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ISPs toob and Aquiss Separately Hit 10,000 Full Fibre Customers

11th Oct, 2022 (16 Comments)

Two UK home broadband ISPs – toob and Aquiss – have today separately announced that they’ve each managed to pass the milestone of 10,000 customers on their respective Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages and networks.

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techUK Finds Room for Improvement in UK 5G and Full Fibre Delivery

11th Oct, 2022 (0 Comments)

techUK, an industry group for many of the UK’s key technology companies, has today published the outcome of their review into the progress that the Government have been making on rolling out both ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband and full fibre networks across the country. Needless to say, a few areas need improvement.

Welsh Full Fibre ISP Ogi Awards Funding to Local Communities

11th Oct, 2022 (1 Comment)

Infracapital-backed broadband ISP and network builder Ogi, which is investing £200m on their project to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 150,000 premises in Wales by 2025, has started giving out small cash injections to help community groups across Pembrokeshire, Monmouthshire and the Vale of Glamorgan.

Commsworld and Netomnia Bring FTTP to 90k North Lanarkshire Homes

11th Oct, 2022 (0 Comments)

Scotland-based business ISP Commsworld has entered into a new partnership with UK network operator Netomnia (ISP YouFibre), which aims to provide full fibre broadband connectivity to around 90,000 homes across North Lanarkshire over the next few years.

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Netomnia Starts Full Fibre Rollout Across 5 New UK Locations

11th Oct, 2022 (5 Comments)

Alternative network provider Netomnia – supported by UK broadband ISP YouFibre – has today announced the start of their full fibre rollout across five new locations including Tunbridge Wells (Kent), Burntwood (Staffordshire), Morriston and Neath (South Wales), and Livingston (West Lothian, Scotland).

Lit Fibre Appoint ex-Openreach CEO Steve Robertson to UK Board

11th Oct, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Lit Fibre, which is building a new gigabit-speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 500,000 homes by 2026, has today announced that they’ve appointed Openreach’s former CEO, Steve Robertson, as a Non-Executive Director.

Virgin Media UK Cuts Price of Social Tariff – Adds 50Mbps Plan

11th Oct, 2022 (16 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today announced that they’ve reduced the monthly price of their “Essential Broadband” plan from £15 to £12.50, which offers speeds of just 15Mbps (2Mbps upload), unlimited data usage and a 30-day rolling contract to those receiving Universal Credit. But they’ve also added a new 50Mbps option.

Community Fibre in Huge £985m Funding Boost for UK Fibre Rollout

10th Oct, 2022 (13 Comments)

London focused UK ISP CommunityFibre, which has so far covered 675,000 premises in the city and South East with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has this afternoon announced that they’ve signed a new finance facility of £985m that will enable the company to execute the next phase of their rollout.

Oct 2022 – The Top and Bottom Ten UK Local Authorities by Full Fibre Cover

10th Oct, 2022 (13 Comments)

The latest biannual data from Point Topic has revealed how the top and bottom ten UK local authorities have changed, at least with respect to their coverage of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks. As before, Hull remains at the top of the table (99.3%), but the Isles of Scilly (1.5%) are now at the bottom.

ISP Freedom Fibre Extends UK FTTP Broadband Rollout to Wales

10th Oct, 2022 (2 Comments)

Network builder Freedom Fibre, which is supported by broadband ISP TalkTalk, has announced their first build in Wales with the £14m rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to the city of Wrexham. Previously, the provider had tended to only focus on semi-rural parts of North England.

Government Set to Raise Value of UK Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

10th Oct, 2022 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) team has informed ISPs of several forthcoming changes to their Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS), which helps those in rural areas to get a gigabit-capable internet connection installed. The big news is that the maximum voucher values are to be increased.

INCA Reveal UK Finalists for 2022 AltNet Broadband ISP Awards

10th Oct, 2022 (8 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has announced a shortlist of potential finalists for their forthcoming 2022 awards event, which aims to recognise and celebrate the best alternative broadband networks (altnets) and ISPs from across the United Kingdom.

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Axione’s Full Fibre Rollout to Reach 30,000 UK Premises by Q1 2023

9th Oct, 2022 (8 Comments)

London-based Axione UK, a subsidiary of French provider Axione that is investing £300m to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to 4 million UK premises, has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that their initial build is “on track” to cover 30,000 premises by the end of March 2023.

Inverness and Highland City-Region Reviews Gigabit Broadband Cover

8th Oct, 2022 (0 Comments)

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has launched a Public Review to confirm the existing and planned gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure coverage within parts of the Highland Council Area, which relates to the authority’s investment under the new Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal (IH-CRD).

RBBS Get £75m to Build FTTP Broadband Across Shropshire and Wales

8th Oct, 2022 (2 Comments)

Rural Broadband Solutions Plc (RBBS), which via ISP SWS Broadband serves UK homes in rural parts of Shropshire (England) and Wales via both wireless and full fibre (FTTP) connectivity, has today announced that they’ve secured a huge investment of £75m from Tiger Infrastructure Partners to extend their coverage.

Clarifying the Confusion Over Turning Off WiFi vs Broadband at Night

8th Oct, 2022 (29 Comments)

Over the past week we’ve seen a feeding frenzy of UK news reports (here, here, here, here and here) that warn consumers against “turning off Wi-Fi at night” to save electricity, which is usually followed by claims that doing so could hamper the speed and stability of your broadband ISP connection. But this is not entirely accurate.

Upp Pick Nokia to Help Deliver its UK FTTP Broadband Network

7th Oct, 2022 (4 Comments)

Network operator Upp has announced that they’ve chosen Finnish telecoms firm Nokia to be the delivery partner for a huge chunk (c. 400,000 premises) of their project, which is working to rollout a new gigabit-capable full fibre broadband ISP network across the East of England.