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New UK Smart Data Laws May Help Broadband Deal Comparisons

10th September, 2020 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has proposed to mandate that broadband and phone providers, as well as related companies in the sector, should participate in their new “Smart Data” initiative, which aims to foster the “sharing [of] customer data” in order to deliver better product comparisons and billing management across accounts etc.

EE’s Mobile Network Index Reveals Summer Internet Traffic Trends

9th September, 2020 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today published their latest UK Mobile Network Index, which among other things reveals that data traffic (mobile broadband) more than doubled to travel and holiday sites, while voice calls returned to near pre-lockdown levels (i.e. they’ve reduced) and 5G users watch more online video than 4G ones.

Jurassic Fibre Preps FTTP Broadband for Somerset and Dorset

9th September, 2020 (16 Comments)

Full fibre ISP Jurassic Fibre, which aims to cover 350,000 UK premises with a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across South West England (here and here), looks set to imminently expand beyond their initial deployment area in Devon by reaching into Somerset and Dorset.

Red Road Closed road sign in a UK city street.

Automated Wayleaves May Boost Fibre Broadband and 5G Rollout

8th September, 2020 (10 Comments)

Securing legal access agreements (wayleaves) from UK landlords in order to install new gigabit-capable fixed broadband or 5G mobile infrastructure can be a slow and expensive process, but now a new automation technology has been developed that could handle tens of thousands more wayleaves per week.

Discounts Trial for Mixed BT Broadband and EE Mobile Customers

8th September, 2020 (11 Comments)

UK ISP BT is sending out invites for a new trial, which will see them “teaming up” with EE to offer a special discount when a customer takes both a BT Broadband and EE Mobile service. Normally both providers, despite being part of the same group, would treat their customers as being separate but that may soon change.

Quickline Target Faster Broadband for West Yorkshire and York

8th September, 2020 (11 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline, which is part of Bigblu group, has today secured a new £9.11 million contract that will see them deploy “superfast” (30Mbps+) and “ultrafast” (100Mbps+) capable fixed wireless and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband services to 6,700 extra premises across rural West Yorkshire and York.

ISP Zen Internet Joins iDNET to be Certified as a B-Corporation

8th September, 2020 (9 Comments)

ISP Zen Internet has just become the United Kingdom’s second broadband provider, after iDNET in May 2020, to be certified as a “B Corporation.” This means they’ve met a number of social and environmental standards, which reflect their commitment to goals outside of shareholder profit.

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Sneaky UK Broadband ISP BT Inserts New 3.9% Price Hike Clause

8th September, 2020 (36 Comments)

Customers of BT and EE’s broadband, TV, phone and mobile services are starting to discover that the ISP has made a major tweak to their annual pricing policy, which means that new and re-contracting customers will now be hit by price increases that align to both the CPI rate of inflation “plus an additional 3.9%.”

kcom engineer ourside house fttp install

KCOM Signs UK Full Fibre Engineering Deal with Light Source

8th September, 2020 (4 Comments)

UK ISP KCOM, which is currently investing £100m to extend the availability of their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across “tens of thousands” of additional premises in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, has once again contracted Light Source to help deliver this expansion.

H1 2020 – 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds and Availability by UK City

7th September, 2020 (21 Comments)

A new H1 2020 report from benchmarking firm RootMetrics has revealed how well each UK mobile operator (Three UK, EE, Vodafone and O2) performs in terms of 5G based network availability and mobile broadband speeds across 16 cities. Overall EE offered the best availability, but in terms of performance it’s not so clear cut.

ISP Trooli Extends 1Gbps FTTP Broadband into East Sussex UK

7th September, 2020 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic UK ISP Trooli (CallFlow) has announced that their on-going deployment of a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband network is set to expand outside of the Kent area and into East Sussex, with two of the first communities to benefit being Crowborough and Uckfield.

O2 UK Expands 5G Mobile to Tyne & Wear, Surrey and Lincoln

7th September, 2020 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator O2, which is working alongside key supplier Ericsson, has today announced that their new ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband network has just been expanded to cover several parts (usually the busiest areas at first) of Tyne & Wear, Surrey and Lincoln.

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Virgin Media UK Build FTTP to 5,600 Homes in New Rossington

7th September, 2020 (1 Comment)

The large village of New Rossington just outside Doncaster (South Yorkshire), which is home to around 14,000 people, has just become the latest to benefit from Virgin Media’s expansion of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network. Some 5,600 homes have been covered.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Ranked in 2020 Tech Track 100

7th September, 2020 (0 Comments)

Full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic has, for the fourth year in a row, made it into the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 for 2020, which is a league table of Britain’s top 100 private technology companies with the fastest-growing sales over the latest 3 years. Sadly no other internet service providers made this year’s ranking.

Vodafone UK Named Fastest for 5G Mobile Broadband in London

7th September, 2020 (9 Comments)

A new study from umlaut (formerly P3), which examined the performance of 5G based mobile broadband networks across London, has found that Vodafone delivered the best overall performance across the capital city. The operator also hit the highest average download of 215.2Mbps, but they were beaten on uploads by EE.

Tesco Mobile Refreshes its UK Logo to Look Like Parent Firm

7th September, 2020 (4 Comments)

In a small development Tesco Mobile today appears to have conducted a brand (logo) redesign, which they say will aim to revitalise the brand expression and to align more closely with the wider Tesco family. Otherwise there doesn’t appear to be anything dramatically new.

Fiber Optic cables connected to an optic ports and Network cables connected to ethernet ports

CBI Joins Calls for Infrastructure Bank to Fuel 1Gbps Broadband

7th September, 2020 (8 Comments)

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has today echoed existing calls for the UK Government to setup a new “Infrastructure Bank” to help deliver on their planned expansion of “gigabit-capable” and “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband networks, as well as to support roads, railways and housing.