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UK ISP Plusnet Discounts 900Mbps FTTP Broadband to £41.99

18th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Plusnet has this week introduced a bunch of new discounts across their home broadband packages, which for example have slashed the monthly price of their top 900Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) package to just £41.99 per month on a 24-month term.

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VIDEO – Openreach and Zen Solve Complex FTTP Install with Drone UPDATE

11th April, 2024 (32 Comments)

Over the past few years’ we’ve covered a number of examples where Openreach (BT) have deployed teams of UK drone operators to help deploy their 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. But in today’s case, ISP Zen Internet has documented a rather unique home installation, where airborne drones came in handy.

Openreach Welcome 4000th Electric Vehicle to its UK Fleet

8th April, 2024 (1 Comment)

Openreach (BT) recently issued a short update on the progress they’ve been making in upgrading all of their 30,000+ strong fleet of UK diesel powered vans and cars to electric (EV) by March 2031, which reveals that they’ve just welcomed their 4,000th Electric Vehicle (up from 3,000 in January 2024).

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1Gbps ISP Options on Openreach’s UK FTTP Broadband Network – 2024

4th April, 2024 (15 Comments)

After skipping this study last year due to workload, we’ve today published an updated summary of the key UK consumer ISP choices for 1Gbps speed packages on Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network – currently available to over 13 million homes and businesses.

Openreach Seek Changes to Make Building FTTP Broadband into Flats Easier UPDATE2

2nd April, 2024 (37 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) are reportedly lobbying MPs, both UK government ministers and members of the Labour opposition, to introduce further legislative changes that could make it even easier for them to extend their 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network into multi-dwelling units (MDUs) by upgrading existing copper lines.

Analogue UK Phone Switch Off Reportedly Facing 2 Year Delay

1st April, 2024 (50 Comments)

A new newspaper report has claimed that the ongoing work to withdraw BT and Openreach’s old copper-based analogue line services (PSTN phones and WLR), which was due to complete by December 2025, could be facing a delay of up to two years. But the delay may only apply to vulnerable users who remain dependent upon old telecare devices, which often haven’t been updated to function with IP-based digital alternatives.

Openreach Offer New Multiport ONT Service with UK FTTP Broadband

28th March, 2024 (53 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT Group) is preparing to launch a new service for broadband ISPs, which will optionally allow their customers to choose a Multiport Optical Network Terminal (ONT) device instead of the normal single port unit that is deployed during home installs. But some installs will get it by default.

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Openreach UK Extend FTTP Broadband to 97 Percent of N.Ireland

27th March, 2024 (12 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today announced that their 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network in Northern Ireland is being extended to cover 97% of premises (currently they’re at 87%). As a result, a further £100m investment is being made to reach over 100,000 extra premises.

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BT Field Trials Fibre Network with Adtran’s Pluggable 100Gbps Transceiver

26th March, 2024 (8 Comments)

Network technology firm Adtran and UK broadband giant BT Group today revealed that they’ve conducted Europe’s “first successful field trial” of optical transport in a live research network, using Adtran’s Coherent 100ZR pluggable transceiver – achieving “high levels of spectral efficiency and low power consumption.”

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Ofcom Start Next Major Market Review to Boost UK Gigabit Broadband

26th March, 2024 (28 Comments)

The national UK telecoms, media and internet regulator, Ofcom, has today begun the early evidence gathering and development phase for their next major review of the UK’s wholesale telecoms market – Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR), which will look to make changes that “promote competition and investment” in gigabit broadband and business connectivity.

No Easy Route to FTTP from G.fast on UK ISP Sky Broadband

26th March, 2024 (28 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband’s old G.fast based “Ultrafast” broadband packages on Openreach’s UK network, specifically those looking to upgrade to one of the provider’s latest full fibre (FTTP) based packages, are still struggling to do so – after several years – due to the ongoing lack of a smooth upgrade path.

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Openreach to Pilot Alternative UK Analogue Phone Line in May 2024

22nd March, 2024 (32 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has informed ISPs and phone providers of their plan to pilot the new SOTAP for Analogue product from 1st May 2024, which is a phone line service that does NOT require broadband to function and will be targetted at vulnerable users who would otherwise struggle with migrating to an All-IP (internet) based phone service by 2025.

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Ofcom Find Openreach Narrowly Missed Some UK Performance Targets UPDATE

18th March, 2024 (1 Comment)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today concluded its investigation into Openreach’s Quality of Service (i.e. minimum standards for repairs and new line provision) targets, which found that they “failed to meet, by narrow margins,” 3 out of 35 of the QoS standards in the leased lines (Ethernet) and local wholesale broadband markets.

Zen Internet Prep UK Launch of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps Broadband

17th March, 2024 (79 Comments)

In an expected development, broadband ISP Zen Internet has confirmed that they’re “working towards” launching packages based off Openreach’s latest 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) products in the “coming months“, with some customers being told by the provider’s support teams to expect this in “April/May“.

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Vodafone UK Launch Broadband ISP Switching Campaign with £100 for Early Exits

14th March, 2024 (14 Comments)

Telecoms provider Vodafone UK will today launch “The Great British Telecoms Switch” campaign, which encourages those on Openreach’s wider fixed broadband and phone network – with different ISPs – to save money by switching to their service. New customers who take their top 900Mbps FTTP plan will also get up to £100 to cover any early exit fees.

Hedge Trimmer Mishap Knocks Homes Offline in Cornwall UK Village

12th March, 2024 (16 Comments)

It’s still not entirely clear how it happened, but some homes in the tiny rural Cornwall village of Golberdon are currently suffering from a protracted broadband and phone outage after cables belonging to Openreach were accidentally cut last month by an enthusiastic individual using a garden hedge trimmer.

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Openreach Top 1 Million FTTP Broadband Premises in South West

11th March, 2024 (13 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today announced that their 1.8Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now covered over 1 million premises across the South West of England (i.e. Cornwall, Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire), which reflects an investment of over £300m.