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BT Black Friday Deals Add 3 Months FREE Broadband and Setup

19th November, 2020 (11 Comments)

UK ISP BT will this morning launch their own selection of “Black Friday” discounts, which sees the provider sweeten their existing deals by throwing in a new offer of “3 months free broadband” right across their packages, including their top end 900Mbps FTTP plan. The upfront fees have also been removed (free).

ISP TalkTalk Business Launch New Ultrafast Broadband Plans

17th November, 2020 (13 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk Business has today announced the launch of their new “Business Full Fibre” (FTTP) and “Business Ultrafast Fibre” (G.fast) broadband products for small and medium sized businesses, which at present are both supplied via Openreach’s national network (although they’ll soon be offering FTTP from Cityfibre too).

Shell Energy Discount Superfast and Ultrafast Broadband Plans

14th November, 2020 (18 Comments)

UK ISP and energy provider Shell Energy has just joined the early Black Friday club by discounting prices across their range of “superfast” (FTTC) and “ultrafast” (G.fast) based broadband and phone packages. The latest promotion is set to run for new customers until 7th December 2020.

ISP BT Begin Offering Standalone UK Home Broadband Packages

9th November, 2020 (20 Comments)

UK ISP BT appears to have quietly introduced a new product page for “broadband only deals,” which remove the requirement to bundle in a home phone (voice) service (probably SOGEA). Previously, you either got a traditional copper line or a Digital Voice (VoIP) solution, but not a standalone option.

ISP TalkTalk Adds 24 Month Terms and Offer 3 Months FREE Broadband

9th November, 2020 (17 Comments)

Budget conscious UK ISP TalkTalk will today reintroduce 24 month contract terms to their home broadband packages, at least for a limited period, and start offering “3 months free” service on all of their most popular “fibre” plans (FTTC, G.fast and FTTP). The one-off postage cost for routers has also been reduced to £4.95.

BT Group Sees FTTP Broadband Reach 3.5 Million UK Premises

29th October, 2020 (25 Comments)

The BT Group has today published their Q2 2020/21 results, which saw Openreach expand their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 3.5 million UK premises (up from 2.98m last quarter). The full fibre build rate has now hit 40,000 premises per week (up from c.34,000).

Openreach Give UK ISPs More Control of Broadband DLM Profiles

28th October, 2020 (28 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has informed ISPs with Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) and G.fast broadband lines that they will “soon” be deploying functionality that allows providers who wish to purchase this to amend Dynamic Line Management (DLM) profiles on customer lines, which sounds as if it may be more flexible than prior approaches.

End of Daylight Saving Time Negates Sky UK VoIP Timing Bug

26th October, 2020 (6 Comments)

The change to Daylight Saving Time (DST) on Sunday, which saw clocks go back by 1 hour, has given some customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband – specifically a few of those with a VoIP based Sky Talk service and the SR203/204 (Sky Hub) router, a reprieve from an otherwise on-going timing bug.

Openreach Bring Enhanced Care Levels to G.fast and SOGEA Lines

23rd September, 2020 (4 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced that the option of faster service repairs (Service Maintenance Level 3 and 4), albeit at extra cost, will be added to their ultrafast-capable hybrid fibre G.fast and standalone SOGEA (SOGfast) broadband lines for UK ISPs from 21st October 2020.

BT Wholesale UK Broadband Checker Adds a Few New Details UPDATE

14th September, 2020 (18 Comments)

The BT Wholesale Broadband Checker service, which is more intended for UK network operators and ISPs but has always been useful to help consumers check the capability of Openreach based lines, has recently added a few new options at the bottom for ‘Exchange Product Restrictions‘.

ISP BT Trials New Kit to Make Home Broadband More Reliable

13th September, 2020 (11 Comments)

UK ISP BT has begun inviting customers to a new “Hub Equipment” trial, which is due to start at the end of September 2020 and proposes to test a “a new piece of kit that works with your BT Home Hub” (or Smart Hub router) and “makes your broadband even more reliable.”

Sky Broadband Offers Boost and WiFi Guarantee for £2 Instead of £5

11th September, 2020 (15 Comments)

UK ISP Sky Broadband has reduced the price of their optional “Boost” add-on from £5 to £2 per month for new customers who take one of their “Superfast” (FTTC) or “Ultrafast” (G.fast / FTTP) based broadband packages between now and 24th September 2020 (this doesn’t extend to their ‘Essential’ package).

Discounts Trial for Mixed BT Broadband and EE Mobile Customers

8th September, 2020 (11 Comments)

UK ISP BT is sending out invites for a new trial, which will see them “teaming up” with EE to offer a special discount when a customer takes both a BT Broadband and EE Mobile service. Normally both providers, despite being part of the same group, would treat their customers as being separate but that may soon change.

ISP Sky Broadband Cuts 59Mbps Fibre and Phone to £25

5th September, 2020 (11 Comments)

UK ISP Sky Broadband has once again discounted the price of their “Superfast Fibre” (average download of 59Mbps) package to just £25 per month for the first 18 months of service (£32 thereafter) – available via FTTC or FTTP. On top of that they’ve also reduced the one-off setup fee to £9.95.

ISP Shell Energy UK Launch Ultrafast G.fast Broadband Packages

2nd September, 2020 (22 Comments)

Energy provider and UK ISP Shell Energy has become the latest provider to introduce a new range of “ultrafast fibre” broadband packages, although instead of going with FTTP they seem to initially be launching using only Openreach’s hybrid fibre G.fast network that is no longer being deployed at scale.

ISP EE UK Launch Home Fibre Broadband Without Phone Service

25th August, 2020 (10 Comments)

UK ISP EE has this week become the latest internet provider to adopt SOGEA technology (standalone copper broadband), which means that their “fibre broadband” (FTTC and G.fast) packages no longer come with a phone (voice) calls service attached. Just don’t expect to save much money.

ISP Sky Broadband UK Preps Firmware to Fix VoIP Timing Bug

4th August, 2020 (6 Comments)

A recent update to Sky Broadband’s latest SR203/204 Sky Hub wireless router appears to have caused a bug for the ISP’s VoIP using customers, which results in a 1 hour time difference on DECT handsets that can sometimes prevent calls from reaching the customer. But a fix is coming, even if we don’t know when.