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Rights Holders Move Closer to Website Blocks via DNS Providers

19th Jul, 2022 (13 Comments)

People who use Cloudflare’s popular third-party public Domain Name System (DNS) resolver – via the easy to remember IP address of 1.1.1.1 – may soon find that the company is forced by the courts to block websites that have been found to facilitate internet copyright infringement (piracy).

CEO of Broadband ISP Voneus Named New Chair of the UK ISPA

19th Jul, 2022 (0 Comments)

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA UK), which is the national trade body for broadband and internet providers, has today had a key change in its leadership, which sees Steve Leighton (CEO of Voneus) taking over the reins from Andrew Glover (CEO of Air Broadband) to become the organisation’s new Chair.

Openreach Add 12 New UK FTTP Broadband Rollout Areas – July 2022

19th Jul, 2022 (30 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today added 12 new places (towns and villages) to their £15bn rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which also includes a few corrections due to past errors and a larger build on the Isle of Wight. Some 8 million premises are now covered.

G.Network Become Latest Full Fibre AltNet to Sign Armed Forces Covenant

19th Jul, 2022 (0 Comments)

London-focused broadband ISP G.Network has today become the latest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network builder in the UK to sign the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC), which reflects a pledge to recognise the contribution of serving personnel, both regular and reservists, veterans and military families – often as part of recruitment.

Three UK’s Ultrafast 5G Mobile Goes Live in 86 New Locations

19th Jul, 2022 (52 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has revealed that their ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband network has gone live in 86 new locations since the start of this year, including rural and coastal “staycation” locations like Dartmouth, Milford on Sea, Aberystwyth, Holywood and Irvine.

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Openreach Engineer Swaps Full Fibre for Wood Chopping Competition

18th Jul, 2022 (2 Comments)

Speaking as somebody who just spent Saturday chopping down a dangerous tree, I can attest that it’s not an easy task. So spare a thought for Openreach engineer Justine Narusa, whose skills at pulling heavy core fibre optic broadband cables through ducts have been converted to a place at today’s Royal Wood Chopping Competition.

Full Fibre Builder Connexin Acquires UK ISP Pure Broadband

18th Jul, 2022 (16 Comments)

Network builder and ISP Connexin, which is investing £80m to roll-out Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband infrastructure across parts of Hull and East Yorkshire (here and here), has today announced yet another acquisition as they gobble up Hull-based UK ISP Pure Broadband for an undisclosed sum.

Tips for Keeping Your Broadband ISP Router Cool in a Heatwave

18th Jul, 2022 (30 Comments)

It’s going to get hot today in the United Kingdom. Really hot. The current heatwave is, in some parts of the country, potentially predicted to peak at 40c. The interesting thing about 40c is it’s also the maximum ambient working temperature for some routers, computers and other network devices. But how to keep them cool? A few tips.

Sky UK Coy on Delay and Future Release of Sky Go for Apple TV

16th Jul, 2022 (10 Comments)

Last October Sky (Sky TV, Sky Broadband) announced that customers in the UK would be able to access their popular Sky Go video streaming app on Apple TV devices during the “first half of 2022“, yet it’s now July and the operator has declined to say when it will launch or why they’ve delayed it.

Freedom Fibre’s Neil Mcarthur on the Future of the FTTP Altnet Community

16th Jul, 2022 (0 Comments)

The Founder and CEO of UK broadband ISP and fibre optic network builder Freedom Fibre, Neil Mcarthur, discusses the future of the full fibre alternative network (AltNet) community, with five thoughts on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband.

Virgin Media O2 UK Allegedly Offer £3bn for TalkTalk Broadband Merger

15th Jul, 2022 (31 Comments)

Multiple newspaper reports are this afternoon claiming that mobile and broadband giant Virgin Media (VMO2) is in early talks to merge with low-cost conscious UK ISP TalkTalk and take on its fixed line customer base of 4.2 million (VMO2 is home to 5.6 million). The proposed deal is said to value the company at around £3bn.

CWU Sets Timetable for 2 Day National BT and Openreach Strike

15th Jul, 2022 (21 Comments)

The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has this afternoon formally served notice for strike action against UK telecoms and broadband ISP giant BT (inc. Openreach), which will take place on Friday 29th July and Monday 1st August 2022. Up to around 38,000 workers could potentially go on strike, although exact figures may be less.

FACTCO Complete Large Gigabit Broadband Voucher Build to Cambois

15th Jul, 2022 (2 Comments)

UK ISP FACTCO has today finished its rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to the rural village of Cambois, which they claim is the “largest completed [gigabit voucher] project to date” in Northumberland (England).

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CityFibre Lose Appeal vs Ofcom’s Approval of Openreach FTTP Price Cut UPDATE

15th Jul, 2022 (10 Comments)

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has today “dismissed” CityFibre’s attempt to challenge Ofcom’s approval of Openreach’s (BT) “Equinox” offer (here), which introduced a “major” price cut (details) at wholesale to their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband products for UK ISPs. But the operator is far from giving up.

Hyperoptic Connect 100,000 UK New Build Homes to Full Fibre

15th Jul, 2022 (3 Comments)

City-focused gigabit broadband ISP Hyperoptic has today announced a key milestone after their “full fibre” (FTTP/B) network connected over 100,000 new build UK homes, with agreements in place to connect a further 100,000 new build properties over the next 12-months. The operator has now covered a total of over 900,000 premises.

Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Secure Openreach Path to Collaboration Status

14th Jul, 2022 (6 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which is building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 500,000 premises in England by the end of 2023 (300,000 completed), has been awarded Path to Collaboration (PTC) by Openreach (BT) – a move that should help to boost their rollout.

ISP Vfast Connect First Full Fibre Broadband Customer in Medway

14th Jul, 2022 (2 Comments)

Kent-based UK ISP Vfast (Orbital Net) has announced that they’ve finally connected their first customer – Paul from Gillingham – to CityFibre’s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Medway, which follows last year’s announcement (here) of their plan to join the platform.