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ISP News Archives for April 23, 2026

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TOTSCo Publish Outcome of Consultation on Improving UK Broadband Switching

23rd Apr 2026 (10 Comments)

The not-for-profit and industry-funded One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is responsible for delivering Ofcom’s solution for easier and quicker switching between UK broadband and phone providers (One Touch Switching), has today published the outcome of their recent consultation on improving the system’s performance and monitoring.

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Starlink Shuts GPS Location Feature on Satellite Broadband Service

23rd Apr 2026 (6 Comments)

The Starlink (SpaceX) service, which sells affordable ultrafast broadband connectivity to UK and global consumers via a massive constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has begun notifying customers that, effective from 20th May 2026, “dish location will no longer be available via the local device gRPC API“.

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April 2026 Contract Progress for UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

23rd Apr 2026 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today released their April 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts that have been awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 250,000 contracted premises (up from 227,310 in Mar 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 1,047,200.

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LINX Wins Business Reporter’s Best of British Businesses for 2026 Award

23rd Apr 2026 (0 Comments)

The not-for-profit and member‑owned 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 operators etc.), has today been handed the Best of British Businesses for 2026 award by Business Reporter.

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Nexfibre List FTTP Broadband Upgrades for the Next 4 UK Locations

23rd Apr 2026 (5 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with UK ISP Virgin Media (they harness the same build teams), has today confirmed another batch of four locations across the United Kingdom that will benefit from an upgrade to their latest full fibre (FTTP, XGS-PON) broadband technology.

BT Business Claim to Launch UK’s First Full Suite of Sovereign Services

23rd Apr 2026 (5 Comments)

Communications and broadband provider BT Business has today announced the UK’s “first full suite of sovereign services” (i.e. designed to keep sensitive workloads in the UK), offering public and private sector organisations an end-to-end portfolio spanning sovereign connectivity, voice, cloud and AI etc.

CMA Begin UK Competition Probe of Netomnia’s Acquisition by VMO2’s Owners UPDATE

23rd Apr 2026 (11 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has this morning launched an initial review of the proposed £2bn acquisition (here) of alternative full fibre UK broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group) by the parents of nexfibre and Virgin Media (O2) – Liberty Global, Telefónica and InfraVia.

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Hyperoptic Building FTTP Broadband in Small Rural UK Town of Bridgnorth

23rd Apr 2026 (2 Comments)

The normally city-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to have built their network to cover 1.9 million UK homes (mostly across blocks of flats / MDUs), has been spotted deploying a seemingly random single street cabinet in the small rural Shropshire (England) town of Bridgnorth. But there’s method in the madness.

Rural UK Broadband Altnet Quickline Appoint Justin Leese as CTO After Ogi Exit

23rd Apr 2026 (0 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Quickline, which is busy building a new full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has appointed industry veteran Justin Leese to be its new Chief Technology and Operations Officer (CTOO).

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