Follow ISPreview UK, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/ispreview-uk Wed, 29 Mar 2023 06:29:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtOkTSrcB0D6FT72x6uxjiK

Budget UK broadband ISP Plusnet, which has often been positioned as BT’s low-cost division, have this morning confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they will today stop selling their own-brand of EE powered Pay Monthly SIM-Only Mobile plans to new customers. The move appears to form part of the BT Group’s wider branding strategy and their work […]]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 01:01:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtOkTSrcB0D6FT72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtOkTSrcB0D6DRQaTQYXBS9

Infracapital-backed ISP Ogi, which is investing £200m to build a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network across 150,000 premises in mostly rural parts of Wales by 2025, has today announced that their rollout is – for the first time – being extended into a city centre, specifically Cardiff. But the focus seems to be on […]]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 01:01:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtOkTSrcB0D6DRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtOkTSrcB0D6JONpYks2fGs

Network builder and UK broadband ISP Quickline, which currently plans to roll out their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) network to 96 rural locations (55,000 premises) across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has announced that their new in-house Build Team has just connected its first community – Dragonby. The tiny North Lincolnshire hamlet of Dragonby is […]]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:10:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtOkTSrcB0D6JONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqty73ptCHol_em6srrLMsqK

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today begun fielding industry views on how it could improve Shared Spectrum Licences, which enable small businesses to create their own local wireless broadband and mobile networks across various radio spectrum bands (many of these could previously only be used by national operators). The existing Shared Access Licence (SAL) […]]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:21:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqty73ptCHol_em6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtCTlAN8npGEVT72x6uxjiK

Residential customers on UK ISP Virgin Media’s top “Gig1 Fibre Broadband” package (avg. 1130Mbps down and 52Mbps up) could soon receive an upload boost to 100Mbps+ (110Mbps max profile rate), which comes after we spotted a rise in the number of users receiving a related profile boost over the past few weeks. The provider, which […]]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:56:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtCTlAN8npGEVT72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvdbNt5DK-md0TXPGaG87AR

One of the UK’s newest alternative broadband network providers, Spring Fibre, has quietly updated their website to name the first 3 locations – all in Lincolnshire – for their plan to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) ISP network to cover 1 million premises in England. Just to recap. Spring Fibre, which was initially […]]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:46:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvdbNt5DK-md0TXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqt-tDWQjV9HFWW0GqTRQSgk

Openreach (BT) has announced that they’re extending their “Connect the Unconnected” special offer, which makes it possible for UK ISPs to waive FTTC (VDSL2) broadband connection fees for any customers who receive “Universal Credit” with no other earnings, and who aren’t currently connected to its network. The one-off connection fees on Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL) […]]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 01:01:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqt-tDWQjV9HFWW0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvVnOzyMtAEruifqJurszLU

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear has confirmed that the villages of Buckden and Kimbolton have just been added to their ongoing £39m effort to deploy a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across Cambridgeshire in England, which adds to the recent additions of Warboys, Sawtry, Ramsey and Stilton (here). During the engineering work, Gigaclear will be utilising […]]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:50:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvVnOzyMtAEruifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvVnOzyMtAErpu9CxXrVx4c

Exeter-based broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is rolling out a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset in England, has announced that deaf customers who use British Sign Language (BSL) are now able to use a video link interpreter when they contact customer support. The operator, which is currently being supported […]]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:48:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvVnOzyMtAErpu9CxXrVx4c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvVnOzyMtAErlhGNgNo2_0q

Internet provider SWS Broadband (Rural Broadband Solutions Plc), which serves homes in rural parts of Shropshire (England) and Wales via both wireless and full fibre (FTTP) connectivity, has today announced they’ve taken on 16 members of staff and moved to a new office location in Shrewsbury ahead of a big rollout. The company revealed last […]]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:34:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvVnOzyMtAErlhGNgNo2_0q https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsy32u7yL9moqgzzHWHxDTV

Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk is reportedly mulling over the possibility of selling their business-to-business arm (TT Business Direct Limited), which is home to around 80,000 customers and could be worth over £200 million. The provider is understood to have hired bankers at Houlihan Lokey to oversee the plan. In case anybody has forgotten, we recently […]]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:02:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsy32u7yL9moqgzzHWHxDTV https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsy32u7yL9monMq2h3ehXEp

Network operator CityFibre has completed their deployment of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 1,018 homes in the suburban village of Binley Woods (Warwickshire), which only started in August 2022 and is an extension of their existing network in nearby Coventry. The project, which was delivered via civil engineering firm Callan, […]]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:38:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsy32u7yL9monMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsy32u7yL9morkdRKkm2PJP

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has published their annual infrastructure review, which highlights how the UK is making “rapid” progress in rolling out gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks and expects the Government to “achieve its target” for nationwide coverage by 2030. But 5G mobile still needs more direction. At present, the UK has established two main […]]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:18:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsy32u7yL9morkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqu-wA559ocgQofjc6hd5eWF

The current CEO of broadband and telecoms giant BT Group (inc. Openreach, Plusnet and EE), Philip Jansen (56), could be on his way out – sooner than expected. Industry sources have reportedly told a Sunday newspaper that BT Group have already begun hunting for somebody to replace Jansen, who has held the position since 2018. […]]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 08:58:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqu-wA559ocgQofjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqt61hO2tvJ9PReIF_fEM9tn

OneWeb, which is part-owned by the UK government, has today technically completed their new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast (100Mbps+) and low-latency (sub-100ms) satellite broadband network. The development occurred after they successfully launched their final full batch of 36 satellites aboard a rocket from India. The operator has now launched a total of around […]]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 08:14:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqt61hO2tvJ9PReIF_fEM9tn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvQHLoHcSTJMsfGo0LrnZNO

Alternative rural network ISP Voneus, which is deploying both gigabit-capable Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband networks across parts of England and Wales, has continued its strategy of growth through acquisitions by gobbling Welsh provider Beacons Telecom. At present Voneus claims to have “identified” a total of over 200,000 premises that could […]]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 02:01:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqvQHLoHcSTJMsfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtZfxMs2xHjFwSngkwrdsok

UK ISP BT has apologised and promised to automatically refund customers who were impacted after a billing error meant that a “small number” of them had a “duplicate direct debit taken from their bank account“, which in some cases forced a few of those impacted into overdrafts. According to MSE, BT has not yet confirmed […]]]> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:38:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqtZfxMs2xHjFwSngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqszvOyldmd34sqq6eZJzUh9

The Ferns Group, which is a Kent-based civil engineering firm that specialises in reinstatement works, has become the latest such company to sign a major £50m+ network services agreement with Openreach (there are actually several contracts involved). The deal mostly covers the South of England and may lead to bigger things. The contracts will run […]]]> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:09:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqszvOyldmd34sqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsIn-4RdNFB9-9WSSr4-0sP

Across the country, you’ll find many rural villages that have fought and been successful in getting a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network installed, often with the help of the Government’s voucher scheme. But sometimes even success stories can hit roadblocks, leaving locals stuck in limbo. In this case, we’re going to take a […]]]> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 02:01:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsIn-4RdNFB9-9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsIn-4RdNFB93HnycKeoCpf

Cumbria-based network operator and broadband ISP Grain (Grain Connect) has today named a further 6 UK towns and cities for their ongoing rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which includes some major locations like Leeds and Brighton. The provider has already announced full fibre builds for over 50 locations (plus 150 new build […]]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:24:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1aCd0QA5hqsIn-4RdNFB93HnycKeoCpf