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ISP News Archives for August 4, 2026

LightSpeed Broadband Sees Revenues Double as UK Customers Top 22,000

4th Aug 2026 (10 Comments)

Alternative network provider and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which has built their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 360,000 premises across the East of England and Midlands (36 towns), has reported their latest annual accounts to the end of December 2025 – revealing that they have 22,000 customers (May 2026) and revenues almost doubled to £4.21m (2024: £2.24m).

Squirrel Internet Launch 2.3Gbps Broadband Offer via MS3 and New Premium Service Levels

4th Aug 2026 (7 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Squirrel Internet, specifically those covered by MS3’s full fibre network in the Hull and Northern Lincolnshire areas of England, may like to know that the provider has just launched a new offer on its 2.3Gbps broadband service and introduced two new premium Service Level options.

End of an Era as UK ISP Aquiss Switches Off Final ADSL Broadband Service

4th Aug 2026 (30 Comments)

Shropshire-based independent UK ISP Aquiss has today announced that they’ve completed the company’s withdrawal from all legacy ADSL copper broadband services by switching off their final connection. The last ADSL line, which was first commissioned on 3rd September 2007, was disconnected on 3rd August 2026 as the customer migrated to a full fibre FTTP service.

Broadband Altnet Fusion Fibre Hit by Winding Up Petition from UK HMRC UPDATE

4th Aug 2026 (7 Comments)

Alternative network builder and UK broadband ISP Fusion Fibre Group (formerly FACTCO), which has built their own full fibre (FTTP) networks across a number of rural communities, has suffered a blow after HMRC filed a winding-up petition against the business on 29th July 2026.

Ookla H1 2026 Study Names the Fastest Big UK Fixed Broadband Providers

4th Aug 2026 (3 Comments)

A new study that collected data from Ookla’s popular Speedtest.net service for benchmarking internet connections has named BT as the fastest of the major UK broadband ISPs, beating out competition from Virgin Media, Vodafone, Sky Broadband, Plusnet (part of the BT Group) and last place sitter TalkTalk.

RootMetrics Awards EE as the BEST UK Mobile Operator in H1 2026 Study

4th Aug 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has this morning published their H1 2026 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and mobile broadband (4G, 5G) speeds. The results once again name EE as the best mobile operator after they scooped up the highest scores and fastest data speeds across most categories.

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BT, Sky, Grain and Hyperoptic Comment on Nexfibre’s £2bn Move to Buy Netomnia UPDATE

4th Aug 2026 (36 Comments)

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently published several responses from BT (Openreach), Grain Connect, Sky Broadband and Hyperoptic to the ‘Areas of Focus’ document for their Phase 2 competition investigation of Netomnia’s proposed £2bn acquisition by the parents of Virgin Media (O2) and nexfibre. The early feedback provides some useful market perspective.

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