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Amazon Reveal Kit and Broadband Speeds for Project Kuiper Satellites

15th Mar, 2023 (7 Comments)

Online shopping giant Amazon has just revealed the first solid details of both the customer hardware (terminals) and targeted ultrafast broadband speeds for Project Kuiper, which represents their own plan to launch a global mega-constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to deliver affordable internet connectivity.

BDUK Identify 2.87m Premises in England for Help to Get Gigabit Broadband

15th Mar, 2023 (17 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has published the results of their latest quarterly Rolling National Open Market Review (NOMR) process, which reveals that 2,866,478 premises across England are currently classed as being unlikely to get a gigabit-capable broadband ISP network within the next 3 years.

Gov Commit GBP80m to Help UK Develop Open Mobile Networks

14th Mar, 2023 (0 Comments)

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is inviting applications for up to £80m of funding to support the development of open network solutions, such as 4G and 5G OpenRAN on mobile networks and other technologies that can help to standardise their design, functionality and interoperability.

Business Broadband ISP Trunk Networks Sees Liquidation

14th Mar, 2023 (5 Comments)

Business broadband ISP and IT support provider Trunk Networks, which previously also operated the residential focused No One and Leetline sub-brands, appears to have slipped into liquidation toward the end of last year. But while Trunk is no more, those residential off-shoots continue to grow.

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Wireless Broadband ISP Boosts Speeds for Ardross – Scottish Highlands

14th Mar, 2023 (4 Comments)

Fixed wireless access ISP Cromarty Firth Wireless Networks, which serves the rural area of Ardross in the Scottish Highlands, has today announced a couple of significant network upgrades. The changes will play their part in boosting local internet speeds toward ultrafast and possibly gigabit-capable territory in the future.

Former BT Execs Start New UK Broadband ISP – Rebel Internet

14th Mar, 2023 (25 Comments)

A new UK broadband ISP appears to have launched this month called Rebel Internet, which is run by two former BT executives – CEO Tucker George and COO David Groth – and aims to do things differently from others by pledging “no contracts“, “fair pricing” and a “customers first” approach with “Wi-Fi that actually works“.

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Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to 800,000 Scotland Premises

14th Mar, 2023 (4 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has announced that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network now covers over 800,000 premises across Scotland, which has been achieved via an investment of just £240 million (reflecting their “average UK build cost” of £300 per premises passed).

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Study – UK Rises to Rank 76th Cheapest in the World for Broadband

14th Mar, 2023 (14 Comments)

The latest annual study from Cable.co.uk has tested fixed broadband ISP packages from 219 countries to create a global price comparison, which finds that the UK ranks 76th cheapest (vs 92nd last year), with an average monthly cost of $34.19 (£28.42). But we rank 104th cheapest for average cost per megabit ($0.61).

EE UK Refreshes 4G Mobile Pay As You Go Subscription Packs

13th Mar, 2023 (27 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE UK has today officially informed us that they’ve launched a refreshed range of Pay As You Go (PAYG) packages, which they claim will offer customers better value and improved data allowances (up to 125GB), with a variety of new customer benefits.

FarrPoint Maps 4G Mobile Coverage Across Cheshire in England

13th Mar, 2023 (1 Comment)

Consultancy firm FarrPoint has today posted the results of a recent survey they conducted alongside the Connecting Cheshire (Digital Cheshire) partnership to measure 4G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage across the region’s “main transport routes” (i.e. motorways, A and B roads), which reveals a mixed picture of network reach.

High Court Blocks Crowdfunded Legal Challenge to UK 5G Rollout

13th Mar, 2023 (0 Comments)

The High Court (King’s Bench Divison) has once again blocked a questionable crowd-funded legal challenge by the Action Against 5G campaign, which had been attempting to disrupt the UK rollout of 5G (mobile broadband) over fears that the government was being “unlawful” in “failing to protect the public from the health risks from 5G.“

Full Fibre UK Broadband ISP Zzoomm Tops 10,000 Customers

13th Mar, 2023 (10 Comments)

Alternative network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today revealed that they’ve managed to grow their customer base to 10,000. The figure reflects about 10% of their 100,000 premises (Feb 2023 data) strong network coverage across 29 locations, which is up from 50,000 premises in July 2022.

Ofcom UK to Open 26GHz and 40GHz Bands for Faster 5G Mobile

13th Mar, 2023 (16 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today confirmed that they will release a large chunk of millimetre wave (mmWave) radio spectrum frequency across the 26GHz and 40GHz bands for use by ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) technology, which could potentially make multi-gigabit mobile data speeds a reality.

Virgin Media O2 UK Users Get Free Early Access to Diablo IV Beta

13th Mar, 2023 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) can now harness their ‘Priority‘ access to special offers by gaining free “Early Access” to the closed Diablo IV Beta (popular video game) test, which they say can normally only be enjoyed by pre-ordering the game (RRP from: £59.99).

Brsk Grow UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to 150,000 Premises

13th Mar, 2023 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Brsk has today announced that the UK coverage of their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which spans across parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands in England, has grown from 100,000 premises passed in November 2022 to 150,000 today.

The Top 10 Full Fibre Alternative Networks by Estimated UK Coverage

13th Mar, 2023 (17 Comments)

A new report has been published that provides a useful independent assessment of how big – in terms of network size (coverage footprint) – the top 10 alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP networks in the UK have become (excluding Openreach), which we’ve compared against the official coverage claims below.

Broadband ISP Virgin Media to Retire UK Public WiFi Hotspots

11th Mar, 2023 (12 Comments)

Customers of fixed broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) have recently been informed that the operator’s “Out of Home” public WiFi hotspot service, which also turned their existing broadband routers into wireless hotspots for anybody to access (here), is officially set to be retired “from” 1st November 2023.