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ISP News Archives for November 10, 2026

Virgin Media UK launch AI-powered TV content discovery tool Smart Search

10th Nov 2026 (0 Comments)

Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has this morning launched a new Smart Search feature – available to all customers of their Virgin TV 360 or Stream (pay TV) boxes, which is essentially an AI-powered content discovery feature that helps viewers search for programmes using everyday language (i.e. how you naturally speak).

Business UK connectivity provider Entanet sign Acronis for security solutions

10th Nov 2026 (0 Comments)

The recently re-launched business wholesale broadband and Ethernet provider entanet has today announced that they’ve signed a new partnership with Acronis, which will see them expand their offerings to provide UK MSPs (Managed Service Providers) with access to integrated cybersecurity, data protection and IT management capabilities.

Sky preps over 1 million free VIP rewards for UK customers this Christmas

10th Nov 2026 (0 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband, Sky TV etc.) has announced that their Sky VIP scheme, which typically offers special discounts and rewards to existing customers via the VIP section of the My Sky app, has announced that they’ll be “giving away” more than one million rewards to Sky customers at no extra cost this Christmas.

TAL to expand into UK business broadband and mobile services during 2027

10th Nov 2026 (0 Comments)

The Horsham-based Telecom Acquisitions Group (TAL), which is a holding company for a number of familiar retail broadband ISP brands (Home Telecom, Eclipse Broadband, Fleur Telecom etc.), has today revealed that they’re “exploring opportunities” to expand into the business-to-business (B2B) market in 2027, with a focus on telecoms, managed service providers (MSPs) and mobile services.

Wildanet build FTTP broadband to 6,000 of Cornwall UK’s rural premises since May

10th Nov 2026 (0 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Wildanet, which is deploying a new 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon (England), has today issued a progress update and reported that they’ve rolled their new network out to 5,907 additional homes and businesses across Cornwall since May 2027 (seven months).

BT delay Starlink based UK rural broadband service over controversial Musk

10th Nov 2026 (4 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Allison Kirkby, has confirmed that last year’s “landmark agreement” to make Starlink’s mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) available to their consumer broadband customers in “rural and remote areas“ (here) has been put on pause over recent controversy around the company and boss Elon Musk.

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Vodafone UK reach 1.9 Million broadband customers as mobile slides to 27.94M

10th Nov 2026 (0 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has today published their latest Q2 FY27 financial update. The figures reveal that they now have 1.908 million fixed broadband customers (up by 42k in Q2 vs 34k in Q1 2026) and a combined mobile base of 27.940 million (down by -47k in Q2 vs -369k in Q1).

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK restrict Hub 4 router access over security fears

10th Nov 2026 (10 Comments)

Some customers of fixed broadband provider Virgin Media (O2), such as those still using the operator’s older Hub 4 (Arris TG3492LG-VMB) router, have recently begun reporting to ISPreview that they’re no longer able to access the device’s web-based admin User Interface (UI) and are instead being faced with “Unable to Connect” messages. But the change is intentional.

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