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ISP News Archives for October 2026

Disney’s internet video streaming service hikes UK prices for 2026

14th Oct 2026 (15 Comments)

Internet video streaming provider Disney+ has once again followed their usual annual trend by hitting UK customers with a fresh round of price hikes, which are all due to be introduced for new customers today. Existing subscribers will also be hit, although this won’t follow until 18th November 2026 (or 2nd December 2026 if you pay annually).

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Altnet ISP Lightning Fibre launch UK Black Friday broadband sale

14th Oct 2026 (0 Comments)

Eastbourne-based broadband provider Lightning Fibre, which is building a full fibre (FTTP) network across Sussex and Kent in England (they also hold a partnership to use CityFibre’s UK network – here), appears to have become one of the first ISPs to kick off their early Black Friday sale today.

Hyperoptic launch 3 months free 1Gbps gamers UK broadband deal for GTA VI launch

14th Oct 2026 (0 Comments)

City-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) provider Hyperoptic, which claims to have built their gigabit broadband network to reach 2 million UK homes (mostly across blocks of flats / MDUs), has launched a new promotion ahead of the Grand Theft Auto 6 video game release that offers 3 months of free service to new customers taking their 1Gbps (symmetric) package.

Confusion as Trooli switch off FTTC broadband network in Kent UK village

14th Oct 2026 (8 Comments)

Confusion appears to have gripped residents in the rural Kent (England) village of Hunton after Trooli, an alternative network operator and broadband ISP, informed local customers that they had been unable to extend their new full fibre (FTTP) network into the area, and now planned to switch-off their existing copper line infrastructure too.

Amazon Leo speed test reaches 400Mbps+ on Pro satellite broadband dish

14th Oct 2026 (1 Comment)

The Amazon Leo service, which busy deploying thousands of ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally to compete with Starlink, has successfully tested their Leo Pro dish (terminal) to slightly beyond its top rated download speed of 400Mbps (Megabits per second) in a beta test of the service.

Sky UK’s NOW TV introduces new membership options for Sky Sports

13th Oct 2026 (19 Comments)

Sky has today announced that their sibling NOW (NOW TV) video streaming platform and broadband service has introduced a new membership structure for customers seeking to add Sky Sports content – adding two new Sky Sports plans. Fans can also continue to get the full line-up via NOW’s existing All Sky Sports plan if they want (from £27.99 a month).

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Travel eSIM providers Holafly and Roamless launch new unlimited data plans

13th Oct 2026 (3 Comments)

A couple of interesting developments have occurred this week after two global travel eSIM providers, Holafly and Roamless, both separately launched new 4G and 5G capable “unlimited data” mobile (mobile broadband) plans with some very different features and also caveats.

EXA Infrastructure extends high-capacity London-to-Balkans fibre route

13th Oct 2026 (0 Comments)

London-registered network operator EXA Infrastructure has today launched two new high-capacity terrestrial European fibre network routes – running between Milan and Zurich, extending the Frankfurt-Zurich-Milan-Genoa corridor, and between Paris and Vienna, extending the London-Balkans corridor.

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Study compares UK 5G fixed wireless broadband performance to Starlink

13th Oct 2026 (7 Comments)

A new study from Opensignal has compared the performance of 5G and 4G powered Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband to that of Starlink’s LEO satellite network across 14 European markets, including the United Kingdom. In the UK, Starlink comes out top for rural broadband, but it’s a much more mixed picture in urban areas, where Three UK is strongest for 5G FWA.

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LINX launches Cloud Connect service at Manchester internet exchange

13th Oct 2026 (0 Comments)

The member‑owned and not-for-profit London Internet Exchange (LINX), which manages a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via 900 members (broadband ISPs, mobile operators, CDNs etc.), has today has launched its Cloud Connect service at their Manchester exchange to increase resilience and improve control over cloud connectivity.

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Opensignal map shows where UK Mobiles connect to Starlink’s D2D satellites

13th Oct 2026 (4 Comments)

Market analyst and network benchmarking firm Opensignal, which examines mobile networks by gathering crowdsourced data from users of their App, has published what they’re calling the “world’s first interactive map of satellite-to-smartphone D2D connections” (Direct-to-Device) – currently showing where people are connecting via Starlink’s satellite mobile network.

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Gigaclear UK completes North Oxfordshire Project Gigabit broadband contract

13th Oct 2026 (1 Comment)

The UK Government has today announced that Abingdon-based broadband ISP Gigaclear has completed their £8.2m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for 3,880 premises in hard-to-reach parts of North Oxfordshire (Lot 13.02), which is said to have been achieved “four months ahead of schedule“.

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Fibrus launch Wi-Fi 7 router and 2Gbps speeds on UK FTTP broadband network UPDATE

12th Oct 2026 (13 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative broadband network and ISP Fibrus, which have built their full fibre network across rural parts of 471,800 premises (inc. 155,000 customers) in Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has today begun rolling out a new 2Gbps package and a Wi-Fi 7 router for the first time via Amazon’s eero 7 kit.

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Broadband ISP Virgin Media says Sunday is the busiest UK online day

12th Oct 2026 (5 Comments)

Broadband and mobile provider Virgin Media (O2) has this morning published new data to reveal that Sunday is currently the busiest day of the week online for their customers, with broadband traffic 12% higher than the average day. Apparently this traffic is dominated by social media, streaming, life admin and other task involved with preparing for Monday.

Scotland set to close Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme in Nov 2026

12th Oct 2026 (3 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) has announced that, following a “review of market conditions“, they will close their own Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (SBVS) to new applications on 20th November 2026. The move comes shortly after the UK Government closed their own voucher scheme (GBVS) to new projects last month.

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Broadband altnet CityFibre reportedly preps up to £2bn UK haircut on debts

12th Oct 2026 (35 Comments)

A new report claims that the UK’s largest alternative Full Fibre broadband network, CityFibre, is preparing to ask lenders (NatWest, Lloyds and Société Générale) to accept a huge write-down on their debts as part of efforts to “establish a strong, long-term capital structure for the business“. The move is predicted to cost lenders up to £2bn.

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Virgin Media UK expand trial availability of 2Gbps broadband on coax network

12th Oct 2026 (18 Comments)

Back in July we revealed that broadband ISP Virgin Media were running a small trial that had made their top 2Gbps download speed package available over their older Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC / DOCSIS 3.1) network, albeit only in a few UK locations (e.g. parts of Oldham). Previously you could only access 1Gbps speeds in such areas. The good news is this seems to be expanding.