber growth rate of “full fibre” (FTTP/B) networks also remained strong in the UK at almost 7%, but this is down from 11.7% in Q4 2024.

Manhattan TV to Launch Cheap Freely Capable Aero 4K TV Streaming Box

27th Jan 2026 (17 Comments)

British device manufacturer Manhattan TV has just become the latest such firm to announce the imminent launch of their next generation IPTV box – the Manhattan Aero, which is another one that includes support for the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely. Best of all, it’ll only set you back £69.99 (RRP).

BBC Considers Linking Online iPlayer TV Accounts to UK Home Addresses

27th Jan 2026 (73 Comments)

The endlessly vexed question of TV licence fee evasion has come up in the press again after it was today reported that the BBC were considering a change to the iPlayer video streaming service. The change would essentially involve linking people’s online BBC accounts to their home addresses for the first time (i.e. to see if anybody is using the service without a licence).

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Ofcom Examines Impact of AI on the Experience of UK Telecoms Customers

27th Jan 2026 (8 Comments)

The UK communications and media regulator, Ofcom (Office of Communications), has today kicked off a new consultation that aims to gather feedback in order to examine the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the experience of broadband and mobile customers – both its positives and negatives.

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Mobile Operator Spusu Continues UK Price Freeze Until 2027

27th Jan 2026 (5 Comments)

The SIM-only UK mobile provider spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement via BTWholesale to harness EE’s national 4G and 5G network, has today confirmed that it will continue its existing price freeze for the third consecutive year until at least 2027.

Exascale to Launch UK Home Broadband Plans via CityFibre’s FTTP Network

27th Jan 2026 (2 Comments)

Internet provider and UK network builder Exascale, which has deployed their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in part of Telford and Wrekin, has expanded on the recent launch of their consumer broadband brand (here) by making full fibre packages available to homes via CityFibre’s national network.

Football Drives London Internet Exchange to Hit 12Tbps of Global Data Traffic

27th Jan 2026 (1 Comment)

The not-for-profit London Internet Exchange (LINX), which handles a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via around 900+ members (broadband ISPs, mobile and CDN providers etc.), has revealed that last week’s UEFA Champions League, European League and Conference League games drove a new global internet traffic peak of over 12.069Tbps across the UK, US, Africa and Middle East.

Community Helps EE UK Bring 4G Mobile to Rural Village of Penmachno

27th Jan 2026 (6 Comments)

Telecoms giant EE (BT) has just become the first UK operator to deliver a “reliable” 4G mobile (mobile broadband) signal to around 600 residents in the remote upland Machno valley (Conwy) village of Penmachno in North Wales. The project was strongly supported by the local Bro Machno Community Council, which helped with planning, placement, and local acceptance.

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