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The Curious Case of a Muddled FTTP on Demand Installation

6th Jun, 2020 (94 Comments)

Sometimes getting a new broadband service installed can involve significantly more hassle than usual. At least that seems to have been the case after Lewis Roberts shelled out £9,600 to have Openreach (BT) install a 330Mbps FTTP on Demand (FTTPoD / FoD) broadband line in March 2019, and so begins our story.

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Facebook Prep New 60GHz Terragraph Wireless Broadband Tech

5th Jun, 2020 (30 Comments)

After several years of development Facebook’s networking division is finally getting the commercial UK launch of their new Terragraph wireless broadband technology off the ground. This uses a mesh of small cell style 60GHz (mmW) base stations to distribute a gigabit speed broadband ISP connection across communities.

Three UK, O2 and Vodafone Confirm Plan for Reopening Shops

5th Jun, 2020 (1 Comment)

Mobile operators Three UK and Vodafone have revealed that they will start re-opening their high street stores on 15th June 2020, albeit with new social distancing measures to help protect both staff and customers alike. The move comes after EE (BT) confirmed (here) that all of their stores would also reopen on the same date.

YouGov Survey Claims Broadband Got Worse During Lockdown

5th Jun, 2020 (28 Comments)

A new YouGov survey of 2,301 UK adults has reported that 28% of people experienced an internet connection that was “slightly worse” than usual during the COVID-19 lockdown, while 7% said it was “much worse” and 57% saw “no change“. At the same time 73% said they were making heavier use of broadband due to home working etc.

ISP Trooli Covers 26,000 UK Premises with FTTP Broadband

4th Jun, 2020 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic UK ISP Trooli (CallFlow), which has spent the past year quietly deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service across parts of Kent and Hampshire, have announced that their network has now built 200km of optical fibre to cover 26,000 premises (i.e. completed on target).

Report Reveals the Barriers to UK Gigabit Broadband Adoption

4th Jun, 2020 (26 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholder Group, which is a think-tank that advises the UK Government, has today published a new report from WIK to help highlight some of the barriers that remain (other than coverage) to getting customers to adopt “gigabit-capable” broadband ISP connections ahead of the copper switch-off.

ISP TalkTalk UK Sees Job Losses in York After FibreNation Sale

4th Jun, 2020 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has confirmed that a small number of jobs will be cut in the city of York, which is where they had been building a new Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network via the FibreNation brand until its recent sale (here) to the Goldman Sachs backed Cityfibre for around £200m cash.

O2 UK to Boost Mobile Cover on London North Eastern Railway

4th Jun, 2020 (7 Comments)

O2 has signed a new partnership deal with London North Eastern Railway (LNER), which aims to boost 4G and 5G based network coverage along a 45-mile stretch of the East Coast route – between Newcastle in North East England and Edinburgh in Scotland. The upgrade will also improve coverage for communities along the route.

Openreach Scoop Suffolk’s Phase 3 Superfast Broadband Rollout

3rd Jun, 2020 (15 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced that they will deliver “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) coverage to an additional 5,000 homes and 550 businesses in Suffolk UK (mostly rural areas) after securing the contract for Phase 3 of the state aid supported Better Broadband for Suffolk (BBS) project, which we assume will use FTTP.

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The Best and Worst Broadband Areas in England for Gamers.. Not Quite

3rd Jun, 2020 (13 Comments)

Comparison site Comparethemarket.com has posted a new study, which they claim shows the top 10 best and worst Areas in England for gamers. Overall Hull comes top due to its speed of 137Mbps and a 99% availability of “superfast broadband“, while Central Devon sits bottom on 34Mbps and 77%. But key details have been overlooked.

People Aged 55+ Found Less Likely to Switch Broadband ISP

3rd Jun, 2020 (9 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 2,023 UK people aged 16+, which was commissioned by ISP Zen Internet, has found that 83% of those aged 55+ haven’t switched broadband provider within the last year (vs 55% for those aged 16-24), if ever at all, and could thus be left exposed to paying more via end-of-contract broadband price hikes.

Rural UK ISP Truespeed Appoint New CFO to Accelerate Growth

3rd Jun, 2020 (3 Comments)

Rural ISP TrueSpeed, which is backed by an investment of £75m from Aviva Investors and is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across South West England (mostly Somerset), has today appointed Paul Burridge as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to help accelerate their plans and future growth.

ISP Sky Broadband UK Start Small Pilot of Ultrafast FTTP Service UPDATE

3rd Jun, 2020 (74 Comments)

After a long wait Sky Broadband has finally become the latest UK ISP to introduce an ultrafast and superfast broadband package based off Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, but sadly this will initially take the form of a small scale pilot and is currently only available to a number of FTTP eligible homes.

UK ISP Voneus Brings Superfast Broadband to Somerset Villages

2nd Jun, 2020 (3 Comments)

After a four year campaign for better internet connectivity two villages in rural Somerset (England) – Wanstrow and Batcombe – will soon be able to receive a 30-50Mbps capable “superfast broadband” speed, which is all thanks to a new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network from UK ISP Voneus.

Juice Broadband Boosts Dorset Connectivity with Datacentre Deal

2nd Jun, 2020 (2 Comments)

Poole-based UK ISP Juice Broadband, which offers a mix of “full fibre” (FTTP) and fixed wireless internet access services to local premises around southern Dorset (England), has teamed-up with local firm Datacenta to agree a new network peering arrangement that will help to keep data traffic between their customers within the county.

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Openreach Tweak FTTP on Demand Pricing and Adds New Speeds

2nd Jun, 2020 (31 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced the expected addition of several new speeds tiers, including the more consumer orientated 550Mbps (75Mbps upload) and 1Gbps (115Mbps upload) options, to their business focused FTTP on Demand (FTTPoD / FoD) UK broadband ISP product. On top of that they’ve also tweaked some of its prices.

Lite Access Joins Cityfibre’s 1Gbps FTTH Rollout in Cambridge

1st Jun, 2020 (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has announced that civil engineering firm Lite Access Technologies has been signed to help complete their £20m roll-out of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network to 60,000 premises in the UK city of Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), which is due to complete by the end of 2021.