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ISP News Archives for June 2026

Connect Fibre Engineers Next to Fibre Drum

Connect Fibre Expands Derbyshire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

9th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK Government (DSIT) appears set to slightly expand their Project Gigabit contract with altnet ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets) for the £33m (public subsidy) Derbyshire (LOT 3) Project Gigabit contract; this originally (here) aimed to build a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover “around” 17,000 premises in hard-to-reach areas.

VodafoneThree Allegedly Places Bid for UK Consumer Broadband ISP TalkTalk

9th Jun 2026 (2 Comments)

A new report claims that broadband and mobile giant Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has made an offer to acquire the consumer internet and phone business of debt-strained rival TalkTalk (home to 1.75 million customers as of May 2026), which could turn them into a much bigger fixed line ISP (Vodafone has 1.83m fixed broadband customers).

WightFibre’s Broadband Gigabit Island Project Slowly Nears Completion

9th Jun 2026 (1 Comment)

Alternative network provider WightFibre, which runs its own independent gigabit speed Full Fibre broadband (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (situated off the South Coast of Hampshire in England), has published their annual accounts to September 2025 and revealed that their fibre lines now cover c.90% of premises (74,000+) and they’re home to 28,000+ customers.

Elon Musk Previews Two New Starlink Broadband Dish Terminals

9th Jun 2026 (6 Comments)

The boss of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has given a subtle preview of two new dish (terminals) for their Starlink broadband service as part of a new video interview, both of which look set to be thinner and lighter than before. But the internet provider has yet to reveal any solid official details about the new kit, which is expected to launch soon.

ISP Gigaclear Relaunch UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans with Wi-Fi 7 eero Routers

9th Jun 2026 (1 Comment)

Abingdon-based alternative network operator Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across 618,000 premises in rural parts of England (inc. 170,000 customers), have today re-launched all of their packages with smart Wi-Fi via Amazon’s eero routers and engineer installs that now aim to improve wireless performance.

MS3 Results Reveal UK Full Fibre Broadband Network Has 22,184 Customers

9th Jun 2026 (2 Comments)

Hull-based alternative broadband operator MS3, which have built a full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has published their annual results to the end of 2025 and revealed that they’re home to 22,184 customers (up from 14,992 in 2024) and cover 238,806 premises (212,561 RFS) – up from 228,522 last year (195,759 RFS).

Sky UK Cuts Live TV Sport Streaming Latency with New Real Time Feature

9th Jun 2026 (10 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV streaming devices and service are gaining access to a new feature called “Real Time“, which is designed to improve the experience of watching live sports content online by “reducing latency between the live action and what viewers see on screen“.

Openreach Entice Customers of 1Gbps or Slower Ethernet Lines to Stay with Discount

8th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has launched a new special offer for UK customers of their high capacity Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) leased lines at speeds of 1Gbps or less, which will give a rental discount to current Ethernet list prices and no CPI (inflation) linked price rises for 3 or 5 years. But you’ll have to re-sign the circuit several more years.

Survey Work Starts on New Subsea Fibre Cable Between UK and Denmark

8th Jun 2026 (1 Comment)

Long-haul fibre company Midgard Infra (formerly Altibox Carrier) has begun the process of surveying the seabed ahead of deploying a new 630km long high-capacity subsea fibre optic cable – VERENA – to help link the United Kingdom with Denmark, which is expected to boost broadband and network data connectivity with Europe.

BT to Harness Claude Mythos AI Preview to Boost UK Telecoms Security

8th Jun 2026 (6 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT has today announced that they’ve “become the first UK company” join Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, which will allow them controlled access to the frontier AI model – Claude Mythos Preview – in order to help strengthen cybersecurity for its networks and customers against the latest AI threats.

AllPoints Fibre Opens Own UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to UK ISP Brillband UPDATE

8th Jun 2026 (8 Comments)

Retail ISP Brillband has announced that, from 1st July 2026, consumers will finally be able to order broadband packages over the full fibre network built by parent company AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN), which reflects the former (pre-consolidation) brands of Jurassic Fibre, Giganet and Swish Fibre. But there’s a catch for the provider’s Openreach and CityFibre base.

giffgaff broadband install by virgin media engineer

Giffgaff Launch Six Months for £5 Offer on UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans

8th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile and internet provider giffgaff has this morning announced the launch of a new special offer on their 24-month fixed full fibre broadband plans (available via nexfibre’s network), which will give new customers any of their 200Mbps to 900Mbps speed packages at just £5 per month for the first six months of service.

Network cable connected to wifi router on white background.

UK Shows Strong Adoption of Latest Wi-Fi 6 and 7 Standards vs Europe

8th Jun 2026 (10 Comments)

Internet connection benchmarking firm Ookla (Accenture), which operates the popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service and app, has published a general summary of WiFi technology adoption across the world that reveals how the UK has a fairly strong level of Wi-Fi 6 and 7 adoption vs most of Europe.

Possible Hints of O2 Broadband Revival Surface via New UK Full Fibre Plans

8th Jun 2026 (18 Comments)

One of ISPreview’s eagle-eyed readers recently spotted that mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) had uploaded an interesting new page on their website, which doesn’t appear to have been meant for public consumption and depicted three new full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages under the ‘O2 Broadband’ branding.

£700m R100 Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Scotland Covers 100,000 Premises

7th Jun 2026 (8 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) has this morning announced that they’ve just passed the 100,000 premises milestone – reflecting those who have benefitted from their publicly subsidised £697m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach, which is rolling out gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband to remote rural areas.

ISP Aquiss Launch 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps UK Broadband Speeds via Openreach

6th Jun 2026 (8 Comments)

Shropshire-based independent ISP Aquiss has today joined the small to modest sized group of internet providers able to offer speeds of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps via Openreach’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, both of which will initially be sold at half price for the first six months of service.

Sky Broadband UK’s Position on Openreach Speeds Beyond 900Mbps

6th Jun 2026 (19 Comments)

A couple of Sky Broadband’s customers have recently notified us that their 900Mbps full fibre (FTTP) package on Openreach’s national network suddenly started delivering speeds of up to nearly 1.8Gbps, which is despite such a tier being unavailable to Sky’s subscribers. But those hoping for the launch of faster packages via the same network may be left disappointed, at least for now.