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ISP News Archives for February 23, 2026

Wildanet Statement on Withdrawal from Cornwall’s Gigabit Broadband Contracts

23rd Feb 2026 (17 Comments)

Alternative broadband provider Wildanet, which has built a new full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England, have today issued a full statement to better explain their reasoning for recently withdrawing from two of the Government’s publicly funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts in Cornwall.

TOTSCo Prep Cheaper UK Biz Broadband ISP Switching and Improved Monitoring

23rd Feb 2026 (5 Comments)

The One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is the industry-led company responsible for helping to deliver Ofcom’s solution for easier and quicker UK switching between fixed broadband and phone providers on different networks (One Touch Switching), has provided an update on their plans for 2026 (i.e. cheaper business switching and more performance data).

Ookla and Ericsson Demo Solution for Benchmarking 5G Network Slicing Performance

23rd Feb 2026 (2 Comments)

Network testing firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband Speedtest.net website and App, has teamed-up with communications technology developer Ericsson to demonstrate an “innovative solution allowing users to measure and validate 5G network slicing performance” via the same app.

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Olilo Reduce UK Prices Across Openreach FTTP Broadband Services

23rd Feb 2026 (22 Comments)

Techy-focused broadband ISP Olilo, which first launched in early September 2025 (here), has today announced that they’re about to reduce prices across their Openreach-based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband packages. The changes are set to be introduced from 1st April 2026.

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Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP Village Networks Looks to Expand Network

23rd Feb 2026 (0 Comments)

Buckingham-based alternative network provider Village Networks, which operates a number of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Full Fibre (FTTP) gigabit broadband networks across rural parts of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire in England, has requested new powers from the regulator to support its future expansion.

Virgin Media’s UK Pay TV Customers Get Access to Sky Atlantic Channel

23rd Feb 2026 (19 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) has this morning confirmed that all new and existing Virgin TV 360 and Stream box customers with the ‘Sky Entertainment‘ channels (Sky Comedy, Sky Witness, and the soon to be relaunched Sky One) will soon also be able to access popular Sky Atlantic programming on channel 111, “at no extra cost“.

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Broadband and Mobile Providers Adapting to New UK Price Transparency Rules

23rd Feb 2026 (4 Comments)

A subtle but very important change is slowly happening behind the scenes of the UK’s consumer telecoms industry, as broadband and mobile providers start realising they need to adapt to the Competition and Markets Authority‘s (CMA) new guidance on unfair commercial practices, particularly around the complex issue of “price transparency“.

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