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Top European and UK Vacation Cities for Mobile Broadband Speed

26th Aug, 2022 (3 Comments)

A recent study by Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service for benchmarking global internet connection performance, has revealed which of the top big “vacation” cities and towns in the UK and Europe deliver the fastest mobile broadband speeds (4G and 5G). London comes mid-table with a median download of 69.02Mbps.

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Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Extend Full Fibre Rollout into Brackley

26th Aug, 2022 (3 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has announced that 3,000 homes and businesses in the market town and civil parish of Brackley in West Northamptonshire (England) will be the next to benefit from their rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. Locals will soon be able to access speeds of up to 900Mbps.

Toob Names 2 Hampshire Locations for FTTP Broadband Build

25th Aug, 2022 (8 Comments)

Network operator and UK ISP toob, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Hampshire and Surrey in England, has today added two new towns to their rollout plan – Yateley and Blackwater.

RBBS’ New FTTP Broadband Network in Shropshire UK Goes Live

25th Aug, 2022 (2 Comments)

Shrewsbury-based ISP SWS Broadband (aka RBBS – Rural Broadband Solutions Plc), which until recently only served premises in rural parts of Shropshire (England) and Wales with a fixed wireless access network, has announced that the first two locations under their full fibre rollout are now live in Shropshire.

Netomnia UK Start FTTP Broadband Builds in Bristol and Wrexham

25th Aug, 2022 (12 Comments)

Full Fibre operator Netomnia (supported by UK ISP YouFibre) has today begun their first two deployments of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network under their latest rollout plan to 2023, which has started in the Welsh town of Wrexham and the city of Bristol in South West England.

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Openreach Deploy 30,000 Apple iPhones to Boost UK Fibre Engineers UPDATE

25th Aug, 2022 (25 Comments)

In a small but interesting update, Openreach (BT) has revealed that – as part of their partnership with Apple – over 30,000 of their engineers now have the “latest” iPhone, which through more than 40 custom apps has enabled them to complete 3,000 more jobs a month than usual (recorded over the last 6 months).

Swish Fibre Add 4 Yorkshire Locations to FTTP Broadband Build

25th Aug, 2022 (1 Comment)

Fibre builder and UK ISP Swish Fibre, which until now has been busy deploying their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 250,000 premises across the Home Counties of England, has begun to extend their plans into Yorkshire by establishing a new subsidiary – Swish Fibre Yorkshire.

Truespeed Adopt ADTRAN for 10Gbps UK Broadband ISP Network

25th Aug, 2022 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP Truespeed, which is building a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England and beyond, has today announced that they’re adopting ADTRAN’s XGS-PON hardware to power their ongoing deployments. The technology is capable of delivering symmetric speeds up to 10Gbps.

Starlink Cuts UK Ultrafast LEO Satellite Home Broadband Prices

25th Aug, 2022 (30 Comments)

SpaceX’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based Starlink ultrafast broadband satellite service has been in the news a few times this week as they tweak their packages across the world, and today it’s the UK’s turn. Residential customers have been informed of a significant price cut from £89 to £75 per month. But there’s more.

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Starlink Offers Best Efforts Broadband to Resolve Customer Backlog

24th Aug, 2022 (11 Comments)

SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellite service, fresh from trialling a cheaper capped allowance package in France (here), has now begun offering another new service – initially only in the USA – to customers who are stuck on a waiting list. The catch is that you’ll have to accept a potentially substandard (“Best Efforts“) connection.

Mobile Operators Seek More Engagement with UK Councils

24th Aug, 2022 (9 Comments)

The Mobile UK trade body, which represents Three UK, EE (BT), O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone, has published a new report that highlight how mobile connectivity can help councils overcome the challenges of delivering adult social care. But it’s also pushing for rates relief and easier planning approvals on new masts etc.

Virgin Media O2 UK Hand £2m to the Good Things Foundation

24th Aug, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has today donated £2m to support the Good Things Foundation’s initiatives, which was setup in 2021 to help “disadvantaged people” across the UK get online and gain the digital skills they need. The move makes VMO2 a strategic partner for the group.

Openreach Leaves Norfolk Village Without Broadband for 3 Weeks

24th Aug, 2022 (10 Comments)

Some 11 homes along Heggatt Street in a rural Norfolk (England) community, outside Horstead, have been left without broadband access since 30th July, which began after unspecified damage was caused to Openreach’s (BT) network in the area. Some residents have been forced to drive out of the area just to find adequate connectivity.

BT Take Virgin Media O2 to Court Over UK Mobile Migrations

24th Aug, 2022 (24 Comments)

BT has launched a High Court case against Virgin Media (VMO2), which it accuses of having migrated customers away from their EE based Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform (Virgin Mobile) before an agreement had been concluded. The broadband ISP and mobile giant is reportedly seeking £24.6m in compensation.

CityFibre Restart FTTP Broadband Builds in Blackpool and Preston UPDATE2

23rd Aug, 2022 (1 Comment)

Digital infrastructure operator CityFibre has restarted their deployments of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across Blackpool and Preston in Lancashire (England), which comes after the company ended their local relationship with civil engineering partner Telent in July.

Government Drop Security Probe of Altice UK’s Stake in BT UPDATE

23rd Aug, 2022 (12 Comments)

The Government’s move in May 2022 to conduct a “full national security assessment” of last year’s decision by Patrick Drahi’s (French billionaire) Altice UK, which increased its stake in UK broadband and telecoms giant BT from 12.1% to 18% (here), will result in “no further action” being taken by the Secretary of State.

ISP Giganet Get Full Fibre Capacity Boost from Neos Networks UK

23rd Aug, 2022 (13 Comments)

ISP Giganet, which offers gigabit broadband connectivity to homes and businesses via several platforms (Openreach, CityFibre and its own FTTP network), has signed a new agreement with Dark Fibre operator Neos Networks to secure backhaul and data centre connectivity for their full fibre rollout in the South of England.