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Ofcom Hits UK ISP Colt with GBP15K Fine Over Information Request

11th October, 2021 (3 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has hit business broadband ISP Colt Technology Services with a small fine of £15,000 over their failure to provide complete information in response to a statutory information request, which was first requested last year as part of the recent Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review 2021 (WFTMR).

Prysmian and Openreach Trial New UK Fibre Cable Install Method

11th October, 2021 (9 Comments)

The Prysmian Group, which specialises in the production of telecoms cables, has signed a 3-year extension deal to support Openreach’s (BT) national £15bn UK rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to reach 25 million premises by December 2026. They’re also testing a new installation method.

West Sussex Council Encourage Full Fibre into New Build Homes

11th October, 2021 (7 Comments)

The West Sussex County Council (WSCC) has, having decided not to wait any longer for the UK Government to solve the problem, moved to “ensure that all newly-built homes” have essential “full fibre” broadband services “ready for homeowners when they move in,” which it will do by developing new planning “guidance“.

One Year On – Zzoomm’s FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Hereford

11th October, 2021 (2 Comments)

It’s been almost a year to the day since UK ISP Zzoomm announced they’d be rolling out their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the Cathedral City of Hereford (Herefordshire), although the build itself didn’t begin until early 2021. But the first customer connections have now gone live.

ISP Hyperoptic Celebrate 10th Year with GBP20 Gigabit Broadband

11th October, 2021 (6 Comments)

Full fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable FTTP/B broadband network across parts of 43 towns and cities (mostly large residential buildings and office blocks), have decided to celebrate their 10th anniversary this month by offering their top “gigabit” (900Mbps avg.) package for just £20 per month.

Fresh Broadband Delays Hit Gigaclear’s Herefordshire UK Rollout

10th October, 2021 (14 Comments)

The Fastershire project has revealed that UK ISP Gigaclear’s rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Herefordshire is suffering from “delivery challenges,” which without “significant additional resources” could make it difficult to reach up to 2,324 of the planned premises.

BT Mobile Charges Customer GBP235 for No Charges PAC Switch

9th October, 2021 (15 Comments)

BT (BT Mobile) has apologised and refunded one of their UK Mobile customers after their system informed him that “there won’t be any charges to switch your service to another mobile provider,” only to later hit him with a bill of £234.97 after having done exactly that. Customer support then refused to help, until we got involved.

DDoS Attack Hits VoIP and Internet Provider VoIP Unlimited Again UPDATE2

8th October, 2021 (2 Comments)

Wireless UK broadband ISP and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) provider VoIP Unlimited has suffered connectivity problems again after being hit by a second “large scale” Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) assault, which began yesterday and follows a similar attack that occurred last month (here).

Tesco Mobile Named UK Utilities Brand of 2021 by Which?

8th October, 2021 (5 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has just released the results of their 15th annual awards event for 2021, which among other things named Tesco Mobile as their “Utilities Brand of the Year” after they “easily” outranked their largest competitors in the company’s best and worst mobile phone providers survey.

Exascale Prep West Midlands Dark Fibre Rollout with ClearComm

8th October, 2021 (0 Comments)

Shropshire-based UK ISP Exascale, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of the West Midlands, has agreed a long-term strategic partnership with civil engineering firm ClearComm to construct a new diverse ducted Dark Fibre metro network in Telford & Wrekin.

ISP Upp Pick Light Source for UK Full Fibre Broadband Rollout

8th October, 2021 (9 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Upp has today informed ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve partnered with infrastructure developer Light Source to help support their £1bn project to rollout a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 1 million UK premises in Eastern England by 2025.

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BDUK Accepting Councils to Gigabit Voucher Top-Up Scheme Again

8th October, 2021 (2 Comments)

After a delay that was caused by a data backlog regarding previous voucher schemes, the Government’s (DCMS) Building Digital UK team have confirmed that they are now actively onboarding local councils that are interested in setting up a top-up boost for their £210m rural gigabit broadband voucher scheme.

Survey Claims Fear of Email Loss Stops 2 Million UK Homes Switching ISP

8th October, 2021 (14 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch, has claimed that more than 2 million UK households have chosen not to switch broadband ISP because they fear it would result in a loss of access to the email address supplied by their existing internet provider.

Full Fibre UK ISP YouFibre Sees Rapid Growth to 2500 Customers

7th October, 2021 (24 Comments)

UK ISP YouFibre has today announced that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which is being built by network partner Netomnia, has seen rapid growth over the past few months – leaping from 1,000 customers in June 2021 to 2,500 now.

Sky UK Unveil New Sky Glass Streaming Broadband TV Platform UPDATE2

7th October, 2021 (131 Comments)

After all the leaks and rumours, Sky UK (Comcast) are this morning finally taking the wrappings off their new Sky Glass product, which we can confirm is essentially a Sky branded TV that streams their content over your home broadband ISP and WiFi 6 connection (i.e. no satellite dish and no set-top-box required).

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Virgin Media O2 Bring 1Gbps Broadband to 12.8 Million UK Homes

7th October, 2021 (70 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today upgraded a further 2.5 million UK premises to their latest DOCSIS 3.1 network, which means that 12.8 million homes can now access their top “gigabit” download speeds of 1130Mbps (52Mbps up) and this will surely push UK coverage of “gigabit-capable broadband” to well over 50%.

Eutelsat Boost Funding of OneWeb UK’s LEO Broadband Satellites

7th October, 2021 (0 Comments)

British-registered satellite company OneWeb, which is busy deploying a large constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for ultrafast low-latency broadband provision, has received a second investment boost – worth $165m (c.£120m) – from rival operator Eutelsat that raises their stake from 17.6% to 22.9%.