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ISP Vodafone UK Adds Amazon Echo Plus to Broadband Packages

12th July, 2019 (2 Comments)

New customers looking to take one of Vodafone’s fixed line FTTC based superfast broadband and phone packages are, until 13th August 2019, also being offered an included Amazon Echo Plus smart speaker (retails at up to £139.99). On top of that the ISP has also slightly reduced their monthly price on the 35Mbps plan.

Cityfibre UK Ramps Up Work on Bournemouth’s 1Gbps FTTH Network

10th July, 2019 (4 Comments)

Cityfibre’s £35m investment to upgrade and extend their Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network in the south coast UK city of Bournemouth (Dorset), which is being supported by ISP partner Vodafone UK, appears to be moving up a gear this month with work starting in areas north of Wallisdown Road.

UK Slowest as OpenSignal Tests Early 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds

8th July, 2019 (13 Comments)

Crowd-sourced analyst firm OpenSignal has today published the first results from their initial real-world benchmarks of 5G based mobile broadband networks across 8 countries (i.e. those that have launched the service). The highest maximum speeds were seen by 5G users in the USA (1815Mbps), while the UK scored the lowest (569Mbps).

Cityfibre Boost 1Gbps FTTH Broadband Rollout in Coventry UK

8th July, 2019 (2 Comments)

Cityfibre has announced that their £60m rollout of a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network in the West Midlands city of Coventry, which is supported by UK ISP partner Vodafone, has moved into several new areas of the city (Bablake, Radford and Henley) and added a new contractor.

Peterborough Locals Warn Cityfibre – DON’T BLOCK Our Driveways

4th July, 2019 (20 Comments)

Once again contractors working for Cityfibre, which is investing £30m to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network in the city of Peterborough, have attracted local complaints. A lack of prior notification, blocked driveways / roads, rubble left on lawns and issues of work quality seem to top the gripes.

Vodafone UK Give 5G Launch a Boost by Adding Unlimited Data

3rd July, 2019 (35 Comments)

ISP Vodafone has today gone live in 7 UK cities with their new 5G based ultrafast mobile broadband network. At the same time they’ve moved to challenge Three UK by introducing a new range of SIM-only and handset plans with “unlimited data” (also on 4G services). A new home broadband (FTTC) and mobile bundle is coming too.

Ofcom – From Monday Text PAC to 65075 to Switch UK Mobile Operators

28th June, 2019 (53 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today braced the industry for the introduction of their new “Text-to-Switch” (Auto-Switching) system for UK mobile operators like Vodafone, O2, Three UK and EE, which is going live on Monday next week. The new system will make it easier and quicker for consumers to change networks.

Vodafone UK Confirms Isles of Scilly to Get 5G Mobile in July

27th June, 2019 (12 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has confirmed that the Isles of Scilly, which sits 45km off the south coast of Cornwall, will join Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool and London as being one of the first UK places to benefit from their commercial rollout of 5G mobile broadband technology on 3rd July 2019.

Cityfibre Begins £120m FTTH Broadband Rollout in Leeds UK

26th June, 2019 (7 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has today announced that they’ve begun building their new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network in the city of Leeds (at a cost of £120 million), which is being supported by residential ISP partner Vodafone UK (Gigafast). But local competition is rife.

Cityfibre’s Peterborough Smart City Trial Triggers Privacy Concerns

26th June, 2019 (2 Comments)

In a surprising development Cityfibre’s Smart City trial with Cross Keys Homes (CKH) has been accused by Big Brother Watch of turning Peterborough’s social housing estates into “surveillance zones,” which apparently stems from a deployment of sensors that connect to their full fibre broadband network.

Grant Shapps MP Calls for Competition Probe of UK Mobile Giants

24th June, 2019 (4 Comments)

The chair of the cross-party British Infrastructure Group (BIG), Grant Shapps MP, has called on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate claims of “potential collusion between some major operators,” which it’s alleged may have contributed to the sudden collapse of mobile retailer Phones 4U in 2014.

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H1 2019 – UK Top 10 Fastest National Broadband and Mobile ISPs

24th June, 2019 (20 Comments)

As the first half of 2019 comes to an end we’ve taken a look back to see how average broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the top fastest national fixed line ISPs and 4G mobile operators. Overall the picture is one of gradual improvement, thanks to rising take-up of faster connections.

The Worst UK ISPs for Post Contract Price Hikes on Entry-Level Deals

15th June, 2019 (15 Comments)

Which? has conducted a new “loyalty penalty” study of entry-level “fibre broadband” and phone bundles across 12 of the biggest broadband ISPs in the UK market. This reveals that customers of Virgin Media, TalkTalk and the Post Office are hit by the biggest price hikes (up to 60%) after their initial contract ends.

Vodafone Fault Hits Broadband and Mobile Across UK and Europe

13th June, 2019 (6 Comments)

Customers of both Vodafone’s fixed line broadband and mobile data (3G, 4G and 5G) services from across the UK and Europe appear to be suffering from degraded internet connectivity on their network after an unspecified problem occurred with one of their international transit links, but it’s now being fixed.

Vodafone UK Users Get Hands Free Mobile Calls via Amazon Echo

12th June, 2019 (5 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator Vodafone UK have just become some of the first in the world to be able to make and receive calls via Amazon Echo (Alexa) smart speaker devices from any of their contacts via their existing mobile phone plan, which is thanks to their new OneNumber feature (free for all Red pay monthly customers).

Vodafone UK to Switch-Off 3G Mobile Network Within 2-3 Years

10th June, 2019 (46 Comments)

Vodafone has quietly become the first UK provider to confirm that it will be “switching off 3G” services within the “next two to three years,” although we fully expect that EE, O2 and Three UK will eventually do something similar as they convert 3G spectrum to 4G or 5G. But 2G voice will remain as a useful low-power fall back.

Rural UK Landowners Seek Guarantees in Rural 4G Mobile Rollout

6th June, 2019 (10 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Countryside Alliance, National Farmers Union (NFU), Rural Services Network and Which? have today jointly called on the UK Government to ensure that the proposed plan by mobile broadband operators to improve rural 4G network coverage meets “four key tests.”