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ISP EE UK Set to Expand Availability of 2.3Gbps and 8Gbps Broadband Pilot

25th July, 2026 (9 Comments)

Credible sources have informed ISPreview that mobile and internet provider EE (BT) is set to expand the availability of their FTTP-based “Advanced Full Fibre” 2.3Gbps (2,500Mbps) and 8Gbps (8,500Mbps) home broadband pilot on 31st July 2026, which will make it more accessible to the ISP’s existing customer base.

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Alternative UK Full Fibre Networks Call on Prime Minister to Focus on Broadband

23rd July, 2026 (4 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK market’s alternative broadband networks, has this afternoon become the latest industry organisation to press the new UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, and his leadership team to “give broadband and telecoms the political attention and clear ministerial ownership they deserve“.

BT Update – Openreach Lose 192K UK Broadband Lines as FTTP Covers 23.4M

23rd July, 2026 (26 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT Group just published a short trading update to the end June 2026, which reveals that Openreach lost a total of 192,000 broadband lines to rivals over the past quarter (improved from -203k last quarter). But their “full fibre” (FTTP) coverage grew to 23.4 million premises (up from 22.92m) and EE’s 5G+ mobile coverage reached 77% of the UK population.

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Openreach Improve UK Broadband Speed Flexibility for Legacy Copper Line Migrations

22nd July, 2026 (2 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has made it easier for UK ISPs to migrate customers on legacy broadband services, such as those supplied over their Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) and FTTC (GEA) products. In short, it’s now possible to migrate such lines under their Equinox discounts to SOGEA equivalents at any connection speed.

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Openreach Trial Looks to Better Monitor Incidents on UK FTTP Broadband Lines

17th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has launched a new trial on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP lines, which so far as we can tell appears to be based on an earlier Proof of Concept (PoC) that will make it easier for the operator to determine, in real-time, whether a network incident or Planned Engineering Work (PeW) is affecting a customer’s live service.

600 Jobs at Risk as BT Confirm Plan to Close Liverpool City Centre Office

13th July, 2026 (36 Comments)

Telecoms and broadband giant BT Group (EE, Plusnet, Openreach etc.) has confirmed that, as part of their long-running programme to modernise and consolidate the number of offices they have across the United Kingdom, they’ve decided to close their Liverpool city centre office at The Plaza in St Paul’s Square – putting hundreds of jobs at risk.

BT and Virgin Media O2 in Competition Spat Over £50 UK Broadband Discount UPDATE

12th July, 2026 (26 Comments)

Remember when Openreach (BT) recently announced that it was going to give broadband ISPs on its network an extra £50 rebate for winning incremental new “full fibre” (FTTP) customers in areas where it competes with Virgin Media (here)? Well, the latter isn’t very happy, naturally, and has accused the incumbent of trying to “choke” off competition in the market.

Sky Broadband Discounts UK Packages and Cuts 5Gbps Price to £45

10th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Sky Broadband (Sky Mobile and Sky TV etc.), which sells their packages to consumers via both Openreach and CityFibre’s national full fibre (FTTP) networks, appears to have introduced some small discounts across several of their packages and also cut the price of their top 2.5Gbps (Gigabits) and 5Gbps tiers to £35 and £45 per month, respectively.

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Openreach to Upgrade 115 MDU Buildings to FTTP Broadband in Havering

8th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has reached a new access agreement (wayleave) with the London Borough of Havering, which will enable them to deploy their full fibre (FTTP) gigabit broadband network across approximately 115 buildings (blocks of flats and apartments) – reaching thousands of extra homes.

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Openreach Build to 7 New Areas Under Scotland’s Project Gigabit Broadband Scheme

8th July, 2026 (1 Comment)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has issued a progress update on their £157m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit contract for the ‘Rest of Scotland’ area (here), which originally aimed to upgrade 65,000 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas to full fibre (FTTP) broadband and has just started building across several new locations.

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Broadband Altnets Spar with Ofcom Over Openreach UK Copper Line Retirement

7th July, 2026 (28 Comments)

The UK telecom regulator’s proposal in their Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR), which sought to adopt a different approach to copper line retirement in favour of full fibre optic (FTTP) broadband lines on Openreach’s national UK network, has, perhaps predictably, attracted criticism from rivals that worry it may hand the incumbent an advantage.

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Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reaches 91 Percent of the UK in H1 2026

7th July, 2026 (10 Comments)

We’ve today published our biannual summary of fixed broadband coverage for the first half (H1) of 2026, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 85.05% of UK premises (up from 81.89% in H2 2025) and 91% are within reach of “gigabit” 1000Mbps+ speeds (up from 89.6%). Read on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

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Council Tell Openreach to Remove External UK Broadband Boxes from Homes

6th July, 2026 (61 Comments)

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (CBMDC) in West Yorkshire has told UK broadband and phone operator Openreach (BT) to remove their external wall boxes (CSP) from homes within the World Heritage Site area of the city, such as those around the Saltaire UNESCO area and possibly others. Such boxes are usually installed as part of copper and fibre deployments.

Major Broadband Outage in Liverpool After Contractor Cuts Key Cables UPDATE2

3rd July, 2026 (28 Comments)

Broadband and Ethernet customers across northern parts of Liverpool (Merseyside) – primarily the L31 (Maghull) and surrounding areas – in England are today suffering connectivity problems after a third-party contractor dug through a large underground cable right next to the local BT Maghull exchange.

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Runnymede Council Says BT Cut Off their Phone and Internet Connections UPDATE

2nd July, 2026 (6 Comments)

The Runnymede Borough Council (RBC) in Surrey (England) appears to be claiming that “BT have cut off the phone and internet connections“, which a council account on Facebook said had left “as many as 2000 vulnerable residents without their Community Alarm service which summons help in an emergency“. But the reality may be more complex.

Openreach to Harness Source’s UK EV Chargers to Support Fleet Transition

1st July, 2026 (2 Comments)

National broadband access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that they’ve signed a new partnership with EV charging company Source, which is jointly owned by SSE and TotalEnergies, to help support their transition to electric vehicles. The network operator will thus gain access to Source’s growing collection of “ultra-rapid charging hubs” across the UK.

Openreach Tweaks and Evolves Equinox FTTP Broadband Pricing Scheme

30th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today informed broadband ISPs (Communications Providers) about some tweaks to their existing Equinox price discounts for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines at wholesale, which are intended to take effect from 1st July next year (2027) – following publication of the November 2026 inflation (CPI) figure.