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Jurassic Fibre Breaks from FTTP Rollout to Recycle XMas Trees

24th Jan, 2022 (3 Comments)

And now for something completely different. Broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South West England, has volunteered staff and vans to assist in Hospiscare’s (charity) Christmas Tree Recycling fundraiser. A total of 1,200 trees were collected, raising £16K.

CityFibre FTTP Broadband Finally Goes Live in Gloucester UK

24th Jan, 2022 (6 Comments)

After a long wait, CityFibre has announced that their £31m project to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across the city of Gloucester (Gloucestershire, England) has finally started to go live and connect the first local homes and businesses.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Starts Trial to Tackle Vandalised Cabinets

24th Jan, 2022 (15 Comments)

A new 6-month long trial has been launched by broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media (VMO2) in the City of York, which will see the provider working alongside the city council to repaint vandalised street cabinets and bring them back to their original state.

Vodafone UK Allegedly Expressed Interest in Three UK Merger

24th Jan, 2022 (20 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK is allegedly reported to have explored a move to merge with rival Three UK by acquiring them from parent CK Hutchison Holdings. But the expression of interest, which is said to have been made last year, did not lead to an agreement and is no longer part of active negotiations.

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DCMS Committee Finds Online Safety Bill Gets the Balance Wrong

24th Jan, 2022 (1 Comment)

A new cross-party UK report from the DCMS Select Committee has warned that the Government’s new Online Safety Bill (OSB), which will task Ofcom with tackling “harmful” content online, fails to get the balance right and “neither protects freedom of expression nor is it clear nor robust enough to tackle illegal and harmful online content.”

How Not to Fix an Address Problem – Openreach’s Comical Gaffe

23rd Jan, 2022 (21 Comments)

Openreach made a somewhat comical gaffe this week after they told an end-user, who lives in a copper “stop sell” area and was trying to order a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service, that the best way to resolve a problem with getting his UK address recognised was to “place an order for a telephone service only“.

Mobile Operator EE UK Confirms Closure of 3G Signal Box Service

22nd Jan, 2022 (30 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has quietly confirmed that their indoor femtocell based signal booster device (‘Signal Box‘), which used an existing fixed line broadband ISP connection to create its own indoor 3G mobile signal over a specific band (e.g. 2100MHz), will be “fully closed” (for existing customers) by 30th June 2022.

Rival UK ISP Fibrus Criticises BT Over Broadband Price Hikes

21st Jan, 2022 (0 Comments)

The CEO of Infracapital backed broadband ISP Fibrus, Dominic Kearns, has said he’s “horrified” at BT’s recent 9.3% price hike (here) and, unlike the incumbent, pledges that they “will not be putting our prices up.” The provider is currently building a new full fibre network across parts of Northern Ireland and Northern England.

LibDems in New Push for Mandatory UK Social Broadband Tariffs

21st Jan, 2022 (42 Comments)

The MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Jamie Stone – with backing from 14 Liberal Democrat peers, is to meet with the UK Minister for Digital Infrastructure, Julia Lopez, in an attempt to force all broadband ISPs to offer mandatory “universal social tariffs” to help those who are struggling to pay their bills.

Nicola Sturgeon Gives Brief Update on R100 LOT1 Broadband Progress

21st Jan, 2022 (11 Comments)

The First Minister of the Scottish Government, Nicola Sturgeon, has issued a short update on the LOT 1 (North Scotland and Highlands) contract with BT (Openreach) under their £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project, which is extending “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) coverage across rural parts of Scotland (mostly via FTTP).

Broadband ISP BT Defends 9.3 Percent UK Price Hike for 2022

20th Jan, 2022 (60 Comments)

The MD Consumer Customer Services at UK ISP BT (EE), Nick Lane, has today confirmed yesterday’s report (here) that they would hit customers with an annual price increase of 9.3% (up from 4.5% last year) from 31st March 2022 and said it was as a “necessary part of business … [to] keep up with the rising costs we face.”

GBP20,000 Reward to Help Catch Openreach UK Cable Thieves

20th Jan, 2022 (29 Comments)

A string of damaging copper cable thefts in rural Cambridgeshire (England), which repeatedly knocked out broadband and phone services for hundreds of homes on Openreach’s (BT) network in the villages of Swavesey and Witchford, have resulted in the operator offering a reward of £20,000 to help catch those responsible.

Netomnia UK Add Wakefield and Pontefract to Gigabit Fibre Plan

20th Jan, 2022 (9 Comments)

Netomnia, which is busy deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 1 million UK premises by the end of 2023 (here), has today officially announced that they’ve added Wakefield and Pontefract in West Yorkshire to their rollout plans.

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Report Recommends Changes to Boost UK 5G and Gigabit Broadband

20th Jan, 2022 (5 Comments)

A new report produced by property consultants Cluttons and polling firm YouGov, which surveyed 103 UK MPs, 577 councillors, 101 IT decision markets and 1,996 citizens, has highlighted various problems that could obstruct the move to adopt 5G mobile and gigabit-capable (1Gbps+) broadband ISP connections.

Schools Broadband Secures Hampshire Future Network Contract

20th Jan, 2022 (0 Comments)

A specialist ISP for the UK education market, Schools Broadband (Talk Straight Ltd.), has secured a new 4-year framework contract from the Hampshire County Council (HCC) – this will see them supply Managed Internet Access Services for Schools, Academies and Educational Establishments in the county.

CityFibre to Start GBP42m FTTP Broadband Rollout in Gateshead UPDATE

19th Jan, 2022 (1 Comment)

CityFibre has today announced that they’ve appointed civil engineering contractor GCU UK Ltd to lead the £42m rollout of a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the large North East England town of Gateshead (Tyne and Wear) and South Tyneside, which sits just over the River Tyne from Newcastle.

RootMetrics Benchmarks the Best UK Mobile Networks in H2 2021

19th Jan, 2022 (10 Comments)

Mobile testing firm RootMetrics, which was recently gobbled by Ookla (here), has today published their latest H2 2021 study of mobile network (4G and 5G) and broadband performance across the United Kingdom, which once again awards the top spot to EE (BT), with Vodafone being the runner-up.