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ISP Schools Broadband Seek Beta Testers for 330Mbps G.fast Service

13th March, 2018 (6 Comments)

A specialist ISP for the UK education market, Schools Broadband, has invited schools to beta test their new 330Mbps G.fast based ultrafast broadband service. Participants can expect a free installation and free no-obligation service for 1 year (includes DfE compliant web filtering and network security).

Openreach Community Fibre Scheme Could Deliver £340m UK Boost

12th March, 2018 (2 Comments)

A new study estimates that the Community Fibre Partnerships scheme from Openreach (BT), which offers grants of up to £30K to help co-fund the cost of upgrading an area to receive their FTTC or FTTP based “fibre broadband” ISP network, could deliver an economic boost of £340m to the UK.

Post Office Confirm UK Phone and Broadband Price Rises for 2018

9th March, 2018 (2 Comments)

Customers of the Post Office’s UK home phone and broadband ISP packages have been braced for a series of price rises that will be introduced from 1st May 2018, which will see some services increase their monthly rental by between £1 to £2 extra and call charges will also hike upwards.

KCOM Confirm Next FTTP Broadband Rollout Locations in Hull UK

7th March, 2018 (1 Comment)

The incumbent telecoms operator for Hull (East Yorkshire), KCOM, has today unveiled the next set of rollout locations for their “ultrafast” Lightstream fibre optic broadband (FTTP/C) network, which is now entering its final deployment phase before completion next year.

ISPs and Openreach Working to Improve UK Broadband Repairs

7th March, 2018 (0 Comments)

The Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA2) confirms that UK ISPs have raised a new Statement of Requirement (SOR) request to encourage more data sharing for both ADSL and FTTC (VDSL2) based broadband products, which could result in a more effective engineer repair process.

Cityfibre Take Ads Watchdog to Court Over Fibre Broadband Promos

5th March, 2018 (64 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has filed for a Judicial Review of last year’s decision by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, which ruled that it was “not materially misleading” for ISPs to describe slower hybrid fibre services (e.g. FTTC / HFC DOCSIS) as “fibre broadband.”

EE UK Discounts Home Broadband and Phone Prices for March 2018

1st March, 2018 (3 Comments)

Internet and mobile provider EE has discounted the price of their fixed line home broadband and phone (line rental) bundles for new customers, which will be available to order until 4th April 2018. The new offer prices apply for the first 18 months of service (contract term).

Vodafone UK Refresh Home Broadband and Add Speed Guarantee

28th February, 2018 (28 Comments)

National ISP Vodafone has today announced that they are refreshing their range of fixed line home broadband packages, which among other things will see their old copper line ADSL packages being “retired” and the introduction of a minimum speed guarantee on their FTTC “fibre” services.

Openreach Deploy Low Level Error Correction on New FTTC Lines

28th February, 2018 (1 Comment)

After last year’s Proof of Concept (PoC) test Openreach has now decided to start applying “low level error correction” on all new UK Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) superfast broadband lines, which they hope will result in fewer fault reports being made by customers during the initial provision phase.

UK Business ISP Elite Offers FTTC Broadband on 30 Day Contract

27th February, 2018 (2 Comments)

Business ISP Elite has become one of only a few UK internet providers to adopt the new 30 day contract option for their ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based broadband package(s), which is being made available to their direct customers, channel partners and wholesalers.

Norfolk May Borrow £11m to Take Superfast Broadband Beyond 95%

27th February, 2018 (5 Comments)

The Norfolk County Council in England will next Tuesday take a decision on how to fund a future phase of their Better Broadband for Norfolk (BBfN) project, which could see them choosing to borrow £11m in order to help extend “superfast broadband” to 100% of premises “as soon as we can.”

Budget Price War Continues as TalkTalk Slash Broadband Prices

23rd February, 2018 (20 Comments)

Low cost ISP TalkTalk appears to be taking the fight to Vodafone and other UK rivals by introducing new discounts, which will make some of their broadband and phone (with optional Pay TV) bundles as cheap as they were all the way back in 2016 (e.g. 38Mbps “fibre” for £22.50).

Ofcom Changes to Boost UK Full Fibre Broadband and Cut FTTC Prices

23rd February, 2018 (66 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today completed several wholesale market reviews, which among other things will force Openreach (BT) to adopt stiffer Quality of Service standards (installations and repairs), open up their cable ducts to rival ISPs and introduce a big price cut on 40Mbps FTTC broadband lines.

Q4 2017 BDUK Build Superfast Broadband to 4.77 Million Premises

22nd February, 2018 (16 Comments)

The Government’s £1.6bn+ publicly funded Broadband Delivery UK project has published its latest progress update to the end of 2017, which reveals that it has so far helped 4,772,207 extra premises across the United Kingdom to be reached by a fixed “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) network.

ISP Plusnet Drops 76Mbps Fibre Extra Broadband Price to £29.99

21st February, 2018 (6 Comments)

Another day, another discount for UK ISP Plusnet. This time they’ve introduced a new offer that cuts the price of their ‘up to’ 76Mbps FTTC “Unlimited Fibre Extra” broadband and phone package to £29.99 a month for 18 months (£38.98 thereafter) with free activation. Available until 6th March 2018.

Uncertainty Grips Wireless Broadband Project in Swindon AGAIN

20th February, 2018 (4 Comments)

The Swindon Borough Council‘s £1.9m contract with UKB Networks, which has been building an LTE (4G) based Fixed Wireless Access network that can bring “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) to 19,500 premises (99.4% total coverage), is facing a fresh challenge over changes to its deployment.

ISP Plusnet Cut Unlimited Business Fibre Broadband Price to £33.50

20th February, 2018 (6 Comments)

UK ISP PlusNet Business has reduced the price of their ‘up to’ 76Mbps (19Mbps upload) FTTC based “Unlimited Business Fibre Broadband” and phone line rental package to just £33.50 +vat a month for the first 12 months of service (£47.5 thereafter), which will be available to order until 3rd April 2018.