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Vodafone Pro II UltraHub UK Router 2022

8th December, 2023 (27 Comments)

Customers of Vodafone’s home broadband service, which is sold via FTTC and FTTP packages on Openreach and CityFibre’s national networks, may be pleased to learn that the ISP has finally confirmed to ISPreview – after some prodding – that they are starting to run a “limited trial” of IPv6 internet addressing.

2023 Openreach Female Engineer on FTTP Pole

7th December, 2023 (82 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed the next batch of 142 new locations to benefit from their ongoing deployment of a new multi-Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which has just officially reached the half-way point by covering over 12.5 million UK premises.

2023-Openreach-Engineers-around-Street-Manhole

6th December, 2023 (6 Comments)

Openreach has today revealed that their £57m state aid supported Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contracts with the Welsh Government (WG), which required them to extend their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to 39,000 extra premises in rural Wales, ultimately delivered 44,000 and came in under budget.

Fiber Optic cables connected to an optic ports and Network cables connected to ethernet ports

6th December, 2023 (16 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has revealed that they’ve finally completed their exchange rollout (unbundling) programme, which means that over 80% of the United Kingdom should now be within reach of their cheaper on-net based Ethernet (leased lines) and broadband products (e.g. FTTP).

FTTP External Wall Box Install by Openreach Engineer 2022

6th December, 2023 (23 Comments)

Openreach has announced that their new “Advanced Connection” service for those ordering a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP product will leave its pilot phase and get a full launch from 2nd January 2024. The new option aims to tackle situations where an installation might be more complex than usual.

ADTRAN-Openreach-ONT-SDX-611Q

30th November, 2023 (82 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has just announced that their ISP pilot of faster Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband tiers, which pushes top download speeds to 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps (both offer 120Mbps upstream), has been extended yet again until 29th February 2024.

BT-Engineer-Next-to-Van-and-Bridge-Over-River-2023

30th November, 2023 (1 Comment)

The BT Group has moved to simplify and speed up the delivery of its network services to customers (orders etc.) by adopting Ciena’s Blue Planet automation system, which essentially replaces half a dozen of their legacy systems and processes with more digital automation.

R100-Subsea-cable-work

27th November, 2023 (18 Comments)

The first 100 homes and businesses on the remote rural Hebridean isle of Jura in Scotland can now access Openreach’s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. The development was partly funded by gigabit broadband vouchers from the UK and Scottish governments, which offer subsidies worth up to £5,000 per property.

Oxfordshire-GigaHubs-Project-Map-Nov-2023-Council-PR

27th November, 2023 (0 Comments)

The Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) in England has issued a progress update on their ongoing £7m project to deploy a new gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network to over 175 public sector sites (schools, hospitals etc.), which reveals that 171 of the sites have been completed, while a further 22 sites are now due to be upgraded by 2024.

bt ceo philip jansen 2019 uk

16th November, 2023 (23 Comments)

The outgoing CEO of telecoms and broadband giant BT Group, Philip Jansen, has this afternoon called on the Chancellor of the UK government, Jeremy Hunt, to use his forthcoming Spending Review to help support investment in the roll-out of full fibre (FTTP) broadband by making “Full Expensing” a permanent change.

BT-Engineer-Looking-at-UK-Map-on-Tablet

16th November, 2023 (28 Comments)

The Chief Security and Networks Officer of UK ISP BT (inc. EE and Plusnet), Howard Watson, has today published a blog post that reveals the approach they intend to take with customers as part of Openreach’s plan to close around 4,600 exchanges across the country – starting with a pilot in Deddington, Ballyclare and Kenton Road.

fttp building internal openreach engineer 2020

15th November, 2023 (3 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has introduced new delivery options for their commercial UK Full Fibre Infrastructure Build (FFIB) product, which are intended to “improve operational effectiveness leading to reduced mean time to deliver” when getting related sites into a Customer Ready for Service (CRFS) state.

Vodafone-UK-Store-Picture

14th November, 2023 (12 Comments)

Mobile operator and UK ISP Vodafone has today released their Q2 FY24 financial results, which saw their fixed line broadband base grow more slowly to total 1.292 million customers (up by 27k in the Q2 vs 42k in Q1 FY24), while their mobile base increased to 18.242 million (up by 218k vs 104k in the previous quarter).

Plusnet-Broadband-Router-2023

9th November, 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Plusnet has today become the latest internet provider to introduce their own round of Black Friday targeted discounts, which slashes the monthly price of their various hybrid-fibre (FTTC) and full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages on Openreach’s UK network by a few extra pounds.

exchange fibre openreach

8th November, 2023 (26 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has published an update on their Exchange Exit Pilot, which recognises the “resource-intensive nature” of the work for ISPs and has thus reduced the number of exchanges involved from five to three. All of this forms part of their plan to shut 4,500 exchanges, which will impact various broadband, PIA and Ethernet services.

6th November, 2023 (35 Comments)

The deployment of a new gigabit-broadband network by FullFibre Ltd in the Cotswolds village of Broadway, as well as in nearby Willersey, reportedly resulted in ambulances and an arrest after residents made a strong protest against the UK operator’s plan to deploy telecoms poles in the area.

Home phone UK handset in red

6th November, 2023 (39 Comments)

Openreach is developing an additional phone line product, which does NOT require a broadband connection to function and will be targetted at vulnerable and edge use cases (inc. CNI) users with old analogue phone lines (PSTN) who would otherwise “face challenges” in migrating to an All-IP (Internet Protocol) based solution by 2025.

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