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2022 H2 – UK Full Fibre Broadband Cover Rockets to 45 Percent

4th January, 2023 (19 Comments)

The latest independent biannual summary of UK broadband coverage for H2 2022 has estimated that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP network rollouts have surged to reach 45.13% of premises (up from 37.61% in H1 2022) and 72.66% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 69.24%). Read on for details of England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

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Broadband Consumers Brace for Massive 2023 UK Price Hikes

28th December, 2022 (49 Comments)

As if 2022 wasn’t already devastating enough for the UK cost-of-living, the annual price hikes season is about to hit again for customers of the largest broadband ISPs and mobile operators, which for the second year running is expected to be driven by another huge increase in inflation. Expect hikes of around 14% or more.

2022 vs 2021 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs

27th December, 2022 (20 Comments)

As another year passes, ISPreview.co.uk has taken a look back over the past 12 months to see how the average UK broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs, mobile operators and Starlink (satellite provider). Suffice to say, there’s been a huge performance jump between 2021 and 2022.

The Top UK Broadband ISPs and Mobile Operators for Haggling – 2022

24th December, 2022 (28 Comments)

A new survey of over 3,000 UK people has revealed that Virgin Media is the top broadband ISP and mobile operator for haggling, which reveals how much success consumers have had in getting a cheaper price from providers by negotiating with their retentions department.

Virgin Media O2 Summarises UK Connectivity Trends for 2022

21st December, 2022 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media (VMO2) has today published their usual round-up of customer connectivity habits for 2022, which among other things noted that customers downloaded 9% more broadband data per day than the previous year, with mobile traffic up 36% year-on-year.

EE Named Best Operator in Connect’s 2022 UK Mobile Network Test

21st December, 2022 (21 Comments)

Connect and Umlaut have today published their annual UK Mobile Network Test study, which used a range of different benchmarks to test 4G (voice and data / broadband) and 5G service performance across 19 cities, 40 towns and along over 10,000km of major roads. Overall, EE managed to come top again.

EE UK First to Trial Freshwave’s Small Cell 5G Network in London

20th December, 2022 (5 Comments)

Mobile giant EE (BT) has officially become the first operator to make use of Freshwave‘s deployment of a new small cell based outdoor 4G and 5G mobile network in the central City of London area, which is currently in the pilot phase. O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone are expected to follow.

Virgin Media O2 UK May Adopt Inflation Busting Price Hikes by 2024

20th December, 2022 (22 Comments)

Sources have indicated to ISPreview that broadband customers of UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) might face bigger price hikes in the future than usual, with the provider being tipped to adopt the same annual style of inflation busting RPI + 3.9% hikes as those of their mobile base (e.g. O2 sims).

Ofcom – Gigabit Broadband Covers 70% of UK as 5G Hits 67-77%

15th December, 2022 (12 Comments)

Ofcom has published their Connection Nations 2022 UK digital infrastructure report, which reveals that “gigabit-capable” broadband ISP networks cover 70% of the UK (21 million premises), which is up from 47% last year, and outdoor 5G mobile cover from at least one operator is available to 67-77% of premises (up from 42-57%).

Virgin Media O2 UK Updates on Yorkshire Broadband and Mobile Upgrades

13th December, 2022 (0 Comments)

Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has issued a general progress update on their various mobile and broadband ISP network upgrades, investment, and digital inclusion initiatives across Yorkshire in England, which among other things also confirms that Skipton (North Yorkshire) is the home of their first XGS-PON (FTTP) trial users.

Virgin Media O2 is First UK Telecoms Provider to Gain Carbon Trust Certification

7th December, 2022 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile network operator VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has just become the “first UK telecoms provider” to be recognised by the Carbon Trust for its action towards achieving Net Zero carbon emissions across its business (i.e. removing as many emissions as they produce).

VMO2 Finds UK Broadband and Mobile Amongst the Cheapest in Europe

6th December, 2022 (8 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today published the results of a new Assembly Research study, which examined the value of telecoms services in the UK compared to other major countries and found that “typical UK prices for fixed and mobile services are amongst the lowest in Europe“.

Gov Campaign to Raise Awareness of UK Social Broadband Tariffs

29th November, 2022 (9 Comments)

After meeting with ISPs, the Government has today launched a UK-wide public awareness campaign as part of its Help for Households programme, which aims to help people through the cost-of-living crisis and will also work to improve the uptake of cheaper social tariffs from broadband and mobile providers (available to those on benefits).

Virgin Media O2 UK Hand Free Mobile Data to All Big Issue Vendors

29th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has announced that it is supplying all Big Issue (magazine) vendors with free mobile SIMs and “data vouchers“, which represents an improvement from last year when they gave over 200 Big Issue vendors free data plans, enabling them to take contactless payments (52% of magazine sales are via contactless).

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First Trial Users Live on Virgin Media’s UK XGS-PON Fibre Network UPDATE

18th November, 2022 (52 Comments)

UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has confirmed that the first trial customers on their new XGS-PON powered Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network were connected this month, which in the future will make even faster latency and symmetric speeds of up to 10Gbps possible across their entire network.

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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.

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Virgin Media UK Build 1Gb Broadband to 4250 Extra Homes in Cheshire East

16th November, 2022 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has confirmed that they’ve just expanded their gigabit-capable fixed line connectivity – via Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology – to cover an additional 4,250 homes in Cheshire East (England). Most of the expansion appears to have taken place in the town of Alsager, which is home to around 12,000 people.