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Student and Rental Focused UK Broadband ISP ASK4 Replace CEO

20th September, 2021 (0 Comments)

After 21 years, ASK4, which provides gigabit-capable broadband services to students and residents (renters) in multi-tenant buildings across the UK and nine other countries in Europe, is to finally wave farewell to Jonathan Burrows, its original founding CEO, on 1st October 2021 and replace him with Andrew Dutton.

Openreach Trial Air Wand to Boost UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

19th September, 2021 (3 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they, alongside partner Circet and others, have begun trials of a new ‘Air Wand‘ (aka – Air Sabre or Air Lance) machine, which uses compressed air or high pressure water to break the ground and could speed up the rollout of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Starlink’s LEO Satellite Broadband Service to Exit Beta in October

18th September, 2021 (13 Comments)

The CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has announced that the Starlink service, which delivers ultrafast low latency broadband across the world via a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), will finally leave its long-running beta phase and get a full commercial launch in October 2021. But don’t expect too many changes, yet.

Virgin Media O2 UK Still Suffers Router Bug that Exposes VPN IPs

18th September, 2021 (37 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve yet to fix a long-running security issue in their HUB 3.0 routers (ARRIS TG2492), which among other things could be used to “silently unmask” the actual, ISP issued, IP address of Virtual Private Network (VPN) users.

Affinity Systems Target Expansion of Small Rural UK Fibre Network

17th September, 2021 (1 Comment)

Houghton Le Spring (Sunderland)-based telecoms and IT provider Affinity Systems Limited (Rymote) has revealed tentative plans to expand a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to “serve people and businesses” in rural areas in the North East of England.

Price Cuts and Speed Boosts at London ISP Community Fibre

17th September, 2021 (6 Comments)

London-focused broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which has already covered 307,000 UK homes (and 12,000 businesses) with their 3Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has discounted their package prices and doubled the speed on two of their ultrafast products for new customers.

Google Test New 20Gbps Laser Broadband Link at up to 20km

17th September, 2021 (7 Comments)

The team working on Project Taara at Google’s X technology lab have successfully overcome traditional challenges with signal reliability to demonstrate a new laser-based wireless optical communications link that can deliver data at speeds of up to 20Gbps (Gigabits per second) over distances of up to 20 kilometres.

RootMetrics Name Top 13 UK Cities for 5G Speed and Availability

16th September, 2021 (0 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a general comparison of 5G based mobile (mobile broadband) speeds and availability across 13 of the United Kingdom’s key cities, which sees Glasgow take the top spot on an aggregated average (median) download speed of 144.3Mbps and availability of 28.3%.

Virgin Media O2 UK Set to Launch New IPTV Product Soon

16th September, 2021 (19 Comments)

The CEO of UK broadband ISP, mobile and TV giant Virgin Media (VMO2), Lutz Schueler, has confirmed that the operator “will be launching soon our first IPTV offer” (Internet Protocol Television), which is probably a reference to the new streaming entertainment service (here) that they began to trial earlier this year.

Sky’s UK TV via IP Broadband Service Set to Launch This Month

16th September, 2021 (54 Comments)

Last month, we reported that Sky (Sky Broadband), which is owned by Comcast, were gearing up to launch their long-awaited TV via broadband (instead of a satellite dish) service (here). Several sources have now informed us that this will go live this month and be called Sky over IP (SoIP).

BT Confirms Plan to Rollout 300 Ultrafast UK WiFi Street Hubs

16th September, 2021 (31 Comments)

BT has confirmed that they plan to deploy 300 of their new Street Hub 2.0 kiosks (formerly InLinkUK) around urban parts of the UK, which offer “gigabit” public WiFi, USB device charging, free UK phone calls, small cells to boost 4G or 5G mobile signals, local information, environmental sensors and a large HD display for adverts.

Upp Connect First Full Fibre Users in 1 Million UK Premises Rollout

16th September, 2021 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Upp, which earlier this year unveiled a £1bn plan to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 1 million premises in Eastern England by 2025 (here), has announced that they’ve just connected their first customers and revealed more details about their rollout plan.

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CityFibre Secure GBP1.1bn to Fuel UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

16th September, 2021 (6 Comments)

CityFibre, which currently aims to cover 8 million UK premises with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network by around the end of 2025, has today secured another major investment boost of £1.125bn from the owner of Ikea (Interogo Holdings) and Mubadala (Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund).

Gov Appoints Nadine Dorries as UK Digital and Culture Secretary

15th September, 2021 (23 Comments)

The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has today moved Oliver Dowden to be the Co-Party Chairman and appointed Nadine Dorries to replace him as the Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), who among other things is tasked with overseeing the roll-out of gigabit broadband.

Customers of Virgin Media and Other UK ISPs Hit by Piracy Letters UPDATE

15th September, 2021 (45 Comments)

Customers of several UK broadband ISPs, including Virgin Media (VMO2), have just become the first in a long while to receive a new round of settlement letters (aka -“speculative invoicing“), which tend to be perceived as bullying subscribers by demanding money to settle suspected cases of internet piracy (copyright infringement).

Trooli Sign GBP11.6m Deal to Supply their UK Full Fibre Rollout

15th September, 2021 (0 Comments)

Full fibre broadband ISP Trooli has today signed a 3-year supply deal with Networks Centre, a telecoms equipment distributor, which is worth £11.6m and will help to provide the kit for their ongoing rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in England.

Top 36 UK Local Authorities with Full Fibre Cover Above 50 Percent

15th September, 2021 (9 Comments)

The latest independent data from Thinkbroadband has revealed the top 36 local authorities in the United Kingdom where Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband coverage has reached over 50%. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the list is topped by Hull (99.08%), where KCOM has already completed their full fibre rollout.