CityFibre Survey Claims 8 Percent of UK Farms Still Have No Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator CityFibre, which recently appointed Censuswide to conduct a nationwide survey of UK farmers, has claimed that 8% of farms do not have any internet connectivity at all and yet almost two-thirds of farmers surveyed (60%) believe broadband is critical for day-to-day farming activities. The survey says it “raises real concerns that UK farms are being held back due to poor internet connectivity“. Despite almost 60% of farmers expecting their...
One-in-ten UK farmers lack internet connectivity | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The majority of farmers (60%) say internet connectivity is critical to running their farm, yet almost one-in-ten farms (8%) do not have any internet connectivity at all A nationwide survey of UK farmers has revealed that poor internet connectivity risks stifling growth and productivity on Britain’s farms, with unreliable broadband holding back the adoption of new technology including AI and real-time monitoring capabilities. The Censuswide...
Ofcom Blasts NOW and TalkTalk for UK Broadband Complaints – Q4 2024 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ofcom have today published their latest quarterly (Q4 2024) study of UK consumer telecoms complaints, which shames NOW Broadband (NOW TV) and TalkTalk for attracting the most complaints about broadband, while O2 took the most heat for Mobile and Virgin Media was put on the naughty step for Pay TV services. Take note that the regulator’s report only covers complaints that Ofcom itself has received and not those sent directly to an ISP, the ISPA or an...
Neos Networks Claim 96 Percent of UK Broadband Altnets Consider Consolidation | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Neos Networks, which operates one of the biggest 34,000km long business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 600+ Points of Presence (PoPs), has today released the results of new research that claims almost all of the market’s alternative networks (96%) are considering mergers, partnerships and acquisitions with other providers. As our regular readers will already know, most alternative broadband networks (altnets)...
BT Consults on Closure of its Londonderry Office by End of 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Telecoms and broadband giant BT has confirmed that, as part of their ongoing UK programme to modernise and consolidate the number of offices they have – shrinking them from around 300 to just 30 locations, they’ve begun a consultation on the closure of their Londonderry office. The move, which could be implemented by the end of 2025, puts around 140 jobs at risk. The operator is instead proposing to relocate most of those impacted by the change to their...
Broadband ISP Aquiss Cuts Price of CityFibre Plans in Half for 6 Months | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Shropshire-based UK ISP Aquiss, which is celebrating 20 years of service this year, has announced that they’re “slashing” the price of their CityFibre based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband packages in half for the first 6 months of service. Symmetric speeds of up to 2.5Gbps (2200Mbps average) are available. The special offer, which runs from 1st to 31st May 2025, means that their prices will now start at £19 a month (first 6 months, then £38) for...
Openreach Win £157m Project Gigabit Broadband Build Contract for Scotland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government today confirmed that Openreach (BT) have been formally awarded the £157 million state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for Scotland (Call off 6). The deal will see the operator extending their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover an additional 65,000 of the hardest to reach rural premises. The latest development forms part of Openreach’s earlier Single Supplier Framework agreement (here), which saw them being...
Huawei and Singtel on building a sustainable network | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Interview The telecom industry is at the forefront of digital transformation, but with growing concerns about energy consumption and environmental impact, operators and vendors are prioritising sustainability In the WinWin Live Studio, Emanuel Kolta, Lead Analyst at GSMA Intelligence, sat down with Lim Yu Leong, Vice President, Group Strategy, Engineering and innovation at Singtel, and Singleton Zhou, President of Network Consulting and Integration...
NO! Your Broadband Almost Certainly Won’t “grind to a halt” Today | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Over the past few days’, we’ve seen a succession of scaremongering newspaper articles, which appear to warn UK consumers that their wireless routers or broadband may “grind to a halt” during this week’s heatwave. The articles appear to have been triggered by some advice that Virgin Media issued, but the reality is that this week’s weather won’t cause any major broadband issues. Some of the articles that we’re talking about can be found here, here and...
Revolut to Expand from Travel eSIMs into Cheap UK Mobile Operator | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of banking and money management app Revolut, which last year launched a limited eSIM based mobile service for roaming travellers (here), has today revealed that they intend to go further by launching a full domestic mobile service for UK consumers with unlimited calls, texts, and data (mobile broadband) at home. According to a new post on X today (here), which was spotted by members of ISPreview’s forum (here), the new service will shortly be...