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Opensignal Examine the Impact of 4G Spectrum on UK 5G Speeds

1st Sep, 2021 (7 Comments)

A new study from crowd-sourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has highlighted how mobile broadband users in Germany, Italy and the UK saw “significantly faster” 5G average download speeds when they were also connected to additional amounts of 4G spectrum, through older 4G technology.

Giffgaff UK Launch Special Mobile Data Goodybag for Students

1st Sep, 2021 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator giffgaff has recently announced that they’re launching a brand-new golden goodybag (mobile plan), just for students. Students will be able to access a special £10 goodybag, which provides 13GB of data (3GB more data than giffgaff’s regular £10 golden goodybag), as well as unlimited UK calls and texts and EU roaming.

UK ISP Glide Appoints Chris Bates as New Chief Financial Officer

1st Sep, 2021 (0 Comments)

Business and residential UK ISP Glide Group, which is currently busy extending their full fibre broadband network, has today boosted their management team with the appointment of Chris Bates as the organisation’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Colt and Getlink to Deploy New Fibre Optic Network via Channel Tunnel

1st Sep, 2021 (3 Comments)

Colt Technology Services and Getlink have today signed an exclusive new 25-year agreement to install and operate a new multi-Terabit speed fibre optic IQ Network through the Channel Tunnel, which runs between the UK (Folkestone, Kent) and France (Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais) under the English Channel sea.

ISP Zzoomm Boost UK FTTP Home Broadband Speeds for Free

1st Sep, 2021 (10 Comments)

UK ISP Zzoomm, which is currently in the process of building its own multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach 1 million premises across 85 UK towns by the end of 2025, has adopted symmetric speeds across all of their packages and boosted the underlying rates at no extra cost.

Axione Aims to Cover 4 Million UK Premises with Gigabit Broadband

31st Aug, 2021 (7 Comments)

Back in 2019 we reported that a subsidiary of French communications provider Axione S.A.S, Axione UK, planned to rollout a wholesale Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network for ISPs to harness in the UK (here). The operator has now setup a new company, Axione Fibre, to do exactly that with £300m of initial funding.

Grain Extend FTTP Broadband Rollout to Accrington in Lancashire UK

31st Aug, 2021 (0 Comments)

Full fibre broadband ISP Grain Connect, which recently secured a major £75 million equity investment from Equitix (here), has today announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network is being extended to cover the large Lancashire town of Accrington – home to a population of around 35,000.

Gov Consults on UK Regulation of Internet Video Streaming Services

31st Aug, 2021 (21 Comments)

At present traditional linear TV channels, such as BBC 1 and Sky, are regulated differently from on-demand broadband-based TV (IPTV) services like Netflix, Amazon and Apple TV. But the UK government has launched a consultation that seeks to “level the regulatory playing field,” which may force streaming services to adopt stricter rules.

ISP Zen Internet UK Stops Selling G.fast Ultrafast Broadband UPDATE

31st Aug, 2021 (32 Comments)

Rochdale-based UK ISP Zen Internet has quietly stopped selling Openreach’s (BT) hybrid fibre G.fast based “ultrafast broadband” products, which were first launched by the provider back in 2018 alongside average download speeds of 145Mbps (30Mbps upload) or 300Mbps (50Mbps upload).

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Fibre Optic Broadband Supplier ADTRAN Merges with ADVA to Boost Reach

31st Aug, 2021 (2 Comments)

American firm ADTRAN, which is known for supplying a variety of full fibre broadband kit and services to UK ISPs and network builders from Openreach (BT) to CommunityFibre and more, has announced a new deal to merge with a similar European telecommunications vendor called ADVA in order to boost their global reach.

VX Fiber – What UK FTTP Broadband Projects Can Learn from Sweden

30th Aug, 2021 (22 Comments)

In a new ISPreview.co.uk interview the Chairman of Swedish operator VX Fiber, Mikael Sandberg, has helped to illuminate the “stark difference in attitude towards fibre in the UK compared with Sweden” and highlights some of the ways in which FTTP broadband deployments on this side of the channel could be improved.

Benchmarking Broadband ISP Speed Testers On a 10Gbps Line

29th Aug, 2021 (29 Comments)

At one point or another, most UK people will have probably attempted to run a web-based speed test on their broadband connection, but have you ever wondered how well some of the most popular speed testing services do when confronted by a fully capable 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) service? For a bit of fun, we tried to find out.

Silly Dispute Over Virgin Media O2’s Broadband Cabinet Placement

28th Aug, 2021 (84 Comments)

Over the years’ we’ve seen plenty of justified disputes about the poor placement of broadband street cabinets by UK ISPs and network builders, but we’ve also seen a fair few unjustified ones. The latest example of the latter comes from Harrow, where a seemingly overblown complaint has hit one of Virgin Media’s (VMO2) cabinets.

The Top 3 Do’s and Don’ts When Broadband ISP Engineers Visit

28th Aug, 2021 (39 Comments)

Over the years we’ve reported a lot on UK consumer experiences with broadband engineers, both good and bad alike. So just for fun we thought it might be interesting to ask a bunch of engineers from different operators what were the top 3 things they really appreciated, and 3 they don’t, when visiting customers.

Rural ISP County Broadband Add 15 Suffolk Villages to FTTP Rollout

27th Aug, 2021 (4 Comments)

Rural ISP and network builder County Broadband, which is currently deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service to homes across East Anglia in England, has just added another 15 villages in Suffolk to their rollout plan.

ISPA Goes on the Hunt for 2021 UK Internet Heroes

27th Aug, 2021 (4 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has put out a request for members of the public and industry alike to submit nominations for its 2021 “Internet Hero” award, with the eventual winner being announced on 4th November 2021 at an awards ceremony in central London (Sheraton Grand Park Lane Hotel).

Openreach’s Director of Fibre Build Talks Scotland’s R100 Rollout

27th Aug, 2021 (7 Comments)

Openreach’s (BT) Director of fibre build for the UK, Andrew Hepburn, has today helped ISPreview.co.uk to understand some of the challenges they face in extending Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband across rural parts of Scotland under the £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project and how they’re overcoming them.