Giffgaff Launch Six Months for £5 Offer on UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile and internet provider giffgaff has this morning announced the launch of a new special offer on their 24-month fixed full fibre broadband plans (available via nexfibre’s network), which will give new customers any of their 200Mbps to 900Mbps speed packages at just £5 per month for the first six months of service. The packages typically return to their normal prices thereafter (e.g. 200Mbps is £25 per month, 500Mbps is £28 and 900Mbps is £32). All...
Possible Hints of O2 Broadband Revival Surface via New UK Full Fibre Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of ISPreview’s eagle-eyed readers recently spotted that mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) had uploaded an interesting new page on their website, which doesn’t appear to have been meant for public consumption and depicted three new full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages under the ‘O2 Broadband’ branding. Seasoned industry observers will recall that O2 previously ran their own fixed broadband ISP, which reflected what they acquired from BE...
£700m R100 Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Scotland Covers 100,000 Premises | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Scottish Government (SG) has this morning announced that they’ve just passed the 100,000 premises milestone – reflecting those who have benefitted from their publicly subsidised £697m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach, which is rolling out gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband to remote rural areas. Starting with a recap. The R100 scheme is contracted to reach a total of 112,939 premises by March 2028 – split across three contracts – in...
ISP Aquiss Launch 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps UK Broadband Speeds via Openreach | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Shropshire-based independent ISP Aquiss has today joined the small to modest sized group of internet providers able to offer speeds of 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps via Openreach’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, both of which will initially be sold at half price for the first six months of service. The press announcement for this actually came in at the unusual time of around 8pm on a Friday night, so we’re playing catch-up a bit this...
Sky Broadband UK’s Position on Openreach Speeds Beyond 900Mbps | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A couple of Sky Broadband’s customers have recently notified us that their 900Mbps full fibre (FTTP) package on Openreach’s national network suddenly started delivering speeds of up to nearly 1.8Gbps, which is despite such a tier being unavailable to Sky’s subscribers. But those hoping for the launch of faster packages via the same network may be left disappointed, at least for now. The download speed of 1.8Gbps is the fastest currently available to...
BT and EE’s UK Websites and App Experiencing Service Disruptions | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband and mobile providers BT and EE (possibly also including Plusnet) appear to have been suffering from difficulties accessing their online accounts, official apps and webmail today, although the feedback appears to suggest that it might not be impacting every service, subscriber or platform in the same way. The problems, which started just after 10am this morning (credits to Thinkbroadband for spotting) and also appear to be impacting...
EE UK Set to Add Disney+ to TV Platform and Prep New Rewards Scheme | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband and mobile provider EE (BT) will see a number of key changes over the coming weeks and months. According to ISPreview’s sources, the provider will finally add Disney+ (video streaming) support to their pay TV boxes and plans to launch a new loyalty programme for existing subscribers. Quite why it’s taken the provider so long to add Disney+ support to their TV platform is unclear, although the good news is that it’s definitely...
Broadband Provider Winners of the UK Fibre Awards 2026 Unveiled | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The fifth annual 2026 UK Fibre Awards event took place last night at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, which saw a number of broadband ISPs and full fibre network builders across multiple categories pick up awards for their achievements. Some of the winners included Quickline for ‘Best Rural Fibre Provider’ and Squirrel Internet for ‘Best ISP‘, among others. The event, which is similar to many existing industry award ceremonies (e.g. the ISPAs...
Broadband ISP YouFibre Tops 500,000 UK Fibre Customers on Netomnia | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider YouFibre, which is the retail ISP arm of alternative network operator Netomnia (Substantial Group) and offers full fibre (FTTP) broadband speeds of up to 7-8Gbps, has today revealed that they’ve finally topped the 500,000 customer mark after completing the integration of Brsk’s base into their UK operations (up from 460,000 in Feb 2026). YouFibre now serves customers across more than 150 UK towns – from Londonderry to Llanelli, Durham...
Gov Publish Response to Revision of UK Telecommunications Security Code | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government (DSIT) has today published its response to a planned revision of the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice (2022), which will update the code to reflect changes in what sort of specific security measures public telecoms providers (broadband, mobile etc.) must take in order to protect their networks from attack. Just to recap. The original code was an extension of the wider Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 (summary), which...