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Budget Broadband ISP TalkTalk Discounts UK Full Fibre Packages

16th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has recently become the latest UK ISP to jump on the bandwagon of ‘Black Friday‘ offers, which among other things includes a sharp price reduction across their various Openreach based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages. For example, their top 900Mbps tier is now just £42 per month (or £36 on Cityfibre).

Vodafone UK Sees Fixed Broadband Surge to 1.11 Million Customers

15th November, 2022 (5 Comments)

Vodafone UK has this morning published their latest Q2 FY23 results, which reveals that their fixed broadband ISP base grew again to total 1.111 million customers (up sharply by 39k in the quarter vs 22k in Q1 FY23) and their mobile base also surged again to total 17.543 million (up by 321k vs 115k in the previous quarter).

Openreach UK Trial New Broadband Availability Checker UPDATE

14th November, 2022 (65 Comments)

Openreach (BT) appears to have recently introduced an additional broadband availability checker to its website, which is designed to provide visitors with more details about the current and future coverage of their ADSL, FTTC and FTTP services. But it also gives you data on your estimated UK ISP speeds via their network.

Openreach Launch Buy 3 Get 1 Free Offer on 10Gbps Cablelinks

7th November, 2022 (19 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced the launch of an unusual supermarket style offer for UK ISPs that make use of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and other fibre-based broadband products, which involves selling their 10Gbps Cablelinks on a “Buy Three Get One Free” basis at wholesale.

ISP Andrews and Arnold Soft Launch CityFibre Based FTTP Plans

7th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) has today soft launched their first Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband packages over Cityfibre’s network, which marks the first time that they’ve offered products on an alternative platform to Openreach’s national infrastructure.

Numis Report on Cityfibre Reveals New Details of UK FTTP Broadband Build

6th November, 2022 (29 Comments)

A new research report from investment bank Numis, which was pieced together by analyst John Karidis, has revealed some useful information about Cityfibre’s £5bn project to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the UK and their perspective on overbuild and prices vs Openreach (BT) etc.

BT and CWU Reopen Negotiations Over Pay Dispute After UK Strikes

4th November, 2022 (56 Comments)

BT has re-entered negotiations with the Communications Workers Union (CWU) to hopefully settle the ongoing pay dispute with up to 38,000 employees, which has so far resulted in 8 days worth of national UK strikes. The move comes only a day after the operator’s CEO, Philip Jansen, described the matter as “closed” and seemed to reject further talks.

H1 2022 – Gigabit Broadband Covers 99% of New Build UK Homes

4th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

The latest H1 2022 report into the broadband coverage of new build UK homes reveals that 99.03% of houses constructed during the first half of 2022 were connected to a gigabit-capable network (using full fibre FTTP and Hybrid Fibre Coax), which falls slightly to 98.03% when only looking at FTTP.

ISP Onestream Sign Vodafone Deal to Launch UK FTTP Broadband UPDATE

3rd November, 2022 (10 Comments)

Hampshire-based home and business broadband ISP Onestream has signed a new “strategic agreement” with Vodafone – said to be worth £40m over 2-years – that will enable them to extend beyond superfast broadband (FTTC) packages to launch a new range of SOGEA and gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based plans.

BT Results See FTTP Broadband Cover 8.8 Million UK Premises

3rd November, 2022 (37 Comments)

The latest Q2 FY23 results to September 2022 have today been released by the BT Group, which saw the coverage of Openreach’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network reach 8.76 million premises (up by 805k in the quarter vs 763k last quarter). Meanwhile, EE’s 5G customers topped 8.157 million (up from 7.74m).

Openreach Launch Pilot of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps FTTP Broadband Tiers

1st November, 2022 (96 Comments)

Openreach has today officially announced the launch of their new pilot for UK broadband ISPs, which will test faster download speeds of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps on their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines. The service will also be accompanied by two new optical modems (ONT) from Nokia G-010G-T and ADTRAN SDX 611Q.

Openreach Extend FTTP Rollout Deal with Morrison Telecom Services

1st November, 2022 (5 Comments)

Civil engineering company Morrison Telecom Services (MTS), part of the M Group Services, will continue to support Openreach’s ongoing rollout of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology after the pair agreed to sign a new 3-year contract.

BT’s October 2022 Progress Update on 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

31st October, 2022 (9 Comments)

UK ISP BT has issued the latest biannual October 2022 update on the progress they’ve made in delivering the 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband, which confirms that they’ve so far built a USO connection to over 5,900 premises (up from 4,600), with more than 2,000 further builds in progress (down from 2,300).

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Openreach Preps More FTTP Broadband Price Cuts for UK ISPs UPDATE

30th October, 2022 (33 Comments)

Good news for consumers. Openreach appears set to launch another round of wholesale prices cuts for UK ISPs that sell their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband lines. Dubbed ‘Equinox 2‘ after last year’s discount, the move will help the operator to stay competitive. But some rivals may raise competition concerns.

Openreach’s Wireless-to-the-Cabinet Network on Coll Broken for 3 Weeks

29th October, 2022 (18 Comments)

Some 40 homes on the remote Scottish Isle of Coll, which is home to around 200 people, have been left without broadband until at least Monday because Openreach’s engineers cannot safely reach the island by boat in order to repair their niche Wireless-to-the-Cabinet (WTTC) network. Some homes have now been offline for 3 weeks.

CWU Begin Final Day of Latest BT Strikes, But Worse May Follow

24th October, 2022 (21 Comments)

Up to 38,000 workers at UK broadband and telecoms giant BT (including Openreach) have today begun the final day of their latest round of strikes over a pay dispute (the 8th day overall). But the Communications Workers Union (CWU) claims that BT’s CEO, Philip Jansen, still “won’t even negotiate” with them.

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Broadband Disrupted to Shetland After Subsea Fibre Cables Break UPDATE

20th October, 2022 (15 Comments)

Homes and businesses on Shetland, which is a remote subarctic archipelago that resides some way north of Scotland, have suffered two breakages to different parts of their main SHEFA-2 (Faroese Telecom) submarine (subsea) fibre optic cable. As a result, a lot of broadband and phone connections on the island are being disrupted.