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Recent UK Storms Damaged 650 of Openreach’s Telegraph Poles UPDATE

5th Mar, 2022 (27 Comments)

Last month was unusual for a number of reasons, not least of which was the fact that – in the space of just six days (16th to 21st of February) – the UK experienced three named storms (Dudley, Eunice and Franklin). As a result, over 650 of Openreach’s broadband and phone carrying poles were “badly damaged and need replacing“.

ISP Gigaclear Freezes Prices for 18 Months – Ahead of 2023 Hike

4th Mar, 2022 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Gigaclear, which is busy extending their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of England, has today announced that they’re “freezing … prices for 18 months at the lowest ever rate” in order to help tackle the ongoing cost of living crisis. But there’s a catch, a big hike is coming in 2023.

ISPs BT and TalkTalk Sign UK TV Deal to Keep YouView Until 2024 UPDATE

4th Mar, 2022 (17 Comments)

Broadband ISPs BT and TalkTalk look set to keep their respective YouView based TV services running until March 2024 after they reached a new Shareholder Agreement with the platform’s other Joint Venture partners in the broadcasting sector, including ITV, the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

Government in GBP9m Boost to WightFibre’s Rural Broadband Rollout

3rd Mar, 2022 (4 Comments)

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP WightFibre, which is already investing £85m to deploy a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire), has received a £9m boost from the Government’s Building Digital UK programme in order to help extend local rural coverage.

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Darwen Gets GBP5.5m Investment to Boost Ultrafast Broadband

3rd Mar, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Blackburn with Darwen Council has confirmed that they plan to commit £5.5 million from a new £90m development programme to help the Lancashire (England) town of Darwen upgrade thousands of premises to “ultrafast broadband” and deploy a new WiFi network across the town centre.

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Openreach Finish West Yorkshire Superfast Broadband Contract

3rd Mar, 2022 (7 Comments)

The UK state aid supported Superfast West Yorkshire and York (SFWYY) programme and Openreach (BT) have announced the completion of their Phase 2 deployment contract, which has spent the past few years working to extend the local availability of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) services (including a fair bit of full fibre).

CityFibre Confirm GBP45m FTTP Build in Luton and Dunstable UPDATE

3rd Mar, 2022 (15 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today confirmed that they will invest £45 million to deploy their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to be put “within reach of every home and business” in the two Bedfordshire (England) towns of Luton and Dunstable.

Truespeed Add 2 North Somerset Towns to FTTP Broadband Plan

3rd Mar, 2022 (5 Comments)

Bath-based UK ISP Truespeed, which is focused on deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of Somerset (England), has today begun the next phase of their expansion by adding the North Somerset seaside towns of Portishead and Clevedon to their rollout plan.

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World’s First as UK Firm Links 5G Broadband via the Stratosphere

3rd Mar, 2022 (6 Comments)

Cambridge-based company Stratospheric Platforms has announced the “world’s first” 5G (mobile broadband) transmission from Earth’s stratosphere, which at 45,000ft managed to maintain the signal for 5 hours and achieve a broadband download speed of 90Mbps to a retail Smartphone on the ground.

ISP Lit Fibre UK Goes Live with Full Fibre Broadband in Sudbury

2nd Mar, 2022 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Lit Fibre, which is deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach 500,000 homes by 2026, has today started to go live with its first residents in the town of Sudbury, Suffolk. The move comes just over three months after the operator started building.

Openreach Puts New Fibre Community Partnerships On Hold

2nd Mar, 2022 (9 Comments)

Openreach’s (BT) Fibre Community Partnership (FCP) scheme, which works with disadvantaged UK areas to help co-fund the deployment of new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks, has been put on hold for new applications in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) due to “soaring demand“.

Broadband ISP BT’s New TV Box Pro Kit Hit by Recording Bugs

2nd Mar, 2022 (10 Comments)

Owners of UK ISP BT’s latest set-top-box hardware for their broadband-based Pay TV (IPTV) service – TV Box Pro – have recently begun complaining about a series of new bugs related to problems with recordings (e.g. scheduled recordings failing to record) and some apps not working. But there’s a partial fix.

Progress Update on N.Ireland Project Stratum Full Fibre Rollout

2nd Mar, 2022 (2 Comments)

The Department for the Economy (DfE) in Northern Ireland has issued a brief progress update on their £197m state aid supported Project Stratum scheme, which is working with UK ISP Fibrus to spread a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across 85,000 premises in rural areas by March 2025.

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Launch Home Mesh WiFi Service UPDATE

2nd Mar, 2022 (5 Comments)

City-focused full fibre (FTTB/P) broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which is present in parts of 57 UK towns and cities, has today launched a new mesh WiFi service called ‘Total Wi-Fi’, which aims to give new and existing customers the “ultimate [Wi-Fi] speed, reliability, and coverage – in every room.” But it will cost extra.

Jurassic Fibre Cut FTTP Broadband Prices in South West England

2nd Mar, 2022 (12 Comments)

Broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is busy building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England (Devon, Somerset and Dorset), appears to have just significantly reduced the pricing of their packages for local homes by around 50%.

War in Ukraine Casts Shadow Over Future OneWeb Satellite Launches UPDATE2

2nd Mar, 2022 (20 Comments)

Calls are growing for the UK Government to take action to stop OneWeb, a British-registered company where it holds a key £400m stake after helping to rescue it from bankruptcy in 2020 (alongside a consortium of investors), from using Russian rockets for future launches of OneWeb’s ultrafast low-latency broadband satellites.

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Gov Consults on New UK Telecoms and Internet Security Code UPDATE

1st Mar, 2022 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has today begun to consult on draft regulations for their new Telecommunications (Security) Act which, aside from banning Huawei inside 5G mobile networks (and restricting their involvement with FTTP broadband), will also impose a cacophony of tedious new security rules on telecoms operators.