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Trial Seeks to Improve Broadband on Public Transport in Swansea Bay Area

20th Dec, 2024 (6 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) and a consortium of partners have today kicked off the StarBws project, which will trial a mix of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite and 4G mobile (wireless) technologies from Starlink, Peplink and wavemobile in order to improve broadband for passengers travelling on public transportation in rural parts of the Swansea Bay area.

Voneus Drops Out of Project Gigabit Broadband Contract for Mid West Shropshire

20th Dec, 2024 (9 Comments)

In an unexpected development, the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has just announced that rural broadband ISP Voneus have “mutually agreed to terminate” the £12m (state aid) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for Mid West Shropshire (Lot 25.01), which would have expanded a full fibre (FTTP) network to 6,000 premises in hard to reach areas.

Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Expand Full Fibre to 13,000 Homes in Stoke

20th Dec, 2024 (6 Comments)

Broadband operator nexfibre, which shares some of their UK parentage with retail ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), has today announced that they’ve made their 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network available to more than 13,000 additional homes in the city of Stoke-on-Trent (Staffordshire, England).

Cumbria Overbuild Questions Raised Over Fibrus and B4RN’s Broadband Networks

20th Dec, 2024 (21 Comments)

Residents in the rural Cumbria (England) villages of Kirkoswald and Great Salkeld, which previously worked with local ISP B4RN to build a new full fibre (FTTP) broadband network (partly funded by government vouchers), have been left puzzled after Fibrus started building a similar network in the same area under a publicly funded Project Gigabit contract.

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Openreach Expand Pilot to Help UK Telecare Users Switch to Digital Phones

19th Dec, 2024 (6 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that they’ve expanded their small scale ‘Prove Telecare’ trial into a full pilot, which aims to help UK consumers with old analogue based phone (PSTN / WLR) and telecare systems to safely migrate to modern broadband (FTTP etc.) connections with IP / digital phone (VoIP) services.

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Openreach Reveal More 2024 UK Ethernet, PIA and Dark Fibre Price Rises

19th Dec, 2024 (1 Comment)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has just announced the second batch of annual price increases for 2024 (see first batch), albeit this time focused more on their wholesale Ethernet (EAD, EBD etc.), OSA, Excess Construction Charges (ECC), SOTAP for Analogue, Dark Fibre and Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) products for UK ISPs, businesses and other networks.

Sky Glass and Stream UK Customers Get New Ad-Skipping Feature

19th Dec, 2024 (11 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV streaming devices have finally got access to the provider’s new Ad-Skipping feature, which is an add-on pack that appears to have been introduced alongside Sky’s latest firmware update (e.g. QS34.022.00P on Sky Glass).

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Court Dismisses Class Action Claim Over BT’s Alleged UK Landline Overcharging UPDATE

19th Dec, 2024 (6 Comments)

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has today dismissed a £1.3bn class action claim by the Collective Action on Land Lines (CALL) campaign against national broadband ISP and phone provider BT, which alleged that the UK telecoms giant had overcharged 2.3 million of its landline-only phone customers between 2015 and 2018.

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CityFibre Begin Project Gigabit Broadband Build in Leicestershire and Warwickshire

19th Dec, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has today announced that they’ve begun the roll-out phase of their £77m state-aid supported Project Gigabit contract for the Leicestershire and Warwickshire (Lot 11) area. This will extend their 10Gbps capable FTTP broadband network to an additional 45,000 hard-to-reach rural premises in those regions.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK Suffers Router Disconnections Bug

19th Dec, 2024 (31 Comments)

Some of TalkTalk’s broadband customers have, over the past week or two, been experiencing an unusual router bug with the provider’s ‘Wi-Fi Hub’ device that has been causing them to be repeatedly disconnected from the internet. But the ISP is currently known to be “in the process of applying a solution to all impacted” routers.

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Rural UK Fibre Broadband ISP Gigaclear Appoints New Chairman

18th Dec, 2024 (0 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural ISP and full fibre network builder Gigaclear, which has already extended their FTTP network to cover 580,000 premises (RFS) in England and signed-up over 130,000 customers, has today announced that they’ve appointed Andy Matthews to be their new Chairman – replacing Stephen Nelson who is retiring.

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First Customer Live on Project Gigabit Broadband Network in South Wiltshire UK

18th Dec, 2024 (0 Comments)

Rural ISP Wessex Internet has announced that they’ve connected their first customer to a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which they’ve been building as part of their £18.8m Project Gigabit (Lot 30) contract for South Wiltshire (England). This aims to cover “around” 14,500 hard-to-reach premises in the area.

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Vodafone UK and Google Boost 5G Upload Speeds for Pixel Users via MIMO and ULCA

18th Dec, 2024 (9 Comments)

Vodafone UK has announced that they’ve worked with Google to bring MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) support to their Pixel 8 Pro and new Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, and 9 Fold phones when on the mobile operator’s new 5G Standalone (broadband) network, which has helped to boost upload speeds. But Google users won’t be the only ones to benefit.

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London Internet Exchange Increased its Network Capacity by 21 Percent in 2024

18th Dec, 2024 (4 Comments)

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which handles a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via around 900 members (broadband ISPs, mobile operators etc.), has today revealed that they increased their connected network capacity by 21% over the past year, from 60.10Tbps (Terabits per second) in 2023, to 72.91Tbps in 2024.

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Eutelsat Tap Airbus to Build Next Gen OneWeb Broadband Satellites

18th Dec, 2024 (0 Comments)

European satellite operator Eutelsat has announced that they’ve selected Airbus Defence and Space (ADS) to build the first batch of 100 next generation (GEN2) broadband satellites for their global OneWeb network in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which is a constellation that has been partly supported by the UK government. Expect various upgrades, such as 5G mobile support.

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ISP Virgin Media UK Warns Parental Controls on New Devices Still Confuse

18th Dec, 2024 (9 Comments)

A new survey of 1,020 people in the UK, which was conduct by Strand Partners on behalf of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) and Internet Matters, has found that 44% of parents don’t know how to add safety controls or tools to the tech (devices) they’re planning to gift this Christmas. This is despite 82% being worried about their children having unrestricted access to the internet.

Openreach Name Top 5 London Boroughs for Full Fibre Broadband Cover

17th Dec, 2024 (10 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed the top five London Boroughs for coverage of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which sees Barking and Dagenham topping the table with more than 8 out of 10 premises now able to upgrade to the new service.