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ISP News Archives for September 16, 2026

Email users of broadband ISP BT suffer barrage of password reset messages

16th Sep 2026 (0 Comments)

Some customers of BT’s UK broadband packages, specifically those that also make use of their included Email platform, have recently begun complaining about receiving hundreds of unsolicited password reset messages (sometimes as many as 1,000 TXTs) – each containing a onetime four digit PIN code to verify their BTInternet mail account.

JustWatch set to launch own TV streaming service in the UK next month

16th Sep 2026 (0 Comments)

The JustWatch website, which currently acts as one of the world’s largest guides to TV and movie content on streaming platforms, has announced that they intend to launch their own internet video streaming service (JustWatch TV) in October 2026 – starting with the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Australia and New Zealand.

Zen Internet CEO reveals state of the UK’s alternative broadband networks

16th Sep 2026 (3 Comments)

The CEO of broadband ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has today published the seventh edition of his entertaining ‘Full Fibre Wacky Races‘ presentation, which summarises both his and the wider industry’s views of how the UK’s troubled market for alternative fixed broadband networks (altnets) has progressed and what the future may hold.

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Comms Council UK publish data-sharing guidance for tackling telephone fraud

16th Sep 2026 (1 Comment)

The Comms Council UK, which represents the national Unified Communications and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, has this morning published its data-sharing guidance – produced with support from the Home Office, Ofcom, and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – for tackling telephone-enabled fraud (e.g. scam calls and messages).

BT reveal 95 percent of UK customers have switched to digital voice as new trial expands

16th Sep 2026 (6 Comments)

Broadband and phone provider BT (EE) has revealed that over 95% of their landline phone users have now successfully switched from legacy analogue phones to its IP-based Digital Voice service. But with the deadline approaching, the ISP is now expanding a trial that temporarily paused broadband for a small group of unresponsive customers, while keeping landlines running.

Vodafone UK warn London planning rules forcing 100 mobile sites offline in 2026

16th Sep 2026 (1 Comment)

A new report from mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) claims that London could be losing around £2.7bn a year in economic output because of bad “planning measures“, such as those that force them to take 4G and 5G network sites offline (masts and other cell sites) without first ensuring an appropriate replacement location.

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New 500Tbps EXA Meridian subsea fibre cable to be built between UK and USA

16th Sep 2026 (2 Comments)

London-registered network operator EXA Infrastructure has this morning announced their plan to build a new 6,552km long transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable between New Jersey (USA) and Brean (UK), which will be called EXA Meridian and is claimed to be the “first transatlantic cable built by a single operator in a decade“.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk confirms UK customer community forum is gone

16th Sep 2026 (5 Comments)

A few months have now passed since consumer broadband provider TalkTalk said they were “working on a solution” after their community forum for customers unexpectedly went offline in June 2026. But the once popular feature has not returned and the provider now simply says it’s “no longer available” as a service.

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