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CDS Updates on UK ISP Airband’s Devon FTTP Broadband Rollout

23rd February, 2021 (2 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued a progress update on Airband’s deployment of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband (100Mbps+) network in North Devon, which has just gone live in Kentisbury Ford as part of the Fibre Extension Programme (FEP).

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Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet Doubles Staff Ahead of FTTP Build

23rd February, 2021 (0 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Wessex Internet, which has built a mix of fixed wireless and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband infrastructure across rural parts of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, has doubled its staff over the past year to reach a total 81 people.

WeFibre Plan FTTP for 9 Rural Areas in West Wales and Cumbria

23rd February, 2021 (15 Comments)

New UK ISP WeFibre, which is part of the wider Telcom Group (including sibling operator ClearFibre), has revealed to ISPreview.co.uk that they intend to deploy their new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to serve 9 rural communities in Cumbria and West Wales.

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Starlink’s LEO Satellite Broadband Speeds to Reach 300Mbps

23rd February, 2021 (70 Comments)

The CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has revealed that the on-going expansion of Starlink‘s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based broadband satellites will, by the end of this year, push customer download speeds up to around 300Mbps and bring network latency down to around 20ms (milliseconds). A cheaper budget package is also planned.

Vodafone UK Trial 4G Drones to Deliver NHS Supplies and Samples

23rd February, 2021 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has joined forces with Skyports, Deloitte and NHS Scotland to conduct a new 3-month drone trial using 4G technology, which will see the small unmanned aircraft being used to transport essential medical supplies and samples between sites for the National Health Service (NHS).

Report Finds EE’s UK Mobile Network Still Best for 5G Broadband

23rd February, 2021 (19 Comments)

A new study from mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics, which exclusively examined the latest network availability and mobile broadband speeds on 5G operators in the UK, has found the EE still “continues to lead the way” on both fronts. Meanwhile O2 seems to be lagging behind their rivals.

Major Broadband Outage Hits Openreach Exchange in Glasgow UPDATE2

22nd February, 2021 (23 Comments)

Customers on various Openreach based UK broadband ISPs (e.g Sky Broadband, BT, TalkTalk etc.) in parts of Glasgow (Scotland) have been left without internet and VoIP (digital phone) connectivity today after a “power incident” (fault) hit the Bridgeton exchange last night, which could take a while to fully resolve.

Vodafone UK Extend Free Mobile Data to 150,000 More School Kids

22nd February, 2021 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone have today extended their offer of free Data SIMs (mobile broadband), which come packed with a 30GB (GigaByte) allowance – valid for 90 days, to help another 150,000 primary and secondary school children to stay connected with their education during the COVID-19 crisis.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk to Create 50 New Jobs for Young People

22nd February, 2021 (5 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has announced that it will create six-month work placements for more than 50 young people in the North West, which forms part of the Government’s (Department for Work and Pensions) wider Kickstart Scheme – this provides funding to help create new job placements for 16 to 24-year-olds on Universal Credit.

Uswitch 2021 Awards Name the Best UK Mobile Operators

22nd February, 2021 (12 Comments)

The winners of the annual Uswitch.com Mobile Awards 2021 have today been unveiled, which among other categories saw smaller operators like giffgaff scooping “Network of the Year,” while Asda Mobile were hailed as the “Best Network for Customer Service” and Smarty took home the win for “Best Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Network.”

ISP Hey! Broadband Spotted Building FTTP in Hemel Hempstead UPDATE

22nd February, 2021 (14 Comments)

The large Hertfordshire town of Hemel Hempstead in England appears to be next on the list of areas where UK ISP Hey! Broadband (F&W Networks) are deploying their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. Some build has already begun between the Chaulden and Boxmoor areas.

ISP Exascale Extend FTTP Broadband Rollout to West Bromwich

21st February, 2021 (0 Comments)

Shropshire-based UK ISP Exascale, which since 2019 has been busy building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover premises in Telford and Wrekin (here), appears to have expanded to new parts of the West Midlands by adding homes and business in West Bromwich to their plan.

Gigaclear to Build 18,500 UK FTTP Premises in the South West

20th February, 2021 (25 Comments)

Rural focused gigabit broadband ISP Gigaclear, which aims to cover 500,000 UK properties with their full fibre (FTTP) network by the end of 2023 (here), has announced that they will build their network to a further 18,500 premises in the South West of England during 2021.

An Unusual Capacity Problem on Openreach’s UK FTTP Poles

20th February, 2021 (51 Comments)

Network capacity problems come in all sorts of different shapes and sizes, but the case of one street in London shows that those looking to order Openreach’s swanky new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service may sometimes also run into an issue with there being no space for new lines on local poles.

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GWS Names the Best Mobile Operators for 37 UK Cities in 2021

19th February, 2021 (16 Comments)

Global Wireless Solutions has today published the results of their annual (2021) study of mobile network (4G and 5G) performance (broadband speeds etc.) across 37 UK cities, which concludes that O2 is the “most reliable network” – performing best in 18 of 37 cities, towns, and motorways tested, followed by EE, Vodafone and Three UK.

Barnet Council in London Begins New Gigabit Broadband Rollout

19th February, 2021 (9 Comments)

The Barnet Council, which acts as a landlord for nearly 14,000 properties in the London Borough, have announced that work has now started to connect the first 1,000 council homes to their new “borough-wide gigabit broadband network” project in Colindale’s Grahame Park estate.

Broadband Forum Propose Fibre Extension over Old Copper Lines

19th February, 2021 (28 Comments)

The Broadband Forum has published a new technical report (TR-419), which proposes a different way for “full fibre” (FTTP) builders to cut their deployment costs via a Fibre-to-the-extension-point (FTTep) approach. In short, it’s another way of cutting out the need to replace the last few metres of copper with fibre.