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Sky UK Reveals Broadband Traffic, TV and Mobile Network Usage Stats

26th July, 2024 (1 Comment)

Comcast-owned internet, TV and mobile provider Sky UK has published an interesting new report, which reveals a lot of new details about their network and TV usage, which we haven’t previously seen. For example, ISP Sky Broadband now has 1.5 million FTTP customers and internet traffic peaked at 24.35Tbps on 9th April 2024.

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NOW Broadband Tops Ofcom Q1 2024 Table for UK Consumer Complaints

25th July, 2024 (6 Comments)

Ofcom has published their latest quarterly (Q1 2024) study of UK consumer complaints, which saw NOW Broadband (NOW TV) being labelled as the worst provider for attracting the most gripes about broadband and landline phone, while Virgin Media did the same for pay TV services and O2 were the worst for Mobile.

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GWS Rank Virgin Media and EE Best for UK Broadband and Mobile in H1 2024

16th July, 2024 (10 Comments)

Network testing firm Global Wireless Solutions has today published the results of a new study that examined connectivity experiences in the UK, which saw Virgin Media (O2) win two awards for ‘Best Broadband Experience‘ and ‘Best Combined Connectivity Experience‘, while EE came top for ‘Best Mobile Experience‘.

Sky Mobile UK Launching First 4G and 5G Unlimited Data Plan

11th July, 2024 (18 Comments)

Customers looking to join Sky Mobile (Sky) will, from sometime later this morning, finally be able to take out a 4G and 5G capable mobile plan that includes “unlimited data” (mobile broadband). Previously, the biggest mobile plan you could get from Sky came with a 100GB monthly data allowance for £30 per month.

BT Tops MedUX 2024 Study of Big UK Broadband ISP Performance UPDATE2

3rd July, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm MedUX has today published the results of a new study, which examined the fixed broadband performance and quality of three major UK ISPs – BT, Sky Broadband and Vodafone. Overall, BT ended up topping the rankings, but it’s unclear why they left out TalkTalk and Virgin Media, both of which are bigger than Vodafone.

Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs for H1 2024

24th June, 2024 (12 Comments)

Today we’re taking our usual biannual look back to see how the average UK broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs, mobile operators and Starlink (satellite) since the end of 2023. Overall, broadband speeds have continued to improve, albeit not without some surprises.

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Sky Broadband UK and NOW Switch from 18 to 24 Month Contracts UPDATE

20th June, 2024 (23 Comments)

New customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband, including NOW Broadband (NOW TV), should be aware that the provider(s) will today be changing from 18-month terms and adopting longer 24-month minimum contract terms across all of their broadband, TV and triple play packages.

NOW Broadband Launch Sky UK Powered 75Mbps Full Fibre Plan

14th June, 2024 (18 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s sibling NOW Broadband ISP sub-brand, which is best known for its associated NOW TV streaming service, should take note that the provider has today launched a new 75Mbps Full Fibre (FTTP) tier via Openreach’s network and will now only sell new packages via Sky’s website (i.e. NOW no longer has their own order system).

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).

ISP Sky Business Warns UK SMEs Underestimate Cost of Cyber Attacks

4th June, 2024 (1 Comment)

A new Censuswide survey of 353 UK decision makers at smaller (SME) businesses, which was conducted by broadband ISP Sky Business (Sky Broadband) during April 2024, has revealed that their SecurityEdge filters blocked over 73 million malware, phishing and bot attacks in the past year. But SMEs that have yet to experience a cyberattack still underestimate the potential financial impact.

Vodafone UK and Sky Mobile Discount Monthly SIM Only Plans

31st May, 2024 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operators Vodafone and Sky Mobile have today launched new discounts on their Pay Monthly SIM Only plans. For example, Voda has knocked £5 off the monthly prices of their 24-month unlimited max plans (i.e. a saving of £120), while Sky have reduced the prices of their mobile plans by 50% for 12-months (e.g. their top 150GB plan is now £15 instead of £30).

Sky TV Closes Down SD Channels on Older UK Set Top Boxes

30th May, 2024 (17 Comments)

Time to upgrade. Customers of Sky UK’s older TV services and devices, specifically those that can only support the viewing of Standard Definition (SD) channels, are being given a last ditch encouragement to upgrade their set-top-boxes (STB) before they “lose access to all Sky channels” – starting from June 2024.

UK ISP NOW Broadband to Hike Prices by £3 Per Month

29th May, 2024 (21 Comments)

Sky’s sibling NOW Broadband (NOW TV) sub-brand has notified existing internet and phone customers of an imminent price increase, which will be introduced from 5th July 2024 and bump their package prices by an extra £3 per month (£36 per year). This is only slightly lower than last year’s £3.50 hike.

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Report Proposes Changes to Boost UK Take-up of Full Fibre Broadband from Altnets

22nd May, 2024 (29 Comments)

The second of two reports from strategic consultancy firm Eight Advisory has today been published, which proposes a list of “actionable recommendations” for how alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks (Altnet) and their ISP partners can boost customer take-up to reach their commercial and financial objectives.

Opensignal Examines the Impact of Virgin Media UK Going Wholesale

15th May, 2024 (12 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has published a new report that attempts to analyse the “user experience” impact of Virgin Media’s (VMO2) decision to open up their existing fixed broadband ISP network to wholesale (here) via a new business (NetCo), which is expected to be introduced during the second half of 2025.

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Report Examines Why Openreach’s UK Full Fibre Take-up Beats AltNets

8th May, 2024 (38 Comments)

A new report from strategic consultancy firm Eight Advisory has examined the question of why the average consumer take-up across alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks (Altnet) is currently still at 16%, while Openreach stands at c.34%, despite the collective footprint of the new challengers now equalling that of the incumbent.

Ofcom Keep Close Tabs on TOTSCo’s Progress with Broadband Switching

4th May, 2024 (12 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has formally served a statutory information request to check up on UK ISPs and progress in the One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is responsible for implementing the regulator’s heavily delayed One Touch Switch (OTS) migration system for faster consumer broadband ISP switching.