Ofcom has today opened a new monitoring programme, which will pay special attention to checking whether internet phone providers, such as those offered by dedicated Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and broadband providers (ISP), are ensuring the availability of access to emergency services (999) during power cuts. The United Kingdom is, like much of the rest of Europe, […]
CityFibre UK Pilot uCPE Universal Customer Premises Equipment
Network builder CityFibre has today announced that they’re piloting enhanced “virtualisation capabilities” for business ISPs across their UK full fibre broadband and Ethernet network, which among other things includes the interesting addition of Universal Customer Premises Equipment (uCPE). At present the operator is investing £4.9bn to cover up to 8 million premises – across around […]
Full Fibre ISP Connexin Acquires Rival Provider Wisper Broadband
Digital infrastructure provider and UK ISP Connexin, which is investing £80m to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Hull and East Yorkshire (here and here), has this morning announced the acquisition of local rival Wisper Broadband for an undisclosed sum. Few of our readers will have heard of Wisper Broadband before, […]
FullFibre and Gigaclear Battle with FTTP Broadband in Cinderford
Network builder FullFibre Limited has announced that the first customers can now connect to their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network in the Gloucestershire (England) town of Cinderford, which comes only a couple of months after Gigaclear began deploying in the same place. The operator, which deploys its network as a wholesale platform […]
Starlink Launch £££ LEO Satellite Broadband Service for Boats
Good news. If you own a boat then SpaceX has just announced a new ‘Maritime‘ product via their Starlink constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast broadband ISP satellites, which will give you download speeds of up to 350Mbps and new ruggedised hardware. Bad news, regular boat owners probably can’t afford it. Starlink currently […]
Lothian Broadband’s FTTP Rollout in Scotland Adds 3 New Locations
Scottish ISP Lothian Broadband, which is currently building a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network to cover 70,000 homes and businesses across rural parts of East and Mid Lothian, has just added 3 new locations to their rollout plan for 2022 – Gullane, East Linton and Pathhead. The provider originally began building a new […]
Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone set to bring 4G to customers on London Underground
Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone have joined BAI Communications’ neutral host mobile network on the London Underground. They join EE and Three, who have already signed up.
The announcement means that customers of all four of the UK’s major MNO’s will be able to access 4G and 5G…
New Social Project in Sheffield to Create New Full Fibre Engineers
A new scheme – the Dryden project – has been started in one of Sheffield’s most disadvantaged areas, which will see partners work together to help tackle digital poverty by connecting up 360 homes on a council estate in Southey Green to FTTP broadband – using this as a platform to help train new engineers […]
ISP Andrews and Arnold Plan CityFibre Based FTTP Broadband
UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), which until now has historically only sold fixed broadband and phone services via Openreach’s national network, has today become the latest internet provider to announced that they’ll soon be launching a range of ultrafast and gigabit speed packages via CityFibre’s full fibre network. Unless you’ve been living under a […]
First Customers Live on New BeFibre UK FTTP Broadband Network
The first broadband customers on ISP BeFibre‘s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is being built across parts of the UK by network operator Digital Infrastructure, have today gone live in the Essex (England) town of Brentwood – one of their original build locations. Just to recap. BeFibre and Digital Infrastructure burst onto the market […]