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WightFibre Highlights its 100Mbps Essential Broadband Social Tariff

22nd October, 2022 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which operates a full fibre (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire in England, has revealed that it too has a social tariff for those on benefits, which will give you an unlimited 100Mbps (symmetric) speed for just £16.50 per month with a PAYG phone service (usually £24.95).

Giganet Name 5 More Hampshire Areas for FTTP Broadband Build

20th October, 2022 (10 Comments)

Fern Trading-backed UK broadband ISP Giganet (Cuckoo), which is currently investing £250m to build a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband across parts of Southern England, has this week unveiled a new batch of five locations in Hampshire to benefit from their ongoing deployment.

ISP Toob Add 2 More Hampshire UK Areas to Full Fibre Rollout

13th October, 2022 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP toob has today announced that they’ve added the Hampshire (England) town and district of Gosport and Lee-on-the-Solent, respectively, to their rollout plan for a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is expected to cost them around £18m and cover 45,000 premises.

Full Fibre UK ISP Wessex Internet Get Funding Boost from abrdn

27th September, 2022 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset in England, has today announced that they’ve secured a “major equity investment” from abrdn’s Core Infrastructure team to “accelerate” their rollout.

Rural UK ISP Village Networks Acquires Gigabeam in Hampshire

14th September, 2022 (2 Comments)

Buckingham-based Village Networks, which operates a number of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks across parts of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and the Thames Valley, has announced that they’ve acquired Hampshire’s Viridian Communications, better known as ISP Gigabeam.

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Funding Runs Dry for Hampshire’s Gigabit Broadband Top-Up Scheme

13th September, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Hampshire County Council in England has notified suppliers that their Top-Up funding for the UK Government’s Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) has run out. The vouchers help hard-to-reach rural homes and businesses get a gigabit-capable internet connection installed.

ISP 1310 Cuts UK Broadband Prices and Updates on FTTP Build

12th September, 2022 (5 Comments)

UK ISP 1310 (“thirteen-ten“), which offers gigabit broadband services via Openreach’s national network and is also building their own full fibre (FTTP) across parts of Hampshire in England, has recently reduced the standard pricing across their packages and issued a progress update on their fibre rollout.

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Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships Get Starlink’s Ultrafast Broadband

31st August, 2022 (7 Comments)

The Royal Caribbean Group, which operates luxury cruises from various ports around the world (e.g. Southampton in England), has announced that it is to become the first fleet in the cruise industry to adopt Starlink’s (SpaceX) new network of low-latency ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

WightFibre Become First UK Operator to Switch Off Copper Network

30th August, 2022 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which operates a network across the Isle of Wight – just off the South Coast of Hampshire in England, today claims to have become the first telecommunications operator in the UK to switch off their old copper network – beating KCOM, Virgin Media and Openreach (BT) to the punch.

Toob Names 2 Hampshire Locations for FTTP Broadband Build

25th August, 2022 (8 Comments)

Network operator and UK ISP toob, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Hampshire and Surrey in England, has today added two new towns to their rollout plan – Yateley and Blackwater.

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UK ISP Grayshott Gigabit Launch Cheaper Broadband Social Tariff

16th August, 2022 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP Grayshott Gigabit, which is deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of East Hampshire, the Surrey Hills and surrounding areas, recently became the latest UK provider to launch a cheaper social tariff – called ‘Connect‘ – for those on certain benefits.

Toob’s Broadband Poles Cause Annoyance in Surrey UK Again UPDATE

5th July, 2022 (20 Comments)

Residents in the Camberley and Frimley areas of Surrey have complained of an “eyesore” and raised other concerns after UK ISP Toob began deploying new telegraph polesin the area, which are being used to serve local premises with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network.

WightFibre Build FTTP Broadband to 40,000 Isle of Wight Premises

5th July, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which is busy building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover around 78,000 premises on the Isle of Wight by the end of 2023 (South Coast of Hampshire, England), has announced that they’ve just hit the 40,000 premises passed milestone (up from 35k in Feb 2022).

ISP WightFibre Starts Transitioning Fleet to Electric Vehicles

30th June, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP WightFibre, which is currently deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 80,000 premises on the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire, England), has started a programme to switch their vehicle fleet to electric (inc. hybrid electric) with the arrival of several new cars and vans.

Hampshire UK Issues Update on Broadband Rollout Progress

24th June, 2022 (6 Comments)

The Hampshire County Council (HCC) in England has issued an update on the progress of both their previous rollout of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) ISP technology, which has completed, and their expectations for the forthcoming build of gigabit-capable networks under the UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme.

Toob’s 900Mb Broadband Package for UK Businesses Goes Live

23rd June, 2022 (10 Comments)

Alternative UK network ISP toob, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Hampshire and Surrey in England (e.g. Southampton), has today announced that their 900Mbps plan for small and medium-sized businesses has exited its trial phase.

Broadband ISP Onestream Set to Treble Size of UK Workforce

21st June, 2022 (1 Comment)

Hampshire-based home and business broadband ISP Onestream has announced that it plans to create up to 80 new jobs over the next year, which comes after its recent move into larger (6,000 sq ft) premises in Whiteley (Solent Way) – double the size of their previous base at Parkway (Solent Business Park).