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Devon and Somerset UK Issue July 2022 Airband FTTP Build Update

12th Jul, 2022 (11 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project and UK ISP Airband have today issued a new July 2022 update on their Phase 2 contract to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across the region, which has so far covered 2,500 premises in hard to reach rural areas.

New Standard De-Couples the ONT and OLT in FTTP Broadband

12th Jul, 2022 (7 Comments)

The Broadband Forum has published a new standard that may help to tackle the issue of vendor lock-in on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP networks, which can result in the management cycle of optical modems (ONU / ONTs) being tied to a specific vendor’s Optical Line Terminal (OLT).

Rights Holders Force UK Mobile Operators to Block Piracy Sites

12th Jul, 2022 (10 Comments)

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has announced that its long-running campaign, which uses the High Court to force major UK broadband ISPs into blocking websites that are suspected of facilitating copyright infringement (internet piracy), is being extended to mobile operators – starting with EE (BT).

Virgin Media O2 to Expand FTTP Broadband Cover in N.Ireland

12th Jul, 2022 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has confirmed that they intend to continue to expand their gigabit-capable fixed line connectivity – via Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology – to “tens of thousands more premises” across Northern Ireland over the coming years.

GoFibre Bring Full Fibre Broadband Build to 2 Locations in Fife

12th Jul, 2022 (3 Comments)

Scottish broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is partnered with wireless provider Marykirk.com (here), has today added two new locations in Fife to their ongoing rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in Scotland.

5G Mobile via LEO Broadband Satellites Moves a Step Closer

12th Jul, 2022 (5 Comments)

The idea of being able to offer consumers a 5G based mobile handset that gets its service from orbiting broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), as well as a terrestrial mast, is nothing new. But turning it into a commercial product is another thing entirely, yet Ericsson, Qualcomm and Thales appear to be making progress.

Wildanet Expand Full Fibre Gigabit Broadband Rollout to Devon UK

11th Jul, 2022 (1 Comment)

Rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which last year began the £50 million rollout of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Cornwall (here), has now begun to expand across the border into several towns across Devon in South West England.

Comms Council Name 2022 Best UK VoIP Provider Award Finalists

11th Jul, 2022 (0 Comments)

The Comms Council UK, which represents the United Kingdom’s Unified Communications and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, has today published their 2022 shortlist of finalists for the organisation’s annual Awards event.

Three UK Tops Ookla’s 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds Study – H1 2022

11th Jul, 2022 (21 Comments)

Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net service, has published their latest Q1-Q2 2022 (H1) study of 5G based mobile broadband performance from Three UK, EE (BT), Vodafone and O2 (VMO2), which found that Three once again delivered the fastest average (median) download speed. But Vodafone still wins on uploads.

ISP iDNET Joins FullFibre Ltd’s UK Gigabit Broadband Network

11th Jul, 2022 (3 Comments)

Popular UK residential and business ISP iDNET has today confirmed that they’ll soon be selling broadband packages via FullFibre Limited‘s (Fibre Heroes) new network, which looks set to complement the services that they already offer via both Openreach (BT) and CityFibre’s respective national infrastructure.

CityFibre UK Pilot uCPE Universal Customer Premises Equipment

11th Jul, 2022 (5 Comments)

Network builder CityFibre has today announced that they’re piloting enhanced “virtualisation capabilities” for business ISPs across their UK full fibre broadband and Ethernet network, which among other things includes the interesting addition of Universal Customer Premises Equipment (uCPE).

Ofcom Monitors UK Internet Phone Providers Over 999 Concerns UPDATE

11th Jul, 2022 (18 Comments)

Ofcom has today opened a new monitoring programme, which will pay special attention to checking whether internet phone providers, such as those offered by dedicated Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and broadband providers (ISP), are ensuring the availability of access to emergency services (999) during power cuts.

Full Fibre ISP Connexin Acquires Rival Provider Wisper Broadband

11th Jul, 2022 (0 Comments)

Digital infrastructure provider and UK ISP Connexin, which is investing £80m to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Hull and East Yorkshire (here and here), has this morning announced the acquisition of local rival Wisper Broadband for an undisclosed sum.

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FullFibre and Gigaclear Battle with FTTP Broadband in Cinderford

11th Jul, 2022 (7 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited has announced that the first customers can now connect to their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network in the Gloucestershire (England) town of Cinderford, which comes only a couple of months after Gigaclear began deploying in the same place.

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Starlink Launch £££ LEO Satellite Broadband Service for Boats

9th Jul, 2022 (5 Comments)

Good news. If you own a boat then SpaceX has just announced a new ‘Maritime‘ product via their Starlink constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband ISP satellites, which will give you download speeds of up to 350Mbps and new ruggedised hardware. Bad news, regular boat owners probably can’t afford it.

Lothian Broadband’s FTTP Rollout in Scotland Adds 3 New Locations

9th Jul, 2022 (5 Comments)

Scottish ISP Lothian Broadband, which is currently building a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network to cover 70,000 homes and businesses across rural parts of East and Mid Lothian, has just added 3 new locations to their rollout plan for 2022 – Gullane, East Linton and Pathhead.

ISP Andrews and Arnold Plan CityFibre Based FTTP Broadband

8th Jul, 2022 (41 Comments)

UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), which until now has historically only sold fixed broadband and phone services via Openreach’s national network, has today become the latest internet provider to announced that they’ll soon be launching a range of ultrafast and gigabit speed packages via CityFibre’s full fibre network.