SpeedGeo Q3 2026 study names Virgin Media fastest for UK broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The SpeedGeo project, which compares broadband connection quality by benchmarking the internet speeds of real users, has published their Q3 2026 results and once again named Virgin Media as the fastest fixed broadband ISP. But the study only examined a handful of the largest ISPs, which ignores all of the smaller often faster altnets and retail providers that exist. The latest Q3 2026 study is based on data gathered from real measurements conducted by...
Telecoms giant BT acquires UK broadband ISP TalkTalk and wholesale biz PXC | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The incredibly confusing twists and turns of the debt-ridden TalkTalk Group’s attempts to dispose of both their consumer broadband ISP business and their PXC (PlatformX Communications) wholesale business has finally reached a conclusion today. BT has agreed to acquire both businesses from administration. Just to recap. TalkTalk has long been trying to sell off their remaining businesses. In recent weeks and months the Group has held talks with various...
Rural UK broadband altnet Gigaloch suffers delay to CVA creditors agreement | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Fife-based alternative broadband operator Gigaloch, which had been rolling out a new full fibre (FTTP) network into rural parts of West Cheshire (England) and Scotland until they ran into financial difficulties last year, appears to be suffering a delay to implementation of a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) – due to the receipt of a secondary preferential claim from HMRC. The operator, which primarily focused on building across remote rural parts of...
Octopus (OITS) to split UK fibre broadband assets from other investments | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Octopus Inheritance Tax Service (OITS), which is a discretionary investment service managed by Octopus Investments, has revealed that they’re going to split out their fibre broadband assets (i.e. those held by Fern Trading – Vorboss and AllPoints Fibre Network) from other investments. The move comes shortly after Octopus backed away from a deal to acquire PXC from TalkTalk. The CEO of Octopus Investments, Erin Platts, told the Telegraph (paywall)...
Sky OS 2.0 brings proper PVR and AI voice to UK Sky Glass and Stream TV users | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Sky has revealed that the future release of their next Sky OS 2.0 software (firmware) for the provider’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV streaming devices and service will bring some major enhancements, including revised cloud recording (PVR) capabilities and AI-powered voice search. At present Sky’s partial solution to PVR on their modern Glass and Stream platforms has been to use the ‘Playlist’ feature (in Sky OS 2.0 this will become...
Openreach reconnect village after water leak caused month long broadband outage | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Homes and businesses in the rural Surrey (England) village of Frensham, which is said to be home to a local population of almost 1,700, have finally been reconnected by Openreach to broadband and phone services. The situation occured after they were hit by almost a month long network outage due to a “burst water pipe“. The problem appears to have started all the way back on Saturday 5th September 2026, after a burst water pipe damaged one of Openreach’s...
Broadband altnet Hyperoptic see UK losses hit £172.24m as debt strain grows | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More City-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) provider Hyperoptic, which claims to have built their gigabit broadband network to cover 2 million UK homes (mostly across blocks of flats / MDUs), has revealed that their losses for the year to 31st Dec 2025 increased to £172.24m and they’re trying to seek a solution to £98m in maturing debt. Just to recap. Hyperoptic actually published a preview of their annual accounts back in July 2026, which revealed that the...
Cross party MPs tell UK Gov to consider Household Levy to replace BBC TV Licence | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report from the cross-party Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has warned that the “current TV licence fee is outdated and no longer fit for purpose” and that “all” of the alternatives have drawbacks. The report instead proposes a Household Levy that would no longer be linked to a TV set, could be cheaper than the current licence and would cover other services (broadband?). The issue of the BBC TV Licence fee has always been a bit of a...
Vodafone UK’s new TV service goes live for broadband and mobile users | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile customers of Vodafone UK may like to know that the telecoms provider has today made their new pay TV product available to take, which is said to be priced from an additional £10 a month, or subscribers can get their ‘TV Essential‘ plan – including Netflix and HBO Max – for £17 a month. The new pay TV solution was first soft launched a month ago (here), but at the time they didn’t reveal much about its pricing or a precise launch...
CMA raise competition fears over nexfibre’s £2bn Netomnia UK broadband deal | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Competition and Markets Authority has published its preliminary findings for their fast-tracked Phase 2 investigation into the £2bn acquisition of full fibre broadband network Netomnia (Substantial Group) by the parents of nexfibre and Virgin Media (O2). Overall the CMA found the deal would result in a “substantial lessening of competition (SLC) in the wholesale supply of fixed broadband services.” In case anybody has forgotten. Nexfibre (i.e....