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BT Broadband Customers Can Now Add Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

21st April, 2021 (2 Comments)

UK ISP BT has today announced that customers of their home broadband packages can now add ‘Xbox Game Pass Ultimate‘ to their account “contract free,” although you will of course still have to pay the extra £10 per month charge for this and that’s slightly cheaper than the official price of £10.99 per month from Microsoft.

A Week of Extremes as Virgin Media’s UK Internet Traffic Surges

1st April, 2021 (34 Comments)

Gigabit broadband ISP Virgin Media has reported a week of extreme variations in UK internet traffic, which saw both the lowest level of upstream traffic in 2021 occur on Tuesday and then, the very next day, one of the highest peaks in downstream traffic hit their network (thanks to another massive Call of Duty update).

Virgin Media UK Sets New Traffic Record on Call of Duty Surge

4th March, 2021 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media reports that internet download traffic on their network hit a new record on Thursday 25th Feb 2021, with the average user consuming a whopping 20.77GB (GigaBytes) of data in a single 24-hour period (3.5GB more than the daily average in 2020). An update to the Call of Duty: Warzone game was partly to blame.

ISP Zen Internet UK Warns of XMas Day Internet Traffic Surge

11th December, 2020 (16 Comments)

A new Censuswide survey of 2,005 UK gamers, which was commissioned by broadband ISP Zen Internet, has warned that internet traffic could jump higher than usual on Christmas Day as people unwrap the new generation of video game consoles (Xbox X, PS5) and games, most of which will demand large software updates.

BT and EE UK Customers Can Order a PlayStation 5 Tomorrow

18th November, 2020 (18 Comments)

Existing customers of BT’s UK broadband or EE’s Pay Monthly mobile packages will tomorrow gain the ability to purchase one of Sony’s latest PlayStation 5 (PS5) video game consoles directly from the operator. But as with the prior Xbox deal, there won’t be any special discounts.

Record Internet Traffic Surge Seen by UK ISPs on Tuesday UPDATE4

11th November, 2020 (9 Comments)

A combination of the COVID-19 lockdown in various parts of the UK, plus the release of another Call of Duty Warzone game update, a Microsoft Windows patch and the Xbox Series X console release (inc. related day 1 patches) seems to have pushed internet traffic at some broadband ISPs to a new record.

EE and BT Broadband Customers Can Purchase Xbox Series X, S

10th November, 2020 (37 Comments)

Customers of BT’s UK broadband or EE’s Pay Monthly mobile packages have today also gained the “chance” (stock allowing) to purchase Microsoft’s latest Xbox Series X or Series S video game console, plus a range of games and accessories, directly from the operator. Just don’t expect any special discounts.

Survey Claims Poor Broadband May Hamper New Game Consoles

30th October, 2020 (28 Comments)

A Censuswide survey of 2,005 UK gamers who use consoles or games online for at least 1 hour a week, which was commissioned by UK broadband ISP Zen Internet, has found that “poor internet performance” could impact the purchasing decisions of 39% who may be considering the new consoles (XBox Series X and PlayStation 5).

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RootMetrics Tests 5G Mobile Speeds for Cloud Gaming in London

27th October, 2020 (8 Comments)

RootMetrics has today published a new study of 5G based mobile broadband speeds and latency, which compares the network and coverage from EE (BT), Vodafone, Three UK and O2 in order to determine which operator is likely to deliver the best cloud gaming (remote play video games) performance in London.

Sky Broadband Users Get Early CoD Black Ops Cold War Beta

25th September, 2020 (11 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband and Sky TV may like to know that the operator has become an official partner for the online video game ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War‘, which means they’ll get free early access, via the Sky VIP app, to the beta test a month before its release and without having to pre-order.

Virgin Media and Openreach See UK Internet Traffic Surge for Call of Duty UPDATE

6th August, 2020 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media has revealed that Wednesday’s release of the new Call of Duty: Warzone Season 5 patch saw internet traffic over their network spike to 60% higher than the same time last week. During peak time (8pm to 10pm) there was also a 20% uplift in traffic. Openreach (BT) and TalkTalk were also hit.

Call of Duty Pushes Openreach UK Data Traffic to Record 189PB

2nd July, 2020 (20 Comments)

The release of a major new Season 4 patch for the popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (CoD) video game, which occurred on Tuesday (30th June 2020), pushed “broadband traffic” over Openreach’s (BT) national UK network to a new daily record of 189 PetaBytes consumed.

44% of UK Online Multiplayer Gamers Still Complain About Lag

23rd June, 2020 (52 Comments)

A new survey of 1,000 UK video gamers, which was commissioned by full fibre broadband ISP Hyperoptic, has found that 44% of adult respondents named “the internet lagging” as the most infuriating aspect of online gaming, while 27% also complained about other players’ slow online speeds.

Fortnite Season 3 Sends TalkTalk ISP Traffic to Peak of 6.12Tbps

19th June, 2020 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK has revealed that the release of the Season 3 update for online video game Fortnite on 17th June 2020, as well as the combined return of the Premier League (Football), sent internet traffic over their network to its “second highest peak … this year” of 6.12Tbps (Terabits per second).

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The Best and Worst Broadband Areas in England for Gamers.. Not Quite

3rd June, 2020 (13 Comments)

Comparison site Comparethemarket.com has posted a new study, which they claim shows the top 10 best and worst Areas in England for gamers. Overall Hull comes top due to its speed of 137Mbps and a 99% availability of “superfast broadband“, while Central Devon sits bottom on 34Mbps and 77%. But key details have been overlooked.

Google – 2 Months of FREE Stadia Pro Cloud-based Gaming

9th April, 2020 (5 Comments)

Internet giant Google has announced that, due to the lockdown caused by COVID-19, they’re going to give video gamers in 14 countries (including the UK) “free access” to Stadia Pro for two months (usually £8.99 per month) and you can cancel at any time. Just makes sure your broadband ISP speed is up to the challenge.

Call of Duty Warzone – LINX Sees Record UK Internet Traffic

11th March, 2020 (6 Comments)

Last night’s release of the new ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ video game, which came in at a hefty 83-101GB (GigaBytes) in size, caused traffic at a number of UK broadband ISPs to surge and resulted in the London Internet Exchange (LINX) reporting a new “all time high” of 4.73Tbps (Terabits per second) on their switches.