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copyright alert uk internet piracy

28th December, 2025 (39 Comments)

The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has sent a warning message (via email and text) to over 1,000 broadband internet users in the UK that have been identified as using “illegal TV streaming services“, which calls on them to “immediately cease using illegal TV streaming services or face the risk of prosecution“.

4th December, 2025 (3 Comments)

The Fern Trading (Octopus Investments) backed company Vitrifi, which was first incorporated back in 2021 and offered a cloud-based software platform to help alternative network providers (altnets) offer wholesale products (details), appears to have filed a new notice stating their intention to appoint an administrator.

Upp-Engineers-Jacket

29th November, 2025 (4 Comments)

The Court of Appeal in London has dismissed an attempt by investment firm LetterOne (L1), which had been seeking compensation after the previous Government used the new National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) to force them into selling Upp’s full fibre broadband network to rival operator nexfibre at a loss (retail customers went to Virgin Media).

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brsk-engineer-looking-at-rack

27th November, 2025 (31 Comments)

Alternative broadband ISP Brsk, which last year merged with Netomnia’s growing multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (here), has reportedly been hit by a major data breach that is claimed to have resulted in 230,105 customer records being exposed to hackers. The database has since been put up for sale.

internet_law_uk_broadband_mobile

18th November, 2025 (3 Comments)

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has allowed a class action claim – originally worth “at least” £3.285bn – against EE (BT), Vodafone (Three UK) and O2 (Virgin Media) to move forward, albeit with limitations. The case, brought by Justin Gutmann and law firm Charles Lyndon, accuses the operators of overcharging for mobile handsets beyond the end of their contractual term.

Error message concept. Alert, attention notification. Important reminder

3rd November, 2025 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that over 1 billion scam text messages have been blocked by their network and prevented from reaching customers. The provider is now calling on the government to ensure that their forthcoming Fraud Strategy helps to tackle this by empowering law enforcement with the tools and resources needed to crackdown on the problem.

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ip address Fiber optic cables for backbone lines on blue network background

24th October, 2025 (5 Comments)

The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA), which recently complained that some of the UK’s major broadband ISPs operated without an internal audit (here) – potentially exposing them to “unchecked risks and increasing the likelihood of corporate collapse“, has now sought to drum up new business by pressing the government to make it a requirement of their revised telecoms security code.

BT and Openreach Electric Vans PR 090125

22nd October, 2025 (10 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT (Openreach) has been fined a total of £9,000 at the Barrow Magistrates Court in Cumbria (England) after Westmorland and Furness Council (WFC) brought a successful prosecution against the operator for carrying out roadworks “without permits“, while also “failing to reinstate the road adequately“.

Internet Danger Websites with Scam Ads and Malware

25th September, 2025 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has warned consumers that fraudsters are attempting to impersonate them. In short, some people have received calls from scammers, which claim that services (e.g. broadband, phone etc.) have been fraudulently taken out in their name, when this is not the case.

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Sirius South Subsea Fibre Cable Screenshot Submarine Cable Map by MJ 190925

19th September, 2025 (11 Comments)

The High Court of Ireland has ruled that the owners of an Irish-registered fishing trawler, MV The Lida Suzanna, should pay the wholesale division of broadband provider Virgin Media some $397,514 (£346k) to cover the cost of repairing a key undersea fibre cable that runs between the UK and Ireland.

Scam Alert UK Finger on Computer Keyboard Warning

4th September, 2025 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that they’ve blocked more than 600 million scam text messages from reaching their customers phones so far in 2025 (more than double the number in 2023 and 2024 combined). But the operator warns that they’ve seen a “significant rise” in gambling, recruitment and car finance scam texts.

Contract under magnifying glass

3rd September, 2025 (8 Comments)

A self-proclaimed “consumer rights litigant“, Marc John, claims to have notified the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) of his plan to launch a £2bn opt-out collective proceedings claim against Sky UK (Comcast). The claim appears to focus on Sky’s alleged failure to issue end-of-contract notifications (ECNs) to millions of its satellite TV customers.

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Sky Stream Box and TV Set

22nd August, 2025 (23 Comments)

The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) has dismissed Sky UK’s (Sky TV, Sky Broadband etc.) attempt to overturn an earlier decision by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, which back in 2022 ruled that the provider had broken consumer protection rules by failing to send End-of-Contract Notifications (ECN) to their satellite-based Pay TV customers.

Network map of United Kingdom. Country digital connections map. Technology, internet, network, telecommunication concept. Vector illustration.

4th August, 2025 (21 Comments)

The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA) has today raised “serious concerns” about the financial resilience of the UK’s broadband sector, which appears to be based on the fact that six of the country’s thirteen “major” ISPs currently operate without an internal audit – potentially exposing them to “unchecked risks and increasing the likelihood of corporate collapse“.

internet and uk computer law

1st August, 2025 (13 Comments)

The London Court of Appeal has refused permission for Justin Le Patourel to appeal against an earlier dismissal (here) of his £1.3bn class action claim against BT via the Collective Action on Land Lines (CALL) campaign. The organisation had accused the broadband and phone provider of overcharging several million of its landline-only phone customers.

Censorship Blocked Website Message by UK ISP

15th July, 2025 (37 Comments)

At present, it’s already quite well known that the UK’s major home broadband ISPs (BT, Virgin Media, Sky Broadband, EE, Plusnet, TalkTalk etc.) block customers from accessing websites that have been found, via the High Court, to facilitate internet copyright infringement (piracy). But now Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider Cloudflare has started doing the same.

Openreach-UK-Engineer-Using-Apple-iPhone

15th July, 2025 (32 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT and Openreach are appealing a recent decision by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which made them subject to public information requests about their UK broadband network under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). The decision could potentially provide communities and rivals with a new avenue for extracting useful info.

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