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ISP News Archives for June 2026

Openreach Cut Fixed Fee for Excess Construction Charges and EAD Connection Charges

26th Jun 2026 (3 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has announced that they will shortly reduce the Fixed Fee for Excess Construction Charges (ECC), which are sometimes charged when UK broadband or Ethernet deployments require extra civil engineering work. In addition, they’re also reducing the Connection Charges on Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) lines for businesses.

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Sky Broadband Users Accidentally Blocked from UK NHS Website and App

26th Jun 2026 (13 Comments)

Some customers of Sky Broadband reported that they were unable to access the main NHS website and app earlier in the week, seemingly after the internet provider accidentally managed to block it. But Sky has since suggested that the fault might have been with the NHS. The issue prevented people being able to access their medical data and manage appointments etc.

Openreach Start Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout for Worcestershire

25th Jun 2026 (2 Comments)

The Worcestershire County Council (WCC) in England has today announced that Openreach have connected the first homes to their new full fibre (FTTP) broadband network as part of the £41m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit contract, which currently aims to cover 22,600 premises across the county’s hardest-to-reach (mostly remote rural) areas.

Broadband ISP Nufibre Launch New Self-Service Customer Portal – nuHub

25th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Internet provider NuFibre has today announced the launch of nuHub v1.0, which despite the name isn’t a router but rather their new bespoke “self-service customer portal” – designed and developed in-house to make “broadband management simpler and more accessible for customers“.

Financial Chief of Wales-Focused Full Fibre Broadband ISP Ogi to Step Down

25th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Board Director at Infracapital-backed alternative UK full fibre broadband network operator Ogi, Wyn Innes, has announced that he will be “stepping down” from the role at the end of October 2026 in order to start “exploring new opportunities“.

Tesco Mobile Ponders Giffgaff Style Foray into UK Home Broadband

25th Jun 2026 (6 Comments)

Mobile provider Tesco Mobile, which is one of the UK’s largest virtual (mvno) mobile network operators and home to a customer base of close to 6 million, is reportedly looking to expand their existing partnership by pondering a giffgaff style move into offering full fibre broadband packages.

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Vodafone UK Kicks Off 2026 Summer Home Broadband and Mobile Sale

25th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Telecoms provider Vodafone has this morning informed ISPreview that they’ve today started their 2026 Summer Sale, which will run until 22nd July 2026 (23:59) and includes various discounts across their 4G to 5G SIM mobile plans, Smartphones (including airtime bundles) and fixed broadband packages.

Netgem TV Slash UK Price of PLEIO Freely Streaming Box to £80

25th Jun 2026 (5 Comments)

Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV appears to have recently slashed the price of their new UltraHD (4K) IPTV set-top-box – PLEIO, which includes support for the UK’s newest broadband-based live TV streaming service (Freely) and can now be had for just £80.

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GSMA Publish Satellite Regulatory Playbook for Mobile and Broadband Services

25th Jun 2026 (1 Comment)

The GSMA, which represents over a thousand mobile operators and related businesses in the UK and across the world, has published its new Satellite Regulatory Playbook, which is said to be a practical guide designed to help policymakers develop “clear, consistent and future-ready” policies for the rapidly evolving satellite connectivity sector (especially when used for 4G / 5G mobile broadband).

UK Mobile Providers Take Gold at MVNOs World Awards 2026

25th Jun 2026 (4 Comments)

The MVNOs World Awards 2026 were held this month, which among other things saw a few UK based mobile and telecoms operators walking away with wins. For example, SIM-only mobile provider spusu was named the “Leading Consumer MVNO/Sub-Brand“, while BT took home the “Host Operator Excellence Award“.

FDM CCS Insight Launch Regional View of Fixed Broadband Connections in the UK

24th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Technology data and insight firm FDM CCS Insight has today launched a new dataset (Network Panel) that claims to provide “unprecedented visibility into UK broadband market performance, regional trends and adoption of fibre to the premises (FTTP)“. The goal is to enable operators, investors and industry watchers to benchmark performance and identify emerging trends.

ISP MTH Networks Joins Trooli’s UK Full Fibre Broadband Network

24th Jun 2026 (4 Comments)

Broadband provider MTH Networks has today confirmed that they’ve gone live on Trooli’s alternative full fibre (FTTP) network, which covers premises across the South East, South West and East Anglia Regions of England and a small part of Scotland.

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Constant Group to Build Enclosures for Openreach’s UK Exchange Exit Programme

24th Jun 2026 (12 Comments)

The Oldham-based Constant Group, which is a British single source solution provider for sheet metal fabrication – from telecom / broadband cabinets to POS displays, has secured a contract from Openreach (BT) to develop and deliver secure external enclosures as part of the operator’s nationwide Exchange Exit programme.

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Bolton Community Wins Fight to Stop New Openreach Broadband Poles

24th Jun 2026 (34 Comments)

The residential community of Bromley Cross, which sits in the leafy northern suburbs of Bolton (Greater Manchester), appear to have succeeded in their campaign against Openreach’s (BT) plan to deploy new wood telecoms poles to support their gigabit full fibre broadband (FTTP) network expansion around Grange Park Road.

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Multiple UK Broadband ISP Checkers and Order Systems Currently Down UPDATE4

24th Jun 2026 (10 Comments)

Reports are coming in that a number of major and minor broadband providers, such as Sky Broadband, BT, Virgin Media, Vodafone and many others, are currently suffering some disruption to their online availability checkers and ordering systems that is preventing new customers from signing up. A few providers have linked this to a problem with Openreach (BT Group).

UK Ranks 2nd for Fixed Broadband Speed vs Countries of Similar Size to Romania

24th Jun 2026 (2 Comments)

France-based internet connection benchmarking firm nPerf has this morning published the results from their first biannual (H1) 2026 crowdsourced study into fixed broadband ISP speeds among “countries comparable in size to Romania“, which saw the United Kingdom rank 2nd with an overall score of 126,638 nPoints (just behind Romania on 128,587).

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Study Claims 18 Percent of UK Broadband Homes Fail to Receive Min 10Mbps Speed

24th Jun 2026 (13 Comments)

A new study from Broadband Genie, which analysed 144,067 web-based broadband speed tests over an unspecified 12-month period, has claimed that 18% households in the UK are receiving “broadband” download speeds slower than the Universal Service Obligation (USO) of 10Mbps download or 1Mbps upload. But take that claim with a pinch of salt.