Frustrations Over Unreliable FibreNest Broadband on Carlisle Housing Estate | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Residents of the 100-home Amberwood estate in Carlisle (Cumbria, England), which was originally built by Persimmon Homes and thus served by a single full fibre (FTTP) network from FibreNest (recently acquired by OFNL), have expressed frustration after another protracted broadband outage hit the area – allegedly the latest in a long list of disruptions over the past 6 years. The latest outage is said to have disrupted internet connectivity for three long...
Consolidation Tracker for Alternative UK Gigabit Broadband Networks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The past couple of years have been awash with news and predictions about rising consolidation within the UK’s market for alternative fixed broadband networks (altnets). But keeping track of so many developments can be difficult, so ISPreview has decided to start a new tracker, which monitors related announcements since 2020 onwards. Most altnets across the market are currently looking at consolidation as a way of balancing against the difficult market...
2025 vs 2024 – UK Broadband and Mobile Speeds vs the World | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview is today ending 2025 by taking our annual look back to see how the United Kingdom’s position, in terms of the top 50 fastest countries for fixed broadband and mobile speeds (4G, 5G), has changed since 2024. Overall, the UK’s global rank for mobile speed is now 59th (down from 53rd last year), while our ranking for fixed broadband is 44th (unchanged). The following report was created by harnessing data from Ookla’s popular Speedtest.net database...
1,000 UK Broadband Users Warned of “Illegal” TV Streaming by FACT | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has sent a warning message (via email and text) to over 1,000 broadband internet users in the UK that have been identified as using “illegal TV streaming services“, which calls on them to “immediately cease using illegal TV streaming services or face the risk of prosecution“. “People who access illegal TV streaming services are potentially liable to prosecution for criminal offences, including under Section...
100 Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Now Live Across UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has tonight revealed that a total of 100 government-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across England (28 masts), Wales (44) and Scotland (33) as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. But more are set to follow by 2027. The SRN – originally supported by a commitment of £501m in public funding and £532m of private...
Virgin Media UK Reveals Broadband Network Insights for Christmas | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has revealed new insights and consumer survey results from their broadband network, which uses data from the end of last year to highlight how customers use their network over Christmas. Suffice to say that traffic on Christmas Day follows a “markedly different pattern” to a typical day, with network activity peaking at 11am, followed by a noticeable drop-off later in the day. Firstly, in terms of the...
Vodafone UK Take Flak on Shetland for Missed or Incorrect Broadband Compensation | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet and mobile provider Vodafone have been criticised for allegedly failing to correctly compensate some of their customers on Shetland, which is a remote UK subarctic archipelago that resides north of the Scottish mainland. The issue follows from a major subsea fibre break (here) that recently caused a protracted disruption to services during October 2025. The service disruption did not impact all of the service providers on Shetland in the same...
North Yorkshire Council to Take NYnet Broadband Scheme National Across UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The North Yorkshire Council (NYC) in England has announced that NYnet, which is the NYC-owned company that – alongside funding from the local authority, UK government (BDUK) and private investment (network operators) – helped the council to spread faster broadband connectivity across the region, is “set to be expanded nationally“. The focus of NYnet has already evolved somewhat in recent years. The council-owned company, which also builds, owns, and...
Toob May Have Scaled-Back UK Full Fibre Broadband Build in Waterlooville | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Hampshire-based altnet and UK ISP toob, which has built a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network across parts of South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other areas, appears to have recently removed the core part of Waterlooville (Hampshire, England) from their future roll-out plan. The original £8m deployment across 20,000 premises in Waterlooville was announced all the way back in January 2024 (here), which...
Openreach Confirm FTTC and SOGEA UK Broadband Price Rises and Discounts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach has also announced a bunch of separate but related changes across their range of Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) and complementary SOGEA (standalone FTTC broadband etc.) broadband products for UK ISPs today, which reflects a mix of the usual annual price increase and some special offers. Firstly, the FTTC broadband price increases follow the usual level of CPI inflation (3.6% at the time these were set) and will be...