Home » UK ISP News Archive » Article Tag: FTTC (1722 Posts)
You are viewing a news and article archive for the FTTC tag (category), where older items are stored for readers to access and view.
Articles for Category Tag - FTTC
7th December, 2019 (23 Comments)
A new study from consumer magazine Which? has claimed that people living in 36% of UK constituency areas (236 of the 650 total) do not have access to “decent 4G [mobile] or broadband” services. The study was based on old data from Ofcom and found that areas in rural Scotland and Wales bore the brunt of the problem.
6th December, 2019 (11 Comments)
The Scottish Government‘s £600m R100 (Reaching 100%) contract with BT (here and here), which originally aspired to make “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) ISP networks available to “every single premises in Scotland” by the end of 2021 and is already running a year behind schedule, may allegedly not complete until late 2024.
30th November, 2019 (17 Comments)
Residents and businesses in the neighbouring villages of Hurworth and Hurworth Place in Durham (England) have been left confused after the local Darlington Borough Council (DBC) and Openreach (BT) issued conflicting statements on the status of their “fibre broadband” (FTTC / FTTP) network coverage and future rollout plan.
29th November, 2019 (1 Comment)
Mobile operator and UK ISP Vodafone have launched a bunch of Black Friday offers this week, which among other things includes bundling in a ‘Google Nest Hub Max’ (usually c.£190) smart speaker device with their fixed line “superfast broadband” (FTTC) packages and discounting some of their mobile plans with Smartphones.
27th November, 2019 (9 Comments)
The National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW) has issued a call for evidence on its priorities for 2020 as it develops a future infrastructure plan for Wales, which among other things includes a proposal to spend a “greater proportion of public funds” on mobile (4G / 5G) rather than to fixed broadband ISP networks.
26th November, 2019 (20 Comments)
New customers of EE’s fixed line home broadband and phone (ADSL, FTTC and G.fast) packages may like to know that the ISP has dropped their monthly prices in time for Black Friday, which reduces all of their upfront setup fees to free and knocks a few extra pounds off their previous best monthly rentals.
25th November, 2019 (14 Comments)
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has begun a consultation on the proposed introduction of a new “bulk upgrade process,” which requires an exclusion in Openreach’s (BT) quality of service regulation but would make it more efficient for them to upgrade slower lines to FTTC (VDSL2) based broadband ISP connections.
22nd November, 2019 (10 Comments)
UK ISP Onestream has today cut the price of their somewhat unique 17Mbps (1.5Mbps upload) FTTC based broadband and phone line rental package for Black Friday, which takes it from an already low point of £17.99 to just £13.99 per month on a 12 month contract term (£27.99 thereafter).
22nd November, 2019 (7 Comments)
UK ISP BT has put their annual Black Friday broadband and TV discounts live, which include some extra discounts on a couple of their “fibre” (FTTC) packages, 6 months free Amazon Prime with TV (some of those also come with half price BTSport) and a sprinkling of Reward Cards (pre-paid MasterCard) worth up £125 on some packages.
21st November, 2019 (20 Comments)
The Scottish Government has awarded BT (Openreach) the final LOT 1 contract – as preferred bidder – to deliver their new £600m R100 (Reaching 100%) project, which originally (here) aspired to make “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) ISP networks available to “every single premises in Scotland” by the end of 2021.
21st November, 2019 (2 Comments)
Strictly speaking UK ISP Plusnet already started their Black Friday discounts last week (here), although they perhaps saw what some of their rivals were doing and have now introduced further reductions on their two FTTC “fibre broadband” and phone plans. As before, these will run until 2nd December.
19th November, 2019 (14 Comments)
16th November, 2019 (0 Comments)
New customers looking to join the UK broadband ISP division of John Lewis are being offered a “free” Google Nest Hub device alongside their “fibre broadband” (FTTC) packages, some of which have also had a further Black Friday discount to their monthly prices for the first 12 months of service.
15th November, 2019 (1 Comment)
ISP Sky Broadband (Comcast) appears to be offering their Anytime UK calls add-on at no extra cost (usually +£10 extra per month) for the first 18 months of service, when new customers take out one of their ADSL (11Mbps), FTTC (59Mbps) or G.fast (145Mbps) based broadband and phone bundles (with or without TV).
15th November, 2019 (11 Comments)
Last week saw UK ISP TalkTalk discount the price of their 38Mbps (average peak time speed) “Faster Fibre” FTTC broadband and phone bundle to £21.95 and this week they’ve decided to do exactly the same with their “Superfast Fibre” 67Mbps package, which oddly makes them both the same price for the first 18 months of service.
13th November, 2019 (4 Comments)
Low cost ISP Plusnet has become the latest provider to tweak their existing discounts a little lower ahead of the annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales event. The main bonus is an included offer of £75 cashback on every package and a slight reduction in monthly price over their prior promotions.
13th November, 2019 (3 Comments)
The Welsh Government (WG) yesterday announced – during a debate on Digital Connectivity – a new £10 million fund that will be targeted to help bring “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) ISP networks to poorly served communities in the mostly rural final 5% of Wales.
Cheapest Superfast Broadband ISPs
- Hyperoptic £19.95 (*22.00)
Avg. Speed 50Mbps, Unlimited
Gift: £50 Gift Card - SSE £22.00
Avg. Speed 35Mbps, Unlimited (FUP)
Gift: None - xln telecom £22.74 (*47.94)
Avg. Speed 66Mbps, Unlimited (FUP)
Gift: None - Vodafone £22.95
Avg. Speed 35Mbps, Unlimited
Gift: None - Plusnet £22.99 (*35.98)
Avg. Speed 36Mbps, Unlimited
Gift: £70 Reward Card
Prices inc. Line Rental | Compare More ISPs
Sponsored
Copyright © 1999 to Present - ISPreview.co.uk - All Rights Reserved - Terms , Privacy and Cookie Policy , Links , Website Rules , Contact