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Upp Plan GBP1bn Project to Rollout Full Fibre in East England

2nd June, 2021 (7 Comments)

A new broadband ISP and network builder called Upp (formerly FibreMe) has today unveiled its plan to invest £1 billion in order to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 1 million premises in Eastern England by 2025. Hundreds of new jobs will also be created.

Three UK Launch Cheap New Unlimited Data Business Plans

2nd June, 2021 (15 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has this week launched a new range of “Boundless Business” packages, which are said to offer unlimited calls, texts (SMS) and data (mobile broadband) SIM packs from just £5 +vat per month each (but you’ll need to buy ten or more of them to reach that price point).

Shropshire UK ISP SWS Broadband Begin Rural FTTP Rollout

1st June, 2021 (2 Comments)

UK ISP SWS Broadband (Secure Web Services), which since 2015 has largely focused on building Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network across rural communities in Shropshire and bordering parts of Wales, has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve started to deploy a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Jurassic Fibre Extending Full Fibre to Wincanton in Somerset

1st June, 2021 (10 Comments)

Alternative UK network ISP Jurassic Fibre has announced that the next location to benefit from their ongoing rollout of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network will be the small South Somerset (England) town of Wincanton, as well as some of its surrounding areas.

CityFibre and Vodafone UK Extend ISP Partnership to Ethernet

1st June, 2021 (15 Comments)

At present Vodafone UK already sell ultrafast and gigabit speed broadband services to homes via CityFibre’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, but they’ve today announced that their partnership is being extended to harness CF’s Ethernet infrastructure too (i.e. more leased line style options for businesses).

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BT Trials New Hollow Core UK Fibre Optic Cable at its Labs

1st June, 2021 (39 Comments)

BT has announced that they’ve begun trials of a new type of hollow core optical fibre cable at their BT Labs R&D facility in Adastral Park (Ipswich), which could in theory be more resistant to damage, while also delivering better performance (e.g. latency) for future broadband ISP and mobile connectivity services.

Merged Broadband and Mobile Giant Virgin Media O2 Launches

1st June, 2021 (30 Comments)

Following last month’s approval by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the full completion of its £31bn merger, a “new” UK company called Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) was officially launched today that has combined the fixed line broadband, phone, TV and mobile network businesses from both operators.

Virgin Media UK Discount Ultrafast Broadband and Phone Plans

1st June, 2021 (10 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media has informed us that they will today further discount the prices for new customers taking out one of their ultrafast broadband and phone packages, which for example will see their entry-level 108Mbps (average speed) plan fall from the previous offer of £34 to just £25 per month for 18 months (£51 thereafter).

Spectrum Internet (Ogi) Start Huge Full Fibre Rollout in Wales

1st June, 2021 (9 Comments)

Homes in Abergavenny, Rhoose, Llantwit Major and Haverfordwest will be some of the first to benefit from UK ISP Spectrum Internet‘s £200m project to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in South Wales, which aims to cover 150,000 premises by late 2025. The provider has also rebranded itself to Ogi.

AVM Talks Broadband Routers in a Time of Chip Shortages and COVID

31st May, 2021 (13 Comments)

In a new interview AVM, which is a well-known German manufacturer of home networking products (e.g. FRITZ!Box broadband routers for UK ISPs), has spoken to ISPreview.co.uk about how they’re responding to some of the year’s biggest challenges – from COVID-19 to 6GHz WiFi and a global shortage of semiconductor chips etc.

The Difficulties of Living at the Edge of “Superfast Broadband”

30th May, 2021 (76 Comments)

What do you do when a Government’s network availability checker says you can get a fixed “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) service, even though you cannot? Questions like this crop up from time-to-time in our inbox, so we’ve decided to take a look at one example from Scotland in order to highlight the issues it can cause.

ISP Choices on Openreach’s UK FTTP Broadband Network 2021

29th May, 2021 (34 Comments)

In this short article we attempt to clear up some of the confusion over ISP choices on Openreach’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) network, which usually occurs once people realise that it’s not yet available from all the UK market’s internet providers.

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UK Fibre Builder Lightspeed Broadband Creates HQ in Spalding

28th May, 2021 (10 Comments)

Lincolnshire-based ISP Lightspeed Broadband, which is building a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the East of England as part a £300m project (here), has today announced that it will be creating its new headquarters at Fulney Hall, an 18th century Grade II listed building, in the market town of Spalding.

Openreach Boost Rural FTTP Broadband Build to 6m UK Premises

28th May, 2021 (98 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that, as a result of the BT Group raising their rollout target for 1Gbps+ Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology, they now expect to reach 6.2 million UK premises across rural villages and market towns (up from the previous target of 3.2m) by December 2026.

Rural UK Fibre ISP Truespeed Criticised for Restrictive Router

28th May, 2021 (28 Comments)

Full fibre broadband ISP Truespeed, which is currently building a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural areas of South West England (here), has been criticised by a number of customers for their questionable approach to WiFi security, as well as other access restrictions on their bundled router.

Community Fibre Offer 10Mbps for £10 to Those on Benefits

27th May, 2021 (16 Comments)

London broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which is currently building a 3Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover a good chunk of the UK’s capital city, has launched a new “COVID-19 recovery” package that will give those on “welfare benefits” an unlimited 10Mbps (symmetric) connection at just £10 per month for 12-months.

Giganet Expand CityFibre FTTP Broadband Reach to 22 UK Cities

27th May, 2021 (22 Comments)

UK ISP Giganet (M12 Solutions) has today announced that their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service on CityFibre’s network is being expanded to add another 22 cities and towns, which will bring their total coverage of that platform to 27. The operator has also added some new locations to their own fibre build.