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London ISP CommunityFibre Discounts 500Mbps Broadband to £20

31st July, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative UK broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which has deployed their 5Gbps speed full (FTTP) network to cover 1.342 million homes (plus c.200k businesses) – mostly across London, has launched a flash sale that discounts their 500Mbps (symmetric speed) package to just £20 per month on a 24-month term.

KCOM to Launch Broadband Infrastructure Sharing in Hull UK on 1st August 2025

31st July, 2025 (4 Comments)

Hull-based network operator KCOM, which has already deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across a big chunk of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, has today confirmed that their new infrastructure sharing solution (i.e. giving rivals access to their cable ducts and poles) will officially go live on 1st August 2025. But is it too little, too late.

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Opensignal Examine Impact of WiFi on Real vs Subscribed UK Broadband Speeds

31st July, 2025 (9 Comments)

Network testing firm Opensignal has published a new study that examines the “striking gap” between the home broadband speeds users are promised by ISPs and the speeds they actually experience – “the biggest factor behind this disconnect is the in-home Wi-Fi environment“.

Squirrel Internet Launch 2.3Gbps Broadband Package via Freedom Fibre

31st July, 2025 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Squirrel Internet has introduced their first 2.3Gbps (2300Mbps) speed unlimited usage packages for UK homes via Freedom Fibre’s network, which will set those able to access such services back just £55 per month on a 24-month minimum term.

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CityFibre UK Finish Primary £50m Wolverhampton FTTP Broadband Rollout

30th July, 2025 (10 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has so far built their 5.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.5 million UK premises, has today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £50 million build across the West Midland’s city of Wolverhampton.

Study Claims Altnet Broadband ISPs Deliver More Speed for 28 Percent Less Money

30th July, 2025 (28 Comments)

New research from Broadband Genie, which surveyed 3,996 UK broadband customers, claims to have found that consumers who adopt packages from ISPs that harness alternative networks (i.e. not Openreach or Virgin Media based) could be getting twice the internet speed for almost a third (28%) off the price.

Ofcom Fine UK Broadband ISP Gigaclear £122k Over Calling Info Failure

30th July, 2025 (10 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator has today fined alternative rural broadband ISP Gigaclear £122,500 after they were found to have failed to “provide accurate and reliable caller location information to emergency services,” which could have made it more difficult for the police, fire and ambulances to find callers.

Virgin Media O2 Grow UK FTTP Premises by 114k in Q2 as Broadband Users Fall

30th July, 2025 (17 Comments)

The latest Q2 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 today have revealed that their gigabit broadband network increased by 114,900 premises in the quarter to cover 18.53 million UK homes. But related customers suffered another fall to total 5,643,500 (down by -51.4k in Q2 vs -44k in Q1) and O2’s mobile base also suffered a fall (albeit with positive results in wholesale).

GoFibre Extends FTTP Broadband Build to Witton-le-Wear, County Durham

29th July, 2025 (0 Comments)

Edinburgh-based UK broadband provider GoFibre has today announced that they’ve begun to expand their new full fibre (FTTP) network into the rural village of Witton-le-Wear in County Durham. The build forms part of their state aid supported Project Gigabit contract with the government.

Netomnia to Expand Wholesale FTTP Broadband to More UK ISPs as New MD Appointed

29th July, 2025 (20 Comments)

Network operator Netomnia (Brsk, Youfibre), which has so far rolled out their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 2.56 million UK homes (inc. 341,000 customers), has appointed industry veteran Matthew Skipsey to be its new Managing Director (MD) of wholesale ahead of an expected adoption by more ISPs.

Gov Update on Plan to Help Push FTTP Broadband into UK Flats and Build Mobile Masts

29th July, 2025 (3 Comments)

The Telecoms Minister, Sir Chris Bryant, recently issued an important update on their efforts to boost growth by removing barriers to digital infrastructure deployment. The statement covered progress with flexi-permits and softening the rules for new mobile masts, but it also touched on how they intend to help get gigabit broadband into large residential buildings (blocks of flats / apartments).

Broadband ISP File Sanctuary Launch UK 2.3Gbps CityFibre FTTP Plan

28th July, 2025 (19 Comments)

Consumers looking to join UK internet provider File Sanctuary, which sells broadband packages via Openreach and CityFibre’s national networks, may like to know that they’ve today launch a 2300Mbps (symmetric) speed package via the latter’s platform. The price starts at just £55 per month.

Grain Expands FTTP Broadband Network Cover to 270,000 UK Premises

27th July, 2025 (4 Comments)

Carlisle-based alternative network operator and ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which a week ago secured a major £225m funding boost (here), on Friday revealed that their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network had now covered 270,000 UK premises (up from 250k in March 2025) – from Aberdeen to Brighton, Carlisle to Cornwall, Leicester to Liverpool and Newcastle to Newport etc.

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Sky Broadband and the Question of Preferential UK CityFibre FTTP Install Dates

26th July, 2025 (34 Comments)

A couple of weeks have passed since Sky Broadband became the largest retail ISP to go live on CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (here). But some rival providers have privately begun to note that customers who sign-up to Sky’s service seem to be getting earlier installation dates than they can. We take a closer look.

BDUK Issue First 2025 Update on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Progress

24th July, 2025 (3 Comments)

The Government’s (DSIT) Building Digital UK agency has today published their first 2025 progress report on the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which covers the April to December 2024 period. The data reveals that some 1,188,400 UK premises have received gigabit-capable broadband coverage by BDUK’s gigabit programmes since their inception.

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VodafoneThree UK Hits 1.65 Million Broadband Users as Mobile Tops 28.76m UPDATE

24th July, 2025 (14 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone has published their first combined Q1 FY26 financial results with Three UK. The figures show that the merged entity has 1.654 million fixed broadband customers (up by 44k in Q1 vs 61k in the previous quarter) and a huge combined mobile base of 28.765m – making them the “biggest mobile network operator in the UK“.

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BT See Loss of 169k Openreach UK Broadband Lines and Appoints New CFO

24th July, 2025 (72 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT Group just published a short trading update to the end June 2025 (Q1 FY26), which reveals that Openreach lost another 169,000 total broadband lines to rival networks over the past quarter (down from 243k in the previous quarter). But they also saw their “full fibre” (FTTP) coverage grow to over 19 million premises (up by 1m) and take-up increased to 37% (up from 36.13%).