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Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Residents in the remote rural village of Penmachno, which sits in the isolated upland Machno valley area of North Wales (Conwy), have complained – via the local community council – that Openreach and BT recently left them unable to make or receive calls for several days due to a heat related fault that started on 19th June 2025. According to the Community Council (Cyngor Cymuned Bro Machno), locals were said to have been left feeling “deeply concerned by...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government has today invited organisations to sign-up to a new charter, which is being backed by Deloitte, Vodafone (VodafoneThree), BT and others. The charter encourages members to change how they manage and dispose of IT assets, with the aim of increasing device donations to the 1.5 million people who currently lack access to a basic laptop, tablet or smartphone. Just to recap. At the start of 2025 the UK government proposed to address the lack...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from SignalTracker, which operates a popular Android mobile app (but not iOS) for monitoring and examining mobile phone reception, has compared the quality of Vodafone’s 5G between Birmingham and London to find that the former is falling considerably behind. Furthermore, 72% of tests on Vodafone’s flagship 5G plan were actually 4G quality. Take note that the majority of 5G mobile networks today are still Non-Standalone (NSA), which means...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) has kicked off their first UK pilot to test the effectiveness of a targeted approach for safeguarding vulnerable customers during the mass migrations away from the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which is due to be switched-off, in favour of a temporary alternative service. Just to recap. The legacy phone switch-off was last year delayed to 31st January 2027 in order to give broadband ISPs, phone, telecare...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from Go.Compare, which combined ONS data with the results from a YouGov survey of 2,000 UK residents (conducted on 25th February 2025), has estimated that “up to” 11 million internet users could have access to full fibre (FTTP) broadband without realising. This is important as some ISPs offer free upgrades to the faster service. According to Ofcom’s most recent spring coverage report (here), some 86% of UK premises are now within reach of a...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator CityFibre, which has already built a gigabit-capable full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 4.3 million UK premises (RFS), is reportedly set to sign a £2bn funding deal – reflecting a split of debt and equity – to help keep them in business and support their plans for a major consolidation of rival operators. The operator’s existing funding is due to run out soon, and thus the operator is keen to reach an agreement on...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of the problems that UK mobile network operators, like Vodafone (VodafoneThree), often have to contend with is the issue of ensuring that their land-based 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) antennas are precisely positioned in order to deliver the best signal. But satellite guided sensors are now being tested to help change that. A failure to keep antennas perfectly aligned, which most often occurs due to things like strong storms or seismic activity, can...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers using broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take a Pay TV service via one of their TV 360, Stream or v6 box platforms, may like to know that they’ve added two new FAST channels to their TV service – British Screen Classics and wedotv movies – “at no extra cost“. The new FAST channels include British Screen Classics (Ch 450) – offering various film and TV gems originating from the iconic classic film libraries of ITV...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator Netomnia (Brsk, Youfibre), which has so far rolled out their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 2.5 million UK homes (inc. 325,000 customers), has today become the latest provider to adopt VIAVI’s ONMSi Remote Fibre Test System (RFTS) to “simplify and accelerate network installation and ongoing maintenance“. At present, Netomnia is continuing to expand their network coverage by around 1 million premises...

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet service provider Octaplus, which sells broadband package to consumers via various networks (e.g. MS3, CityFibre and FullFibre Limited), has today announced the launch of its first Multi-Gigabit speed packages – delivering ultrafast speeds of 1.8Gbps and 2.3Gbps. But there’s also a special mobile data bonus. Prices for the new plans are said to start at £40 per month. A quick look at their CityFibre based full fibre (FTTP) packages shows that the...