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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.

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.

Court Order Forces UK ISP TalkTalk to Block Sci-Hub Website

18th February, 2021 (17 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has this week updated their list of blocked websites (i.e. those where they’ve been ordered by the UK high court to do so) to include the controversial Sci-Hub, which describes itself as being “the first pirate website in the world to provide [free] mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers.”

ISP VISPA Set to Rollout FTTP Broadband to 10,000 UK Homes

18th February, 2021 (0 Comments)

Manchester-based UK ISP VISPA has today revealed a little bit of extra detail about their tentative plan to deploy their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which over the next 18-months will aim to cover 10,000 homes.

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ISP Lightspeed Broadband in £300m UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

18th February, 2021 (19 Comments)

A new UK ISP called Lightspeed Broadband has emerged with a plan to invest £300m in order to deploy their new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, starting in towns across the East of England, to cover 100,000 homes by end of 2022 – followed by an ambition to reach 1 million by 2025.

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ITS Technology’s Full Fibre Network Set to Go Live in Preston

18th February, 2021 (4 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group has today announced that, as part of the operator’s wider ‘Faster Britain‘ digital infrastructure project, their new gigabit-speed and business focused “full fibre” broadband network is set to start going live in the Lancashire (Northern England) city of Preston from the end of April 2021.

Cityfibre Start £80m FTTP Broadband Rollout in Brighton and Hove

18th February, 2021 (15 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today announced the start of their £80 million project to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the East Sussex city of Brighton & Hove, which is expected to take between 4 to 5 years to fully complete. The city is home to around 300,000 people.

Voiceflex Launch SoGEA Phone to Replace Landlines for UK ISPs

17th February, 2021 (8 Comments)

Telecoms carrier Voiceflex has launched a new product – SoGEA Voice, which is aimed at broadband ISPs that are looking to replace their old traditional landline phone services with a new IP based solution on Openreach’s Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SoGEA) products.

ISPA UK Start Hunting for the 2021 Best Broadband ISPs

17th February, 2021 (5 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today launched their annual hunt for the best ISPs and internet companies as part of early preparation for their 2021 awards event, which this year includes the new category of “Best Ultrafast ISP.“

ISP TalkTalk Launch Cityfibre’s FTTP Broadband in 4 UK Cities

17th February, 2021 (25 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has today announced that they’ve started selling ‘Future Fibre‘ packages on Cityfibre’s new gigabit-speed capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in four UK cities and towns including Aberdeen, Bolton, Milton Keynes and Peterborough. Prices start at £32 per month for 147Mbps (symmetric).

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Infrastructure Commission Calls for Detailed Gigabit Rollout Plans

17th February, 2021 (19 Comments)

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has just published its Annual Monitoring Report 2021, which among other things calls on the UK Government to set out a “workable plan” for ensuring that the hardest to reach homes and businesses can “get the benefits of high capacity broadband” (i.e. gigabit speed connectivity).

ASA UK Ban Sky Broadband TV Ad After BT Complaint on Pricing

17th February, 2021 (13 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a TV advert for one of ISP Sky Broadband’s bundles with their Pay TV service, which featured the popular computer-animated Minions characters from Universal Pictures, after rival provider BT complained that the price offer was “misleading.“

Challenge for UK ISPs as Ofcom Forces Emergency Video Relay Service UPDATE

16th February, 2021 (13 Comments)

Ofcom has today opened a further consultation on their plan to force all communications providers – seemingly including broadband ISPs that may not even provide phone services – to offer a “free” 24/7 emergency video relay service in order to help users of British Sign Language (BSL) to talk with the emergency services.

Sky UK Unveils Annual Broadband, Phone and TV Price Hikes

16th February, 2021 (30 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s (ISP Sky Broadband) various UK broadband, phone and Pay TV products are being warned to brace for yet another round of price hikes, which will be introduced between 1st April 2021 (internet and TV) and 1st May 2021 (phone). Notifications are being issued between 17th February and 27th March (email or post).