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Broadband ISP BT Trials Improved UK Content Delivery Network

4th April, 2023 (4 Comments)

Customers of UK telecoms giant BT may be interested to learn that the ISP has been conducting trials of a new Virtual Content Delivery Network (vCDN), which uses software-based caches that can be flexibly used at selected points, deeper in the network, to bring content (video etc.) closer to the “edge” where their users consume it.

Virgin Media O2 UK Users Get Free Early Access to Diablo IV Beta

13th March, 2023 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) can now harness their ‘Priority‘ access to special offers by gaining free “Early Access” to the closed Diablo IV Beta (popular video game) test, which they say can normally only be enjoyed by pre-ordering the game (RRP from: £59.99).

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Virgin Media O2 UK Sets New Gaming Traffic Record of 21Tbps

18th November, 2022 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) saw its “busiest day ever on record for data consumption” (for gaming) on 16th Nov 2022 – trigged by the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, which pushed downstream internet traffic to a peak of 21Tbps (21 Terabits per second) and a massive 138 petabytes (PB) of data downloaded.

Multi-Network UK ISP ZYBRE Acquires Rival Air Broadband

4th November, 2022 (17 Comments)

Broadband and Cloud Gaming ISP ZYBRE, which offers services to UK homes over a number of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks (Openreach, MS3, FullFibre etc.), has this morning announced the acquisition of rival provider Air Broadband that adopts a similar approach to network aggregation.

EE UK Launch New Bundles in Quest to Become Top Network for Gaming

20th October, 2022 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator and broadband ISP EE has today begun a new drive to become the “no.1 network for gaming in the UK” by launching a range of bundles for their 5G and full fibre (FTTP) customers, which match the latest PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch consoles to their various connectivity packages.

Google Scraps Stadia’s Broadband Based Video Game Streaming

30th September, 2022 (23 Comments)

Internet giant Google has announced that they will “begin winding down” their cloud-based remote-play online video gaming service, Stadia, which launched in the UK during November 2019. Despite their best efforts and a lot of publicity, the service simply “hasn’t gained the traction with users that we expected“.

CoD Pushes TalkTalk Broadband Traffic to New 8.71 Tbps Record UPDATE

28th April, 2022 (17 Comments)

Internet traffic across UK broadband ISPs surged last night as people tuned in to stream the Champions League semi-final and to download the latest 40GB (GigaByte) ‘Season 3’ update for the popular ‘Call of Duty Warzone’ video game. As a result, TalkTalk set a new peak traffic record of 8.715Tbps (Terabits per second).

Cloud Gaming UK Broadband ISP ZYBRE to Launch New TV Box UPDATE

19th April, 2022 (22 Comments)

Cloud gaming ISP ZYBRE, which is available to broadband customers across both FTTC (VDSL2) and FTTP networks from various operators (e.g. Openreach), has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that it plans to launch a new multi-play home entertainment platform this summer via their new ‘One Box‘ TV set-top-box (STB) device.

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EE UK Bundles FTTP with up to 12 Months Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

12th January, 2022 (0 Comments)

New customers of UK ISP and mobile operator EE, specifically those taking out one of their top two Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “Fibre Max” (500Mbps to 900Mbps) broadband plans, may be pleased to learn that they can now receive up to 12 months’ Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, as well as unlimited mobile gaming data.

ISP TalkTalk UK Reveals the Top 5 XMas Gaming Gifts by Traffic

6th January, 2022 (9 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has taken a closer look at the internet traffic from over 1 million of their customers on Christmas Day and managed to identify the top five video gaming console gifts. The data reveals that Nintendo’s Switch console was by far the most popular gaming gift for 2021, with 22,995 new devices being connected on the big day.

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).

EE UK Customers Offered XBox Consoles and Game Pass Ultimate

18th November, 2021 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator EE UK has today announced that Pay Monthly Mobile customers of their service can now take a Microsoft Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with “unlimited gaming data” from £21 a month (£31 with the video data pass) and they can also have an Xbox Series X video gaming console for just £10 upfront.

BT Offer Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Free for 6-12 Months on FTTP

14th October, 2021 (7 Comments)

New and upgrading Full Fibre customers on UK ISP BT, specifically those who are signing up to their 500Mbps and 900Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages, will now also receive an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription “at no extra cost” for the first 6 to 12 months (normal price from Microsoft is £10.99 per month).

Cloud Gaming ISP ZYBRE Extends UK Coverage via Openreach

10th September, 2021 (4 Comments)

Cloud gaming ISP ZYBRE, which back in July 2021 became available to homes covered by KCOM’s gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, has now been extended across the rest of the UK by offering both SOGEA (standalone FTTC) and full fibre via Openreach’s network too.

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Netflix UK to Add Remote Play Video Games at No Extra Cost

21st July, 2021 (4 Comments)

The global internet video streaming giant, Netflix, has announced that they’re in the “early stages” of preparing to add remote play video game streaming to their service “at no additional cost” and within the next year, although it remains to be seen whether that has any impact on their future price hikes.

Cloud Gaming ISP ZYBRE Joins KCOM Full Fibre Broadband Network UPDATE

15th July, 2021 (2 Comments)

A new cloud gaming friendly UK ISP called ZYBRE has today announced that their services are being made available to homes covered by KCOM’s gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, thanks to a new wholesale agreement.

EE UK Sees Mobile Internet Traffic for Video Games Jump 31%

30th April, 2021 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today reported that mobile broadband (4G, 5G) usage related to internet video game traffic on their network has increased by 31% over the past six months, while the number of people enjoying mobile gaming also increase by 18% during the COVID-19 lockdown.