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2022 H2 – UK Full Fibre Broadband Cover Rockets to 45 Percent

4th Jan, 2023 (19 Comments)

The latest independent biannual summary of UK broadband coverage for H2 2022 has estimated that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP network rollouts have surged to reach 45.13% of premises (up from 37.61% in H1 2022) and 72.66% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 69.24%). Read on for details of England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

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BT Prep Consumer EE Rebrand and SmartHub 3 Router for Spring 2023

3rd Jan, 2023 (56 Comments)

Sources have informed ISPreview that UK broadband ISP BT will trigger the next phase of their plan to turn EE into their “flagship brand for consumer customers” around the February to April 2023 period, which among other things may see their new Smart Hub 3 (SH3) router launch first as an EE (not BT) product.

2023 New Year Honours for Members of BT and TalkTalk’s Team

30th Dec, 2022 (18 Comments)

The UK Government is in the process of publishing the King’s New Year Honours List for 2023, which sees Brendan Dick, the former Director of BT in Scotland (2006-18) and former Chair of Openreach’s Scotland Board (2018-21), picking up an OBE for services to telecommunications in Scotland. But he’s not alone.

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Northern Fibre Extend Full Fibre to More Rural Yorkshire Villages

30th Dec, 2022 (0 Comments)

Network operator Northern Fibre, which is a sub-brand of UK wireless broadband ISP Stix Internet, have continued to expand the rollout of their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Yorkshire and has now gone live in several more villages.

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Summary of Dedicated Home VoIP Providers for UK Consumers

30th Dec, 2022 (70 Comments)

A growing number of UK consumers are planning to move their home phone service away from their fixed line broadband provider and on to a dedicated Voice-over-IP (VoIP) provider, which may save money and give you one less thing to worry about when switching ISP. We take a quick look at the options and challenges involved.

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SpaceX Launch First Starlink v2 LEO Ultrafast Broadband Satellites

29th Dec, 2022 (2 Comments)

SpaceX has launched its first somewhat experimental batch of 54 second generation (GEN2) Starlink Block v2.0 satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which may include a number of improvements to hopefully boost broadband speeds (capacity), coverage, network reliability and deliver mobile phone services from space.

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2022 vs 2021 – UK Broadband and Mobile Speeds vs the World

29th Dec, 2022 (35 Comments)

Once again, we’re ending this year by taking a look back to see how the United Kingdom’s position, at least in terms of the top 50 fastest countries for both fixed broadband ISP and mobile (4G, 5G) data speeds, has changed since 2021. The UK fell from 35th to 44th for mobile and from 50th to 56th for fixed lines.

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Openreach Trial New FTTP Option for Copper Lines with Complex Faults

28th Dec, 2022 (61 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has notified UK broadband ISPs about a new Complex to Fibre (C2F) trial, which could result in some copper-line based customers being given a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service in situations where it’s available and repairing the existing copper line would be too complex / costly.

Circet Acquires UK Broadband ISP Engineering Firm Qube GB

28th Dec, 2022 (2 Comments)

Telecommunications focused civil engineering firm Circet has announced the acquisition of Qube GB, which describes itself as an “in-home telecom maintenance specialist” that provides engineering services to UK broadband ISPs likes BT, TalkTalk, Sky Broadband and are also expanding their services for alternative full fibre networks.

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Broadband Consumers Brace for Massive 2023 UK Price Hikes

28th Dec, 2022 (49 Comments)

As if 2022 wasn’t already devastating enough for the UK cost-of-living, the annual price hikes season is about to hit again for customers of the largest broadband ISPs and mobile operators, which for the second year running is expected to be driven by another huge increase in inflation. Expect hikes of around 14% or more.

2022 vs 2021 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs

27th Dec, 2022 (20 Comments)

As another year passes, ISPreview.co.uk has taken a look back over the past 12 months to see how the average UK broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs, mobile operators and Starlink (satellite provider). Suffice to say, there’s been a huge performance jump between 2021 and 2022.

Scotland’s R100 Fibre Broadband Build Won’t Finish Until 2028

26th Dec, 2022 (35 Comments)

A new Freedom-of-Information (FoI) request has revealed that the Scottish Government‘s £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach (BT), which is extending fixed “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) across rural parts of the country (predominantly via FTTP), is now not expected to reach full completion until March 2028.

The Top UK Broadband ISPs and Mobile Operators for Haggling – 2022

24th Dec, 2022 (28 Comments)

A new survey of over 3,000 UK people has revealed that Virgin Media is the top broadband ISP and mobile operator for haggling, which reveals how much success consumers have had in getting a cheaper price from providers by negotiating with their retentions department.

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Three UK Extends 4G Mobile Cover on the London Underground

23rd Dec, 2022 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today followed the earlier announcements from EE and Vodafone by confirming that their 4G (mobile broadband) network is also now live across six new stations on the London Underground (tube) network (here), covering parts of both the Central and Northern lines.

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Welsh Wireless Broadband ISP Bluewave Goes into Liquidation UPDATE

22nd Dec, 2022 (7 Comments)

The company behind fixed wireless broadband ISP Bluewave (Bluewave Communications Cymru), which serves rural premises across parts of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire in Wales with claimed download speeds of “up to” 40Mbps for £29.99 per month, has this month entered voluntary liquidation.

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Ogi Become First UK ISP to Deploy Nokia’s 25Gbps Full Fibre Tech

22nd Dec, 2022 (38 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Ogi, which is investing £200 million to build a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 150,000 premises in Wales by 2025, has today become the first internet provider in the UK to deploy Nokia’s 25G PON technology commercially.

LightSpeed Broadband Appoints New CCO to Support Full Fibre Build

22nd Dec, 2022 (5 Comments)

Lincolnshire-based UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is rolling out a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 200,000 premises across the East of England (rising to 1 million by the end of 2025), has appointed Jason Coward to be its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) as it continues with a shake-up of senior management.