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Examining the Lack of Gigabit Broadband in Some UK Urban Areas

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.

LetterOne Challenges Gov Order to Sell UK Full Fibre Network

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).

Top 30 UK Full Fibre Providers by Share of New Build Homes – 2022-23

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 O2 UK Close Wi-Fi Hotspots on London Underground

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 Reveal UK Best 4G and 5G Mobile Networks for Q1 2023

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.

Trooli Launch Cheaper 150Mbps Plan on UK Full Fibre Network

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 Boost Funding for Highlands Full Fibre Rollout

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.

New Digital UK Map of Underground Cables Starts to Go Live

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.

Ofcom Set to Refer UK Cloud Market for Competition Probe

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.

Broadband ISP MTH Networks Softens UK Price Rises on OFNL

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.

Broadband ISP BT Trials Improved UK Content Delivery Network

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.

Full Fibre Broadband ISP 4th Utility Cut Price of Social Tariff

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.

ISP Manx Telecom to Hike Prices by 12.5% in May 2023

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.

Comms Council UK Publish Advice for the 2025 Analogue Phone Switch-off UPDATE

4th Apr, 2023 (8 Comments)

The Comms Council UK (CCUK), which represents the United Kingdom’s Unified Communications (UC) and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, will this morning publish a series of advice documents for the industry and consumers about the PSTN (analogue phone) switch-off in 2025.

AI Helps Vodafone UK Cut its Carbon Emissions as Data Grows

4th Apr, 2023 (6 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone has today highlighted how they’re adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help cut their carbon emissions. Despite seeing a 300% increase in data carried across its UK network since 2019, their overall energy consumption has remained flat and emissions have fallen by 77%.

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Major Network Outage Strikes Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK UPDATE10

4th Apr, 2023 (172 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) are reporting a major UK network outage this morning (technically it’s been two outages), which has caused connectivity problems and appears to have disrupted their website and DNS servers too. Some reports indicate that their TV (IPTV), mobile and phone services have also been hit.

Three UK Reveals Data Showing the Nation’s Changing Phone Habits

3rd Apr, 2023 (13 Comments)

Mobile network operator Three UK has today celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first ever truly portable mobile phone call (i.e. not tied to a Carphone), which was made by Motorola executive Martin Cooper, by revealing some interesting data that shows how our phone habits have changed.