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Full Fibre Broadband ISP 4th Utility Cut Price of Social Tariff

4th Apr, 2023 (7 Comments)

UK ISP 4th Utility, which is deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to more homes (SDU) and large residential blocks (MDU), has today announced that they’ve reduced the price of their cheaper social tariff for those on benefits from £14.40 to £13.99 per month – bucking the trend of rising prices.

ISP Manx Telecom to Hike Prices by 12.5% in May 2023

4th Apr, 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Manx Telecom, which serves homes and businesses on the Isle of Man (a British Crown Dependency) in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, has confirmed that many of their customers will be hit by annual price hikes of 12.5% from 1st May 2023.

Comms Council UK Publish Advice for the 2025 Analogue Phone Switch-off UPDATE

4th Apr, 2023 (8 Comments)

The Comms Council UK (CCUK), which represents the United Kingdom’s Unified Communications (UC) and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, will this morning publish a series of advice documents for the industry and consumers about the PSTN (analogue phone) switch-off in 2025.

AI Helps Vodafone UK Cut its Carbon Emissions as Data Grows

4th Apr, 2023 (6 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone has today highlighted how they’re adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help cut their carbon emissions. Despite seeing a 300% increase in data carried across its UK network since 2019, their overall energy consumption has remained flat and emissions have fallen by 77%.

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Major Network Outage Strikes Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK UPDATE10

4th Apr, 2023 (172 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) are reporting a major UK network outage this morning (technically it’s been two outages), which has caused connectivity problems and appears to have disrupted their website and DNS servers too. Some reports indicate that their TV (IPTV), mobile and phone services have also been hit.

Three UK Reveals Data Showing the Nation’s Changing Phone Habits

3rd Apr, 2023 (13 Comments)

Mobile network operator Three UK has today celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first ever truly portable mobile phone call (i.e. not tied to a Carphone), which was made by Motorola executive Martin Cooper, by revealing some interesting data that shows how our phone habits have changed.

ITS Technology Confirm UK Full Fibre Price Freeze and Cuts

3rd Apr, 2023 (3 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which runs 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks (aka – “Faster Britain“) across urban parts of the United Kingdom for businesses and ISPs, has today confirmed it will not introduce price increases to any existing contracts or new on-net sales in 2023. But that’s not all.

ISP GoFibre Add Newport-on-Tay and Tayport to UK Full Fibre Rollout

3rd Apr, 2023 (6 Comments)

Rural fibre builder and UK ISP GoFibre (Borderlink Broadband), which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Northern England and the Scottish Borders, has today issued a short progress update to highlight some locations that have just gone live and others that have entered build.

Giffgaff to Launch Cheaper 18 Month UK Mobile Contracts

3rd Apr, 2023 (19 Comments)

Mobile network operator giffgaff, which normally only offers Pay As You Go (PAYG) and 30-day (monthly) style contract plans, has announced that they’re planning to introduce a new set of mobile plans with an 18-month minimum term from 11th April 2023. Expect to pay less for more mobile broadband data.

CityFibre Complete FTTP Broadband Build for Village of Yaxley

3rd Apr, 2023 (8 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has finished their £2m deployment of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 3,600 homes in the village of Yaxley in Cambridgeshire (England), which is an extension of their existing network in nearby Peterborough that covers over 68,000 premises.

Lit Fibre Covers 100,000 UK Premises with Full Fibre Broadband

3rd Apr, 2023 (12 Comments)

ISP and network operator Lit Fibre has today revealed that the 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network they’re building has covered 100,000 premises, which is the first solid coverage data that we’ve had from them on their plan to reach 500,000 homes by 2026.

Vodafone UK Reintroduced Public WiFi to London Underground

3rd Apr, 2023 (6 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone UK has today announced that they’ve “reintroduced” a WiFi service for their customers travelling on the London Underground, which comes after they scrapped their original service (here) – supplied via a wholesale network run by Virgin Media – back in 2021.

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Frustration as Ofcom See Delay to Faster UK Broadband ISP Switching UPDATE5

3rd Apr, 2023 (12 Comments)

Consumers looking to change broadband providers in the UK will be unhappy to learn that the UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has confirmed a delay to the introduction of their faster and more extensive One Touch Switch (OTS) migration system – possibly by 6 months or more – because ISPs are not yet ready to support it.

Three UK and EE Unshackle Mast Upgrades to Boost 5G Rollout

1st Apr, 2023 (20 Comments)

Mobile operators Three UK and EE (BT) have agreed to stop jointly upgrading sites through the Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL) organisation, which runs their joint network sharing venture. The move is intended to help both move faster when deploying new ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband networks.

April Fools – ISP BrawBand Launch New Digital Assistant, BrawBot

1st Apr, 2023 (1 Comment)

Full fibre broadband ISP BrawBand (HighNet) has today unveiled its new virtual “home assistant with attitude” – BrawBot. The goal of the bot is to take on monotonous computing tasks like unsubscribing from unwanted mailing lists and sending emails to people you really feel like you should keep in touch with but can’t be bothered to.

Ofcom Raise UK Automatic Compensation Payments for Broadband Woes

31st Mar, 2023 (8 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today increased the payment amounts issued to consumers under their automatic compensation system, which requires some home broadband ISPs to compensate customers (cash or bill credits) for internet connectivity mishaps and delivery delays.

Three UK Launch £300k Grant Scheme to Help Businesses Get 5G

31st Mar, 2023 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK, specifically its business division, has today launched £300,000 worth of “free connectivity grants” for small businesses (SME) in Manchester and Birmingham, which follows new research that found better biz connectivity could contribute over £5bn a year to the local economies.