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Fast Broadband Supports Top 104 UK Places for Home Working

21st October, 2020 (3 Comments)

Comparison site Uswitch has today published a new Remote Working Index (RWI), which ranks 104 of the United Kingdom’s biggest towns and cities by seven metrics to help identify the best places for people who have to work from home (access to superfast broadband, crime rate, green spaces, property prices etc.).

Cityfibre Confirms £117m Rollout of 1Gbps Fibre in Nottingham UPDATE

20th October, 2020 (10 Comments)

Fibre optic network developer Cityfibre has today revealed that they intend to invest £117m in order to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the central England city of Nottingham, which is to be supported by civil engineering firm McCann.

ISP Rapier Systems Rollout 60GHz multi-Gigabit Wireless Tech

20th October, 2020 (3 Comments)

Wireless ISP Rapier Systems has today become one of the first broadband providers in the UK to deploy the new multi-Gigabit speed capable 60GHz cnWave (Terragraph) technology from Cambium Networks and Facebook, which is facilitated by Qualcomm’s latest 802.11ay (WiFi) compliant standard.

Vodafone UK Re-purposes Phone Boxes in Brighton to Boost 4G

20th October, 2020 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has managed to boost their 4G (mobile broadband) signal in the coastal East Sussex city of Brighton by installing small cells on top of five phone boxes, some of which appear to have been previously owned by arch rival BT (many of those are now standing disused).

Cityfibre Starts £40m Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Dundee

20th October, 2020 (2 Comments)

Network builder Cityfibre UK has today announced that they’ve started the construction phase of a new £40m project to rollout their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTH) broadband ISP network across the coastal city of Dundee, which sits on the Firth of Tay estuary in eastern Scotland and is home to around 150,000 people.

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Free Public WiFi Reaches 36 Village Halls in Cambridgeshire UK

20th October, 2020 (0 Comments)

The Connecting Cambridgeshire programme has announced that some 36 villages halls in rural parts of the county can now access their free public WiFi service, which is thanks to a new UK Government grant that was setup to support health and well-being.

County Broadband Update FTTP Rollout in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire

20th October, 2020 (1 Comment)

Aldham-based rural UK ISP County Broadband has issued a couple of updates on their rollout plan for a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in remote parts of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, which adds a few new villages to their existing deployment and confirms the delivery time-scale.

ISPA Begins Hunting for 2020’s UK Internet Heroes

19th October, 2020 (11 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today called for members of the public and industry alike to submit nominations for its 2020 “Internet Hero” award, with the eventual winner being announced via a special online ceremony on the 18th November 2020 at the 22nd annual ISPA Awards event.

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Cityfibre Start £40m Swindon Build of 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

19th October, 2020 (7 Comments)

Network builder Cityfibre UK have just kicked off the construction phase of their £40m project to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTH) broadband network across the Wiltshire town of Swindon, which is being supported by civil engineering firm VolkerSmart Technologies.

Broadband ISP Airband UK Hails its First Female Telecoms Engineer

19th October, 2020 (12 Comments)

The slow march toward gender diversity in the traditionally male dominated role of UK telecoms engineering appears to be paying off after Airband, which supplies a mix of fixed wireless and full fibre (FTTP) broadband connectivity to various rural communities, appointed its first female engineer.

That’ll Do – Plusnet Make “renewed push” into the Value Market

19th October, 2020 (59 Comments)

Budget broadband ISP Plusnet has informed us that they’re refocusing their strategic direction, with a renewed push into the value market by “concentrating on its three core strengths – simplicity, reliability and award-winning customer service.” So it’s out with the old tag line – “we’ll do you proud” – and in the with the new – “that’ll do“.

Virgin Media UK Warns BT Against Anti-Competitive FTTP Discounting

19th October, 2020 (29 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has warned the market regulator, Ofcom, against allowing BT (Openreach) to sign “deeply discounted and long-term” wholesale agreements for “full fibre” (FTTP) services with rivals ISPs, which they claim might make it harder for alternative networks to compete against the established giant.

One UK Village’s Roller-Coaster Ride of USO Broadband Costs

18th October, 2020 (21 Comments)

The long running saga of trying to get a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service installed across the village of Pandy in Wales is one step closer to a solution. But its plight also helps to highlight how difficult it’s been for some areas to harness the new 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO).

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Vodafone UK Discounts FTTP and FTTC Home Broadband Plans

17th October, 2020 (28 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone has just introduced a number of discounts to their FTTC (Superfast) and FTTP (Gigafast – Openreach and Cityfibre) based broadband packages, which reduces the monthly price on their superfast plans and offers several months of free service on their gigafast options.

O2 Reveals Top UK Cities with Highest Mobile Data Consumption

17th October, 2020 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica) has revealed a list of the top 10 most data hungry (mobile broadband) UK cities for September 2020, which sees Bradford top the list after it saw data consumption on their network jump by 50% when compared with the same time last year. Meanwhile Coventry came a close second (47%).

ISP Sky Broadband UK Opens FTTP for Existing Customers

17th October, 2020 (31 Comments)

Over the past week we’ve noted that Sky Broadband appears to have started making their new Openreach Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “Superfast” (59Mbps) and “Ultrafast” (145Mbps) broadband package available to existing customers, after initially only appearing to launch it for new subscribers.

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EE Mobile Seeks to Trade Some 2.6GHz 4G Spectrum to O2 UK UPDATE

16th October, 2020 (23 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today requested approval from Ofcom for them to trade some of their 4G (mobile broadband) friendly unpaired radio spectrum in the 2.6GHz band (between 2595-2620MHz) to rival O2 (Telefonica UK). At present neither O2 nor Three UK own any of their own spectrum in the 2.6GHz band.