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AllPoints Fibre Opens Own UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to UK ISP Brillband UPDATE

8th June, 2026 (11 Comments)

Retail ISP Brillband has announced that, from 1st July 2026, consumers will finally be able to order broadband packages over the full fibre network built by parent company AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN), which reflects the former (pre-consolidation) brands of Jurassic Fibre, Giganet and Swish Fibre. But there’s a catch for the provider’s Openreach and CityFibre base.

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Giffgaff Launch Six Months for £5 Offer on UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans

8th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile and internet provider giffgaff has this morning announced the launch of a new special offer on their 24-month fixed full fibre broadband plans (available via nexfibre’s network), which will give new customers any of their 200Mbps to 900Mbps speed packages at just £5 per month for the first six months of service.

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UK Shows Strong Adoption of Latest Wi-Fi 6 and 7 Standards vs Europe

8th June, 2026 (10 Comments)

Internet connection benchmarking firm Ookla (Accenture), which operates the popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service and app, has published a general summary of WiFi technology adoption across the world that reveals how the UK has a fairly strong level of Wi-Fi 6 and 7 adoption vs most of Europe.

Possible Hints of O2 Broadband Revival Surface via New UK Full Fibre Plans

8th June, 2026 (19 Comments)

One of ISPreview’s eagle-eyed readers recently spotted that mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) had uploaded an interesting new page on their website, which doesn’t appear to have been meant for public consumption and depicted three new full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages under the ‘O2 Broadband’ branding.

£700m R100 Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Scotland Covers 100,000 Premises

7th June, 2026 (8 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) has this morning announced that they’ve just passed the 100,000 premises milestone – reflecting those who have benefitted from their publicly subsidised £697m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach, which is rolling out gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband to remote rural areas.

ISP Aquiss Launch 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps UK Broadband Speeds via Openreach

6th June, 2026 (8 Comments)

Shropshire-based independent ISP Aquiss has today joined the small to modest sized group of internet providers able to offer speeds of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps via Openreach’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, both of which will initially be sold at half price for the first six months of service.

Sky Broadband UK’s Position on Openreach Speeds Beyond 900Mbps

6th June, 2026 (20 Comments)

A couple of Sky Broadband’s customers have recently notified us that their 900Mbps full fibre (FTTP) package on Openreach’s national network suddenly started delivering speeds of up to nearly 1.8Gbps, which is despite such a tier being unavailable to Sky’s subscribers. But those hoping for the launch of faster packages via the same network may be left disappointed, at least for now.

BT and EE’s UK Websites and Apps Experiencing Service Disruptions UPDATE4

5th June, 2026 (13 Comments)

Customers of broadband and mobile providers BT and EE (possibly also including Plusnet) appear to have been suffering from difficulties accessing or using their online accounts, official apps and webmail today. But the feedback appears to suggest that it might not be impacting every service, subscriber or platform in the same way.

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Broadband Provider Winners of the UK Fibre Awards 2026 Unveiled

5th June, 2026 (3 Comments)

The fifth annual 2026 UK Fibre Awards event took place last night at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, which saw a number of broadband ISPs and full fibre network builders across multiple categories pick up awards for their achievements. Some of the winners included Quickline for ‘Best Rural Fibre Provider’ and Squirrel Internet for ‘Best ISP‘, among others.

EE UK Set to Add Disney+ to TV Platform and Prep New Rewards Scheme

5th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband and mobile provider EE (BT) will see a number of key changes over the coming weeks and months. According to ISPreview’s sources, the provider will finally add Disney+ (video streaming) support to their pay TV boxes and plans to launch a new loyalty programme for existing subscribers.

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Broadband ISP YouFibre Tops 500,000 UK Fibre Customers on Netomnia

4th June, 2026 (12 Comments)

Internet provider YouFibre, which is the retail ISP arm of alternative network operator Netomnia (Substantial Group) and offers full fibre (FTTP) broadband speeds of up to 7-8Gbps, has today revealed that they’ve finally topped the 500,000 customer mark after completing the integration of Brsk’s base into their UK operations (up from 460,000 in Feb 2026).

Sky Mobile UK Offers 5G SIM Only Plan for Just £1 Per Month

4th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to join Sky Mobile, which is a virtual mobile operator (mvno) on O2’s network with nearly 4 million UK subscribers, may like to know that the provider recently launched a bunch of new discounts on their SIM Only plans. This includes one that drops the price of their 1GB data plan to just £1 per month on a 12-month term (normally £8).

Altnet ISP Community Fibre Cuts Price of 1Gbps UK Broadband to just £20

4th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network operator and UK ISP CommunityFibre, which has built their 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to 1.4 million homes (mostly in London and the South East), has today announced their “lowest price ever” for 1Gbps broadband – dropping it to start from £20 per month for a limited time.

Openreach Extend FTTP Uninhabitable Broadband Places Pilot by 7 Months

4th June, 2026 (8 Comments)

Openreach has confirmed that they intend to extend, again, their ongoing UK pilot of full fibre (FTTP) based broadband lines for “Uninhabitable Locations” for a further seven months. This pilot focuses on locations where the service is used to connect non-traditional end points, such as CCTV cameras, bus shelter signs, EV charging points, lift lines etc.

Openreach’s FTTP Broadband Take-up in Wales Nears 50 Percent

3rd June, 2026 (10 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now passed an important milestone by covering 1.25 million premises (81%+) across Wales (up from 1m at the end of 2024), with take-up already said to be “approaching” the impressive 50% mark (across the UK it’s 38.27%).

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Gov Publish Response to Revision of UK Telecommunications Security Code

3rd June, 2026 (1 Comment)

The UK Government (DSIT) has today published its response to a planned revision of the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice (2022), which will update the code to reflect changes in what sort of specific security measures public telecoms providers (broadband, mobile etc.) must take in order to protect their networks from attack.

Government Confirms Sir Ian Cheshire as Ofcom’s New UK Chairman

3rd June, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government’s Technology Secretary, Liz Kendall, has today confirmed the widely expected (here) decision to appoint Sir Ian Cheshire as the next Chairman of the UK’s telecoms, internet and media regulator, Ofcom – replacing Michael Grade (Lord Grade of Yarmouth) in the post after his 4-year term came to an end.