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Openreach UK Raises Price of Highest Maintenance Level 4

30th January, 2021 (12 Comments)

Openreach (BT) plan to increase the wholesale price of their strongest maintenance level across almost all of their broadband and phone products (WLR, LLU, SOGEA and FTTC/P) for UK ISPs, although the change will mainly affect ISPs selling business packages with a stronger commitment to fault repairs.

BDUK Study Shows Benefits of UK Superfast Broadband Project UPDATE

29th January, 2021 (20 Comments)

The Government has posted a useful State Aid evaluation of the UK National Broadband Scheme (Superfast Broadband Programme), which identifies a number of strong benefits from the £1.9bn (public) programme that has so far helped to extend “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) connectivity to nearly 97% of premises.

Hyperoptic to Rollout Full Fibre to 8000 Poplar HARCA UK Homes

29th January, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic, which builds 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks to large residential (MDU) and office buildings, has reached a new agreement that will see their service being expanded to cover 8,000 homes from the Poplar HARCA housing association in East London.

ISP Zen Internet Cuts the Price of their UK FTTP Broadband Plans

29th January, 2021 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zen Internet has today announced that they’re reducing the standing pricing on two of their top Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages – 300Mbps and 900Mbps – by up to 10%. The provider is keen to point out that this move is occurring at a time when many of their biggest rivals have been hiking prices.

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Gov Consults on New ECC Changes to Aid UK Broadband Rollout

28th January, 2021 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has launched a consultation on a series of proposed changes to the Electronic Communications Code (ECC), which aims to put right some of the problems caused by their last revision in 2017 and could thus make it quicker for broadband and 4G or 5G mobile operators to deploy their networks.

Airband Signs Light Source to Help UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

28th January, 2021 (8 Comments)

Worcestershire-based rural broadband ISP Airband, which aspires to deploy their ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 500,000 premises by the end of 2025 (here), has signed a new long-term partnership with civil engineering firm Light Source to help support the build. Starting in Shropshire.

Virgin Media UK Extend FTTP Network to 5,000 Homes in Debdale

28th January, 2021 (2 Comments)

A total of c.5,000 additional homes in the Debdale area of Greater Manchester have just become the latest to benefit from the on-going expansion of UK ISP Virgin Media’s (Liberty Global) new gigabit-capable and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network.

Openreach Name 51 UK Areas for Copper Phone to Fibre Switch

28th January, 2021 (60 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has told ISPs of another 51 UK exchange locations where they intend to move away from their old copper-based analogue phone (PSTN / WLR etc.) services and on to a new all-IP network, which will apply in areas that receive over 75% coverage via their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network.

Rural Broadband ISP Airband to Create 1,000 Job Opportunities

27th January, 2021 (4 Comments)

Alternative UK wireless and full fibre ISP Airband, which currently aims to deploy their ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover over 500,000 premises by the end of 2025 (here), has revealed that their recent contract wins look set to help them create 1,000 new job opportunities.

Rural UK ISP Voneus Gobbles Welsh Provider Dyfed IT Solutions

27th January, 2021 (0 Comments)

Wireless and full fibre broadband ISP Dyfed Superfast (Dyfed IT), which primarily serves a few remote rural parts of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire in Wales, has become the latest alternative internet provider to be acquired by UK ISP Voneus for an undisclosed sum.

ISP Zen Internet’s Cityfibre FTTP Service Goes Live in Newcastle

26th January, 2021 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP Zen Internet has confirmed that their new 900Mbps Full Fibre Plus package (£40 per month), which is based off Cityfibre’s UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has now also become available to homes and businesses in the city of Newcastle, at least it is to those covered by the new network.

House Builder Barratt Makes UK Full Fibre Broadband Mandatory UPDATE

26th January, 2021 (9 Comments)

Britain’s biggest house-builder, Barratt Developments, has today announced that they’re working with network providers Openreach (BT), Virgin Media and Hyperoptic to ensure that “gigabit-capable” FTTP broadband ISP infrastructure is “installed as standard” across all of their new UK build developments.

Cityfibre UK Set to Expand FTTP Broadband Rollout in York

25th January, 2021 (9 Comments)

Cityfibre (CF) have today announced that they will begin expanding the coverage of their existing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network in the North Yorkshire city of York, which will aim to reach “nearly every home and business.” The network was previously owned by TalkTalk via FibreNation.

Cityfibre’s UK FTTP Broadband Rollout Tops 500,000 Premises

23rd January, 2021 (38 Comments)

For the first time Cityfibre has revealed to ISPreview.co.uk that their £4bn programme, which is deploying a new gigabit-capable (1000Mbps+) Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to 30% of UK homes and businesses over the next few years, has now reached a total of over 500,000 premises passed.

Rural Full Fibre Broadband Pilots Start Rollout in Pembrokeshire UPDATE

22nd January, 2021 (3 Comments)

The Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC) in Wales has today announced that the first of many gigabit-capable broadband cabinets have just been install in several rural communities, which stem from four new pilot schemes with Broadway Partners (UK ISP Broadway Broadband).

Virgin Media UK Add 6,800 Premises in Accrington to FTTP Rollout

22nd January, 2021 (22 Comments)

Some 6,800 additional homes in the town of Accrington, which sits in Lancashire (England), have just become the latest to benefit from the on-going expansion of UK ISP Virgin Media’s (Liberty Global) new gigabit-capable and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network.

ISP Pure Broadband Joins Cityfibre’s UK Full Fibre Network

21st January, 2021 (13 Comments)

UK ISP Pure Broadband has today become the latest provider to join Cityfibre’s growing national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which will enable them to take a wholesale service and thus launch gigabit-capable internet packages across a number of initial UK towns and cities during early 2021.