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Sky Broadband UK Router and WiFi Visualisation

24th May, 2023 (4 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a minions themed TV advert for UK ISP Sky Broadband, specifically their “Wall to Wall Wi-Fi Guarantee“, after BT complained it “misleadingly implied that customers would receive seamless Wi-Fi in every room of a house“, when in fact they wouldn’t and it didn’t include any extenders or boosters.

BT-Tower-in-London-UK-Wide-View

23rd May, 2023 (6 Comments)

Broadband giant BT Group is facing renewed fears of a possible takeover attempt by French billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice UK today, which has once again increased its stake in the telecoms giant from 18% to 24.5% – just a shade under the level that might typically spark an investigation (another one).

tax

23rd May, 2023 (9 Comments)

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has published their 2023 National Delivery Plan, which calls on the UK Government to help support ISPs to get more people in disadvantaged groups online, such as by cutting Value Added Tax on broadband ISP and mobile bills to just 5% (currently 20%) – similar to other utility services.

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ZYBRE-UK-Map-Logo

23rd May, 2023 (6 Comments)

The situation at troubled internet provider ZYBRE (Air Broadband) appears to have experienced another twist after some customers, specifically those on Openreach based broadband packages, reportedly received a new email that stated the provider would be “ceasing” related services and switching users to a new ISP.

Virgin-Media-O2-Office-Building-Logo

23rd May, 2023 (33 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today confirmed that, “from next week“, new and existing customers who take their 500Mbps or 1Gbps home broadband packages will be able to enjoy updated upload speeds of 52Mbps (previously 36Mbps) and 104Mbps (previously 52Mbps), respectively, “at no extra cost“.

gigaclear pavement works

23rd May, 2023 (3 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural broadband ISP Gigaclear appears to be expanding their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover another three rural locations in Essex (England) – reflecting an additional 3,800 premises, which forms part of the operator’s £140m investment in the county.

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4th Utility Fibre Exploding in City Picture

23rd May, 2023 (1 Comment)

Network builder and broadband ISP 4th Utility, which is rolling out a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service to UK homes (SDU) and large residential buildings (MDU), has today been given a boost after Dutch bank NIBC Bank N.V. made a £25 million investment to help accelerate their plans.

22nd May, 2023 (35 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) has hinted that the ability of railway commuters to access free onboard public WiFi while travelling could be cut to help pay for the train service itself, which is said to be unsustainable in its current form.

GoFibre-CEO-and-FTTP-Build-Map

22nd May, 2023 (11 Comments)

Independent rural UK broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has today named 32 new locations across Scotland and the North of England – reflecting a total of 82,000 premises (homes and businesses) – that will benefit from the next phase of their work to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Hub 5 Router

21st May, 2023 (77 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) appears to have unofficially begun the full national rollout of 100Mbps+ (110Mbps max profile rate) upload speeds on their top “Gig1 Fibre Broadband” package (avg. 1130Mbps download), which was previously limited to an upstream rate of 52Mbps.

TalkTalk-Wrongful-FTTP-Warning-

20th May, 2023 (6 Comments)

Low-cost UK broadband ISP TalkTalk has apologised after customers in two rural villages outside Warrington, which are being served by their older UltraFibreOptic (UFO) based gigabit FTTP network on CityFibre’s platform, were mistakenly told that their service was due to be disconnected.

uk red orange broadband map by 123rf

19th May, 2023 (20 Comments)

Ofcom’s Spring 2023 report into UK fixed line broadband and mobile coverage has found that “full fibre” (FTTP) now reaches 48% of the UK (up from 42% in Sept 2022), while 73% are within reach of a gigabit-capable network (up from 70%) and 73-82% of premises can get outdoor 5G cover from at least one operator (up from 67-78%).

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Freedom Fibre Female Engineer with Tablet

19th May, 2023 (0 Comments)

Network operator Freedom Fibre, which is supported by UK broadband ISP TalkTalk and aims to cover over 2 million premises in England and Wales with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has re-opened their “Freedom Fund” and is now offering more money to help community projects (£500 per scheme).

19th May, 2023 (0 Comments)

The UK division of Norwegian renewable energy generator firm, Statkraft, has commissioned mapping firm FarrPoint to conduct a study of their proposed Loch Liath wind farm in Scotland, near Loch Ness. The work could help to facilitate the rollout of faster broadband into remote rural communities in the surrounding area.

SpaceX Falcon9 OneWeb Satellite Launch

19th May, 2023 (2 Comments)

Space firm OneWeb, which is part-owned by the UK government, has announced that the final batch of 15 first generation (GEN1) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast (100Mbps+) and low-latency (sub-100ms) broadband satellites – plus a single GEN2 prototype “Joey-Sat” – are to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket today.

Gigaclear Van Picture 2023

19th May, 2023 (0 Comments)

Abingdon-based rural ISP Gigaclear, which has already built their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 380,000 premises, have announced that the operator’s £10m network expansion in Surrey (England) is now starting to reach the villages of Gomshall and Westcott, with Wonersh to follow in 2024.

NOW_Logo_Broadband_and_TV_2021

18th May, 2023 (14 Comments)

Customers of Sky UK’s sibling NOW Broadband (NOW TV) sub-brand, which in March 2023 reportedly said that it would keep their broadband and phone prices frozen (here), has now begun notifying customers of an imminent price hike that will be introduced from 5th July 2023 – hiking monthly prices by an extra £3.50.

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