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Broadband ISP Connect Fibre Add Wi-Fi 7 At No Extra Cost for UK Homes

7th March, 2025 (8 Comments)

Alternative broadband operator and UK ISP Connect Fibre, which aimed to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England with their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network, has this morning announced the launch of Wi-Fi 7 capable routers “across all its contracted fibre broadband packages” and at “no additional cost“. But that’s not the only change.

Customers of Broadband ISP Lit Fibre Gain Access to CityFibre’s UK Network

6th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

As expected following last year’s merger agreement, broadband ISP Lit Fibre has today announced that customers of their service now have access to take packages over CityFibre’s national full fibre (FTTP) network too, which is currently available to over 4.3 million UK premises (4.1m RFS).

INCA Calls on UK Gov to Focus on Full Fibre in New Industrial Strategy

6th March, 2025 (4 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative gigabit broadband operators, has today called on the UK government to ensure that their future Industrial Strategy “prioritises digital infrastructure“. The group wants this to be supported by a national campaign to promote full fibre-adoption, among other things.

LightSpeed Broadband Expand FTTP to Tamworth in Staffordshire UK

6th March, 2025 (2 Comments)

Alternative network operator and UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which has so far built their 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 250,000 premises across the East of England and West Midlands, have today celebrated their expansion into the Staffordshire market town of Tamworth with a “Drone Show“.

Vodafone Challenges Open Internet Net Neutrality Protections Again

6th March, 2025 (18 Comments)

The public policy team from broadband and mobile operator Vodafone (UK) has, once again, started a debate over the future of Net Neutrality rules (i.e. protecting the open internet from abuse by network operators) and warned that “telecoms networks are not infinite … [and] … overconsumption of this valuable and finite resource is already putting them at risk of degradation and depletion“.

Virgin Media UK Start Making XGS-PON Full Fibre Upgrade Available

6th March, 2025 (49 Comments)

Last month we reported that broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) were gearing up to start making their new XGS-PON powered full fibre (FTTP) network upgrade available to homes in existing coax (cable) areas (here), which was expected to occur in March 2025. Since then we’ve observed a growing number of areas where the service and symmetric speeds of 2Gbps are now becoming available, albeit with a catch.

Smarty UK Launch New TV Campaign and Cheap 4x Mobile Data Plans

5th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

Smarty, which is a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s network, has recently introduced two plans that offer 32GB of mobile broadband data for £7 per month (normally 8GB) and 12GB for £6 (normally 5GB) – available until the end of March 2025 and lasting for 15 consecutive months. The move supports their new “Less Malarkey, More SMARTY” TV campaign.

ISP Virgin Media UK Discounts Broadband Prices for March 2025

5th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to sign-up with broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) might like to know that the provider has just introduced some bigger discounts across their range of standalone broadband and bundle packages. For example, Virgin’s 1Gbps package is now just £36.99 per month on an 18-month minimum term (price increases to £40.49 from April 2026).

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Virgin Media Find Tuesdays are the Biggest for UK Broadband Usage

4th March, 2025 (2 Comments)

Network data from broadband ISP Virgin Media has revealed that Tuesday is the UK’s new “big night in“, with evening peak (between 8-10pm) internet traffic pushing higher than on any other day of the week – usually driven by online video gaming (mostly big update/patch downloads) and TV sports events (streaming).

Netomnia Builds 10Gbps Broadband to 50,000 Premises in Swansea

4th March, 2025 (2 Comments)

Alternative network operator Netomnia (Brsk and ISP YouFibre), which has already expanded their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 2.08 million premises (RFS) across over 90 UK cities and towns, have today confirmed that their roll-out in Swansea (Wales) has reached 50,000 premises.

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Progress Update as New Greenwich Full Fibre Network Expands in London

4th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Digital Greenwich Connect (DGC) project, which is as Joint Venture (JT) between DG Cities, the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Innovation Company, and full fibre broadband provider ITS Technology, has today announced the next phase of their network expansion, which will now cover both Woolwich and Eltham town centre.

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Garforth Residents Vent Anger Over Giggle Fibre’s FTTP Pole Deployment

4th March, 2025 (22 Comments)

Residents in part of Garforth, which is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds (England), have vented anger at alternative network operator Giggle Fibre (aka – Giggle, Giggle Broadband, Giggle Holdings) and pledged to “boycott the service” after they complained it had started deploying lots of “unsightly” new poles for their full fibre broadband network.

Wavemobile Warn UK 2G Switch-off May Impact Sizeable Number of Devices

4th March, 2025 (13 Comments)

A number of mobile operators, including O2 and EE, have already set out tentative plans for phasing-out existing 2G mobile services. But new data supplied by rural connectivity provider Wavemobile suggests that quite a few connections are still 2G-only, and thus closing the service will be more complex than the prior 3G switch-off.

BT Warns One in Five Small UK Firms Still on “Analogue” Lines

4th March, 2025 (26 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT migrated 300,000 UK business customers away from legacy phone lines and on to digital broadband and phone solutions in 2024. But the provider claims that 22% of small businesses still see themselves as “analogue“, relying on tools like traditional landlines, paper contracts and fax machines, which must change before the old service is switched-off.

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Gigaclear Complete FTTP Broadband Build to Large Oxfordshire Village

4th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural UK ISP Gigaclear has confirmed the completion of their gigabit broadband roll-out across the large South Oxfordshire (England) village of Sonning Common. The work to deploy their full fibre network across the village started in 2023 and a total of over 2,000 premises can now access the new service.

Honest Mobile Launches New UK eSIM Based Smart SIM Plan

3rd March, 2025 (24 Comments)

Crowdfunded mobile operator Honest Mobile, which harnesses Three UK’s network via a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement, has today announced the launch of a “first-of-its-kind SIM” plan – Smart SIM – that is multi-network and designed to tackle expensive global roaming, as well as poor UK phone signals.

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AllPoints Fibre Signs Strategic UK Partnership with Daisy Communications

3rd March, 2025 (2 Comments)

Broadband network operator AllPoints Fibre (APFN) has today signed a new “long-term” strategic partnership with UK business ISP Daisy Communications. The deal will see Daisy both take on APFN’s B2B customers and harness their new aquila wholesale platform to access and sell products via their national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.