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KCOM Drops Sale to USS in Favour of £563m Bid from Macquarie

3rd June, 2019 (4 Comments)

In a surprise 11th hour twist the incumbent telecoms and broadband ISP for Hull in East Yorkshire, KCOM, has rejected a £504m cash offer for its business from a subsidiary of pension fund Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd (USS) and gone with a £563m takeover bid from Macquarie Infrastructure (MIRA).

Openreach UK Project Targets Speed Boost for G.fast Broadband

31st May, 2019 (56 Comments)

Openreach (BT) is slowly progressing with a future upgrade of their hybrid-fibre G.fast broadband technology, which could enable the service to harness some of the existing radio spectrum frequency being used by VDSL2 based Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) lines. Early tests show a possible boost to speed and coverage.

BT Wholesale UK Broadband Checker Adds SOGEA FTTC Availability

23rd May, 2019 (13 Comments)

The launch of Openreach’s new Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product, which enables consumers to buy a standalone UK hybrid fibre broadband (FTTC / VDSL2 or G.fast) ISP line without the voice (phone) service, looks to be imminent as its availability status has recently been added to the BTWholesale checker service.

Plusnet Discounts Standard UK Broadband and Phone Price to £17

22nd May, 2019 (5 Comments)

Low cost UK ISP Plusnet has discounted the price of their entry-level ADSL2+ (10Mbps avg.) based unlimited broadband and phone bundle to just £17 per month for the first 12 months of service (including free activation), which seems designed to challenge the price points of rivals TalkTalk, Post Office and Direct Save Telecom.

Openreach Launch New Website and Broadband Availability Checker

21st May, 2019 (66 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has launched a new website this week, which cleans things up quite nicely and also introduces a new availability checker for fibre optic based broadband ISP services on their UK network (FTTC, G.fast and FTTP), which now includes a choice of providers and a pre-registration page for non-FTTP areas.

KCOM Complete Full Fibre Broadband Rollout to Cover Hull UK

21st May, 2019 (13 Comments)

The incumbent ISP for Hull and East Riding (East Yorkshire), KCOM, appears to have announced the “completion” of their £85m “Lightstream” roll-out, which means that nearly all of the 200,000+ premises within their network area should now be within reach of a 900Mbps+ Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service.

5300 Extra Premises in Cambridgeshire UK Set for FTTP Broadband

20th May, 2019 (1 Comment)

Some 5,300 additional homes and business in Cambridgeshire look set to benefit from Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) ultrafast broadband ISP technology. The news follows a new deal between the council and Openreach (BT), which will help to achieve their ambition for 99% “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) coverage by the end of 2020.

ISP BT Reintroduces 36Mbps Fibre Essentials Broadband Package

17th May, 2019 (22 Comments)

UK ISP BT has revived their entry-level 36Mbps (average speed) capable “Fibre Essential” (FTTC/P) broadband and phone package at the cheaper price point of just £26 per month for 18 months of service (£37.99 thereafter), which is also being bundled alongside their remaining stock of older HomeHub 5 routers.

Vodafone UK Grow to 575,000 Broadband Users and Set 5G Launch

14th May, 2019 (4 Comments)

Fixed line ISP and mobile operator Vodafone UK has released their latest quarterly results to the end of March (Q4 FY19), which saw them add another 50,000 fixed broadband customers (up from +46K in the previous quarter) to total 575,000. Plus they’ve announced the 3rd July 2019 launch of their UK 5G network.

Welsh Gov Admit Subsidised Rural FTTP Broadband Coming to an End

14th May, 2019 (61 Comments)

The Welsh Government’s Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport, Lee Waters AM, finally said something last week that has been becoming increasingly obvious over the past few years, “we need to confront the fact that the market’s appetite, even with subsidy, for reaching premises with [FTTP] broadband is coming to an end.”

Sky UK Rebrand ISP Packages – Hints at Ultrafast Broadband Plans UPDATED

14th May, 2019 (44 Comments)

UK ISP Sky Broadband (Comcast) will today rebrand their existing range of ADSL2+ and FTTC based broadband and phone packages. On top of that they’ll be introducing some new add-ons and the information suggests that they’re preparing to launch three new “ultrafast broadband” plans (150Mbps upwards).

Durham UK Council Prep Phase 3 Superfast Broadband Rollout

13th May, 2019 (4 Comments)

The £34m+ Digital Durham project, which has so far worked with Openreach (BT) to help increase the coverage of FTTC and FTTP based “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) ISP networks to around 96% of local premises, is preparing to tender for a third contract to further extend coverage (starting in 2020).

ISP BT Offers Choice of 3 Tech Gadgets with Broadband Packages

10th May, 2019 (7 Comments)

New customers of BT’s UK home broadband and phone packages are for a limited time being offered a free choice of either an Amazon Echo (smart speaker), JBL Bar Studio (soundbar) or Hive Smart Lights Pack when they sign-up to the service, which is on top of the provider’s now customary reward cards (pre-paid MasterCard).

New BT CEO Reports Ultrafast Broadband Cover of 3.2M UK Premises

9th May, 2019 (17 Comments)

BT Group’s new CEO has released his first full year results to the end of March 2019 (Q4 18/19 financial), which finds that Openreach’s FTTP and G.fast based “ultrafast broadband” (100Mbps+) ISP network has grown its coverage to 3.2 million UK premises (up from 2.6m last quarter). Take-up of FTTP is 24.54% and G.fast 1.24%.

Trunk Networks Launches UK ISP for Multiplayer Video Gamers

7th May, 2019 (19 Comments)

Business ISP Trunk Networks has launched a new UK broadband provider called Leetline, which is targeted toward fans of online multiplayer video games and claims to offer a network that “delivers low latency, high bandwidth internet connectivity” to many satisfied gamers. Not unlike many other reputable ISPs.

EE’s UK Fixed Home Broadband ISP Customers Face Price Rise

3rd May, 2019 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator and UK ISP EE has begun contacting existing customers of their fixed line home broadband and phone packages in order to inform them of a price hike, which will see some but not all of their related packages increasing by an “average” of +£2 extra per month.

Budget UK ISP TalkTalk Hikes Out of Contract Broadband Prices

3rd May, 2019 (4 Comments)

Out-of-contract customers with budget ISP TalkTalk, specifically those who take either their “Fast Broadband” (ADSL) or “Faster Fibre” (FTTC / VDSL2) and phone line packages, have been told by the provider that their post contract prices will be hiked by up to £3 extra per month.