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Three UK Users Complain of Outdoor Hub Reboots on 5G Broadband UPDATE

18th Aug, 2025 (12 Comments)

Some customers of mobile network operator Three UK (VodafoneThree), specifically those who took the new 5G Outdoor Hub (Green Packet Y5-210MU) option for their Three Home Broadband service, are finding that the router has recently developed an annoying habit of rebooting itself – often once every hour (variable and intermittent).

RootMetrics Names EE as BEST UK Mobile Operator in H1 2025 Study

18th Aug, 2025 (14 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published their H1 2025 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and 4G/5G mobile broadband speeds. The results once again name EE as the best mobile provider after they scooped up the highest scores and fastest data speeds across most categories.

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GoFibre Get £125m Funding Boost to Support Scotland Gigabit Broadband Rollout

18th Aug, 2025 (1 Comment)

Edinburgh-based UK ISP and network builder GoFibre has this morning announced that they’ve secured a huge £125m funding boost from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) and Hamburg Commercial Bank. The money will support their roll-out of FTTP broadband under the government backed Project Gigabit contracts in South and North East Scotland.

Wavemobile Struggles to Get Big UK Mobile Operators to Fix WiFi Calling

16th Aug, 2025 (21 Comments)

The Technical Director for rural connectivity provider Wavemobile, Anthony Timson, has complained that the “biggest issue” they face today is the interaction devices roamed onto their network face with respect to the popular WiFi Calling service. Users who roam on to Wave’s network find that the big mobile operators (EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK) seem to block it.

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TOTSCo – 1.5 Million UK Consumers Have Switched Broadband ISP Since Sept 2024

15th Aug, 2025 (3 Comments)

The One Touch Switching Company, which is the industry-led company responsible for helping to deliver Ofcom’s solution for easier and quicker UK switching between home broadband and phone providers on different networks (One Touch Switching), will next week pass the milestone of 1.5 million successfully completed migrations since launch (up from 1m in early May 2025).

Broadband ISP Plusnet Reportedly Cuts Over 100 More UK Jobs

15th Aug, 2025 (32 Comments)

The latest company accounts for broadband ISP Plusnet, which is part of wider BT Group, has revealed that the company’s turnover fell by -15% to £343m in the year to 31st March 2025 (down from £402m last year) and their employee headcount declined by 133 to total 944.

Emtelle UK to Support GoFibre’s £105m FTTP Broadband Build in Scotland

15th Aug, 2025 (4 Comments)

Fibre optic network supplier Emtelle UK, which is a global manufacturer of blown fibre, cabling and ducted solutions, has been chosen to help supply GoFibre’s new £105m (state aid) Project Gigabit contract for North East Scotland (here), which aims to extend their full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to “around” 63,000 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas.

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Gov to Evaluate UK Project Gigabit, Mobile and Full Fibre Broadband Programmes

15th Aug, 2025 (15 Comments)

In a small but interesting update, the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has announced a string of new studies to evaluate the performance, delivery and value of its various mobile and broadband roll-out programmes – including Project Gigabit, Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN), Shared Rural Network (SRN) and GigaHubs (extension of LFFN).

Freeola Launch New UK Broadband Services via Freedom Fibre and CityFibre

15th Aug, 2025 (5 Comments)

Internet and web hosting provider Freeola has complemented their existing range of Openreach-based broadband (FTTC/P) packages by quietly launching a new range of complementary packages via two alternative networks, Freedom Fibre and CityFibre.

1p Mobile UK Suffers Protracted Website Service Outage UPDATE

14th Aug, 2025 (13 Comments)

Mobile network operator 1p Mobile, which is a virtual network operator (MVNO) on EE’s UK platform, currently appears to be suffering from a significant and protracted outage of their website services. The situation also seems to be delaying the provider’s ability to activate new SIMs.

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Highland Broadband Secures £50m Funding to Expand FTTP Rollout

14th Aug, 2025 (8 Comments)

Alternative network operator and UK ISP Highland Broadband (formerly Lothian Broadband), which is deploying a 10Gbp capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of the Scottish Highlands, has today announced that they’ve secured a £50m funding boost to help support a “major expansion” of their network “throughout rural Scotland“.

Broadband ISP YouFibre Launch New WiFi 7 Routers as Standard for UK Plans

14th Aug, 2025 (13 Comments)

Internet provider YouFibre, which is the primary retail ISP outlet for Netomnia’s (Brsk) 8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today announced that the latest Wi-Fi 7 tech will now be included as standard across all residential and business broadband packages “at no extra cost” – making it one of the first among major providers to do so.

Discovery+ App Access to be Removed from Some Older EE and BT UK TV Boxes

14th Aug, 2025 (5 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISPs EE and BT who also take their Pay TV (IPTV) service, specifically those that continue to use older TV boxes, have been informed that their devices will lose support for the Discovery+ streaming app entirely from 22nd September 2025. This also impacts TNT Sports on-demand content (i.e. catch-up content, extended coverage etc.).

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Starlink Broadband Scraps Free UK Pause Mode for Paid Standby Mode

14th Aug, 2025 (11 Comments)

SpaceX’s Starlink service, which sells ultrafast broadband to the UK and globally via masses of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has done what some might consider a bit of a ‘bait-and-switch’ by suddenly replacing their ‘Pause Mode‘ (i.e. allowing you to stop and restart the service at no extra cost) with a new ‘Standby Mode‘ that costs £4.50 per month.

EE UK Preparing to Launch New Broadband Router for Slower Tiers

13th Aug, 2025 (24 Comments)

Mobile network operator and home broadband ISP EE (BT) is reportedly preparing to launch a second Wi-Fi 7 powered router “later this year“, which is intended to complement their existing Smart Hub Pro router (inc. Smart WiFi Pro mesh kit) that is sold alongside their fastest 1.6Gbps FTTP packages on Openreach’s network.

Openreach Trial Use of UK Broadband Network to Detect Gas and Water Leaks

13th Aug, 2025 (4 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has joined with a number of major new partners, including Arcadis, Thames Water, Cadent, Affinity Water and Lightsonic, to trial a couple of different approaches for detecting mains water and gas leaks, which cleverly works by harnessing the operator’s existing fibre optic broadband network.

TFW Fibre Delivers First Commercial Contract for Railway Fibre Network in Wales

13th Aug, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network operator TfW Ffeibr (TFW Fibre), which is an arm’s-length initiative setup by Transport for Wales (TfW) and thus the Welsh Government, has today announced the delivered of its “first commercial fibre connectivity contract” with Cloud Centres Networks for the fibre that runs alongside local railways.