{"id":23570,"date":"2020-08-13T09:10:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T08:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=23570"},"modified":"2020-08-13T09:11:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T08:11:45","slug":"uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html","title":{"rendered":"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hampshire-based business broadband provider <a href=\"https:\/\/onecom.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Onecom<\/a>, which last year secured a \u00a3100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/07\/business-uk-isp-onecom-secures-100m-funding-to-boost-growth.html\">here<\/a>), is going on the hunt for acquisitions to boost their growth and the first of those is rival ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamorgantelecom.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glamorgan Telecom<\/a>, which operates in the South West and South Wales.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, no information has been provided to say how much money changed hands in the deal, although the Glamorgan Telecom Group is expressed as being a company with &#8220;<em>multi-million-pound revenue<\/em>.&#8221; As part of this deal the senior leadership of GT, including CEO Kelly Bolderson, will remain with the business.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement is also said to &#8220;<em>represent the first of a number of acquisitions<\/em>&#8221; now being planned by Onecom, which is itself led by former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> executive Ben Dowd.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Ben Dowd, CEO of Onecom, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The telecommunications sector is playing a crucial role in supporting the operational resilience of businesses across the UK and will continue to do so as we look ahead to an increasingly digital economy over the next three years. SMEs spend as much as \u00a38billion a year on telecoms and connectivity which will ultimately fuel and accelerate our growth. LDC\u2019s investment has already provided us with major impetus and further strategic acquisitions will undoubtedly complement the high level of organic growth we plan to deliver as we scale and diversify our services.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly and the Glamorgan Telecom team have achieved an outstanding reputation as a market leader, regionally, and I\u2019m looking forward to working with them as part of Onecom to strengthen the business\u2019 already-enviable offer for its customers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Onecom, which employs roughly 400 people across 7 regional offices, claims to have doubled its revenues over the last 5 years. The planned acquisitions are a quicker way to provide them with additional scale in the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hampshire-based business broadband provider Onecom, which last year secured a \u00a3100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), is going on the hunt for acquisitions to boost their growth and the first of those is rival ISP Glamorgan Telecom, which operates in the South West and South Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-23570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-business"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hampshire-based business broadband provider Onecom, which last year secured a \u00a3100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), is\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hampshire-based business broadband provider Onecom, which last year secured a \u00a3100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), is\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-13T08:10:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-13T08:11:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/onecom_boss.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1059\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-13T08:10:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-13T08:11:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html\"},\"wordCount\":306,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/onecom_boss.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Business\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html\",\"name\":\"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/onecom_boss.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-13T08:10:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-13T08:11:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Hampshire-based business broadband provider Onecom, which last year secured a \u00a3100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), is\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/onecom_boss.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/onecom_boss.jpg\",\"width\":1059,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"onecom boss\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group - ISPreview UK","description":"Hampshire-based business broadband provider Onecom, which last year secured a \u00a3100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), is","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group - ISPreview UK","og_description":"Hampshire-based business broadband provider Onecom, which last year secured a \u00a3100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), is","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2020-08-13T08:10:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-08-13T08:11:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1059,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/onecom_boss.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group","datePublished":"2020-08-13T08:10:59+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-13T08:11:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html"},"wordCount":306,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/onecom_boss.jpg","keywords":["Business"],"articleSection":["ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html","name":"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/onecom_boss.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-13T08:10:59+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-13T08:11:45+00:00","description":"Hampshire-based business broadband provider Onecom, which last year secured a \u00a3100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), is","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/onecom_boss.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/onecom_boss.jpg","width":1059,"height":800,"caption":"onecom boss"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/uk-isp-onecom-acquires-the-glamorgan-telecom-group.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UK ISP Onecom Acquires the Glamorgan Telecom Group"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}