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Vorboss-Engineers-Behind-Barriers

19th Jan, 2023 (0 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Vorboss, which is investing £250 million to deploy a 100Gbps capable dedicated full fibre broadband and Ethernet network for businesses in London (mostly around the central areas), has today appointed John Browett as their new Chairman.

Fiber Optic cables connected to an optic ports and Network cables connected to ethernet ports

19th Jan, 2023 (9 Comments)

One of the country’s fastest growing edge colocation data centre providers, Proximity Data Centres, has announced that they’re planning to roll-out of a new network of regional internet exchanges across the United Kingdom and Europe. Better network latency will be one of the key outcomes.

Wildanet Engineer's Hand Connecting FTTP Lines

19th Jan, 2023 (11 Comments)

The fifth contract awarded under the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme – worth £36 million – has today been handed to UK ISP Wildanet, which will upgrade connectivity for more than 19,250 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural parts of Cornwall in South West England.

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bt smart hub 2 router front

18th Jan, 2023 (29 Comments)

BT’s consumer division (inc. EE and Plusnet) has today set out their approach to this year’s annual price hikes, which will see them increase their broadband, phone and other prices by the contracted CPI of 10.5% plus 3.9% – for a total of 14.4% – for the “majority” of their customers from 31st March. But there are exceptions.

iD Mobile UK on green background

18th Jan, 2023 (7 Comments)

Low-cost mobile operator iD Mobile (Currys) has announced that they’ve signed a new multi-year extension deal to continue their long-standing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) partnership with Three UK, which has been in place ever since they first launched back in 2015.

TalkTalk-Wi-Fi-Hub-2-Router-BETA

18th Jan, 2023 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has moved to try and deflect some of the negative attention they’re likely to get from the confirmation of today’s annual inflation linked price hikes. The provider has done this by shifting the blame for those rises on to the shoulders of Ofcom and their wholesale providers (mainly Openreach).

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truespeed_router

18th Jan, 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Truespeed, which is deploying a full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England, has once again bucked the industry trend of inflicting substantial price hikes on customers by extending their previous price freeze into 2023 and launching a cheaper plan for “financially vulnerable” customers.

price-rise-uk-broadband-and-mobile-households

18th Jan, 2023 (17 Comments)

Most of the major UK broadband ISPs can now confirm how much their annual price hikes will be after the Office of National Statistics (ONS) published their latest UK inflation figures, which saw the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit 10.5% (up from 5.4% in Jan 2022) and the Retail Price Index (RPI) reach 13.4% (up from 7.5%).

bt_sport_studio_picture

18th Jan, 2023 (17 Comments)

Credible sources have informed ISPreview.co.uk that customers of UK broadband ISP Plusnet (part of the BT Group) may soon lose the ability to directly add BT Sport TV to their service (this currently costs from an extra £17.15 a month), with the feature allegedly due to then be closed by June 2023.

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schools_broadband

17th Jan, 2023 (0 Comments)

A specialist broadband ISP for the UK education market, Talk Straight (aka – Schools Broadband and Trust IT), has today announced that they’ve acquired Essex based internet and manager solutions provider United Network Technologies (UNT) for an undisclosed sum.

Viberoptix-CEO-next-to-van-and-fibre-drums

17th Jan, 2023 (1 Comment)

Northern Ireland-based civil engineering firm Viberoptix, which is working alongside ISPs like Fibrus to roll-out full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks in the UK, has launched a new “Fibre Campus” to train new engineers in the specialist skills required to support such work in Cumbria, England.

CommunityFibre-Linksys-Mesh-Router

17th Jan, 2023 (9 Comments)

London-focused broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which is busy building a multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 2.2 million UK premises by the end of 2024, has today announced that they’re doubling the speed of their cheap £12.50 per month social broadband tariff to 20Mbps.

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bt openreach uk engineers van

17th Jan, 2023 (2 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today announced a couple of big changes to their top leadership team, which is apparently intended to help them “continue delivering against [our] strategic goals” (e.g. the £15bn rollout of full fibre broadband to 25 million UK premises by December 2026).

tesco_mobile_uk_2020

17th Jan, 2023 (0 Comments)

Customers of Tesco Mobile, which is an O2 (VMO2) based Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), can now harness a new trade-in scheme that enables them to donate their old mobile phones or other devices for cash (direct to your bank account) or a Tesco e-gift voucher, usually within just 5 working days.

Engineer on Grass Verge Openreach 2022

17th Jan, 2023 (11 Comments)

Openreach UK has issued a progress update on their £180m investment to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) ISP network across Wales, which reveals that their network now covers more than 600,000 homes and businesses in the country (roughly, that’s over 35% of premises).

Sky Broadband Hub Router UK

16th Jan, 2023 (24 Comments)

The Government has today confirmed that UK ISP Sky Broadband has officially become the first “national provider” to adopt a new system from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which allows them to verify – with a customers’ permission – that they are in receipt of key state benefits and therefore eligible for the social tariff.

YouFibre Router and Logo 2023

16th Jan, 2023 (13 Comments)

Gigabit broadband ISP YouFibre, which sells plans via Netomnia and Cityfibre’s respective UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks, has introduced a new suite of standard pricing tariffs for all new customers – starting from only £1 a month for the first 3 months of service on their 1Gbps plan. Plus, they recently added a Social Tariff.

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