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Poor Mobile Signal and Notspots Mapped in Nottinghamshire UK

4th Oct, 2024 (11 Comments)

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England has published some of the initial results from a project it undertook with Birmingham City University (BCU) and other local authorities, which mapped 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage in the County – helping to reveal areas of both poor and no signal.

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Study Shows Impact of Tourism on Mobile Broadband Speeds in Ceredigion

4th Oct, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Growing Mid Wales programme and network analyst firm Streetwave have used their ongoing mobile connectivity study in Ceredigion (Wales) to reveal what sort of impact tourism has on mobile broadband performance in seaside towns (there’s a “major” drop in data speeds) and thus where EE, Vodafone, Three UK and O2 may need to upgrade.

Virgin Media O2 UK Set to Open New Office in Lanarkshire

3rd Oct, 2024 (6 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has today announced that they will open a new office within the business community at Maxim Park in Lanarkshire (Scotland) during early 2025, which will ultimately become home to around 350 employees that are currently based at their Bellshill office in the same region.

Zzoomm Sees FTTP Broadband Take-up Hit 20 Percent in Four More Towns

3rd Oct, 2024 (16 Comments)

Oxfordshire-based alternative network operator Zzoomm, which has built their 2Gbps speed full fibre broadband network to cover 202,000 premises (RFS) in England, have today reported that they’ve achieved 20% take-up in a further four of their deployed market towns and often only 15-months after build completion.

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BT Block 20.1 Million SCAM and SPAMs from Reaching UK Home Phones

3rd Oct, 2024 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT (EE) has this morning announced that their new scam protection service, which is based on Hiya’s technology and was introduced to their IP-based Digital Voice (phone) customers in May 2024, has blocked more than 2.4 million scam calls and almost 17.7 million spam calls since its introduction.

ISP Brsk Expands UK FTTP Broadband Network into Salford

3rd Oct, 2024 (0 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Brsk, which has deployed their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines to cover “over” 676,000 homes and is in the process of being merged into Netomnia (here), has today announced that their full fibre network is being expanded to reach 25,000 premises in Salford (Greater Manchester).

DrayTek Vulnerable Routers Exposed to the Internet UK and World

Serious Security Vulnerabilities Exposed in 704,525 DrayTek Routers UPDATE

3rd Oct, 2024 (11 Comments)

A new report by Forescout Research has identified 14 new security vulnerabilities in 24 models of DrayTek‘s popular Vigor routers, which is a familiar name in the UK broadband ISP world. One of the vulnerabilities even has a Common Vulnerability Score (CVSS) of 10 out of 10 and over 704,000 routers were found exposed online in 168 countries.

Broadband ISP Onestream Bemoans Poor OTS Consumer Switching Rate

2nd Oct, 2024 (6 Comments)

Hampshire-based UK ISP Onestream, which sells broadband packages using Openreach’s national full fibre network, has complained about the poor performance of the new One Touch Switching (OTS) system, which aims to make it easier for consumers to change ISP. But this is currently failing on 56% of requests to join the provider.

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Sure Guernsey Ordered to Repay £115k for Leased Line Overcharging

2nd Oct, 2024 (3 Comments)

The Guernsey Competition & Regulatory Authority (GCRA) has ordered broadband and telecoms operator Sure (Guernsey) Limited to refund a total of £115,360 to customers of their wholesale leased line services, which occurred after the regulator found they had “overcharged” for the service between 1st January 2021 and 31st July 2022.

Pulse Fibre Seek Code Powers to Boost UK Full Fibre Rollout UPDATE

2nd Oct, 2024 (1 Comment)

London-based alternative broadband provider Pulse Fibre, which is currently aiming to complete over 250,000 unique “full fibre” (FTTP) connections into new build dwellings and MDUs (here), has just put in an application for Code Powers from Ofcom to help with their network expansion plans.

Openreach’s Katie Milligan Talks Future FTTP Price Cuts and 3Gbps Broadband

2nd Oct, 2024 (43 Comments)

The Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of UK broadband operator Openreach (BT), Katie Milligan, has told Richard Tang, the CEO of ISP Zen Internet, in a new interview that there are “no plans” for a third phase of “Equinox” price discounts on FTTP broadband services “at the moment“. The operator also touches on the possibility of faster speeds, like 3Gbps, among other things.

CityFibre Need Fresh Funding for UK FTTP Build as Doubts Cast Over Debt Pile

2nd Oct, 2024 (43 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has today published their annual accounts to the end of 2023, which among other things reveals that the provider is seeking fresh investment to fuel the ongoing roll-out of their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network and avoid problems further down the line.

Winners of the UKWISPA 2024 Wireless Broadband ISP Awards Named

2nd Oct, 2024 (4 Comments)

The UK Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (UKWISPA), which is the official trade body for wireless broadband ISPs, WiFi hotspot providers and associated networks, recently unveiled the winners of their annual awards event – the UKWISPA Awards 2024.

Connect Fibre Cuts Price of 150Mbps Social Broadband Tariff

1st Oct, 2024 (1 Comment)

Alternative network builder and UK ISP Connect Fibre, which aims to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England with their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network, has today updated their social tariff by reducing the price of their 150Mbps package and also making it available to all those born before 1958 (aged 66+, state pension age).

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ISP Sky Broadband Launch Full Fibre 24/7 Switching Support Service

1st Oct, 2024 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Sky Broadband today claims to have become “the UK’s only major provider” to launch a “dedicated 24/7 switching support service” for consumers moving to their service, which they say means “customers can get through to a real person with any questions about switching their broadband, day or night.”

EE UK Expand Freshwave’s Small Cell 5G Network in Central London

1st Oct, 2024 (8 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave has revealed that EE UK have begun to expand their original trial deployment of a new small cell based outdoor 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network in the central City of London area, which has since added 25 new sites to its coverage.

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Openreach Name Top 10 Oxfordshire UK Areas for FTTP Broadband Cover

1st Oct, 2024 (22 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed the top locations for coverage of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Oxfordshire (England), which sees the historic market town of Witney top the table with “nearly” 70% of all premises able to upgrade.