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Sky UK Unveil Broadband Based Stream TV Box Without Satellite

27th Sep, 2022 (64 Comments)

As expected, Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced the launch of their new standalone ‘Sky Stream‘ product, which uses your home broadband ISP and WiFi connection to stream Sky’s on-demand video content and live TV channels directly to your existing TV set without any satellite dish or installation being required.

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Grants Boost Biz Broadband in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

27th Sep, 2022 (0 Comments)

A new business grant scheme, which has injected just under £1.4 million into the local Cambridgeshire and Peterborough economy in England, has already helped local firms to create 42 new-to-the-firm products and enabled 32 businesses to access faster broadband speeds in excess of 30Mbps.

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Starlink Expand UK Coverage to Include Part of Shetland Islands

27th Sep, 2022 (13 Comments)

SpaceX’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based mega constellation of Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites has made a small but significant improvement to its coverage of the UK, which for the first time has now started to encompass the southern part of the remote Shetland islands in Scotland.

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Warning of Challenges Ahead for Investment in UK Gigabit Broadband

27th Sep, 2022 (0 Comments)

A new report from the UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), which examined the appetite for investment in alternative broadband networks (AltNets) by interviewing leading investors, has warned that the market has “reached saturation point” and those looking for further rounds of investment will find new challenges.

BT and Vodafone UK Reiterate Desire to Make Netflix etc. Pay

26th Sep, 2022 (28 Comments)

The Net Neutrality debate (i.e. protecting the open internet from abuse by UK broadband ISPs and mobile operators) reared its head again today after BT and Vodafone both put their names to a new statement by the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ENTO), which was signed by 16 telcos’ CEOs.

ISP Ogi Offer 6 Months Free FTTP Broadband to New Customers

26th Sep, 2022 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Ogi, which is rolling out a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across South Wales, has today begun offering its services free for the first six months of service to new customers. The move is being promoted as a “bid to help ease pressures on household bills this winter“, but it’ll also help with take-up.

Survey Finds Confusion Over UK Broadband and Full Fibre Jargon

26th Sep, 2022 (29 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 2,001 UK adults (aged 16+) that have broadband, which was commissioned by ISP Zen Internet and conducted during May 2022, has found that 32% of respondents still aren’t confident they can define what “full fibre” is – that’s up from 28% when the same question was asked in 2021.

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Government Visa Review to Tackle Shortage of UK Fibre Engineers UPDATE

26th Sep, 2022 (31 Comments)

The British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, appears set to confirm earlier reports that she will make it easier for UK network operators and ISPs to tackle the ongoing shortage of skilled fibre broadband engineers by allowing the telecoms sector (as well as other industries) to hire more staff from abroad.

Three UK Add New ZYXEL 5G Hub for Unlimited Home Broadband

24th Sep, 2022 (36 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator Three UK, specifically those looking to adopt their 5G unlimited Home Broadband packages (£20 per month – first 6 months at £10), may like to know that they’re no longer shipping it with a ZTE based router and have instead replaced it with the Zyxel NR5103E. But getting 5G to work is another matter.

Growth Plan Hints at Planning Changes to Boost Gigabit Broadband

23rd Sep, 2022 (13 Comments)

The UK Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has today published a new Growth Plan 2022, which proposes to “liberate the private sector” by encouraging investment (i.e. removing barriers to the flow of private capital) and boosting infrastructure by “liberalising the planning system and streamlining consultation and approval requirements“.

Spring Fibre to Deploy Full Fibre to 1 Million Premises in England

23rd Sep, 2022 (12 Comments)

New alternative network operator Spring Fibre has announced that they’ve secured an investment of “up to” £155 million from R&M’s (River and Mercantile) Infrastructure business, which will support their plan to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 1 million premises in England.

Sky UK Denies Plan to End Satellite TV Dish Installs in 2023 UPDATE

23rd Sep, 2022 (60 Comments)

Sky (Sky TV, Sky Broadband etc.) has denied a recent report claiming it had informed its trade suppliers that they would cease installing “new” satellite TV dishes on customer homes by the end of 2023, which was believed to reflect their increasing adoption of broadband internet based IPTV (video streaming etc.) delivery methods.

Gov Finalise Rules Mandating Gigabit Broadband for New Build Homes

23rd Sep, 2022 (8 Comments)

The UK Government has issued their response to last year’s technical consultation on changes to the existing ‘Building Regulations 2010‘, which sets out their final position on the legal framework for making it mandatory for property developers to ensure that new build homes are constructed with support for faster broadband.

Q2 2022 Openreach Progress Update on FTTP Rollout in Wales

23rd Sep, 2022 (9 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has shared a Q2 2022 progress update on their £52.5 million Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with Openreach (BT), which reveals that a total of 32,949 extra premises (up from 29,959 in Q1) have now gained access to a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

Ookla Q2 2022 Study Sees Fall in UK Starlink Broadband Speeds

22nd Sep, 2022 (11 Comments)

Ookla, which maintains the Speedtest.net service, has published their latest Q2 2022 report into the internet download, upload and latency speeds for UK customers – and those in other countries – on SpaceX’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites. The bad news is that speeds have fallen sharply over the past year.

ITS Technology’s Full Fibre Network Goes Live in Sheffield

22nd Sep, 2022 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which via their “Faster Britain” platform runs 36 wholesale full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across urban parts of the UK for businesses and ISPs, has today announced that more than 13,500 businesses in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield can now access their new network.

County Broadband Goes on the Hunt for New Fibre Engineers

22nd Sep, 2022 (3 Comments)

Rural focused ISP County Broadband, which is aiming to cover 500,000 premises across the East of England with their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2027, has launched a new recruitment drive, offering over 30 jobs across the region and an opportunity to build a career in the industry.