Government publish Q2 2026 UK gigabit broadband rollout progress report | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has published their calendar Q2 2026 progress report on their publicly subsidised gigabit broadband rollout schemes. The data reveals that some 1,462,910 premises have received coverage under BDUK’s gigabit programmes since their inception (up from 1.42m in March 2026), including 46,300 premises over the past quarter. At present over 91% of UK premises can already access a 1000Mbps+ (1Gbps) capable broadband...
GoFibre’s Sept 2026 update on North East Scotland gigabit broadband build | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Edinburgh-based UK alternative network operator GoFibre, which is deploying full fibre (FTTP) broadband across rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has provided an update on their rollout in the North East of Scotland under the publicly subsidised Project Gigabit contract. Work is now underway in St Fergus, Inchmarlo, Kincardine O’Neil, Collieston and Newburgh, as well as Kingswells. Just to recap. GoFibre’s Project Gigabit contract for North...
SpaceX set to launch first fully operational Starlink V3 broadband satellites | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Next week looks set to be a pivotal moment for SpaceX as the company will attempt to launch their Starship rocket again (Flight 14), which will for the first time attempt to place Starship into a proper orbit around the Earth and then deliver 26 fully operational commercial Starlink V3 broadband satellites (not test samples like before). Starlink currently has around 11,100 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – mostly at altitudes of between c.340-550km....
What it costs to leave a UK broadband contract early – ranked by each ISP | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Comparison service Switchity has taken data submitted by 2,472 UK households between May and August 2026 and used it to work out how much it typically costs to cancel a broadband ISP contract early, both generally and by each internet provider. The average (median) household faces a cost of £279 and Virgin Media came out as the most expensive to leave (£360). The data source for all this reflects people who used the site’s own calculator to work out the...
EXA Infrastructure to build new transatlantic cable EXA Meridian | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release First transatlantic cable built by a single operator in a decade expands EXA Infrastructure’s transatlantic core as demand for fibre-pair capacity accelerates EXA Infrastructure, one of the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platforms throughout Europe, today announced the launch of EXA Meridian, a new 6,552 km transatlantic subsea cable between New Jersey, U.S., and Brean, UK. Scheduled to be ready for service in 2029, EXA Meridian...
Email users of broadband ISP BT suffer barrage of password reset messages | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of BT’s UK broadband packages, specifically those that also make use of their included Email platform, have recently begun complaining about receiving hundreds of unsolicited password reset messages (sometimes as many as 1,000 TXTs) – each containing a onetime four digit PIN code to verify their BTInternet mail account. Firstly, we should point out that a lot of online services use one-time codes (sent to your mobile or a different email)...
Comms Council UK publish data-sharing guidance for tackling telephone fraud | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Comms Council UK, which represents the national Unified Communications and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone industry, has this morning published its data-sharing guidance – produced with support from the Home Office, Ofcom, and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – for tackling telephone-enabled fraud (e.g. scam calls and messages). The guidance is designed to give UK telecoms providers of all sizes the confidence to share data lawfully...
Zen Internet CEO reveals state of the UK’s alternative broadband networks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The CEO of broadband ISP Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has today published the seventh edition of his entertaining ‘Full Fibre Wacky Races‘ presentation, which summarises both his and the wider industry’s views of how the UK’s troubled market for alternative fixed broadband networks (altnets) has progressed and what the future may hold. Altnets have of course faced a troubled few years due to rising build costs, strong competition from rivals (i.e....
JustWatch set to launch own TV streaming service in the UK next month | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The JustWatch website, which currently acts as one of the world’s largest guides to TV and movie content on streaming platforms, has announced that they intend to launch their own internet video streaming service (JustWatch TV) in October 2026 – starting with the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. JustWatch TV aims to offer a mix of free ad-supported viewing, transactional...
Vodafone UK warn London planning rules forcing 100 mobile sites offline in 2026 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report from mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) claims that London could be losing around £2.7bn a year in economic output because of bad “planning measures“, such as those that force them to take 4G and 5G network sites offline (masts and other cell sites) without first ensuring an appropriate replacement location. The issue centres around one that another mobile operator, O2 (Virgin Media), raised back in June 2026 concerning...