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17th Apr 2026 (21 Comments)
Network operator Openreach (BT) has said it’s “very sorry for the distress” after one of its engineers accidentally drilled through a water pipe during the installation of a new broadband service, which flooded the house of a 93-year-old pensioner (Dylis Forsyth) in Kent (England). Ms Forsyth ended up slipping on the wet carpet the next day and badly injuring her hand.
17th Apr 2026 (5 Comments)
Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with Virgin Media (harnessing the same build engine), has today announced a £2.9 million investment in the large County Durham (England) town of Darlington to help upgrade 18,000 homes to full fibre (FTTP) broadband. The work is linked to the planned acquisition of altnet Netomnia.
17th Apr 2026 (4 Comments)
A number of UK broadband and mobile operators, such as Vodafone, iD Mobile and more, work with a company called Giftcloud to help incentivise new customers to sign-up by offering high value gift cards. But recently we’ve seen a spike in complaints as some customers have struggled to get their promised gift cards, while attempts to reach support often go without a response.
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17th Apr 2026 (6 Comments)
The UK telecoms operator, BT, has confirmed that the subsea cable repair ship (Pierre de Fermat) they contracted to resolve the recent fibre optic break between Evie on the Orkney Mainland and nearby Westray, which disrupted local broadband and 4G mobile connectivity, is set to be fully resolved on Saturday (18th April).
17th Apr 2026 (2 Comments)
The NordVPN service, which is a popular Virtual Private Network (VPN) provider, has announced that their global network has reached over 100 Terabits per second (Tbps) in aggregate network capacity, distributed across 211 locations in 135+ countries.
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