Study Claims 18 Percent of UK Broadband Homes Fail to Receive Min 10Mbps Speed | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study from Broadband Genie, which analysed 144,067 web-based broadband speed tests over an unspecified 12-month period, has claimed that 18% households in the UK are receiving “broadband” download speeds slower than the Universal Service Obligation (USO) of 10Mbps download or 1Mbps upload. But take that claim with a pinch of salt. According to the results, 14% failed to record download speeds of 10Mbps and 13% did not reach a threshold of 1Mbps for...
UK Ranks 2nd for Fixed Broadband Speed vs Countries of Similar Size to Romania | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More France-based internet connection benchmarking firm nPerf has this morning published the results from their first biannual (H1) 2026 crowdsourced study into fixed broadband ISP speeds among “countries comparable in size to Romania“, which saw the United Kingdom rank 2nd with an overall score of 126,638 nPoints (just behind Romania on 128,587). The somewhat quirky study is based on masses of speed tests carried out – between January and May 2026 – by users...
Multiple UK Broadband ISP Checkers and Order Systems Currently Down | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Reports are coming in that a number of major and minor broadband providers, such as Sky Broadband, Vodafone and others, are currently suffering some disruption to their online availability checkers and ordering systems that is preventing some new customers from signing up. A few providers have linked this to a problem with Openreach, but we’ve yet to confirm that. The experiences being reported seem to vary between providers, which is something we’ve...
Broadband and Mobile Networks Strained by UK Heatwave – No Major Blackouts Expected | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A few years have passed since we had a national heatwave that, across a large swathe of the country, pushed daytime temperatures to around the 40c level. Today and tomorrow will see similar temperatures and that’s going to cause some broadband and mobile infrastructure to struggle, albeit almost certainly without major national blackouts. So far, the current heatwave hasn’t really pushed too many systems beyond their limits. In some areas, such as...
ISP TalkTalk Pauses Sale of FTTC Broadband Lines to New UK Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet provider TalkTalk has confirmed to ISPreview that they’re no longer selling Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband packages on Openreach’s network to new customers. But the ISP says that this is only a “pause” while they finish setting up their new platform. The situation recently came to our attention after a number of people in FTTC-only areas (i.e. locations where full fibre FTTP isn’t available yet) found they couldn’t order a...
Utility Warehouse Set 5 Year UK Growth Plan as 568,647 Take Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Energy and communications provider Telecom Plus, trading as Utility Warehouse (UW), has today published their latest H2 FY26 Results to the end of March 2026 and revealed that their broadband ISP grew its total UK customer base to 568,647 (up from 561,086 in H1) and their mobile base grew to 787,426 (up from 698,054). As previously reported, the company’s broadband base got a big boost last year after they took on some of TalkTalk’s broadband customers...
Gov Consults on UK Plan for Terrestrial TV Switch Off and Broadband Support | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government has today proposed to switch-off terrestrial TV signals in either 2034 or 2044 as part of a wider change to reflect the move to internet-based streaming, provided broadband coverage is ready to support the transition (they expect it to be). Support will also be provided to the UK homes that may struggle to afford broadband, possibly backed by a new subsidy scheme. Over the past couple of decades there has been a significant shift in how we...
O2 UK Set to Start 2G Mobile Network Switch Off in Summer 2029 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning revealed that they will start switching off their “decades-old” 2G network starting in Summer 2029. The move follows their successful 3G switch off programme, which was completed at the end of 2025. But removing 2G is a slower and more complex process due to the many services that still depend upon it. Just to recap. O2 and other mobile operators are currently in the process of preparing to switch off...
Serious Fraud Office Investigates Internet Mobile Communications Ltd | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that they’re investigating a UK-based telecoms services provider called Internet Mobile Communications Limited (aka – Bank of Telecom) over allegations of “suspected fraud, false accounting, and money laundering“. The company collapsed into administration back in June 2024. The company ran an international platform selling telecom services for over 12 years from its base in Chelmsford, Essex. At its peak, IMC...
Community Forum for UK Broadband ISP TalkTalk Goes Down for Several Days | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of consumer broadband provider TalkTalk, specifically those looking to engage with their community forum, have spent the past few days scratching their heads after both the forum and many supporting support pages on the provider’s website – including their all important ‘Service Status’ page – suddenly went offline. The situation appears to have started around Friday 19th June 2026, at least that’s the date given on the general notice, which...