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Quickline UK List 96 Locations for FTTP Broadband Rollout in 2023 UPDATE

13th Feb, 2023 (7 Comments)

Rural focused UK ISP Quickline, which is deploying a mix of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband networks, has today announced that their rollout will expand speeds of up to 1Gbps to “more than 55,000 rural homes and businesses” in 96 places across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in 2023.

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Broadband ISP Virgin Media Business UK Boosting Upload Speeds

13th Feb, 2023 (30 Comments)

Existing customers Virgin Media Business UK (VMO2), specifically those who take their Voom 600Mbps, 800Mbps and 1Gps service tiers, may be pleased to learn that the provider has today officially confirmed that they’re getting a boost to upload speeds – reflecting a ’10:1 Download to Upload’ speed ratio across all Voom packages.

Openreach Unlikely to Launch Social Broadband Tariff for UK ISPs

13th Feb, 2023 (35 Comments)

A growing number of ISPs have introduced cheaper Social Tariffs over the past year – aimed at those on benefits who are most exposed to the UK’s cost-of-living crisis. As part of this, some providers have called on Openreach to launch social tariff products at wholesale to support them, but there’s so far no indication of that happening.

ISP Voneus Trial Gigabit Wireless Broadband in Rural Durham UK UPDATE

11th Feb, 2023 (3 Comments)

Internet provider Voneus has just completed their first trial deployment of a new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband technology in a rural Hartlepool village – Dalton Piercy (County Durham, England), which they claim can offer gigabit broadband speeds to local homes and businesses.

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Prysmian Trial New Time Saving FTTP Broadband Kit in Rural Scotland

10th Feb, 2023 (1 Comment)

Prysmian UK, which specialises in the supply of fibre optic kit and cables, has teamed up with little-known ISP External Reality to trial their new pre-connectorised Compact Multifunction Joint (CMJ) closure on the rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in rural Scotland.

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CityFibre UK Completes FTTP Broadband Build in Inverness

10th Feb, 2023 (15 Comments)

CityFibre has today announced that the primary build of their £24.5 million project to deploy a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the city of Inverness in Scotland has completed. Some 90% of local homes and businesses are now covered (28,000 premises).

Sky Broadband UK May Weaken Speed and WiFi Guarantees

10th Feb, 2023 (8 Comments)

Credible sources have informed ISPreview.co.uk that ISP Sky Broadband’s annual UK price hikes (here) may also be followed by some changes that could degrade both the “Speed Guarantee” they attach to packages, and the WiFi guarantee that comes attached to their optional ‘Broadband Boost‘ add-on.

ISP Sky Broadband Confirms Modest Annual UK Price Rises UPDATE

9th Feb, 2023 (36 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband’s (Sky plc) various UK broadband, phone and Pay TV products are being told to brace for an average annual price hike of 8.1% (£5.60), which is to be introduced from 1st April 2023. But crucially, this is less than the 14-15% of their main competitors and below the current level of inflation.

EE Expand 5G Mobile to 500 Smaller UK Rural Towns and Villages

9th Feb, 2023 (34 Comments)

Consumer broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that their ultrafast 5G based (mobile broadband) network is expanding into more rural parts of the UK, reaching national parks, seasonal hotspots and over 500 smaller towns and villages. They’re also testing new technologies, such as mobile via LEO satellites.

Ofcom UK Reviews Mid-Contract Broadband ISP Price Hikes UPDATE2

9th Feb, 2023 (57 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today officially launched a new review that will finally examine whether inflation-linked mid-contract price rises give phone and broadband ISP customers “sufficient certainty and clarity about what they can expect to pay.”

SG Issues Short Update on Scotland’s R100 Fibre Broadband Build

9th Feb, 2023 (7 Comments)

The Scottish Government has released a small update on the progress of their £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach (BT). This confirms that a total of 16,600 rural properties have so far been covered by a fixed “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) ISP network under the scheme (inc. 2,800 connections via R100 vouchers).

Smarty UK Launch Cheap 5G Mobile Unlimited Data Social Tariff UPDATE

9th Feb, 2023 (12 Comments)

Mobile network operator Smarty has quietly added the ‘SMARTY Social Tariff‘ to their website, which as the name suggests is a low-cost unlimited data (mobile broadband), calls and texts (SMS) plan that is only available to those on eligible state benefits and costs just £12 per month.

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Fern Consolidates UK ISPs Jurassic Fibre, Swish Fibre, Giganet and AllPoints Fibre UPDATE2

8th Feb, 2023 (21 Comments)

In a major development, investment firm Fern Trading has just announced that several of their full fibre broadband ISPs and networks (i.e. those where they hold a majority stake) – including Jurassic Fibre, Swish Fibre, Giganet (Cuckoo) and AllPoints Fibre – are to be consolidated into a single Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) operating entity.

CityFibre Update on FTTP Build in Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough

8th Feb, 2023 (5 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that their £46m project to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based UK broadband ISP network across Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough in North Yorkshire has now gone live for “thousands of premises“, including in Bilton, Woodlands, Rossett Green, Pannal, Valley Gardens and New Park.

ISP Open Fibre Expand Availability on MS3’s UK Full Fibre Network

8th Feb, 2023 (3 Comments)

Little-known ISP Open Fibre, which for the past few years has been selling broadband packages in Hull via MS3′s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network, has extended their agreement so that they can now serve those being covered by the latest network expansion across the North East of England.

Government Shifts UK Broadband and Mobile to New Department

8th Feb, 2023 (7 Comments)

The UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, yesterday initiated yet another cabinet reshuffle and this time there was another significant change. Responsibility for digital infrastructure (e.g. broadband and mobile) has now shifted to the newly formed Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

ISP Wildanet Open Full Fibre Network to Wholesale in Cornwall UK

8th Feb, 2023 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP Wildanet, which is building a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in South West England (here), has confirmed that they will be working with AssetHUB to make their infrastructure and services available on a “fair and neutral wholesale basis” for other ISPs.