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British Cables Company Secures Openreach UK Fibre Contract

19th Jul, 2021 (5 Comments)

The Manchester-based British Cables Company (BCC), which is a manufacturer of various cables, has secured a key multi-million pound contract to supply Openreach with a variety of fibre optic cables to support their ongoing UK rollout of “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband and Ethernet services.

ISP Cuckoo Set October for UK Full Fibre Broadband Launch

19th Jul, 2021 (5 Comments)

UK ISP Cuckoo has today announced that they’ll soon be launching their first Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based home broadband package(s), complete with speeds of up to 1Gbps (Gigabits per second), from October 2021. But unlike most other providers, they’ll do so on a monthly rolling contract.

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Ofcom Sets Out UK Spectrum Strategy for the Next 10 Years

19th Jul, 2021 (2 Comments)

Ofcom UK has today set out their future spectrum management strategy for the next ten years, which among other things aims to boost support for localised spectrum access (e.g. creating local wireless networks via 5G etc.) and promote greater sharing of existing spectrum in higher frequencies.

Quickline Gobble Wireless Broadband UK ISP Boundless Networks

19th Jul, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline, which specialises in deploying full fibre FTTP and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband networks around Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, has today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in rival wireless provider Boundless Networks to help fuel their rollout of gigabit-capable connectivity to rural areas.

Average Starlink Broadband Speeds from Around the World

19th Jul, 2021 (22 Comments)

An unofficial new website has launched that offers a rough overview of the average (mean) broadband ISP speeds being delivered across the world by SpaceX’s new Starlink constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Apparently, users in Europe are currently experiencing faster speeds than those in the USA, but the sample size is small.

Virgin Media O2 Warn Not to Overheat Your Broadband Router

19th Jul, 2021 (28 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has warned customers of their home broadband service to take extra care with their routers during the summer heatwave because if it “gets too hot” then your connection may “slow down” or even “grind to a halt all together,” said the provider in a new common sense style tips notice.

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ISP Grain Extend UK FTTP Broadband Network into Lincolnshire

18th Jul, 2021 (2 Comments)

Full fibre UK ISP Grain Connect, which is supported by £10m from Albion Capital, has started to extend their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to existing homes in North East Lincolnshire (England). The first location to benefit is the large coastal town of Grimsby.

Virgin Media O2 Extend 1Gbps FTTP to 4,200 Homes in Dalkeith

17th Jul, 2021 (7 Comments)

Some 4,200 extra homes in the Woodburn area of Dalkeith have just become the latest in Scotland to benefit from the ongoing UK expansion of Virgin Media’s (VMO2) new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband and TV network, which can offer top download speeds of up to 1130Mbps to local residents.

New World Record as Fibre Optic Speeds Pushed to 319Tbps

16th Jul, 2021 (18 Comments)

Scientists in Japan have just shattered last year’s world record for the fastest fibre optic internet data transfer speed by using a four core fibre cable to transmit data at 319Tbps (Terabits per second) over a whopping distance of 3001km, which compares with the previous record (here) of 178Tbps over 40km in London UK.

Virgin Mobile UK Moves to Scrap Pay As You Go Packages UPDATE

16th Jul, 2021 (34 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Mobile’s (Virgin Media) Pay As You Go (PAYG) plans have been informed that the service is “ending” and it will be gradually phased out between October 2021 and January 2022. During this period, customers will find that their SIM “will stop working … if you don’t take any action.” Talk about harsh.

Ofcom Tells BT to Improve 10Mbps UK Broadband USO Quotes

16th Jul, 2021 (32 Comments)

Ofcom’s investigation into BT’s compliance with their obligations under the new Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband has concluded that “some customers have been asked to pay materially higher amounts than they should have been.” As a result, they’ve asked the ISP to make a few improvements.

VOXI Offers All UK Customers 5G Mobile At No Extra Cost

16th Jul, 2021 (12 Comments)

Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is an MVNO (virtual operator) sibling of Vodafone UK, has today announced that all new and existing customers will be offered the next generation of “superfast” 5G mobile (mobile broadband) technology as standard and “at no extra cost.”

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Swish Fibre Campaign Targets “Fake Fibre” UK Broadband ISPs

16th Jul, 2021 (22 Comments)

UK ISP Swish Fibre, which is deploying a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 250,000 premises in England (Home Counties), has launched an entertaining new advertising campaign that aims to highlight the differences between “speed-sapping” copper-mix “Fake Fibre” services and Full Fibre ones.

BDUK Consults on Gigabit Broadband Coverage in Cornwall UK

16th Jul, 2021 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has just launched another Public Review, this time for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in South West England, which aims to identify any existing or planned commercial coverage of gigabit broadband ISP networks. The review will help to establish the areas where public investment may be needed to deploy the service.

Openreach in First UK Trial of Nokia 25Gbps FTTP Broadband Kit

16th Jul, 2021 (20 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has this morning announced that they’ve conducted the UK’s “first ever” tests of Nokia’s new next generation 25G PON technology, which has the ability to push download speeds of 25Gbps (Gigabits per second) over a single optical fibre and could one day result in faster FTTP speeds from ISPs.

4,600 Gloucester City Homes Added to CityFibre’s FTTP Rollout

15th Jul, 2021 (0 Comments)

Some 4,600 homes belonging to Gloucester City Homes, which is an independently registered housing association in the city of Gloucester (Gloucestershire), are set to gain access to a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network as part of CityFibre’s ongoing £31m rollout in the area.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Fibre Break Disrupts London Schools UPDATE2

15th Jul, 2021 (9 Comments)

The London Grid for Learning (LGfL), which currently works alongside Virgin Media Business (VMO2) to supply ultrafast broadband to c.3,000 schools in London (over 1.2 million children), reports that one of VMO2’s fibre optic cables has been “seriously damaged” and is disrupting connectivity to various schools and businesses.