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Openreach Extend UK Analogue Line Rental Stop Sell Exemptions by 1 Year UPDATE

3rd Feb, 2024 (15 Comments)

A new briefing indicates that Openreach (BT) is extending some limited exemptions to their current “stop sell” on new Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) and related broadband ISP products by one year, which means the exemptions will now be removed on 25th March 2025 instead of this year.

Reminder – CityFibre Offering £200 Cashback to New Customers

3rd Feb, 2024 (15 Comments)

The chances are good that some of our readers, specifically those in UK areas covered by CityFibre’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network, who might be considering a switch, may not know about the operator’s latest ‘Switch and Connect‘ promotion and the potential offer of £200 cashback.

Broadband ISP Lit Fibre Send Engineers Out After Borking ONTs

2nd Feb, 2024 (19 Comments)

Some of Lit Fibre‘s customers are reporting that the provider, which is deploying a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of England, is having to send engineers out to homes in order to fix a network outage that occurred after a software update broke some of their optical modems (ONT).

Long Range HaLow WiFi Network Test Pushes Signal to 3km

2nd Feb, 2024 (8 Comments)

Sydney-based fabless semiconductor startup Morse Micro has successfully demonstrated how outdoor Wi-Fi signals, using their HaLow (802.11ah) chips, can be made to work at distances that are many times the reach of a conventional Wi-Fi technology. The trial saw them push a working wireless network up to 3km from its source.

Top 16 Full Fibre Broadband Networks by Estimated UK Coverage UPDATE

2nd Feb, 2024 (12 Comments)

The latest data from Thinkbroadband has provided an informative independent assessment of how big – in terms of network coverage (premises passed) – the top 16 largest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks in the UK have become by January 2024. In this article, we compare that data against official coverage claims.

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Gigabit Broadband Still Top Digital Priority for UK Councils

2nd Feb, 2024 (9 Comments)

Technical UK consultancy firm FarrPoint has today published their second annual (2024) survey of digital leaders at councils across England, Scotland and Wales. The results reveal that getting more areas covered by gigabit broadband is still the top priority for the second year running, while 5G divides opinion.

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UK Struggles in 2024 Country Ranking of Mobile Broadband Speeds

1st Feb, 2024 (18 Comments)

Crowdsourced benchmarking firm Opensignal, which collects data from consumer speedtests, has today published a new summary of mobile broadband (4G and 5G) speeds across Europe – based on data from Q4 2023. But if you want to find the UK, you’ll need to look toward the bottom of the tables.

Ofcom and UK Phone Providers to Further Tackle Spoofed Calls UPDATE

1st Feb, 2024 (11 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today moved to strengthen their existing rules against the use of “fake phone numbers” and “spoofed calls“, which involves a proposal for phone providers (fixed line and mobile) to introduce stricter measures against “Presentation Numbers” that are used to identify who is making a call.

UK ISP BT to Close Redcare Alarm Security Division in 2025 UPDATE

1st Feb, 2024 (22 Comments)

Customers of BT’s Redcare division, which supplies monitored alarm signalling systems to UK homes and businesses that enable fire, security and more to be monitored over a secure network, have informed ISPreview that the telecoms operator has communicated their plans to close the Redcare service on 1st August 2025.

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BT Group Add 950k Premises to FTTP Broadband Cover in Q4 2023

1st Feb, 2024 (40 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT Group has today posted a short trading update for the last quarter to December 2023, which reveals that Openreach expanded the UK coverage of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network by another 950,000 premises (up from 860k last quarter) to total 13 million passed.

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Long Broadband Contracts Cause Billing Woes for UK Renters

1st Feb, 2024 (17 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 4,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch, has claimed that 44% of renters – who typically move home more frequently than any other group – remain locked into 18-24 month contracts with their broadband provider and 23% had to pay exit fees to leave their ISP when their tenancy agreement ended.

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Users of UK Broadband ISP Zen Internet Face IP Address Change UPDATE2

31st Jan, 2024 (32 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has notified some customers about a network migration that will result in them being assigned a new Internet Protocol (IP) address or addresses, which for most users should only result in a brief service disruption and no major changes. But for a few customers it may be a bigger problem.

Full Fibre Business ISP Vorboss Appoints New CFO from Zayo

31st Jan, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is investing £300m to deploy a 100Gbps full fibre network (Ethernet and broadband) – dedicated to business – across central London, has today appointed Zayo Group’s former VP of European Corporate Development and Strategy, David Gilbey, to be their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Tesco Mobile Renews O2 UK MVNO Partnership for 10 Years

31st Jan, 2024 (23 Comments)

Mobile provider Tesco Mobile (Tesco plc) has today announced that they’ve renewed their existing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) partnership with O2 (Virgin Media) to run for another 10 years, which marks a significant commitment given that MVNO deals usually attract 5-year terms.

342 People Oppose Brsk’s Full Fibre Broadband Poles in Burnley

31st Jan, 2024 (31 Comments)

Some 342 people in the Lancashire (England) town of Burnley have submitted a petition that calls on the local council to take to halt UK ISP Brsk‘s use of poles in their roll-out of a new full fibre (FTTP) network, which some residents claim has caused them to suffer “panic attacks“.

Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to Half of All Premises in Wales

31st Jan, 2024 (12 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now been deployed to cover 50% of properties in Wales. The coverage equates to a total of 816,000 premises (up from 700k in July 2023) and reflects an investment of £240m+ (up from £210m).

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Local London Set Strategy to Tackle Gigabit Broadband Notspots

31st Jan, 2024 (5 Comments)

The Local London organisation, which is one of four sub-regional partnerships in the UK’s capital city, has today published a new Digital Infrastructure Strategy, which among other things aims to tackle over 150,000 premises in south and east London that “do not have access to high speed – Gigabit capable – internet connections“.