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Vodafone UK Spiral Style Logo 2022

10th Apr, 2023 (20 Comments)

Customers of Vodafone’s fixed line broadband ISP, which is supplied to UK consumers via both Openreach and CityFibre’s respective networks (FTTC and FTTP lines), appear to be suffering from an Easter service outage that began earlier this morning (around 8:30am ish for some people).

Trooli-Office-Room

10th Apr, 2023 (12 Comments)

A recent update to the Companies House records for broadband ISP Trooli, which was rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of England and recently became the subject of various takeover talks, has confirmed that a new company called Agnar UK Infrastructure Ltd has taken significant control (75%+) of the business.

Netomnia-Hertfordshire-Expansion-Map-April-2023

9th Apr, 2023 (17 Comments)

Network operator Netomnia, which is supported by UK ISP YouFibre, has confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve quietly added another 4 towns – this time in Hertfordshire (England) – to the 2023 rollout plan for their 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network (currently covers 410,000 premises, up from 300k in Nov 2022).

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SWS Broadband Leaflet in Rural Field

8th Apr, 2023 (0 Comments)

Shrewsbury-based ISP SWS Broadband (Rural Broadband Solutions Plc), which covers premises in rural parts of Shropshire (England) and Wales via both wireless and full fibre (FTTP) connectivity, has today added the villages of Minsterley and Pontesbury to their gigabit fibre rollout plan.

city overview abstract art uk broadband

8th Apr, 2023 (31 Comments)

Most people tend to assume that the problem of slow broadband ISP connectivity is one that predominantly affects rural areas, which is matched by a presumption that commercial operators (Openreach, Virgin Media etc.) will quickly blanket big UK cities and towns with the fastest speeds. But such assumptions are not always correct.

Upp Engineer on Top of FTTP Pole

7th Apr, 2023 (13 Comments)

The investor behind Upp’s £1bn project to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across 1 million premises in the East of England by 2025 (here), LetterOne, has launched a legal challenge against the UK Government’s order for L1 to sell its entire stake in Upp in order to “prevent, remedy, or mitigate the risk to national security” (here).

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city construction broadband uk

7th Apr, 2023 (13 Comments)

We’ve today published our second annual summary of the top broadband network operators with the greatest share of the new build homes market, which specifically reflects those that are catering for such developments by deploying Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology. This update adds a comparison with last year’s data.

virgin media engineer jacket close up

5th Apr, 2023 (7 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media and O2, specifically those who enjoy connecting to their public WiFi service on the London Underground, have been left confused after the operator suddenly closed the service on 31st March 2023. The move is not quite what many were expecting to occur.

opensignal_mobile_network_testing

5th Apr, 2023 (12 Comments)

Benchmarking firm Opensignal has their latest Mobile Network Experience Report for Q1 2023, which examines the 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) services of all four primary network operators – EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three UK – to find which delivers the best performance. Once again, Three UK and EE continued to sweep the awards.

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Trooli engineer near manhole

5th Apr, 2023 (35 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Trooli, which is rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of England and originally aspired to cover 1 million premises by the end of 2024 (so far they claim to have covered 275k), has finally launched a cheaper entry-level 150Mbps tier.

Lothian Broadband FTTP Street Dig

5th Apr, 2023 (0 Comments)

Scottish ISP Lothian Broadband (LNBL), which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network across rural parts of East and Mid Lothian, has announced that they’ve completed a £20m senior debt raise arranged by Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) – taking total investment capacity up to £50m for 2023.

National-Underground-Asset-Register

5th Apr, 2023 (21 Comments)

The Government’s new National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), which is a digital UK map of underground pipes (water etc.) and cables (broadband, power etc.) that could help reduce accidental damage, has started to go live for several initial areas under its first deployment phase – covering North East England, Wales and London.

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5th Apr, 2023 (6 Comments)

Ofcom’s ongoing probe into internet-based UK cloud services, which tend to be dominated by big providers like Amazon (AWS) and Microsoft (Azure), has uncovered practices and features that “could limit competition” and is proposing to refer the market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for further investigation.

MTH Networks

5th Apr, 2023 (5 Comments)

Internet provider MTH Networks, which sells full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages to customers covered by several different UK networks (e.g. Openreach, OFNL, Glide), has softened their approach to annual price rises for those on OFNL’s network (usually serves new build homes) and introduced a new social tariff.

bt broadband logo official

4th Apr, 2023 (4 Comments)

Customers of UK telecoms giant BT may be interested to learn that the ISP has been conducting trials of a new Virtual Content Delivery Network (vCDN), which uses software-based caches that can be flexibly used at selected points, deeper in the network, to bring content (video etc.) closer to the “edge” where their users consume it.

4th-Utility-Van

4th Apr, 2023 (7 Comments)

UK ISP 4th Utility, which is deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to more homes (SDU) and large residential blocks (MDU), has today announced that they’ve reduced the price of their cheaper social tariff for those on benefits from £14.40 to £13.99 per month – bucking the trend of rising prices.

Isle of Man - Douglas Bay by 123rf

4th Apr, 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Manx Telecom, which serves homes and businesses on the Isle of Man (a British Crown Dependency) in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, has confirmed that many of their customers will be hit by annual price hikes of 12.5% from 1st May 2023.

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