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Truespeed Connect 150th Community Hub to Free Broadband for Life

25th April, 2023 (1 Comment)

Bath-based broadband ISP Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England, has today revealed that they’ve covered 70,000 premises and just connected their 150th community organisation – for free – as part of their ongoing rollout.

Ofcom – Only 220,000 UK Homes on Cheaper Social Broadband Tariffs

24th April, 2023 (11 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their latest UK consumer affordability report, which finds the take-up of cheaper social broadband ISP and mobile tariffs for those on state benefits has increased to 220,000 households (up from 136,000 six months ago). But that still represents just 5.1% of households on Universal Credit (4.3 million).

Rural UK ISP Truespeed Connects 15,000 Full Fibre Customers

21st April, 2023 (0 Comments)

Bath-based alternative network ISP Truespeed, which is building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of South West England, has today reported that their network is now home to 15,000 customer connections (up from 13k in February 2023).

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Top 5 Most Common Fraud Texts on Virgin Media O2’s UK Network

21st April, 2023 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has, after analysing and blocking tens of millions of malicious and fraudulent text (SMS) messages targeting its UK customers, revealed the top five most common fraud texts blocked on their network (firewall) in March 2023. Topping the table were texts from criminals posing as someone’s mum or dad.

2023 Full Fibre Country Ranking Sees UK Coverage Accelerate vs EU39

19th April, 2023 (11 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe has today released their 2023 ranking of the European countries with the strongest take-up and annual growth of gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP/H/B) broadband ISP networks. Once again, the United Kingdom continues to see exceptional growth (42% in homes passed) over the past year.

Shell Energy Tops Help Desk Ranking of 10 UK Utility Providers

19th April, 2023 (7 Comments)

A new study from SaaSGenius, which contacted ten of the UK’s “leading utility companies” to test the quality and responsiveness of their customer help desks, has perhaps surprisingly found that home energy and broadband ISP Shell Energy came top of the table with a customer support score of 80.1 out of 100.

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ThinkCX Reveal Subscriber Take-Up Rates for UK FTTP AltNet Providers

18th April, 2023 (16 Comments)

Telecoms analysts at global market intelligence firm ThinkCX have published a new Altnet Investment Scorecard, which attempts to identify the “winners and losers” in the UK’s rollout of full fibre broadband ISP networks by identifying the accomplishments of alternative networks in signing up actual new customers.

FSB Warn Unreliable UK Broadband Hurts Small Rural Businesses

13th April, 2023 (4 Comments)

A report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – ‘The Growth Belt: Supporting Rural Small Businesses’ – has today highlighted the way rural businesses are struggling against a backdrop of mounting energy costs, poor transport links, and “unreliable broadband“.

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List of UK Places Live with CityFibre’s FTTP Broadband ISPs – 2023 Edition

13th April, 2023 (29 Comments)

At present, it can sometimes be difficult to keep track of where Cityfibre are actively building their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network and which of those deployments have gone allow (i.e. allowing you to order a live service from an ISP). The following list may help to answer this.

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Half of All UK Homes Now Covered by Full Fibre Broadband

12th April, 2023 (48 Comments)

The latest independent data from Thinkbroadband has revealed that 50% of homes across the United Kingdom (c. 15.365 million) now have access to a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which transmits data over optical fibre cables using laser light. This splits down to 49.22% in England, 46.53% in Scotland, 46.09% in Wales and 90.50% in Northern Ireland.

Examining the Lack of Gigabit Broadband in Some UK Urban Areas

8th April, 2023 (31 Comments)

Most people tend to assume that the problem of slow broadband ISP connectivity is one that predominantly affects rural areas, which is matched by a presumption that commercial operators (Openreach, Virgin Media etc.) will quickly blanket big UK cities and towns with the fastest speeds. But such assumptions are not always correct.

Top 30 UK Full Fibre Providers by Share of New Build Homes – 2022-23

7th April, 2023 (13 Comments)

We’ve today published our second annual summary of the top broadband network operators with the greatest share of the new build homes market, which specifically reflects those that are catering for such developments by deploying Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology. This update adds a comparison with last year’s data.

AI Helps Vodafone UK Cut its Carbon Emissions as Data Grows

4th April, 2023 (6 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone has today highlighted how they’re adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help cut their carbon emissions. Despite seeing a 300% increase in data carried across its UK network since 2019, their overall energy consumption has remained flat and emissions have fallen by 77%.

Three UK Reveals Data Showing the Nation’s Changing Phone Habits

3rd April, 2023 (13 Comments)

Mobile network operator Three UK has today celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first ever truly portable mobile phone call (i.e. not tied to a Carphone), which was made by Motorola executive Martin Cooper, by revealing some interesting data that shows how our phone habits have changed.

Brsk Celebrate 1,000 FTTP Broadband Customers in Manchester

30th March, 2023 (4 Comments)

Broadband ISP and UK network builder Brsk has today announced their relatively young gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network has managed to sign-up 1,000 customers on their Manchester deployment, which is double the 500 they had in December 2022.

TalkTalk Named Worst Major UK Broadband ISP in Which? Survey

29th March, 2023 (21 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has published a partial summary of the results from their latest biannual 2023 survey of the best and worst broadband ISPs, which once again named Zen Internet as the best overall provider (customer satisfaction score of 81%), while TalkTalk were found to be the worst of the major players.

Plusnet Named Best UK ISP by 2023 Broadband Genie Awards

24th March, 2023 (18 Comments)

The annual Broadband Genie 2023 survey has just named home broadband ISP Plusnet as the “Best Provider” of the year and also the “Best Value for Money“, while a variety of other internet providers also scooped various other awards across several different categories.