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Openreach Sets 229 PetaBytes (PB) UK Data Traffic Record

12th Dec, 2022 (23 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has just informed us that more broadband ISP traffic was carried across their UK network yesterday (Sunday 11th December 2022) than ever before – totalling 229PB (PetaBytes), which compares with 222PB on the previous highest day (5th December 2021).

Q3 – 2022 Openreach Progress Update on Full Fibre Rollout in Wales

12th Dec, 2022 (4 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has released the Q3 2022 progress update on their £52.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with Openreach (BT), which reveals that a total of 34,122 extra premises (up from 32,949 in Q2) have now gained access to their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

Cityfibre’s £30m Build to Cover Wigan with Gigabit Broadband Begins

12th Dec, 2022 (3 Comments)

Cityfibre has announced that they’ve begun construction work on their £30m project to cover the large Greater Manchester (England) town of Wigan with their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network, which aims to “reach … almost every home and business“.

Vodafone Deploys 5G Mobile to Five Additional UK Airports

12th Dec, 2022 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has this morning announced that their ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) network is now being deployed to cover a further five airports, such as the George Best Airport in Belfast and Newcastle International Airport. All were installed by Exchange Communications.

Openreach Add 12 More UK Locations to FTTP Broadband Rollout

12th Dec, 2022 (48 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today issued an update to their £15bn rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which “reformats the existing exchange areas already announced” and adds 12 new locations (mostly in London) to their deployment plan – covering an additional 184,806 homes and businesses.

Cityfibre UK Restart FTTP Rollout in Chester with New Contractor

11th Dec, 2022 (4 Comments)

Homes in the Cathedral City of Chester in Cheshire may be pleased to learn that Cityfibre has resumed their build of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network. Work came to a halt in the summer (here) after the operator ended their relationship with local civil engineering partner Telent.

Credit Suisse Warning – UK Full Fibre Investors See Growing Challenges

10th Dec, 2022 (25 Comments)

A recent report from banking giant Credit Suisse has warned that the availability of “cheap financing” for UK broadband infrastructure, which is helping to deploy a new generation of gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks, might be facing a growing squeeze that could impact future builds.

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Starlink Details Data Speed of its Space-based 4G Mobile Network

9th Dec, 2022 (7 Comments)

A few months ago Starlink (SpaceX) announced (here) that it had teamed-up with T-Mobile to launch a new global space-based 4G and 5G mobile network, which would be supported by the former company’s mega-constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based broadband satellites. More details on the network have now been revealed.

OneWeb and SpaceX Successfully Launch 40 LEO Broadband Satellites

9th Dec, 2022 (0 Comments)

British satellite operator OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK Government, has – for the first time – successfully launched 40 of their compact Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband satellites aboard a Falcon9 rocket from SpaceX at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida (USA).

Zen Internet Delay Nationwide UK CityFibre FTTP Availability to 2023

9th Dec, 2022 (18 Comments)

UK ISP Zen Internet has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that their work to make their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband packages available – nationwide – across Cityfibre’s entire network will take longer than originally announced, with completion now expected by the “end of 2023“.

ISP Lightning Fibre Launch 50Mbps Social Tariff and Tests 3Gbps

8th Dec, 2022 (20 Comments)

Broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which is currently deploying a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England, has today reduced the price of its entry-level 100Mbps residential package to £18 (until 31st Dec), launched a new 50Mbps (symmetric) social tariff and begun testing a 3Gbps package.

Arrests as Kent Police Clampdown on Openreach Cable Thieves

8th Dec, 2022 (1 Comment)

Good news. One man has been charged, and three others arrested (currently released on bail), in connection with several thefts of Openreach’s copper broadband and phone cables across Kent (England) during the late spring and early summer this year. The incidents caused significant service outages across several villages.

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Cityfibre Start £15m Project to Cover Wokingham with FTTP Broadband

8th Dec, 2022 (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has today confirmed that they are investing £15 million to deploy their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to cover “almost every home and business” across the market town of Wokingham in Berkshire (England).

Broadband Woes as BBC Plan to Switch Off Terrestrial UK TV by 2030

8th Dec, 2022 (100 Comments)

The Director-General of the BBC, Tim Davie, has given broadband ISPs and mobile operators something extra to think about after he proposed that the corporation could plan to “switch-off” terrestrial TV and radio signals by the end of 2030. In their place, the broadcaster would focus on online content and streaming (e.g. iPlayer).

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Top 10 UK Cities with the Biggest Gap in Broadband Speeds (Fastest vs Slowest)

8th Dec, 2022 (9 Comments)

A new report has used data from 16,500 consumer speed tests to reveal the ten UK cities with the biggest performance gap between those with the fastest broadband ISP speeds and those with the slowest. Glasgow was the “most unequal city“, with its fastest speeds (840.4Mbps) being 866 times quicker than its slowest (0.97Mbps).

ISP Quickline Build FTTP Broadband to Skelton in North Yorkshire

7th Dec, 2022 (4 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Quickline has announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has been extended to reach almost 300 homes in the rural North Yorkshire village and civil parish of Skelton, which was connected as part of the state aid supported Superfast West Yorkshire and York contract.

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75% of UK to Have Choice of Three Gigabit Broadband Networks by 2030

7th Dec, 2022 (13 Comments)

A new Point Topic forecast of fixed line ISP network coverage, which considers both the impact of “full fibre” (FTTP/B) and Cable (DOCSIS 3.1) networks, has predicted that gigabit-capable networks will cover around 97% of the UK by 2030 and the majority of postcodes (75%) will also have the choice of up to three gigabit networks.