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ISP Ecom Brings Gigabit Broadband to Bucks Village of Hulcott UPDATE

23rd March, 2021 (7 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Ecom, which is busy deploying a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to remote rural parts of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, has just put their network live across the tiny rural village of Hulcott, outside of Aylesbury.

ICO and Ofcom See Recent UK Surge in Nuisance and Scam Calls

23rd March, 2021 (22 Comments)

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Ofcom have today published an update to their joint plan for tackling nuisance and scam calls, which comes after they both reported a surge in complaints from September/October to December 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.

Rural UK ISP County Broadband Adds 12 Villages to FTTP Rollout

23rd March, 2021 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider County Broadband, which is currently deploying a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service across rural parts of England, has today announced that they’ve added 12 villages on the Suffolk and Norfolk borders area to their rollout plan. “Thousands of rural homes and businesses” are set to benefit.

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Ofcom Side with Openreach Over Extra Charge for FTTP AltNets

23rd March, 2021 (25 Comments)

Last year we reported that smaller full fibre building alternative UK broadband network providers (AltNets) were furious after Openreach imposed a “punitive” new fee on those using Ethernet (e.g. EAD) products to feed their FTTP service to end-users (here). You had to do some digging to find it, but Ofcom has chosen to uphold this.

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Big Broadband Discounts at Shell, Gigaclear and CommunityFibre

23rd March, 2021 (7 Comments)

Several UK broadband ISPs, including Shell Energy, Gigaclear and CommunityFibre, have today introduced some big discounts and flash sales on their various unlimited standard, superfast, ultrafast and gigabit-capable packages for home users. We’ve summarised these in a bit more detail below.

Open Cosmos UK Launch Experimental Nano Broadband Satellites

23rd March, 2021 (0 Comments)

A UK space technology firm called Open Cosmos has announced the successful launch of two commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) nano satellites, which are focused on the Internet of Things connectivity market and harness various 5G and Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) technologies.

ISP Zzoomm Extend Gigabit Broadband to Ascot and Sunninghill

22nd March, 2021 (0 Comments)

Homes and businesses in the semi-rural Berkshire (England) civil parish of Sunninghill and Ascot, which is home to around 13,000 people, have been announced as the next in line to benefit from UK ISP Zzoomm’s rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network.

Full Fibre Ltd Name Next 11 UK Towns for FTTP Broadband

22nd March, 2021 (10 Comments)

Full Fibre Limited, which is currently building a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to cover “at least” 500,000 UK premises by 2025, has today named the next batch of 11 rural and semi-urban towns to benefit from their rollout (reflecting a coverage increase of c.100,000 premises).

ISP Trooli Boosts UK Full Fibre Coverage Target and Adds to Top Team

22nd March, 2021 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP Trooli, which is currently building a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Kent, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and East Sussex in England, has accelerated their short-term coverage targets and appointed former BT man James Parker to lead their regional deployment.

Pembrokeshire Council Adds More Areas to Rural Full Fibre Rollout UPDATE

21st March, 2021 (0 Comments)

The Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC) in Wales has issued an update on their gigabit-capable broadband rollout project for rural areas, which confirms the Phase 2 and Phase 3 deployment areas where Broadway Partners (ISP Broadway Broadband) and Voneus will be extending their network coverage.

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OneWeb UK to Deliver In-Flight Broadband via LEO Satellites

20th March, 2021 (27 Comments)

OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK Government and aims to deploy a global network of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for ultrafast low-latency broadband provision (here), has signed a new agreement to deliver fast in-flight WiFi on aircraft with SatixFy, a British manufacturer of electronic components.

Zen Internet Named Best UK ISP in Which? 2021 Broadband Survey

20th March, 2021 (39 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has today published the results from their latest annual 2021 reader survey of broadband ISP satisfaction, which saw Zen Internet come top with a reduced customer satisfaction score of 70% (down from 84%) in an otherwise problematic year, where 69% of respondents suffered connectivity problems.

Wildcard Networks Births New UK Full Fibre ISP Fibreconnect

20th March, 2021 (4 Comments)

Business ISP Wildcard Networks has given birth to a “full fibre” (Dark Fibre and FTTP broadband) focused sibling called Fibreconnect, which is the operator’s consumer-facing brand. Both sides of the business are now building networks around Newcastle and, on top of that, they’re about to hop on Cityfibre’s platform.

Smarty UK Refresh 4G Mobile SIM Only Plans with More Data

19th March, 2021 (32 Comments)

Mobile operator Smarty has this week announced that they’ve refreshed their range of SIM-Only mobile plans by giving them all bigger data allowances (mobile broadband) and often for no extra cost. For example, their entry-level plan previously only included 1GB (GigaByte) of data for £6 per month, but you’ll now get 4GB for that.

Gov Starts GBP5bn UK Gigabit Broadband and Voucher Schemes UPDATE

19th March, 2021 (53 Comments)

The UK Government has today revealed new details of how their £5bn gigabit broadband roll-out scheme will work and rebranded it as “Project Gigabit“. As part of that they’ve also confirmed £210m for an extension of their rural Gigabit Voucher scheme and £110m to connect up to 7,000 rural GP surgeries, libraries and schools.

Three UK Discounts Unlimited 4G and 5G Home Broadband Plans

18th March, 2021 (27 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK today reports that they’ve “slashed” their 4G and 5G powered unlimited home broadband prices in order to help people who are stuck at home. Prices now start from as little as £17 per month for “superfast” 4G broadband, and £24 per month for “ultrafast” 5G – “with the average download speed of 100Mbps.”

BDUK Consults on Gigabit Broadband Coverage in Essex UK

18th March, 2021 (6 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK team has today begun a new consultation to help them identify what existing or planned commercial gigabit-capable broadband coverage exists in Essex (England), which will help to establish the areas where public investment may be needed to deploy the service.