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2021 H2 Sees UK Coverage of Gigabit Broadband Hit 65.3 Percent

4th January, 2022 (10 Comments)

The latest independent biannual summary of UK broadband coverage for H2 2021 has estimated that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have now increased their reach to 30.23% of premises (up from 24.33% in H1 2021), while 65.27% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 41.72%) and 67.63% can get 100Mbps+ (up from 66.9%).

The 2021 vs 2020 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs

31st December, 2021 (24 Comments)

ISPreview.co.uk is today taking a quick look back over the past 12 months to see how the average UK internet download and upload speeds have changed across the top national fixed line home broadband ISPs and mobile operators. Suffice to say that 2021 has marked a return to the usual trend of general improvement.

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2021 vs 2020 – UK Broadband and Mobile Speeds vs the World

30th December, 2021 (23 Comments)

Today we’re taking our annual look back at how the United Kingdom’s position, at least in terms of the top 50 fastest countries for both fixed broadband and mobile broadband (4G, 5G) speeds, has changed since 2020. In short, the UK jumped from 42nd to 26th for mobile, while we fell slightly from 47th to 48th for fixed lines.

Virgin Media O2 Reveals UK Connectivity Habits During 2021

22nd December, 2021 (24 Comments)

Network operator Virgin Media (VMO2) has today published a summary of the United Kingdom’s 2021 connectivity habits across their national mobile, fixed broadband ISP and TV networks, which stems from having analysed the data of tens of millions of customers between 1st January and 10th December 2021.

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Ookla Publishes Latest UK Starlink Satellite Broadband Speeds

20th December, 2021 (28 Comments)

Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has today revealed the latest Q3 2021 internet download, upload and latency speeds for UK customers on SpaceX’s new Starlink constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband satellites.

Gigaclear Get GBP190m Boost for Rural UK FTTP Broadband Rollout

17th December, 2021 (21 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which recently passed 250,000 premises in rural parts of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today secured another huge £190 million investment boost – this time co-financed by the new UK Infrastructure Bank.

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Connected Nations 2021 – UK Gigabit Broadband Cover Hits 47%

16th December, 2021 (15 Comments)

Ofcom has released their Connection Nations 2021 UK digital infrastructure report, which reveals that the coverage of “gigabit-capable” (1Gbps+) broadband ISP networks has jumped from 27% last year to 47% now (13.7 million households). Plus, around half of UK properties are in areas where 5G mobile is available outside.

5G Performance in London and 5 More UK Cities for H2 2021

15th December, 2021 (9 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a new set of H2 2021 results from their testing of 5G (mobile broadband) networks in the UK cities of Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester. Overall, EE tended to deliver the strongest availability and performance, but not for all cities.

Rural Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Celebrates 250,000 UK Premises UPDATE

14th December, 2021 (2 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which currently aims to reach 500,000 UK premises with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network by the end of 2023, has today celebrated being able to close out the year with a total footprint of 250,000 premises passed across England.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk See Rising Internet Use Among Pensioners

8th December, 2021 (6 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today published the latest volume (4) of their UK “Internet Insights” report, which this time around focuses upon the impact of “silver surfers” and reveals that broadband usage among pensioners has grown by 69% from pre-pandemic levels (driven by increased streaming and online gaming).

Survey Claims 834k UK Homes Switched ISP for the First Time in 2021

7th December, 2021 (7 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 2,163 UK adults, which was commissioned by broadband ISP Zen Internet, has found that the proportion of households that have never switched ISP is down to just 18% from 21% year-on-year. This, they claim, reveals that 834k households (3%) switched for the first time in the last 12-months.

ISP Sky Broadband Sees UK Network Traffic Peak at 19.9Tbps

3rd December, 2021 (5 Comments)

UK ISP Sky Broadband has today reported that internet traffic passing over their network reached its “highest ever peak” of 19.9Tbps (Terabits per second) last night, which was fuelled by customers going online via Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service in order to watch their “exclusive” live Premier League Football matches.

Broadband ISP BT Sees Peak UK Network Traffic Hit 25.5Tbps

2nd December, 2021 (30 Comments)

The CEO of BT’s Consumer division, Marc Allera, has revealed that last night’s live streaming of Premier League Football matches, on Amazon Prime Video, pushed internet traffic on their broadband network to its “highest peak yet” of 25.5Tbps (Terabits per second) – that’s about 12% higher than their previous peak set in December last year.

Football Pushes TalkTalk’s UK Internet Traffic to 8.1Tbps Record

2nd December, 2021 (12 Comments)

Internet traffic across UK broadband ISPs surged last night on the back of several Premier League Football matches, which were heavily streamed online via Amazon’s Prime Video service. As a result, budget internet provider TalkTalk saw record network traffic, which peaked at 8.1Tbps (Terabits per second).

Top 10 UK Fastest and Slowest Streets for Broadband in 2021

1st December, 2021 (10 Comments)

A new report has used data from 276,083 consumer speedtests to reveal the top 10 fastest and slowest streets for broadband ISP download speed in the UK. The slowest street was found to be Wistaston Road (Crewe) in Cheshire on just 0.24Mbps, while the fastest was Haul Fryn (Birchgrove) in Swansea on 882Mbps.

Ofcom’s End-of-Contract Notifications Deliver Broadband Savings

30th November, 2021 (5 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today given itself a pat on the back after its research found that 1.3 million broadband ISP customers had secured better deals as a result of their new End-of-Contract Notification (ECN) system. Overpayments by mobile customers also dropped by £100m due to new rules on handset bundles.

43 Percent of UK Broadband Users Don’t Know their Upload Speed

29th November, 2021 (17 Comments)

A new survey from UK ISP Voneus, which is based off data gathered from 3,000 people who purchased a broadband plan (from any ISP) within the last 12-months, has found that 43% could not identify their package’s upload speed. Uploads were also found to be one-third as important as download speeds when selecting a plan.