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Copper Cable Thieves Knock Out Broadband Near St Neots for a Third Time

7th August, 2026 (4 Comments)

A criminal gang has, for a third time since the start of last year (see here and here), this week disrupted Openreach’s broadband services around part of the Cambridgeshire (England) town of St Neots by stealing 500 metres worth of the UK network operator’s local copper telecoms cables.

EE Cuts Contract Buyout to £200 for New UK Broadband Customers

7th August, 2026 (10 Comments)

New customers looking to take a home broadband package from EE may like to know that the ISP has reduced the value of the Contract Buyout (i.e. Switching Credits) they offer from “up to” £300 to £200, except if you take both broadband and a TV bundle in which case the original value is maintained.

Truespeed and Freedom Fibre Integrate Broadband in the North West and Midlands

6th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

The FreedomTruespeed Group (FTG), which reflects the recent merger between alternative broadband networks Freedom Fibre and Truespeed (here), has today announced that customers of Truespeed’s retail ISP can now order broadband packages over FF’s original full fibre (FTTP) network in the North West and Midlands of England.

Camden Ponders Pilot of the Connected London UK Public Wi-Fi Network

6th August, 2026 (6 Comments)

The London Borough of Camden has revealed that they’re “exploring options” for potentially launching a second pilot of the Connected London public WiFi programme, which last year saw the Westminster City Council (here) area introduce a free public Wi-Fi network trial using single sign-on (OpenRoaming) technology.

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Gov Help Expand Gigabit Broadband to 60,000 Homes in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire UK

6th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has this morning announced that their publicly subsidised Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts, signed with alternative network ISP Quickline, have so far enabled over 60,000 homes and businesses in hard-to-reach areas across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire to access faster internet speeds.

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Starlink Confirm No Standby Mode on New V5 Satellite Broadband Dish

6th August, 2026 (8 Comments)

In another annoying and somewhat perplexing development for fans of SpaceX’s popular Starlink broadband service in the UK, the company has revealed that their next generation V5 dish terminal for consumers will NOT support ‘Standby Mode‘. This is in addition to the lack of support for in-motion use, such as on top of a caravan or boat (due to lack of an integrated GPS).

University of Edinburgh Opens Private 5G Internet Network for Fringe Festival

5th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Networked Systems Group at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics has announced that their private 5G mobile test network (Campus5G) has been opened up for anyone to try during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with free eSIM access and 5G-backed public Wi-Fi available across a big area.

Swansea Bay City Region Update on Broadband and Mobile Coverage

5th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Swansea Bay City Region’s Digital Infrastructure Programme, which includes various broadband and other digital infrastructure upgrades as part of the much wider £1.3bn region deal, has today posted an update on both fixed broadband and mobile network coverage across the area covered by their programme.

Scotland Focused Broadband ISP Brawband Suffers Service Outage UPDATE4

5th August, 2026 (7 Comments)

Inverness-based UK ISP Brawband (HighNet), which primarily sells home broadband services over CityFibre’s full fibre (FTTP) network around various Scottish cities and towns (e.g. Inverness, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and Edinburgh), appears to be suffering from a major service outage today.

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SpaceX Updates on Starlink’s V3 Broadband and V2 Mobile Satellite Plans

5th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

The top two bosses of SpaceX, Elon Musk and Gwynne Shotwell, yesterday issued some useful updates to investors on the progress of their third generation (V3) ultrafast broadband satellites and their second generation (V2) mobile satellites, which confirmed their current launch plans and some other details on future capabilities.

UK ISP Hey! Broadband Launch New Bundles with 6 Months Half Price

5th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Hey! Broadband, which reaches homes in various areas covered by the F&W Networks full fibre infrastructure (mostly the South East of England), has launched three new 900Mbps speed bundles designed to cater for families, home workers and gamers – all offering the first 6 months of service at half price.

UK to Overtake Spain as Europe’s 2nd Largest FTTP Broadband Market in 2028

5th August, 2026 (4 Comments)

New research from telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has forecast that full fibre (FTTP) broadband subscribers in the 31 markets of Europe will reach 157.4 million by 2030 (up from 112.4m at the end of 2025), which reflects a 40.1% growth rate over five years (7% CARG). But the United Kingdom looks set to become one of the continent’s strongest markets, despite its late start to building at scale.

LightSpeed Broadband Sees Revenues Double as UK Customers Top 22,000

4th August, 2026 (10 Comments)

Alternative network provider and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which has built their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 360,000 premises across the East of England and Midlands (36 towns), has reported their latest annual accounts to the end of December 2025 – revealing that they have 22,000 customers (May 2026) and revenues almost doubled to £4.21m (2024: £2.24m).

Squirrel Internet Launch 2.3Gbps Broadband Offer via MS3 and New Premium Service Levels

4th August, 2026 (8 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Squirrel Internet, specifically those covered by MS3’s full fibre network in the Hull and Northern Lincolnshire areas of England, may like to know that the provider has just launched a new offer on its 2.3Gbps broadband service and introduced two new premium Service Level options.

End of an Era as UK ISP Aquiss Switches Off Final ADSL Broadband Service

4th August, 2026 (30 Comments)

Shropshire-based independent UK ISP Aquiss has today announced that they’ve completed the company’s withdrawal from all legacy ADSL copper broadband services by switching off their final connection. The last ADSL line, which was first commissioned on 3rd September 2007, was disconnected on 3rd August 2026 as the customer migrated to a full fibre FTTP service.

Broadband Altnet Fusion Fibre Hit by Winding Up Petition from UK HMRC UPDATE

4th August, 2026 (9 Comments)

Alternative network builder and UK broadband ISP Fusion Fibre Group (formerly FACTCO), which has built their own full fibre (FTTP) networks across a number of rural communities, has suffered a blow after HMRC filed a winding-up petition against the business on 29th July 2026.

Ookla H1 2026 Study Names the Fastest Big UK Fixed Broadband Providers

4th August, 2026 (3 Comments)

A new study that collected data from Ookla’s popular Speedtest.net service for benchmarking internet connections has named BT as the fastest of the major UK broadband ISPs, beating out competition from Virgin Media, Vodafone, Sky Broadband, Plusnet (part of the BT Group) and last place sitter TalkTalk.