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Vandals Attack Openreach’s Broadband Network in Bedminster and Chippenham

26th August, 2026 (9 Comments)

National network operator Openreach has revealed that their UK broadband and phone network suffered “malicious damage” across two separate incidents in Bedminster (District of Bristol) and Chippenham (Wiltshire) on Monday. This disrupted connectivity to local homes and businesses in the area.

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Wessex Internet Tweak Dorset and Somerset UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contract

29th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has posted another contract modification notice for Wessex Internet’s Project Gigabit contract in Dorset and South Somerset (Lot 14.02), which slightly reduced the planned roll-out of full fibre broadband (FTTP) by 1,047 premises and shrinks its value by £702,296 (public subsidy).

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Wessex Internet Complete Full Fibre Rollout Contract in Devon and Somerset UK

14th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet has today announced that they’ve completed their publicly funded deployment of full fibre broadband under the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme, which has seen 4,190 hard-to-reach rural homes and businesses across South Somerset in England gain access to their gigabit speed network.

O2 UK and Ontix Expand 5G Mobile Small Cells to Boost Data Capacity in Bath

10th March, 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and network technology provider Ontix have this morning reported that they’ve successfully deployed their first 4G and 5G capable Small Cells in the Somerset (England) city of Bath, which will boost local data capacity (mobile broadband) for their network.

O2 UK and Ontix Enhance 4G and 5G Mobile Network Capacity in North Wales

9th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and network technology provider Ontix have this morning reported that they’ve successfully deployed their first 4G and 5G Small Cells in North Wales, which have apparently gone live across Flintshire to boost data capacity (mobile broadband), including around Deeside Industrial Park.

Wessex Internet Revise Dorset and Somerset UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

7th February, 2026 (8 Comments)

The UK Government (DSIT) appears set to revise their Project Gigabit contract with rural UK ISP Wessex Internet for Dorset and South Somerset (Lot 14.02), which originally aimed to build a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover “around” 21,400 hard-to-reach premises. But the contract value has now been increased to £38.2m and fewer premises are set to be reached.

Openreach Expand Project Gigabit Broadband Builds in Devon and Somerset UK

24th November, 2025 (4 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has issued a progress update on their deployment of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network across rural parts of Devon and Somerset (South West England), specifically those areas that form part of their related Project Gigabit contracts with the UK government.

O2 UK and Ontix Expand 4G Mobile Small Cells to Bristol’s Clifton Area

24th July, 2025 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and network technology provider Ontix have this morning announced that they’ve enhanced 4G mobile (mobile broadband) capacity in the city of Bristol in South West England, specifically the historic Clifton area, by extending their deployment of several small cells.

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Rural UK Full Fibre Networks County Broadband and Truespeed to Merge

18th July, 2025 (9 Comments)

Alternative network provider and UK ISP Truespeed has today confirmed that they’ve “agreed in principle” to merge with County Broadband in order to create a single operator covering 177,000 premises (RFS) and 40,000 customers. Both operators have built full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks across various rural parts of England.

£50m Funding Boost for Wessex Internet’s Rural UK Broadband Network

23rd June, 2025 (1 Comment)

Rural-focused ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which is building a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless network across Southern England, has today announced that they’ve secured a £50m investment from the National Wealth Fund (formerly known as the UK Infrastructure Bank).

Rural Broadband ISP Truespeed Extends FTTP to 109,000 UK Premises

6th June, 2025 (10 Comments)

Alternative network provider Truespeed, which have deployed their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to rural parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset in England, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2024 and revealed that they’ve now covered 109,000 premises RFS (up from 100k in Jun 2024) and have 24,000 customers (up from 21k).

BT’s UK Plan to Rollout 2,000 Gigabit WiFi Street Hubs Hits Objections

26th May, 2025 (32 Comments)

A little over a year has passed since broadband and telecoms giant BT announced a 10-year project, which aimed to convert a further 2,000 of the operator’s legacy payphones and kiosks – across more than 200 UK towns and cities – into smart Street Hubs, starting this year (here). But objections by some local authorities are starting to mount.

Rural UK Full Fibre Altnet ISP Truespeed Prepares More Job Cuts

19th February, 2025 (5 Comments)

Sources have indicated to ISPreview that UK ISP Truespeed, which has deployed their alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to over 105,000 rural premises (inc. over 21,000 customers) in parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset in England, has recently put more workers on notice of future redundancies.

Truespeed Suffers Broadband Outage in North Somerset and Bristol UPDATE

17th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

Customers of rural broadband ISP Truespeed, which has deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of Devon, Wiltshire and Somerset in England, are reporting that the provider appears to be suffering from a service outage that seems to be primarily impacting premises in the Bristol and North Somerset areas.

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New West of England Digital Office Looks to Boost Broadband Investment

3rd February, 2025 (1 Comment)

The West of England Combined Authority, which is led by Mayor Dan Norris and represents the local authorities of Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath and North East Somerset (BNES), has today invested £2.5m to deliver a “Digital Office” that it hopes will “unlock” a £1.3bn annual boost to the region’s economy “powered by private investment in better broadband and mobile connectivity“.

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Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Expand Full Fibre to 9,000 Homes in Bath

15th January, 2025 (1 Comment)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of their UK parentage with retail broadband ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), has today announced that they’ve made their 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network available to more than 9,000 additional homes in the city of Bath (Somerset, England).

Devon and Somerset UK Broadband Project Scales Back Airband Rollout UPDATE

31st October, 2024 (33 Comments)

The state-aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has suffered yet another problem with one of their rural broadband contracts, which occurred today after they announced that their full fibre roll-out deal with Worcestershire-based Airband was being “scaled back” following its underperformance.