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Openreach test solution where UK business users help pre-plan fibre installs

14th October, 2026 (2 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today begun informing broadband ISPs about yet another Proof of Concept (PoC) trial they’re conducting called “Walk the Route“, which in simple terms will ask business customers to help their engineers plan an FTTP installation before they turn up.

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Openreach to test customer self-install ONTs on UK FTTP broadband lines UPDATE

14th October, 2026 (42 Comments)

In a potentially quite significant development. ISPreview has learnt that network operator Openreach (BT) are tentatively proposing to conduct a new Proof of Concept (PoC) trial, which in certain situations would allow end-customers to install their own Optical Network Terminal (ONT) on FTTP broadband lines and to also connect the PSU (power supply).

Govt expand two of Openreach’s UK Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts

14th October, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) unit has today posted contract modifications for two of Openreach’s Project Gigabit contracts – Call Off 3 (East and South Shropshire, North Herefordshire, North Wales, and Southwest Wales) and Call Off 8 (Cheshire). The move expands their public investment and planned deployment of full fibre broadband ISP networks into rural areas.

Disney’s internet video streaming service hikes UK prices for 2026

14th October, 2026 (15 Comments)

Internet video streaming provider Disney+ has once again followed their usual annual trend by hitting UK customers with a fresh round of price hikes, which are all due to be introduced for new customers today. Existing subscribers will also be hit, although this won’t follow until 18th November 2026 (or 2nd December 2026 if you pay annually).

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Altnet ISP Lightning Fibre launch UK Black Friday broadband sale

14th October, 2026 (0 Comments)

Eastbourne-based broadband provider Lightning Fibre, which is building a full fibre (FTTP) network across Sussex and Kent in England (they also hold a partnership to use CityFibre’s UK network – here), appears to have become one of the first ISPs to kick off their early Black Friday sale today.

Hyperoptic launch 3 months free 1Gbps gamers UK broadband deal for GTA VI launch

14th October, 2026 (0 Comments)

City-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) provider Hyperoptic, which claims to have built their gigabit broadband network to reach 2 million UK homes (mostly across blocks of flats / MDUs), has launched a new promotion ahead of the Grand Theft Auto 6 video game release that offers 3 months of free service to new customers taking their 1Gbps (symmetric) package.

Confusion as Trooli switch off FTTC broadband network in Kent UK village

14th October, 2026 (8 Comments)

Confusion appears to have gripped residents in the rural Kent (England) village of Hunton after Trooli, an alternative network operator and broadband ISP, informed local customers that they had been unable to extend their new full fibre (FTTP) network into the area, and now planned to switch-off their existing copper line infrastructure too.

Amazon Leo speed test reaches 400Mbps+ on Pro satellite broadband dish

14th October, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Amazon Leo service, which busy deploying thousands of ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally to compete with Starlink, has successfully tested their Leo Pro dish (terminal) to slightly beyond its top rated download speed of 400Mbps (Megabits per second) in a beta test of the service.

Sky UK’s NOW TV introduces new membership options for Sky Sports

13th October, 2026 (19 Comments)

Sky has today announced that their sibling NOW (NOW TV) video streaming platform and broadband service has introduced a new membership structure for customers seeking to add Sky Sports content – adding two new Sky Sports plans. Fans can also continue to get the full line-up via NOW’s existing All Sky Sports plan if they want (from £27.99 a month).

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Travel eSIM providers Holafly and Roamless launch new unlimited data plans

13th October, 2026 (3 Comments)

A couple of interesting developments have occurred this week after two global travel eSIM providers, Holafly and Roamless, both separately launched new 4G and 5G capable “unlimited data” mobile (mobile broadband) plans with some very different features and also caveats.

EXA Infrastructure extends high-capacity London-to-Balkans fibre route

13th October, 2026 (0 Comments)

London-registered network operator EXA Infrastructure has today launched two new high-capacity terrestrial European fibre network routes – running between Milan and Zurich, extending the Frankfurt-Zurich-Milan-Genoa corridor, and between Paris and Vienna, extending the London-Balkans corridor.

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Study compares UK 5G fixed wireless broadband performance to Starlink

13th October, 2026 (7 Comments)

A new study from Opensignal has compared the performance of 5G and 4G powered Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband to that of Starlink’s LEO satellite network across 14 European markets, including the United Kingdom. In the UK, Starlink comes out top for rural broadband, but it’s a much more mixed picture in urban areas, where Three UK is strongest for 5G FWA.

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LINX launches Cloud Connect service at Manchester internet exchange

13th October, 2026 (0 Comments)

The member‑owned and not-for-profit London Internet Exchange (LINX), which manages a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via 900 members (broadband ISPs, mobile operators, CDNs etc.), has today has launched its Cloud Connect service at their Manchester exchange to increase resilience and improve control over cloud connectivity.

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Opensignal map shows where UK Mobiles connect to Starlink’s D2D satellites

13th October, 2026 (4 Comments)

Market analyst and network benchmarking firm Opensignal, which examines mobile networks by gathering crowdsourced data from users of their App, has published what they’re calling the “world’s first interactive map of satellite-to-smartphone D2D connections” (Direct-to-Device) – currently showing where people are connecting via Starlink’s satellite mobile network.

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Gigaclear UK completes North Oxfordshire Project Gigabit broadband contract

13th October, 2026 (1 Comment)

The UK Government has today announced that Abingdon-based broadband ISP Gigaclear has completed their £8.2m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for 3,880 premises in hard-to-reach parts of North Oxfordshire (Lot 13.02), which is said to have been achieved “four months ahead of schedule“.

Fibrus launch Wi-Fi 7 router and 2Gbps speeds on UK FTTP broadband network UPDATE

12th October, 2026 (13 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative broadband network and ISP Fibrus, which have built their full fibre network across rural parts of 471,800 premises (inc. 155,000 customers) in Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has today begun rolling out a new 2Gbps package and a Wi-Fi 7 router for the first time via Amazon’s eero 7 kit.

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Broadband ISP Virgin Media says Sunday is the busiest UK online day

12th October, 2026 (5 Comments)

Broadband and mobile provider Virgin Media (O2) has this morning published new data to reveal that Sunday is currently the busiest day of the week online for their customers, with broadband traffic 12% higher than the average day. Apparently this traffic is dominated by social media, streaming, life admin and other task involved with preparing for Monday.