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ISP Gigabit Networks Extends Full Fibre to Cover 1 Million UK Firms

8th Jan, 2024 (5 Comments)

Leicester-based broadband ISP Gigabit Networks has today announced that, thanks to their expanded availability across multiple alternative networks, their full fibre (FTTP and Ethernet) services are now able to reach a total of around 1 million businesses (on net) across the United Kingdom.

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Anger in Stocksfield as FACTCO’s 3 Year FTTP Broadband Build Drags On

8th Jan, 2024 (7 Comments)

Three years have now passed since UK broadband ISP FACTCO confirmed that it would be deploying their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the small commuter village of Stocksfield in the south of Northumberland (England), but so far not a single property in the community has gone live.

Neos Networks Launch 10Gbps Managed Dedicated Internet Access

8th Jan, 2024 (10 Comments)

Network operator Neos Networks, which runs one of the biggest 34,000km long business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 676 Points of Presence (PoPs), has today upgraded their Managed Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) product to provide capacities up to 10Gbps as standard (previously it only offered up to 1Gbps).

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BT Start UK Trial to Convert Broadband Street Cabinets into EV Chargers

8th Jan, 2024 (49 Comments)

UK ISP BT and its digital incubation team, Etc. (that is their actual name), has this morning kicked off the first pilot of an Electric Vehicle (EV) charger that has been repurposed from one of Openreach’s old street cabinets, which was “traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling“. Up to 60,000 more could follow.

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London ISP Community Fibre Cuts Business 10Gbps Plan to £300

5th Jan, 2024 (15 Comments)

One of our readers has spotted that London broadband ISP CommunityFibre appears to have significantly discounted some of their UK business plans, which for example means that their top 10Gbps (8.6Gbps average speed) tier can now be taken for just £350 per month +vat on a 36-month term (previously £730) or £300 for 60-months.

ISP Ogi Boost FTTP Broadband Speeds and Cuts Prices in Wales UPDATE

5th Jan, 2024 (22 Comments)

Welsh broadband ISP Ogi, which is deploying a multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South Wales, has today had a significant package refresh that means new customers will benefit from dramatically lower prices and some faster download speeds.

Utility Warehouse Claims to Launch Cheapest Broadband Deal in the UK

4th Jan, 2024 (13 Comments)

Energy and telecoms provider UW (Utility Warehouse), which is also known as Telecom Plus, has today issued a press release where they claim to have “launched the cheapest broadband deal in the UK” for new customers, with prices from £19.99 per month for 18-months. But there are some caveats to this, so take it with a pinch of salt.

Survey Claims 2.7 Million UK People Unprepared for 3G Switch Off

4th Jan, 2024 (39 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com and conducted in late November 2023, has warned that 13% of mobile users still don’t know if their phone is 4G or 5G ready and 5% say they still use a 3G handset.

Business UK ISP Evolve Join MS3’s Full Fibre Broadband Network

4th Jan, 2024 (3 Comments)

Business ISP and managed service provider Evolve has today become the latest provider to hop onto MS3‘s new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the North of England (mostly the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions), which ultimately aims to reach 535,000 UK premises by the end of 2025.

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ISP Quickline UK Brings FTTP Broadband to 2 New Villages

4th Jan, 2024 (0 Comments)

Hull-based ISP Quickline, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of England, has today announced that their network has gone live across two new rural villages – Keelby in Lincolnshire and Thorpe Willoughby in North Yorkshire (total of almost 3,500 extra homes passed).

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Starlink Launch First 6 LEO Broadband Satellites for Mobile Service

4th Jan, 2024 (12 Comments)

SpaceX has moved a step closer to introducing a global 4G mobile service via Starlink‘s mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which occurred after the company successfully launched its first six satellites with support for their new ‘Direct to Cell’ product this week.

Full Fibre UK ISP Truespeed Fined £34k for Sloppy Street Works UPDATE

3rd Jan, 2024 (6 Comments)

Alternative network builder and ISP Truespeed, which has spent the past few years deploying their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to homes in the South West of England, has reportedly been hit with £34,000 worth of fines and charges for roadworks offences in Somerset.

James Warner as Interim CEO of FullFibre Ltd

FullFibre Ltd Passes 300K UK Premises with FTTP and Appoint New CEO

3rd Jan, 2024 (0 Comments)

Broadband network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which is in the process of merging with fellow operator Digital Infrastructure (BeFibre), has announced that their combined Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network now covers 300,000 UK premises (RFS) and they’ve just appointed James Warner as Interim CEO.

New UK ISP Gig-ability Prep FTTP Broadband Build in Shropshire

3rd Jan, 2024 (10 Comments)

A new alternative network and broadband ISP called Gig-ability is in the final stages of being setup. The operator appears, at least initially, to be planning to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across poorly served rural villages in Shropshire (England), before expanding into other parts of the UK.

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Openreach Says UK Broadband Usage Increased by 9% in 2023

3rd Jan, 2024 (8 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has revealed that broadband usage across their UK network of ISPs increased by around 9% during 2023 (up vs 2.5% in 2022) to total 94,722 PetaBytes (PB) of data. The results for 2023 also include data from both their “full fibre” and “superfast” networks, seemingly for the first time.

AltNet UK Broadband Engineers Unfairly Accused of Exposing Sites to Cyber Attack UPDATE2

2nd Jan, 2024 (38 Comments)

A major UK newspaper has suggested that some alternative broadband operators, many of which are deploying new gigabit-capable full fibre ISP networks, are being “lazy” by failing to hand over information about “when and where they are working on BT’s network“, which allegedly risks “exposing hospitals and banks to cyber attacks“.

2023 H2 – UK Full Fibre Broadband Cover Reaches 60.5 Percent

2nd Jan, 2024 (19 Comments)

The latest UK summary of fixed broadband coverage for H2 2023 has found that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 60.54% of premises (up from 52.77% in H1 2023) and 79.86% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 76.22%). Continue on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.