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Ofcom Preps Strategic Review of UK 4G and 5G Mobile Networks

11th May, 2021 (7 Comments)

Ofcom has today set out the terms of reference for their future UK mobile strategy review, which will examine how the regulator can adjust their approach in order to improve 4G and 5G based mobile (mobile broadband) network connectivity for consumers and businesses over the next 5 to 10 years.

Openreach List Next 77 UK Areas for Copper Phone to Fibre Switch

11th May, 2021 (52 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today published the next batch of 77 UK exchange locations where they plan to move away from old copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR etc.) services and on to a new all-IP network, which will occur in areas where over 75% of premises can get their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network.

Cross Party MPs Examine UK Rural Broadband and Mobile Divide

11th May, 2021 (6 Comments)

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse, which is an informal cross-party group formed by UK MPs and members of the House of Lords, has begun a new inquiry that will explore whether the government has “given up” on bridging the digital divide (mobile and broadband connectivity).

Gigaclear UK Complete West Berkshire FTTP Broadband Rollout

10th May, 2021 (1 Comment)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear has revealed that they’ve now fully completed their last £1.8m (BDUK) West Berkshire deployment contract with the government funded Superfast Berkshire project, which since 2015 has helped to make their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network available to 14,000 extra premises.

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1 Billion Nuisance Calls Made to People in the UK in 2021

10th May, 2021 (23 Comments)

New data from caller ID verification firm Hiya has reported that over 1 billion nuisance calls (e.g. silent calls, spam or frauds) have been made to people in the United Kingdom in 2021 so far and, more worrying perhaps, nuisance call volumes are currently increasing at a rate of 30% every month.

TalkTalk Business Sees 25% Monthly Rise in Biz Broadband Usage

10th May, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk Business has today revealed that they saw a “sharp rise” in business broadband usage during the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e. March 2020 to March 2021), with average monthly usage rising 25% from 172GB to 212GB (GigaBytes). In keeping with that, c.10,000 of their customers upgraded to faster products during the period.

Alternative Broadband ISP Glide Gobble Full Fibre Builder CSP

10th May, 2021 (0 Comments)

Business and residential UK ISP Glide Group, which has built a national “full fibre” broadband network that reaches over 100,000 premises, has acquired Concept Solutions People (CSP) for an undisclosed sum. CSP designs and builds bespoke fibre networks for councils, data centres, ISPs, and universities.

BT to Ramp-up Openreach’s Rural UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

10th May, 2021 (40 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Philip Jansen, will this week announce another ramping-up of Openreach’s planned £12bn investment programme, which currently aims to cover 20 million UK premises with their gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network by the mid to late 2020s. We list 27 new rural locations likely to benefit.

BDUK Consults on Gigabit Broadband Coverage in Cambridgeshire

9th May, 2021 (4 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK team has begun a new consultation to identify any existing or planned commercial coverage of gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks in Cambridgeshire and nearby areas (England), which helps to establish the areas where public investment may be needed to deploy the service.

Military Exercises Threaten to Disrupt Lothian Broadband Network

8th May, 2021 (2 Comments)

Fixed wireless and full fibre ISP Lothian Broadband, which reaches across rural parts of East Lothian, Mid Lothian and the Highlands of Scotland, has warned some of its customers on their Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network that nearby exercises by the UK military (MoD) may disrupt their internet connectivity.

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Jurassic Fibre and Virgin Media May Battle Over Full Fibre in Bridgwater

8th May, 2021 (18 Comments)

Alternative UK network ISP Jurassic Fibre, which at the end of last year announced that their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network would be deploying across the Somerset market town of Bridgwater (here), may soon face off against a new deployment from rival operator Virgin Media in the same location.

Openreach Speeds Up FTTP Broadband Rollout with New Machine UPDATE2

7th May, 2021 (44 Comments)

Openreach has started to deploy a new 25 tonne “Clean Fast” machine in the United Kingdom, which is a significantly faster, cleaner and quieter way of digging their new optical fibre cables into the ground. The kit is currently being tested around the rural Hope Valley (near Derwent Dam) in Derbyshire.

County Broadband Name 36 Cambridgeshire Villages for FTTP

7th May, 2021 (6 Comments)

Alternative UK network ISP County Broadband, which is currently deploying a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service across rural parts of England, has today announced that an initial 36 villages in Cambridgeshire have now been “earmarked for funding” to receive their full fibre service.

Ofcom 2021 Study Ranks Mobile and Broadband ISPs by Quality

7th May, 2021 (2 Comments)

Ofcom has published their 2021 survey of UK broadband ISP and mobile service quality, call waiting times, complaints and install times among the largest providers. Overall TalkTalk attracted the lowest satisfaction for broadband (77%), while Three UK did the same for mobile (86%). Generally, customer service has taken a COVID-19 hit.

Broadband ISP BT Deploys Fix for Smart Hub 2 Router WiFi Bug UPDATE

6th May, 2021 (25 Comments)

Customers of BT’s UK broadband service, specifically those with the provider’s latest Smart Hub 2 (SH2) router, have been told to expect a firmware update over the next 4-5 weeks that should fix a bug with the device’s WiFi (wireless) networking, which has caused connectivity problems on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.

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Virgin Media Build FTTP to 2,500 Homes in Shelf, West Yorkshire

6th May, 2021 (2 Comments)

Some 2,500 extra homes in the large West Yorkshire (England) village of Shelf have just become the latest to benefit from the expansion of Virgin Media’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband and TV network, which by the end of 2021 will also be able to deliver gigabit speeds to locals.

Openreach Stops Selling Traditional Copper Phone in Mildenhall

6th May, 2021 (27 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today taken the next step towards upgrading from analogue to digital services via the issuing of a “stop sell” notification in the trial area of Mildenhall (Suffolk), which means that new customers will now only be able to take all-IP (digital / VoIP) based phone and broadband services (no more analogue phones etc.).