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Virgin Media O2 UK Broadband Users Grow to 5.73M as FTTP Adds 281K Premises

30th October, 2024 (6 Comments)

The latest Q3 2024 results from Virgin Media (O2) have been published, which shows that they’re home to 5,726,900 fixed broadband customers (up by 16.2k in Q3 vs -12.2k in Q2) and expanded their full fibre (FTTP) network to 281,100 premises – primarily via nexfibre (down from 295k in Q2). VMO2 has also sold a minority 8.3% stake in Cornerstone (worth £186m).

More O2 UK Mobile Customers Spot Hints of Future IPv6 Deployment

12th October, 2024 (13 Comments)

A small but growing number of O2 UK’s (Virgin Media) mobile customers have reported that the operator has assigned an Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) address to their connections, although in most cases the IP address itself is not fully functional (certainly doesn’t work on data / mobile broadband connections).

Virgin Media O2 See UK Broadband Users Fall to 5.71 Million as Nexfibre Ramps FTTP

26th July, 2024 (12 Comments)

The latest Q2 2024 results from Virgin Media (O2) have today been published, which reveals that they’re now home to 5,710,700 fixed broadband customers (down by -12.2k in Q2 2024 vs +5.3k in Q1) and built another 295,300 full fibre (FTTP) premises – mostly via nexfibre (up from 194k last quarter). Both VM and nexfibre now cover 5m premises via full fibre.

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ISP Sky Broadband UK Deploying IP Address Sharing via MAP-T UPDATE

13th June, 2024 (11 Comments)

Some customers of Sky Broadband have noticed, via our forum (here), that the ISP has quietly deployed a modern type of Internet Protocol (IP) address sharing called MAP-T that seems to be a notable improvement on other sharing solutions, like the often maligned Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT).

Virgin Media O2 See Nexfibre Add 194k UK FTTP Premises as Growth Slows

2nd May, 2024 (11 Comments)

The latest Q1 2024 results have today been released for Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), which reveals that they’re now home to 5,722,900 broadband customers (up by just 5.3k in Q1 2024 vs 9.5k in Q4 2023) and built another 194,000 full fibre (FTTP) premises via nexfibre (down from c.300k last quarter).

IPv6 and CGNAT Support Survey of UK AltNet FTTP Broadband ISPs UPDATE5

8th April, 2024 (78 Comments)

The new generation of alternative gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks (AltNets) has helped to bring a huge amount of additional competition into the wider UK market. But one area where some of them fall down is in their use of technologies like CGNAT (IP address sharing) and the lack of IPv6 support.

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Virgin Media O2 and Nexfibre Build FTTP to 300,000 Extra UK Premises UPDATE

16th February, 2024 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has today published their Q4 2023 results, which suggests that their full fibre (FTTP) coverage via nexfibre has grown to add another c.299,000 premises (up from 251k in Q3) and Virgin’s fixed broadband base slowed its growth to 5,717,600 (up by 9.5k in Q4 vs 40.8k in Q3).

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Users of UK Broadband ISP Zen Internet Face IP Address Change UPDATE2

31st January, 2024 (32 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has notified some customers about a network migration that will result in them being assigned a new Internet Protocol (IP) address or addresses, which for most users should only result in a brief service disruption and no major changes. But for a few customers it may be a bigger problem.

Broadband ISP Vodafone UK Confirms Start of IPv6 Rollout

8th December, 2023 (30 Comments)

Customers of Vodafone’s home broadband service, which is sold via FTTC and FTTP packages on Openreach and CityFibre’s national networks, may be pleased to learn that the ISP has finally confirmed to ISPreview – after some prodding – that they are starting to run a “limited trial” of IPv6 internet addressing.

IPv6 Issue Breaking Mobile Apps on UK ISP Vodafone Broadband

30th November, 2023 (11 Comments)

Some customers of Vodafone’s home broadband service have, for much of the past month, been experiencing an usual problem that seems to cause internet connectivity and performance problems for mobile apps (e.g. BBC, Sky News, Gmail, ASDA and many more) when connected to home WiFi. But there’s a temporary fix.

Broadband ISP PlusNet UK Prep New IPv6 Technical Trial

21st November, 2023 (30 Comments)

Low-cost broadband provider Plusnet, which is part of the wider BT Group, has today revealed that they will shortly launch a new technical trial to test their planned deployment of the IPv6 internet addressing standard, which comes a over a decade after they first trialled the technology.

Virgin Media O2 Add 251k FTTP Premises and Sells UK Tower Stake

1st November, 2023 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has published their Q3 2023 results, which sees their UK full fibre (FTTP) coverage via nexfibre expand to another 250,800 premises (up from 175.5k in Q2) and their fixed broadband base rise to 5,708,100 (up by 40.8k in Q3 vs -15.3k in Q2). VMO2 has also sold a 16.67% stake in Cornerstone for £360m.

Broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 UK Still Non-committal on IPv6

14th August, 2023 (35 Comments)

Seven years have now passed since broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) first informed us that they finally planned to adopt the Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing standard by mid-2017 (here) and we’re still waiting. Customers of the provider keep asking us for a progress update, but sadly the answer remains unclear.

UK Broadband ISP Octaplus Confirms IPv6 Readiness

2nd August, 2023 (12 Comments)

Broadband and Pay TV provider Octaplus (Octaplus Supercharged), which sells services to consumers over various full fibre (FTTP) networks (e.g. MS3, CityFibre and FullFibre Limited), has announced that their network is now finally ready for the IPv6 internet addressing standard and customer migrations will begin next week.

Virgin Media O2 UK Cuts 2,000 Jobs as Broadband Customers Fall UPDATE2

25th July, 2023 (39 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have published their Q2 2023 results, which saw their fixed broadband base fall by -15,300 in the quarter to total 5,667,300 (vs 28.8k added in Q1) and the operator confirm earlier reports (here) of 2,000 job cuts. But they also accelerated their nextfibre FTTP reach by 175,500 premises.

Virgin Media O2 Sees UK Broadband Growth as Nexfibre Expands UPDATE

10th May, 2023 (9 Comments)

Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has published their latest Q1 2023 results, which saw broadband customers grow to total 5,682,600 (up by 28.8k vs 22.7k in Q4 2022) and 5G mobile expand its coverage to 2,100 towns and cities. The operator also added 107,800 premises to their new full fibre (FTTP) network (primarily for nexfibre).

Virgin Media O2 Bring 1Gb Broadband to 16 Million UK Premises

23rd February, 2023 (22 Comments)

The latest Q4 2022 results from UK ISP and mobile operator VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has seen their broadband base reach 5.653m customers (up by 22.7k in Q4 vs 19.1k in Q3), while their gigabit coverage added another 188,000 premises in the quarter to total 16.14 million (54% of the UK). Now comes Nexfibre.