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BT and Openreach Workers Begin Two Day UK Strike TODAY UPDATE1

29th Jul, 2022 (54 Comments)

Up to 38,000 workers at national broadband and communications giant BT (including Openreach) are today beginning day one of their two-day national strike over pay (the first one since 1987), with the second due to take place on Monday next week. So far, BT has shown no sign of giving in to the pressure.

Jurassic Fibre Appoints New CEO to Oversee Full Fibre Rollout

28th Jul, 2022 (7 Comments)

Exeter-based broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is currently rolling out a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across South West England (Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset), has today announced the appointment of Paul Hellings to replace Michael Maltby in the position of CEO.

Giganet Launch Business FTTP and Ethernet to the UK Channel Market

28th Jul, 2022 (5 Comments)

UK ISP Giganet, which offers full fibre broadband services to homes and businesses via several platforms (e.g. Openreach, CityFibre and its own build network), has today launched a new wave of new Business FTTP and high capacity Ethernet products to the Channel market (i.e. telecoms resellers, MSPs and ISPs).

Sky Go Video Streaming App Now Available to UK Apple TV Users

28th Jul, 2022 (10 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky TV, Sky Broadband) appears to have quietly taken the beta tag off their popular Sky Go video streaming app for Apple TV devices, which means that regular customers of their Pay TV service should now be able to download and use it.

Vodafone UK Donates 500,000 Free Mobile Data SIMs to Public

28th Jul, 2022 (5 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone UK has today announced that they’ve reached the halfway point of their commitment to connect 1 million people, specifically those who are “experiencing digital exclusion“, by the end of 2022. Some 500,000 free mobile data (broadband) and calling SIMs have now been donated to the public.

Virgin Media O2 Add 114,000 New Premises to UK FTTP Coverage

28th Jul, 2022 (16 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have published their joint Q2 2022 results, which saw fixed broadband reach 5,612,000 customers (up by 16,000 in Q2 2022 vs -1K in Q1) and their FTTP coverage reach another 114,000 premises. The fixed line network now covers 15.9m premises (54% of UK).

BT Results See Full Fibre Grow by Record of 763,000 UK Premises

28th Jul, 2022 (4 Comments)

The BT Group has published their Q1 2022/23 results to June 2022, which saw the coverage of Openreach’s gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network reach 7.957 million premises (up by a record of 763K in the quarter vs 752K last quarter). Meanwhile, EE’s 5G network now reaches 55% of the UK population.

Global Shortage of Fibre Optic Cables Hits UK Broadband Firms UPDATE

28th Jul, 2022 (14 Comments)

Network builders and broadband ISPs in the UK have confirmed that they’re also being affected by a shortage in optical fibre cables, which has caused significant delays to lead times on deliveries and pushed up prices of such cables by as much as 70% since March 2021. But contrary to some reports, the cable cost is not the main issue.

New Subsea Fibre Cable Links Ireland to the Isle of Man and UK

27th Jul, 2022 (2 Comments)

Connectivity Services provider Aqua Comms has announced the completion of their work to deploy the Celtix-Connect 2 subsea fibre optic cable, which now runs between Ireland (Dublin), the Isle of Man and England (Blackpool). The move means more resilient and faster broadband for premises on the isle.

Cost of Household UK Broadband and Mobile May Rise by Over a Third

27th Jul, 2022 (8 Comments)

Technical UK consultancy firm FarrPoint has estimated that the cost of household connectivity services (e.g. fixed broadband, phone and mobile) could rise by more than a third over the next 5 years. As usual, the proposed solution is to try shopping around for a better deal.

Virgin Media O2 Bring Dark Fibre to All Proximity Edge Data Centres

27th Jul, 2022 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business UK (VMO2) has today announced that their wholesale division is working to deliver network services, including diverse Dark Fibre and optical high capacity services up to 100G, to customers across Proximity’s portfolio of regional colocation data centres.

Truespeed Connect 300 South West Businesses to Full Fibre

27th Jul, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Truespeed, which is deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England, has today announced that they’ve so far connected 300 businesses in the region to their new ultrafast broadband network.

Netomnia Add 4 UK Towns and Villages to Full Fibre Rollout

27th Jul, 2022 (12 Comments)

Network builder Netomnia – supported by UK broadband ISP partner YouFibre – has today added four new towns in England and Scotland to their national rollout of a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network, which includes Mansfield, Purfleet, Bedford and Coatbridge.

RootMetrics Benchmarks the Best UK Mobile Networks for H1 2022

27th Jul, 2022 (2 Comments)

Mobile testing firm RootMetrics, which was last year acquired by Ookla (here), has today published their biannual H1 2022 study of mobile network (4G and 5G) and broadband performance across the United Kingdom, which sees EE collecting the most awards. But rival Three UK is threatening to pull ahead in 5G.

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Campaign Forces Openreach to Remove Fibre Poles in Fife Village

27th Jul, 2022 (79 Comments)

Residents in the large Fife (Scotland, UK) village of East Wemyss have succeeded in petitioning Openreach (BT) to remove several of its recently deployed telegraph poles. The poles were built to help bring full fibre (FTTP) broadband to the area, but locals found them “obtrusive” and feared the value of their homes might suffer.

Internet Streaming Takes Hit as Amazon Prime Hikes UK Prices

26th Jul, 2022 (42 Comments)

The UK market for broadband-based video streaming services, which is already under pressure from the ever-increasing problem of content fragmentation across too many platforms, looks set to suffer another blow today after Amazon announced that prices for their Prime Video would be hiked for the first time since 2014.

Survey Claims 43% of UK Pensioners Struggle to Pay for Internet Access

26th Jul, 2022 (6 Comments)

A new study of 1,500 London based pensioners, which was conducted by Perspectus Global in July 2022 and commissioned by Age UK and ISP CommunityFibre, has claimed that 43% of those over the age of 60 are “struggling to pay for internet access” via broadband and mobile data services as a result of the cost-of-living crisis.