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October 2023 BT Progress Update on 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

1st Nov, 2023 (11 Comments)

UK ISP BT has published their latest biannual (October 2023) update on the progress they’ve made in delivering Ofcom’s flaky 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband. The operator has so far built a USO connection to over 7,681 premises (up from 7,000 in Apr 2023), with 185 further builds in progress (down from 800).

5,000 Extra Doncaster Homes Get Virgin Media O2’s Full Fibre

1st Nov, 2023 (12 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) and nexfibre have confirmed that an additional 5,000 homes and businesses in the South Yorkshire (England) city of Doncaster have now been reached by their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network.

Digital Catapult to Field Test OpenRAN 5G Standalone Networks at New UK Outdoor Site

1st Nov, 2023 (1 Comment)

Digital Catapult has teamed-up with Ofcom, Cellnex UK and Capgemini to launch its first independent 5G SA (Standalone) outdoor field-testing site – via SONIC Labs – for Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technology. The technology tested here could eventually make it into commercial mobile networks.

ISP Alncom Expands FTTP Broadband Coverage in Rural Alnwick

31st Oct, 2023 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Alncom has announced that they’ve begun the next phase of expanding their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across their home town of Alnwick, which is now working to cover the Barresdale, Windsor Gardens, Cedar Grove and Fairfields areas (parts of these are already live).

Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to Most Haunted Village in Britain

31st Oct, 2023 (9 Comments)

Given that today is Halloween, it seems only fitting for Openreach (BT) to announce that they’ve just deployed their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to the village of Pluckley in Kent (England), which has been named by the Guinness World Records as the most haunted village in Britain.

Virgin Media O2 Add Apple TV to Stream and TV360 Boxes + New Channels

31st Oct, 2023 (3 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media’s (VMO2) various Pay TV platforms may like to know that the UK operator has finally added Apple TV+ to their Virgin TV 360 and STREAM boxes. On top of that, customers of the STREAM service have also just gained access to 7 “new” linear channels (already available on TV360).

Quickline’s UK Full Fibre Engineers Rescue Man from River Trent

31st Oct, 2023 (7 Comments)

Two engineers working for UK broadband ISP Quickline, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 96 rural locations (55,000 premises) across North East England, have been praised after their quick-thinking saved the life of a man who fell into the River Trent.

Virgin Media O2 Close to Selling UK Masts Stake to GLIL Infrastructure

31st Oct, 2023 (4 Comments)

Virgin Media and O2 have reportedly entered “exclusive talks” that could see them selling off a big stake in the UK’s largest mobile tower network to GLIL Infrastructure. The deal is said to value this part of their business at around £2.5bn, with any proceeds helping to fund their full fibre (FTTP) broadband and 5G mobile roll out.

BT to Deploy UK Digital Voice Across Greater London in November

31st Oct, 2023 (22 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT has today announced that they’ll start deploying their Internet Protocol (IP) based home phone service, Digital Voice, across the Greater London area between November and December 2023. This follows previous roll-outs in the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, Northern Ireland and the North West.

BBC iPlayer Users in the UK Face IP Based Geo Blocking Woes UPDATE

30th Oct, 2023 (14 Comments)

Some people in the United Kingdom who may be trying to access the BBC’s popular online video streaming and catch-up TV service, iPlayer, may today be struggling to access the service due to a known issue with geographic blocking of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.

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Ofcom Rejects Openreach Request to Tweak UK QoS Targets UPDATE

30th Oct, 2023 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has today decided NOT to change how it calculates one of Openreach’s regulated Quality of Service (QoS) standards for Ethernet and Dark Fibre repairs, which would have replaced the current “on-time repair” (OTR) target with a “mean time to repair” (MTTR) alternative.

Full Fibre UK ISP Fibrus and eero Router Partnership Adds Echo Dots

30th Oct, 2023 (7 Comments)

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network across Northern Ireland and North England, has today expanded their collaboration with Amazon’s eero mesh WiFi devices by “[offering] customers eero Built-in capable routers” at no extra cost and a FREE echo dot (5th gen).

G.Network Partners Islington Council and GLA to Extend Full Fibre

30th Oct, 2023 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP G.Network, which is rolling out a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes and businesses across parts of London, has agreed a new partnership (wayleave) with Islington Council and the Greater London Authority (GLA) to cover “thousands” of additional homes and reduce disruption.

New Tech Turns WiFi into Motion Detecting Home Alarm System

30th Oct, 2023 (3 Comments)

Over the past few years’ we’ve seen researchers using WiFi signals to do all sorts of new things, such as being able to see through walls and detect motion. A Netherlands-based company called Gamgee has now taken this a step further by making it possible to turn your home WiFi into a motion detecting home alarm.

A Sobering Reminder that Ofcom’s Auto Compensation System has Limits UPDATE2

30th Oct, 2023 (13 Comments)

The case of a pregnant UK mother who, while living in a house with no mobile signal and a 3-week-long outage of Openreach’s broadband and phone services, ended up giving birth on the kitchen floor due to an inability to call 999 – is today also highlighting a key caveat in Ofcom’s system of Automatic Compensation.

Customers of UK ISP Origin Broadband Suffer Support Problems

29th Oct, 2023 (15 Comments)

Some of Origin Broadband’s customers have, over the past couple of weeks, reported a number of problems with ineffective support and being unable to access their accounts via the provider’s website. The issues are said to be related to an upgrade of their systems as part of efforts to merge Ovo’s customers into Origin.

The Misery of Diminishing Choice in G.fast UK Broadband Areas

28th Oct, 2023 (69 Comments)

Hundreds of thousands of premises on Openreach’s increasingly forgotten G.fast (SOGFAST) broadband network are being left to suffer the misery of diminishing ISP choice as providers scrap their old packages in favour of newer, faster and more reliable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) services. But those who can’t access full fibre are being left neglected.