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Autumn 2022 Update on UK’s Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

1st Dec, 2022 (14 Comments)

The Building Digital UK team has published their latest quarterly Winter 2022 update for the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which summarises some good progress, but also reveals that procurements for Lancashire, Surrey and Oxfordshire and West Berkshire have had to be deferred.

AltNets Fear Openreach FTTP Price Cuts Put £20bn UK Investment at Risk UPDATE

1st Dec, 2022 (57 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents UK alternative broadband ISP networks, has warned that Ofcom could be putting their collective investment of £20bn to build competitive full fibre networks at risk if they wave through Openreach’s (BT) next round of FTTP broadband prices cuts (Equinox 2).

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Government Triples Value of UK Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

30th Nov, 2022 (10 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK team has today confirmed that they’re tripling the value of the vouchers they issue to homes under their Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS), which helps those in rural areas to get a gigabit-capable internet connection installed. Businesses will also see a smaller boost.

Fibrus Win Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract for Cumbria UK UPDATE

30th Nov, 2022 (4 Comments)

The fourth and so far, largest, contract under the Government’s new £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme – worth £108 million – has today been awarded to UK ISP Fibrus, which will upgrade broadband for more than 60,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across Cumbria (England).

Government Start UK LEO Satellite Trials to Fix Rural Broadband Woes

30th Nov, 2022 (6 Comments)

The UK Government has today launched a series of new trials that aims to leverage the new generation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in order to deliver faster and more capable broadband connectivity to some of the remotest locations, which full fibre (FTTP) would otherwise struggle to reach.

Openreach UK Prepares for Another Winter of Storm Damage

30th Nov, 2022 (9 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) is stepping up their preparations for another harsh winter, which last year saw multiple street cabinets and 750 “telephone poles” damaged in storms (example). Such damage can cause significant disruption to broadband and phone services, but the operator aims to do better this year.

Starlink Powered WiFi Brings Broadband to Remote Caravan Site

30th Nov, 2022 (16 Comments)

The UK-based communication solutions provider World Mobile appears to have successfully piloted one of the first Starlink (SpaceX) powered distributed WiFi networks in the UK, which is being used to share low latency broadband speeds of up to 400Mbps across a remote caravan site in Wales.

UK ISP Zen Internet Sees Traffic Surge on England v Wales Match

30th Nov, 2022 (12 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zen Internet has informed us that last night’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 match between England and Wales, which saw England walk away with a 3-0 win, resulted in a mild internet traffic peak between 7pm and 9pm that was 9% more than the average traffic for that day and time.

Sky Broadband UK Remove 900Mbps Gigafast FTTP Plan from Sale UPDATE

30th Nov, 2022 (39 Comments)

A number of our readers have noticed that UK ISP Sky Broadband has, in the past week, removed their top 900Mbps (90Mbps upload) “Gigafast” package from sale to new customers, which was being sold over Openreach’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. Capacity issues could be the cause.

TalkTalk Launch Future Fibre Fund to Help Manchester SMEs Go Green

30th Nov, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has launched the ‘Future Fibre Fund’ for small businesses in Greater Manchester, which offers “donations” of up to £6,000 to help them become more sustainable, such as by supporting the adoption of energy monitoring technology, recycling facilities and working towards environmental certifications.

Gov Campaign to Raise Awareness of UK Social Broadband Tariffs

29th Nov, 2022 (9 Comments)

After meeting with ISPs, the Government has today launched a UK-wide public awareness campaign as part of its Help for Households programme, which aims to help people through the cost-of-living crisis and will also work to improve the uptake of cheaper social tariffs from broadband and mobile providers (available to those on benefits).

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Devon and Somerset Update on Wessex Internet’s FTTP Rollout

29th Nov, 2022 (0 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued a short progress update on their contract with UK ISP Wessex Internet, which has been tasked with deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across some rural parts of the region.

Dumfriesshire FTTP Engineer Up Pole - Openreach

Openreach and Vouchers Bring FTTP to Tiny Villages in Dumfriesshire UPDATE

29th Nov, 2022 (2 Comments)

Openreach, supported by funding from the Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (SBVS), has completed the rollout of their gigabit-capable full fibre network to cover the tiny rural Dumfriesshire village of Mouswald – reflecting just 57 properties. It is the first and, surprisingly, “largest” of 7 community builds being delivered via a similar approach this year.

Full Fibre Network Builder Brsk Covers 100,000 UK Premises

29th Nov, 2022 (5 Comments)

Network builder and UK ISP Brsk, which is working to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands in England, has today revealed that they’ve now covered 100,000 premises (up from 70,000 in Sept 2022).

Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Cuts Price of Social Broadband Tariff

29th Nov, 2022 (8 Comments)

City-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which is working to extend their gigabit-speed network to 2 million UK homes by the end of 2023, has today announced that they’re permanently cutting the price of their fastest (150Mbps) “social tariff” (Fair Fibre Plan) for those on benefits, from £25 to £20 per month.

Rural Broadband ISP Voneus Appoint Ex-Sky Group Director as COO

29th Nov, 2022 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Voneus, which last year said they had a “near term” plan to cover 100,000 homes in rural areas with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (here), has appointed Sky’s ex-Group Director, Trevor Legg, to be its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and an Executive Committee member.

Virgin Media O2 UK Hand Free Mobile Data to All Big Issue Vendors

29th Nov, 2022 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has announced that it is supplying all Big Issue (magazine) vendors with free mobile SIMs and “data vouchers“, which represents an improvement from last year when they gave over 200 Big Issue vendors free data plans, enabling them to take contactless payments (52% of magazine sales are via contactless).