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ISP News Archives for March 2026

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UK Gov Launch Address Checker for Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout UPDATE

13th Mar 2026 (35 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today launched a new address checker, which enables homes in England and Wales to see whether they’ll be able to benefit from the roll-out of gigabit-capable broadband networks under their publicly funded £5bn Project Gigabit programme. But at the time of writing it’s “currently unavailable due to a technical problem“.

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TOTSCo Set Plan to Improve Performance of Broadband and Phone Switching

12th Mar 2026 (8 Comments)

The One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is the industry-led company responsible for delivering Ofcom’s process – One Touch Switching (OTS) – for quicker and easier UK switching (migration) between home broadband and phone providers, has today set out details of how they plan to improve the system’s performance and monitoring.

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Openreach Trial Uses UK Broadband Network to Detect 100+ Water Leaks

12th Mar 2026 (6 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed some of the first results from their ongoing trial of a new technology (here), which harnesses the operator’s existing fibre optic broadband network to detect mains water leaks. In just three months, it’s already pinpointed 100+ leaks and is estimated to be saving 2 million litres of water a day.

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Broadband ISP Brsk to Start Migrating UK Customers to Youfibre Next Week UPDATE

12th Mar 2026 (10 Comments)

Customers of broadband provider Brsk, which is part of the Substantial Group (Netomnia) that in January 2026 decided to merge their two retail providers under a single brand – Youfibre (here), have just been notified that the migration process will begin on Monday 16th March 2026.

CityFibre Presentation Talks Wholesale, Take-up and Future UK Broadband Plans

12th Mar 2026 (23 Comments)

The Strategy Director for 10Gbps capable full fibre UK broadband operator CityFibre, Clayton Nash, has given a new lecture to members of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) that reveals some interesting details about the company’s network roll-out, wholesale pricing, take-up and future plans.

FarrPoint Claims Universal UK Gigabit Broadband May Boost Economy by £8.6bn

11th Mar 2026 (1 Comment)

Consultancy firm FarrPoint has today published new independent analysis, which claims that the United Kingdom’s economy could gain a boost of more than £8.6 billion if gigabit-capable broadband connectivity was universally available to every single home and business – helping to create or sustain more than 156,000 jobs and support over 13,000 businesses.

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INCA – Alternative Full Fibre Broadband Networks Cover 19.7 Million UK Premises

11th Mar 2026 (6 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) and Point Topic have today released their 2026 report into the impact of alternative “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks in the UK. The study reveals that their coverage grew by 20% in 2025 to top 19.7 million premises (up from 16.4m or 27% in 2024) and there are more than 3.5 million live connections (up by 32%).

Broadband ISP EE UK Make DAZN App Available to Pay TV Customers

11th Mar 2026 (0 Comments)

Customers of UK broadband ISP and mobile provider EE (BT), specifically those who also take their internet-connected pay TV service with the TV Box Pro and TV Box Edge hardware, may like to know that they can now access the sporting centric DAZN app via the platforms Apps rail and Apps section on their device.

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London Fibre Group Seeks Code Powers to Build UK Full Fibre Network

11th Mar 2026 (3 Comments)

The London Fibre Group has revealed that they’re seeking Code Powers to help them design, build, own and operate a new fibre optic network, including Dark Fibre and shared duct infrastructure, for use by other communications providers (wholesale) to expand their respective broadband and Ethernet networks across the United Kingdom.

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O2 UK Give Mobile Customers Option to Upgrade to 5G+ At No Extra Cost

11th Mar 2026 (15 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’re giving millions of their Pay Monthly mobile customers the “chance” to upgrade to their latest end-to-end 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) mobile broadband network “at no extra cost”, provided they have a compatible device of course.

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Survey Claims to Reveal Who Pays the Most for UK Broadband Outages

11th Mar 2026 (6 Comments)

New research from Broadband Genie, which surveyed 3,200 broadband bill payers from across the UK, claims to have found that 45% of broadband customers have experienced at least one connection outage lasting over 48 hours in the past 12 months – they’ve also calculated who pays the most for their outages by ISP, UK region and city.

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AllPoints Fibre Networks Launch UK Multi-Gig FTTP Broadband via CityFibre

11th Mar 2026 (4 Comments)

AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN), which is a Fern Trading backed wholesale platform (aquila) that aggregates connectivity from several different UK full fibre networks for UK retail providers to sell, has today announced that their partner ISPs and managed service providers (MSPs) can access CityFibre’s 1.7Gbps and 2.3Gbps speed FTTP broadband products.

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Uncertainty Surrounds Virgin Media and O2 UK’s Community Forum Merger UPDATE

11th Mar 2026 (17 Comments)

Over a month has now passed since broadband and mobile providers Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) closed their respective customer community forums to new postings as part of plans to merge and upgrade the platform (here). But the operator still doesn’t seem to know when this process will complete and won’t say what platform they’re adopting.

ISP Home Unity Joins Freedom Fibre’s UK Gigabit Broadband Network

10th Mar 2026 (0 Comments)

Challenger broadband provider Home Unity has today announced that they’re expanding their reach across the North West and West Midlands by onboarding with Freedom Fibre’s alternative full fibre (FTTP) network, which is itself in the process of merging with Truespeed (here) in order to cover a total combined footprint of 412,000 premises ‘Ready for Service’.

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UK ISP Talk Straight to Deploy High Capacity Network for Bristol City Council

10th Mar 2026 (0 Comments)

The specialist broadband provider for the UK education market, Talk Straight (aka – Schools Broadband), has today announced that they’ve been chosen to deliver “high‑capacity Internet circuits” to Bristol City Council (BCC) in England – part of a new contract valued at up to £2.9 million.

O2 UK and Ontix Expand 5G Mobile Small Cells to Boost Data Capacity in Bath

10th Mar 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and network technology provider Ontix have this morning reported that they’ve successfully deployed their first 4G and 5G capable Small Cells in the Somerset (England) city of Bath, which will boost local data capacity (mobile broadband) for their network.

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Openreach Prep 100Gbps Cablelinks to Support 8.5Gbps UK Broadband

10th Mar 2026 (11 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) are understood to be preparing a new 100Gbps capable Cablelink (Ethernet) solution to support their future 8.5Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband products for UK homes. But initially any retail providers taking part in the XGS-PON pilot will need to use multiple 10G Cablelinks for capacity.