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UPDATE Vodafone UK Stalls TV Launch as Fixed Broadband Growth Slows

2nd Feb 2017 (4 Comments)

The latest Q4 2016 (calendar) results from Vodafone UK reveal that their fixed line broadband base has grown by +16,000 in the quarter (sharply down from +30K in Q3) to total 183,000 customers and outdoor 4G coverage now stands at 97% (Ofcom’s definition). But still no sign of their Pay TV service.

UK ISP Aquiss Cuts Unlimited Fibre Broadband Price for 3 Months

1st Feb 2017 (0 Comments)

Shropshire-based ISP Aquiss has announced that their “Family Unlimited Fibre” (FTTC) broadband services are all being offered with 3 months of free service to new customers who order before 28th February 2017, although this doesn’t include phone line rental (optional service).

UPDATE String of Network Outages Hit Rural FTTP Broadband ISP Gigaclear

1st Feb 2017 (42 Comments)

Over the past week or so Gigaclear’s “ultrafast” fibre optic FTTP broadband network, which is focused on connecting tens of thousands of premises in various rural areas across England, has suffered a string of network outages and Internet connectivity disruption.

BT Boosts 4G Data and Cuts UK Mobile SIM-Only Prices Until 9th February 2017

1st Feb 2017 (6 Comments)

New customers looking to take one of BTMobile’s SIM Only plans should note that for the next few days the price of their 2GB (now 3GB) and 15GB (now 20GB) plans has been slashed and they’ve also increased the 4G data (Mobile Broadband) allowance on both.

UPDATE BT Openreach Setup New “Independent Board” with Key Appointments

1st Feb 2017 (50 Comments)

The lack of a final agreement with Ofcom over Openreach’s future structure and position in the broadband market hasn’t stopped BT from progressing with their own plan for governance change. This has today resulted in the appointment of the network operator’s first “independent” board members.

ISP TalkTalk Sees “Fibre Broadband” Growth, But CEO Dido Harding to Exit

1st Feb 2017 (5 Comments)

TalkTalk has today published their quarterly trading update (Q4 2016 calendar), which doesn’t reveal a lot but did confirm that their “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) base had grown by +74,000. Sadly overall on-net churn has risen to 1.6% (up from 1.4% at the last report), with -42,000 subscribers lost.

UK ISP Entanet Criticises Sky Broadband’s Move to Shun Sub-2Mbps Lines

1st Feb 2017 (5 Comments)

Communications provider Entanet has warned that Sky Broadband’s recent decision to stop selling broadband to customers with a Minimum Access Line Speed (MALS) of 2Mbps or less (here) is “bad news for consumers” and could end up “stretching the digital divide instead of closing it.”

UPDATE2 BT Openreach Add G.fast to “Fibre Broadband” Availability Check

31st Jan 2017 (23 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that their Fibre Availability Checker will tomorrow be updated to enable the inclusion of a G.fast order journey, but you shouldn’t expect to get a lot of detail. Plus the coverage of their “ultra fast” service is very limited.

6,330 Premises in Northamptonshire UK to Get Ultrafast 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

31st Jan 2017 (4 Comments)

The Superfast Northamptonshire project in England has today signed two new contracts – worth £10.23m – with rural fibre optic ISP Gigaclear, which will enable the provider to roll-out their ultrafast (1Gbps+) Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network to 6,330 premises.

Greater Manchester Extend “Fibre Broadband” Rollout to Extra 2900 Premises

31st Jan 2017 (13 Comments)

The £15m Get Digital Faster project, which is already working to extend the coverage of Openreach’s (BT) “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 47,000+ premises in the Greater Manchester (England) area, has announced that a further 2,900 will also benefit thanks to clawback of £1.4m.

Urban FTTP Builder Cityfibre Added 5,063 New UK Connections in 2016

31st Jan 2017 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic network developer Cityfibre has today published a preliminary trading update for the year to 31st December 2016, which among other things confirms that they have pure fibre networks in 42 UK “cities” and this reflects 3,383km of network assets in use (up from 743km at the end of 2015).

Survey – Fear of Downtime Discourages UK Broadband ISP Switching

31st Jan 2017 (4 Comments)

A new uSwitch.com survey of 2,002 “nationally representative” UK adults via Opinium has revealed that a third of consumers who suffered downtime while trying to switch broadband ISP are less likely to ever attempt such a move again, while ISPs tended to blame outages on engineer delays and admin errors.

Three UK Finally Enables Embedded WiFi Calling for Android and iOS

30th Jan 2017 (15 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today announced that embedded WiFi Calling is finally available for Android and iOS users, which means you can make voice calls or send texts over WiFi from your device and without needing a third-party app. Useful if you don’t have a Mobile signal.

UPDATE BT and CALA in Fibre Broadband Deal for New Build Homes

30th Jan 2017 (19 Comments)

Property developer CALA and Openreach (BT) have finally agreed, following our article last year (here), to roll-out a “fibre broadband” (FTTC) service to “around” 330 new build homes in Surrey (Brookwood Farm) and 260 in Reading (Orangery and Parklands).

Hyperoptic Brings 1Gbps FTTP Broadband to its First UK Housing Estate

30th Jan 2017 (4 Comments)

Urban fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has taken a break from deploying “hyperfast” broadband to big apartment or office blocks in the major UK cities. Instead they’ve begun rolling out their Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network to a housing estate in Hertfordshire’s Welwyn Garden City.

UK ISP TalkTalk Cuts FTTC Superfast Broadband Prices

30th Jan 2017 (8 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today reduced the price of their ‘up to’ 38Mbps and ‘up to’ 76Mbps FTTC based “Fibre Broadband” packages for new subscribers on an 18 month contract and they’ve also removed the £50 one-off setup fee. The offers are expected to be available until 16th March 2017.

Changes Coming for Struggling Broadband Voucher Schemes in Wales

30th Jan 2017 (1 Comment)

The Welsh Government has revealed that the uptake of their two broadband voucher schemes, which are designed to help businesses and rural homes gain access to a faster connection, has been fairly small and as a result some tweaks may be required in order to boost uptake.

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