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EE UK Moves to Continue Unlimited Data Offer for the NHS

1st Oct, 2020 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has announced that their current offer of free unlimited data (mobile broadband) to customers who work for the National Health Service (NHS), which was due to expire on 9th October 2020 after running for 6 months, is to be extended until 31st January 2021 due to the on-going COVID-19 crisis.

NordVPN Named Top VPN for Speed in 2020 AV-TEST Benchmark

1st Oct, 2020 (15 Comments)

A new report from internet security firm AV-TEST has benchmarked several popular Virtual Private Network (VPN) providers and found that NordVPN was the “clear winner” for measured broadband download and upload speeds in three major world regions (UK, Japan and the US west coast). Well.. they did commission the “independent” test.

Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear to Extend Network into Braintree Town

30th Sep, 2020 (3 Comments)

Rural focused UK ISP Gigaclear has announced that their existing deployment of gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology in the Braintree District of Essex is to be extended into the local town of the same name. As a result the provider now expects to cover 20,000 premises in the area.

Quick Update for Virgin Media Speed Issues on IPv6 Tunnels

30th Sep, 2020 (29 Comments)

Customers awaiting a firmware update from Virgin Media UK to fix the throttling of broadband speeds on IPv4 internet traffic – specifically when data packets carry Protocol 41 (i.e. the IPv6 encapsulation / tunnel protocol) – may be unhappy to learn that there’s still no ETA, despite the issue being acknowledged 8 weeks ago.

Spend on UK Home Telecoms Services Falls as Broadband Speeds Rise

30th Sep, 2020 (9 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their annual 2020 Communications Market Report (CMR), which reveals the latest information about the take-up, revenue and impact of fixed line broadband, phone, mobile, TV and radio services across the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland).

Q2 2020 Progress Update on Wales BT FTTP Broadband Rollout

30th Sep, 2020 (14 Comments)

The Welsh Government has issued a progress update on their £52.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with BT (Openreach), which is deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover a further 39,000 premises. The data to June 2020 shows that 9,895 have so far been completed.

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Wireless ISP Bluewave Faces Criticism for Poor Connectivity

30th Sep, 2020 (4 Comments)

Wireless broadband ISP Bluewave, which serves rural premises across parts of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire (Wales) with claimed speeds of “up to” 40Mbps for £29.99 per month, has been criticised by some of its customers for taking publicly funded vouchers and then failing to deliver a good or working service.

Openreach Tweak Guidance on FTTC Speeds for Lift and Shifts

29th Sep, 2020 (15 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has issued some interesting new internal guidance to its UK engineers for handling Lift and Shifts (i.e. moving a line to a new DSLAM port) on Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband cabinets, which now allows ports to be used if the max line speed is above 72Mbps.

Virgin Media UK Launch Free Mobile Screen Repair Service

29th Sep, 2020 (0 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s mobile division, specifically new and existing Pay Monthly users who upgrade before 8th Nov 2020, will now also be entitled to a “one-off screen replacement” service in the first 12 months of their contract. But sadly this will only be offered to a very limited selection of Smartphones (when supplied via Virgin).

BT Makes Nokia its Largest UK 5G Mobile Equipment Supplier

29th Sep, 2020 (8 Comments)

Broadband and mobile giant BT (EE) has today announced a new deal that, as part of their on-going work to phase-out Huawei, will turn Finnish telecoms firm Nokia into their “largest infrastructure partner” for ultrafast 5G based Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment and related UK network coverage.

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Analyst Probes Speed Claims of Starlink’s Broadband Satellites

29th Sep, 2020 (13 Comments)

Financial analyst firm Cowen has attempted to predict the capability of SpaceX’s new mega constellation of small Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Starlink satellites, which they claim should eventually be able to serve 485,000 simultaneous data streams in the USA with 100Mbps speeds or 1.5 million streams with over-subscription.

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Full Fibre Broadband ISP 4th Utility to Create 60 New UK Jobs

28th Sep, 2020 (6 Comments)

UK ISP The 4th Utility, which last month secured a £25m investment boost from DIF Capital Partners to support the next phase of their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband rollout (here), has today announced that they will create 60 new jobs in Greater Manchester.

Connected Britain 2020 Broadband Award Winners Revealed

28th Sep, 2020 (0 Comments)

The annual Connected Britain Awards 2020 (Total Telecom) have announced the winners of this year’s event, which among other things saw “hyperfast” UK broadband ISP Hyperoptic scoop the “Consumer Connectivity Project of the Year” award and Glide win for the “SME Service Provider of the Year” category.

BT Predicts Gigabit Broadband for All UK by 2027 with £9bn in Cuts

28th Sep, 2020 (33 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Philip Jansen, has warned MPs that at the current pace it will take until 2033 to achieve universal UK coverage of gigabit-capable broadband, or 2027 if some £9bn worth of cuts in tax (e.g. business rates) and red tape can be found. Considerably later than PM Boris Johnson’s target for 2025.

Broadband ISP Zzoomm Get £100m Oaktree UK Full Fibre Boost

28th Sep, 2020 (6 Comments)

Alternative UK ISP Zzoomm, which holds an ambition to cover 1 million UK homes with a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2025 (here), has today secured £100 million from Oaktree Capital Management to fuel its future expansion.

Cityfibre Working to Replace Existing UK FibreNation FTTP Kit

27th Sep, 2020 (7 Comments)

Cityfibre have recently begun replacing some fairly modern Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband equipment in areas (e.g. York) that were originally built out by FibreNation (FN), back when the company was still owned by UK ISP TalkTalk.

Emtelle UK Calls for One Dig Strategy to Help Gigabit Broadband

26th Sep, 2020 (11 Comments)

The Solutions Director (Colin Kirkpatrick) for Emtelle UK, which is a global manufacturer of blown fibre and ducted network solutions for the industry, has told ISPreview.co.uk in a new interview that ISPs should focus on a “One Dig” strategy to boost the roll-out of “gigabit broadband” by building and sharing spare duct space.