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ISPs and Content Providers Respond to Ofcom’s UK Net Neutrality Review

4th Jan, 2022 (26 Comments)

Ofcom has published some of the first responses from UK broadband ISPs and internet content providers to their new review of Net Neutrality rules, which were designed to ensure no serious blocking or slowing of access to legal websites or other online services by ISPs and mobile operators. Suffice to say, vested interests split the pack.

2021 H2 Sees UK Coverage of Gigabit Broadband Hit 65.3 Percent

4th Jan, 2022 (10 Comments)

The latest independent biannual summary of UK broadband coverage for H2 2021 has estimated that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have now increased their reach to 30.23% of premises (up from 24.33% in H1 2021), while 65.27% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 41.72%) and 67.63% can get 100Mbps+ (up from 66.9%).

Former BT Chairman Jan du Plessis Knighted in 2022 New Year Honours

1st Jan, 2022 (19 Comments)

The UK Government has published the 2022 New Year Honours List, which sees the former Executive Chairman of BT Group, Jan du Plessis, scooping a knighthood for “services to Telecommunications and Business.” Sadly, there were no other honours for members of the wider broadband ISP and UK telecoms community.

The 2021 vs 2020 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs

31st Dec, 2021 (24 Comments)

ISPreview.co.uk is today taking a quick look back over the past 12 months to see how the average UK internet download and upload speeds have changed across the top national fixed line home broadband ISPs and mobile operators. Suffice to say that 2021 has marked a return to the usual trend of general improvement.

GBP900k to Help Rural Homes in Powys Get Full Fibre Broadband UPDATE

30th Dec, 2021 (29 Comments)

The Welsh Government’s £10m Local Broadband Fund has allocated £900,000 from its budget to help build a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to serve 13 “hard to reach properties” in Powys as part of its Phase Two deployment, with incidental benefits provided to an additional 139 properties across the county.

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2021 vs 2020 – UK Broadband and Mobile Speeds vs the World

30th Dec, 2021 (23 Comments)

Today we’re taking our annual look back at how the United Kingdom’s position, at least in terms of the top 50 fastest countries for both fixed broadband and mobile broadband (4G, 5G) speeds, has changed since 2020. In short, the UK jumped from 42nd to 26th for mobile, while we fell slightly from 47th to 48th for fixed lines.

Troubled UK FTTP ISP People’s Fibre Acquired by Swish Fibre UPDATE

29th Dec, 2021 (16 Comments)

Alternative UK broadband ISP Swish Fibre, which is being backed by Fern Trading in its plan to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP network across 250,000 premises in the Home Counties (here), has stepped in to rescue troubled provider People’s Fibre after they recently fell into administration.

Full Fibre ISP CommunityFibre Drop Promise of No Mid-Contract Price Hikes

29th Dec, 2021 (11 Comments)

London-focused UK ISP CommunityFibre, which has so far covered 307,000 homes (and 12,000 businesses) with their 3Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, looks set to drop their long-held promise of “NO mid-contract price hikes” today when they refresh their broadband packages and prices.

Solutions for Battery Backup of Fibre Broadband and VoIP Phone

29th Dec, 2021 (52 Comments)

The rapid UK rise in “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband ISP networks and related VoIP style connectivity for home phones has one irritating drawback over older analogue copper phone services – if your house suffers a power cut then your services will all go down. But there are some simple solutions.

Brace for HUGE UK Broadband and Mobile Price Hikes in 2022

28th Dec, 2021 (35 Comments)

The surge in UK inflation is threatening to result in one of the biggest annual price hikes in broadband ISP, phone, mobile and calling charges seen in years, which could hit customers of BT, EE, Plusnet, Vodafone, O2, TalkTalk, Shell Energy, KCOM and others with rises of around 9% come March-April 2022 (double the usual level).

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A Snapshot of Openreach’s UK Network Traffic – Past 13 Months UPDATE

27th Dec, 2021 (28 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has kindly provided ISPreview.co.uk with some new network traffic data, which shows the average monthly UK data consumption of broadband users across their network for the past 13-months – from September 2020 to October 2021. Interestingly, traffic actually declined through the spring and summer.

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2021 vs 2015 Netflix UK Video Streaming Broadband ISP Speed Index

26th Dec, 2021 (21 Comments)

Once again, we’ve taken our annual look back to see how video streaming speeds via different broadband ISPs have changed for UK users of Netflix’s popular internet movie and TV service. Once again, the top spot continues to be held by Virgin Media (VMO2), but this doesn’t mean what you might think.

Smarty Plans Early 2022 Launch for 5G Mobile Service

24th Dec, 2021 (30 Comments)

Mobile operator Smarty has this week started to inform their UK customers that they’ll finally get around to switching-on an ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) service during the “early 2022” period, although an exact date has yet to be revealed.

Open Fibre Networks Ltd Boosting FTTP Speeds to 1Gbps in 2022

24th Dec, 2021 (14 Comments)

Open Fibre Networks Limited (OFNL – formerly IFNL), which deploys Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband ISP networks to UK new build home developments, finally looks likely to boost the download speeds of their top residential packages to 1Gbps (1000Mbps) during 2022.

Shropshire Council in GBP1m Boost to Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

23rd Dec, 2021 (10 Comments)

The Shropshire County Council (SCC) in England has this week allocated another £1 million (total so far of £2m) to help boost the value of the Government’s local rural gigabit broadband vouchers, which now offers grants worth up to £4,000 (homes) or £7,000 (small businesses) to cover the costs of installing such a network.

Svella Connect Takes Over CityFibre’s FTTP Rollout in Barnsley

23rd Dec, 2021 (5 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today confirmed that their £32m rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley, which was disrupted after the collapse of their previous contractor NMCN (here), will now be conducted by Svella Connect.

Customers of Sky’s UK TV Service Struggling to Download Shows UPDATE

23rd Dec, 2021 (44 Comments)

Customers of the Sky Q TV platform have, for the past few weeks, been reporting sporadic problems when attempting to download programs to their set-top-box (e.g. intermittent failed downloads with their On Demand content), which seems to occur regardless of whether users are on a Sky Broadband connection or a different ISP.