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Why Some UK Full Fibre Builds Take Longer to Go Live Than Others

2nd Jun, 2022 (29 Comments)

A large number of network operators are currently busy building gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP infrastructure across the UK, but some of them appear to take significantly longer than others to go live in similar areas. In this article, we explore the reasons why.

Voneus Target 10,500 Pembrokeshire Homes for FTTP Broadband

1st Jun, 2022 (0 Comments)

Macquarie Capital backed UK ISP Voneus, which has a “near term” plan to cover 100,000 homes in UK rural areas (here) with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network (they also operate a Fixed Wireless Access service), has revealed that they’re looking to cover 10,500 homes in North Pembrokeshire (Wales).

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London ISP CommunityFibre Launch WiFi in Every Room Service

1st Jun, 2022 (8 Comments)

London-focused UK broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF) has today launched a new premium and guaranteed ‘Wi-Fi in Every Room‘ (mesh network) service. The operator’s multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network currently covers 500,000 homes and aims to reach 2.2 million in the city by the end of 2024.

CityFibre to Connect 4,000 Solihull Community Housing Tenants to FTTP

1st Jun, 2022 (6 Comments)

CityFibre has today announced a new “blanket wayleave agreement” with the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands (England), which will enable their existing £25m rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the town to reach 4,000 Solihull Community Housing tenants.

Civil Engineering Firm M Group Services Scoop 13 Health and Safety Awards

1st Jun, 2022 (0 Comments)

M Group Services, which serves the UK and Ireland via various broadband and mobile focused civil engineering firms (Avonline Networks, magdalene, Morrison etc.), has secured multiple awards for achieving high standards in health, safety and wellbeing at this year’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) awards.

Virgin Media O2 Mobile and Broadband Users Gobbled 39bn GigaBytes of Data

1st Jun, 2022 (4 Comments)

Customers of both Virgin Media and O2’s (VMO2) UK mobile and fixed broadband ISP networks have, since 1st June 2021 (the date their merger completed), used a total of 39 billion GigaBytes (GB) of data over the past year, with mobile users also totalling 116 billion minutes (equivalent to a call lasting 220,000 years).

Telecoms Industry Sees 7 Percent Increase in UK Digging Work

31st May, 2022 (2 Comments)

The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has published its annual Digging Up Britain 2022 report and revealed that the majority of digging work is still being performed on behalf of the telecoms sector.

Greggs and Virgin Media O2 UK Gift Free Mobile Data to Families

31st May, 2022 (11 Comments)

British bakery chain Greggs has teamed-up with O2 (VMO2) to trial a new scheme, which aims to help more than 255,000 people get connected by the end of 2023 – partly by supplying 15GB of “free mobile data” (mobile broadband) connectivity to families in need (supported via the Greggs Hardship Fund).

Full Fibre UK ISP Trooli Grows Coverage to 220,000 Premises

31st May, 2022 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP Trooli has announced that their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which aims to reach a “minimum” of 1 million UK premises by the end of 2024, has now covered 220,000 premises and they will soon extend into Dorset and Norfolk. The operator has also expanded into new headquarters.

Quickline Trial Gives Ultrafast Broadband to North Yorkshire Villages

31st May, 2022 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline has successfully connected up a number of small rural villages in the Coverdale area of North Yorkshire to a wireless 5G “ultrafast broadband” network, which forms part of a new £6.4m Government supported project – Mobile Access North Yorkshire (MANY) – that was first announced back in 2020 (here).

Three UK Reports an All-Time Mobile Traffic High of 1068 Gbps

30th May, 2022 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has reported seeing a “record-breaking weekend” of data traffic (mobile broadband) peaks. This included a Saturday evening high on the back of the Champions League final and the highest daily traffic volume on Sunday due, in part, to the release of Stranger Things Season 4 on Netflix.

Oopsy – Openreach UK Contractor Cuts Own Fibre in Wrexham

30th May, 2022 (24 Comments)

A serious broadband outage that began in Wrexham (Wales) yesterday afternoon, which is affecting multiple ISPs and around 6,000 premises, appears to have been caused after one of Openreach’s contractors ended up cutting through their own fibre optic cable.

Five UK ISPs in Alliance to Fight for Better Service and Lower Prices

30th May, 2022 (11 Comments)

A group of five independent UK broadband ISPs – Gigabit Networks, Triangle Networks, Air Broadband, Highnet and Trunk Networks – have formed a new consortium called the ‘Rebel Alliance‘ (Lucasfilm and Star Wars might have words), which appears to be demanding better service levels and lower prices.

Rural ISP Wessex Internet Tops 5000 Broadband Customers

30th May, 2022 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is currently rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South and South West England (Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset), has revealed that they’re now home to 5,000 customers, including one who just got free broadband for life.

CityFibre Prep GBP23m FTTP Broadband Build in High Wycombe

30th May, 2022 (1 Comment)

The large market town of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire (England) has been named as the next to benefit from CityFibre’s rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. The local build aims to “reach … almost every home and business” in the town and is being supported by a £23m investment.

Connexin Extend 10Gbps UK Broadband Rollout into Beverley

30th May, 2022 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Connexin has announced that their £80m project, which aims to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Hull and East Yorkshire (here and here), has now been extended into the market town of Beverley. The operator plans to start connecting customers “shortly“.

Complaints Prompt Inspections of CityFibre’s Swindon Full Fibre Build

30th May, 2022 (6 Comments)

The Swindon Borough Council has confirmed that “all works” by CityFibre, which is currently investing £40m to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the Wiltshire town, will be “inspected for defects shortly“. The move was prompted by “numerous” complaints.