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ISP iDNET Reduces UK FTTP and SOGEA Broadband Prices

15th Mar, 2021 (6 Comments)

UK ISP iDNET has today announced that they’ve reduced some of the prices across their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and SOGEA (data-only FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband packages, which appears to be occurring at the same time as a subtle company rebrand and a major overhaul of their website.

ClearFibre Adopts Nokia XGS-PON FTTP Broadband for UK Rollout

15th Mar, 2021 (1 Comment)

ISP ClearFibre (Telcom Group), which is focused on helping to connect UK homes in the private rental sector to “full fibre” broadband, has announced that they’ve chosen Nokia’s XGS-PON technology to support their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) rollout. Xantaro’s network service integration solutions will also be used.

New ISP Lit Fibre Targets FTTP for 500,000 UK Homes by 2026

15th Mar, 2021 (9 Comments)

A new network operator and ISP called Lit Fibre has launched today with an aspiration to deploy their own 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across 500,000 UK homes by 2026, albeit starting with several small to medium-sized towns in Wiltshire (England).

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Scotland Unveil Fibre Broadband Rollout to 15 Islands via R100

15th Mar, 2021 (11 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) has today named 15 islands under the contract for LOT 1 (North Scotland and the Highlands) of their £579m Reaching 100% (R100) project, supported by BT (Openreach), that will gain access to faster broadband ISP speeds via new subsea fibre optic links.

Ofcom to Review UK Net Neutrality Rules Following ISP BT Moan

14th Mar, 2021 (22 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has confirmed that, over the course of the next year, it will begin a review of the existing Net Neutrality rules (i.e. these ensure no serious blocking or slowing of access to legal websites or internet services by broadband ISPs and mobile operators). The move follows a call by BT for greater flexibility.

H2 2020 Take-up of the UK Superfast Broadband Rollout Project

14th Mar, 2021 (11 Comments)

The Government’s £2.52bn Superfast Broadband Programme (SFBB) has so far helped to extend 24-30Mbps+ capable UK ISP networks to 5,327,128 extra premises since 2012 (up by 33.9K in H2 2020 vs 62.7K in H1 2020) – about 440,000 (our estimate) of these are FTTP – and take-up data to December 2020 shows strong demand.

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Security Fail Allowed TalkTalk Customer to See Different Person’s Account UPDATE

13th Mar, 2021 (32 Comments)

One of TalkTalk’s UK broadband ISP customers, who asked to remain anonymous, has criticised the provider for being “staggeringly uninterested” after he reported a security flaw, which persisted for the best part of a week and enabled him to see the private personal account details of a different subscriber.

Jurassic Fibre Build FTTP Broadband to Sherborne in Dorset

12th Mar, 2021 (1 Comment)

Full fibre UK broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre has today announced that one of the first towns in Dorset (England) to benefit from their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network will be Sherborne in the north west of the county, which is home to around 10,000 people.

Devon and Somerset UK Update on Phase 2 Full Fibre Rollout

12th Mar, 2021 (9 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued a progress update on their new Phase 2 contracts with ISPs Airband, Wessex Internet and Truespeed, which are worth a combined £80m (including £23.6m of public investment) and aim to improve broadband coverage to 56,396 premises (mostly rural areas).

Cityfibre Name 285 UK Areas for GBP4bn Gigabit Broadband Rollout UPDATE

12th Mar, 2021 (98 Comments)

Alternative network builder CityFibre has today confirmed the full list of 285 UK cities, towns and villages where they plan to deploy their new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTHP) broadband platform, which will work alongside ISPs like Vodafone and TalkTalk to cover 8 million homes and businesses. Rural areas will also benefit.

EE, O2, Three UK and Vodafone Sign Deal to Fix Mobile Notspots

11th Mar, 2021 (22 Comments)

The Government has confirmed that EE (BT), O2, Three UK and Vodafone yesterday signed a “key agreement” as part of the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which sets out a contract for how the four operators will work together to build new sites that deliver 4G based mobile broadband coverage across “total not spots.”

CityFibre Update – Full Fibre Plans for Glasgow, Blackpool and Cheltenham

11th Mar, 2021 (9 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today issued some important progress updates on their plans to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover premises (homes and businesses) across the city of Glasgow (Scotland), and the towns of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire and Blackpool in Lancashire (England).

Broadway Partners Bring FTTP to 6 Rural Monmouthshire Villages

11th Mar, 2021 (0 Comments)

Rural network operator Broadway Partners (UK ISP Broadway Broadband) has announced that their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service has just been extended to connect homes around six more villages in Monmouthshire (South Wales) as part of a £2 million scheme.

Rural ISP Airband Brings Gigabit Broadband to Oxfordshire UK

11th Mar, 2021 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Airband, which aspires to deploy their ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 500,000 premises by the end of 2025 (here), has announced that they’ve just gone live in the Oxfordshire town of Thame, which is home to around 12,000 people, and more will follow.

Two UK Broadband ISPs Trial New Internet Snooping System

11th Mar, 2021 (72 Comments)

Two unnamed broadband or mobile ISPs are reportedly helping the UK Home Office and the National Crime Agency (NCA) to trial a new internet snooping system on their customers, which is being conducted as part of the controversial 2016 UK Investigatory Powers Act (aka – snoopers charter).

CWU to Ballot on National Industrial Strike Over BT Changes UPDATE

11th Mar, 2021 (50 Comments)

The Communications Workers Union (CWU) last night announced, during a mass forum, that they have “taken the decision to move to an official national industrial action ballot” for all employees after failing to “resolve the points of disagreement” that exist between themselves and BT, Openreach and EE.

ISP Lightning Fibre UK Begins Hastings FTTP Broadband Rollout

10th Mar, 2021 (11 Comments)

Some 45,000 homes and businesses in the coastal town of Hastings (East Sussex, England) have today been confirmed as the next to benefit from ISP Lightning Fibre‘s deployment of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, with work now getting underway.