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Virgin Mobile UK Customers to be Switched to Equivalent O2 Plans UPDATE

10th Jan, 2023 (41 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2), which in mid-2021 completed a mega £31bn merger with mobile operator O2, has quietly indicated that its own Virgin Mobile brand – still home to c. 3 million customers – may “soon” be coming to an end as subscribers will be “moving from a Virgin Mobile plan to an equivalent O2 plan.”

ISP Shell Energy Hikes Out of Contract UK Broadband Prices

10th Jan, 2023 (9 Comments)

New customers who take one of Shell Energy’s broadband plans, which are based off Openreach’s UK network (ADSL, FTTC and FTTP), may be displeased to note that the ISP has just significantly increased their out-of-contract prices by around 12.5% (i.e. impacting those who choose to remain loyal at the end of their term).

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More Northamptonshire UK Villages to Go Live on Gigaclear’s Fibre

9th Jan, 2023 (6 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network will this month start to go live across the first 2,000 premises of their latest deployment patch – three villages in remote parts of Northamptonshire, England. This forms part of the operator’s wider £97m investment in the county.

ISP Gigabit Networks Joins FullFibre Ltd’s New UK FTTP Network

9th Jan, 2023 (0 Comments)

Leicester-based UK broadband ISP Gigabit Networks, which until now had seemed to focus on connecting premises across the Midlands of England via CityFibre‘s full fibre (FTTP) network, has now confirmed that their services will also be available via FullFibre Limited‘s gigabit-capable network.

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BT and EE UK Trial New Smart Hub Router and WiFi Mesh Kit UPDATE3

9th Jan, 2023 (22 Comments)

Broadband ISPs BT and EE have sent out a new invite to registered trialists that asks them to help trial “our latest Smart Hub [router] and Wi-Fi [mesh] extenders” for free (including the broadband service itself). But unusually, they’re also asking the trialists to invite people who they know that aren’t yet customers.

British Satellite Broadband Firm OneWeb Shut Alaska Site Over Cost and Technical Woes

9th Jan, 2023 (1 Comment)

British registered satellite operator OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK Government, has closed one of its first – and most heavily promoted – test sites in Alaska after the Alaska Telecom Association (ATA) and local providers complained that the service was “too costly to adopt” and was “discontinued due to ongoing technical difficulties.”

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Survey Finds Haggling and Switching Saves Money on Broadband

7th Jan, 2023 (16 Comments)

A new survey of 5,139 UK consumers who had their contract end on either their mobile, broadband and /or TV plans has examined the impact of switching to a different ISP vs haggling for a lower price with your existing provider. On average, TV and broadband users saved £162 a year by switching, while haggling saved an average of £90.

Sky Mobile Hit UK Customers with First Price Increase in 5 Years UPDATE

7th Jan, 2023 (22 Comments)

Customers of the Sky Mobile service, which is an O2 (VMO2) powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) with upwards of 3 million subscribers, has begun notifying their out-of-contract users (equating to around 1.3 million customers) that they will see their first price increase in 5 years on 14th February 2023.

UK Broadband ISP iTalk Launch New Full Fibre Packages

6th Jan, 2023 (5 Comments)

Internet service provider iTalk has finally branched-out beyond its old ADSL and Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based home broadband packages by launching a new range of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) powered services on Openreach’s national network. Some of their new full fibre packages have also been discounted.

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Iridium and Qualcomm Prep Satellite Mobile for Android Phones

6th Jan, 2023 (4 Comments)

Satellite operator Iridium and chipmaker Qualcomm have joined forces to add satellite-based “messaging and emergency services” access to premium Android powered Smartphones in the second half of 2023, which will enable them to compete with rival solutions like the Apple iPhone’s new Emergency SOS via Satellite (here).

Virgin Media UK TV Customers Gain Free Fitness Content

6th Jan, 2023 (5 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media’s (VMO2) pay TV service, particularly those who are more fitness conscious, may like to know that the operator has just added content from Nuffield Health, Fiit and Fit at Home (i.e. reflecting a range of sessions including yoga, cardio, strength and kid’s workouts) “at no extra cost“.

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New UK Laws Boost Gigabit Broadband into MDUs and New Build Homes

6th Jan, 2023 (1 Comment)

The UK Gov has confirmed that two new laws came into force on 26th Dec 2022, which make it both mandatory for property developers to ensure that new build homes are constructed with support for faster broadband, and to make it easier to expand that into big residential buildings (MDU) when “rogue landlords” fail to respond.

Fibrus Aim to Cover 1 Million UK Premises with FTTP Broadband

5th Jan, 2023 (3 Comments)

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP Fibrus, which is currently rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across both Northern Ireland and the North of England (Scotland will follow), has revealed that it now aims to reach a total of 1 million premises over the next 3 years (by Q1 2026).

New AltNet ISP Giggle Aim to Build Gigabit Fibre Across Glasgow UPDATE

5th Jan, 2023 (16 Comments)

Starting a new alternative network provider in today’s overly crowded UK broadband market carries a lot of risk, yet that hasn’t deterred new player Giggle from establishing itself alongside a £100m investment plan to build a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the city of Glasgow in Scotland.

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Openreach UK Broadband Traffic Hit 64,364 PetaBytes in 2022 UPDATE

4th Jan, 2023 (16 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has revealed that broadband usage across their UK network of ISPs increased by around 2.5% during 2022 to 64,364 PetaBytes (PB) of data, which is up from 62,700 PB being downloaded in 2021, 50,000 PB in 2020 and 22,000 PB in 2019.

Broadband ISP Zen Internet Sees 21% Rise in Data Traffic During 2022

4th Jan, 2023 (1 Comment)

UK ISP Zen Internet has put out a short and very simplified summary of broadband traffic across their network during 2022, which among other things reveals that sporting (streaming) and gaming (software) releases contributed to a general 21% increase in “peak” internet traffic in 2022 vs 2021.

Cityfibre and UK ISP Vodafone Trial 2Gbps Home Broadband Speeds

4th Jan, 2023 (55 Comments)

Cityfibre has today issued an update on their project to upgrade their entire UK G-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to harness 10Gbps capable XGS-PON technology (here), which reveals that they’ve successfully completed a trial of 2Gbps home broadband speeds in York with ISP partner Vodafone.