Briant Broadband Bring 5Gbps Speeds to Own Network Around Worthing UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator and UK ISP Briant Broadband has informed ISPreview that customers covered by their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network around the seaside town of Worthing (West Sussex, England), which now reaches 10,500 properties passed (and serviceable), can access symmetric speeds of up to 5,000Mbps (5Gbps). Eagle-eyed readers may recall that we first wrote about Briant’s plans to deploy their own full fibre network all the way back...
Greater Anglia Tops Ranking of UK Train Operators for Onboard Connectivity | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study has been published today that ranks the top 11 out of 28 UK train operators for onboard connectivity to identify which ones are the best for working on the go. The study examines everything from WiFi quality to the availability of plug sockets, punctuality, passenger satisfaction, complaints, rolling stock quality, crowding and cleanliness. The research, which was commissioned by Uswitch, is based on feedback from the train operators, ORR...
Oak Tree Housing Association Agrees Deal to Deploy Full Fibre in Greenock | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Oak Tree Housing Association, which provides social housing across parts of Inverclyde in Scotland and owns 1,960 homes, has reached a new access agreement (wayleave) with Openreach (BT). The deal will enable the operator to extend their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across numerous buildings in the town of Greenock. According to the announcement, the partnership will work to deploy their new full fibre network into around 400...
London Internet Exchange Deploys 25th 400Gbps Ethernet Port | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The not-for-profit London Internet Exchange (LINX), which handles a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via around 900 members (broadband, mobile, CDN providers etc.), has celebrated achieving a “major milestone” after they deployed their 25th 400GE (Gigabits per second) port across their global network. The first 400GE port was provisioned several years ago in 2021, largely as a response to rising demand for ultra-high...
Competition Concerns Raised Over New Openreach FTTP Broadband Discount | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A number of Openreach’s rivals are understood to have raised fresh competition concerns with Ofcom after the operator introduced a new discount on upgrades (here). The offer was designed to help encourage ISPs to shift customers off older copper-based broadband services and on to newer full fibre (FTTP) lines, but not everyone is happy. The issue concerns proactive migrations, which arise where an internet provider (ISP) proposes to upgrade your older...
Broadband Outages on Shetland After Second Subsea Fibre Break in 3 Months | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of ISP Sky Broadband, Vodafone and possibly others on Shetland, which is a remote UK subarctic archipelago that resides north of the Scottish mainland, started suffering from a loss of internet connectivity yesterday after the main SHEFA-2 (Faroese Telecom) subsea fibre optic cable suffered damage on Friday; the second time in 3 months. Faroese Telecom’s SHEFA-2 cable reaches Shetland via two landing sites, including one stretch that goes North...
Sky and RM Tech to Improve High-Speed Fibre Connectivity for UK Schools | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Education technology provider RM Technology and Sky Business Wholesale (Comcast) have signed a new partnership. The move aims to provide a fully resilient, high-speed connectivity solution for schools across the UK by leveraging Sky’s network to deliver a 100Gbps-ready, fibre-first network. The move is said to have enhanced RM Technology’s existing portfolio with fully resilient, high-speed services, including a dedicated Network-to-Network Interface...
Broadband ISP Aquiss Launch UK FTTP Broadband Packages via Gigaclear | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Shropshire-based UK ISP Aquiss this week appears to have added yet another alternative network to their platform after reaching an agreement to sell packages to homes and businesses covered by Gigaclear’s full fibre (FTTP) lines, which primarily cover rural premises across various parts of England. Gigaclear’s network is currently available to over 612,000 premises across rural parts of England. But we haven’t previously seen many other retail ISPs...
Virgin Media UK Give TV Customers Free Access to Kids Channels During Oct 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take their pay TV service and have children, may like to know that the provider will be offering free access to their premium children’s TV channels throughout the whole of October 2025 “at no extra cost“. The offer, which includes the ability to watch these channels either at home or on the go via the Virgin TV Go app, arrives just in time for the October half-term and covers...
BT Completes £1.9m Full Fibre Build for Swansea Bay City Deal | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme has today announced the completion of their £1.9m Full Fibre Infrastructure Build project with BT, which has helped to upgrade 69 key public sector sites with “future proofed” broadband connectivity. Just to recap. The UK and Welsh Governments gave approval for a £55m digital infrastructure investment under the £1.3bn Swansea Bay City Region project back in 2021 (here), which among other things...