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ISP News Archives for June 30, 2026

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UK ISP Quickline Tweaks Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout for Lincolnshire

30th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, appears to have had its Project Gigabit contract for Lincolnshire and East Riding tweaked. The result is a reduction in their contracted coverage target for the intervention area.

ITVX UK Streaming Service to Adopt New Edge Video Delivery Network

30th Jun 2026 (10 Comments)

Broadcaster ITV has announced that they’ve selected MainStreaming’s edge video delivery network to help power their ITVX streaming platform and app, which is mostly said to be down to its ability to integrate deeply within broadband and mobile networks, strengthened by its recent strategic partnership with telecoms giant BT (EE).

Openreach Tweaks and Evolves Equinox FTTP Broadband Pricing Scheme

30th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today informed broadband ISPs (Communications Providers) about some tweaks to their existing Equinox price discounts for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines at wholesale, which are intended to take effect from 1st July next year (2027) – following publication of the November 2026 inflation (CPI) figure.

Openreach Slightly Expand Worcestershire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Build

30th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

The government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has posted a contract modification for Openreach’s (BT) £42m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit Call Off 7 contract for Worcestershire (England), which originally aimed to expand their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to around 22,600 hard-to-reach premises, but will now cover around 23,000.

O2 UK Warns Mobile Customers Over New Inactive SIM Scam

30th Jun 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has warned customers that fraudsters are using a “new” phishing tactic to steal their private personal and security details (i.e. granting them access to their MyO2 accounts), which involves criminals posing as the telecoms company while claiming that the customers’ SIM cards are about to expire.

Sky Broadband and Openreach Make Dogs Dinner of Community Hall Fibre Upgrade

30th Jun 2026 (12 Comments)

A Worcester-based community hall was left without a working broadband connection for several weeks after Sky Broadband and Openreach managed to mess up a copper to full fibre network upgrade. The process resulted in the wrong house getting the connection instead and confusion over whether the Hall was a commercial or residential property.

Virgin Media Business Launch 2Gbps Symmetric Speed UK Broadband Plans

30th Jun 2026 (4 Comments)

Back in May 2026 we reported (here) that broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMB) were preparing to introduce new packages for small business customers that would offer symmetric speeds via their latest XGS-PON based full fibre (FTTP) network at speeds of up to 2Gbps (2,000Mbps). ISPreview has spotted that they’ve now quietly introduced the new plans.

Customers of UK Broadband ISP Zen Internet Face Another IP Address Switch

30th Jun 2026 (19 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has recently begun notifying customers of yet another migration of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for a small subset (under 2%) of user IPv4 allocations, which for most subscribers should only result in a brief service disruption (c.30 seconds) and possibly the need for a router reboot. But others may find it more of a pain.

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