Study Claims 36 Percent of UK Adults with Home Wi-Fi Suffer Poor Connection | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More According to a recent “nationally representative” OnePoll survey of 2,000 UK adults with Wi-Fi at home, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com, some 36% of respondents said they “struggle with their Wi-Fi connection” (15% said this impacts multiple rooms of their home) and 24% have to go to a different room to use streaming as it does not work across their entire home. Of those who struggle with their Wi-Fi, some 37% try to stay in rooms with the best...
Some Sky UK Customers Suffering Problems Making Payments | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of Sky’s various TV, phone and Sky Broadband services appear to currently be experiencing “issues making payments” in the UK, which seems to be disrupting sign-ups to new packages via the Sky Marketplace and also preventing some payments for reoccurring subscriptions (e.g. adds-on). At present it’s difficult to determine precisely when this issue started, since there were sporadic reports at the end of last week and those seem to have...
Ofcom Set to Revoke Code Powers for Multiple UK Telecoms Operators | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The communications, internet and media regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to revoke Code Powers from multiple UK telecoms network, civil engineering and broadband operators because the companies have either been “closed or dissolved“, or in other cases the powers are simply no longer required and are being revoked by mutual agreement. The application for Code Powers from Ofcom is typically sought in order to help speed-up deployments of new wireless,...
Vandals Attack Openreach’s Broadband Network in Bedminster and Chippenham | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More National network operator Openreach has revealed that their UK broadband and phone network suffered “malicious damage” across two separate incidents in Bedminster (District of Bristol) and Chippenham (Wiltshire) on Monday. This disrupted connectivity to local homes and businesses in the area. Pictures from both events indicate that, in the first incident, the vandals lifted a chamber cover and then proceeded to cut several cables, both those carrying...
45 Percent of UK Landline Users Confused by Analogue Phone Switch-Off, Survey Claims | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new OnePoll survey of 2,000 UK adults with a landline telephone at home, commissioned by London-focused alternative broadband ISP CommunityFibre, has claimed that 45% of respondents are still unclear about what the looming switch-off of the country’s ageing analogue telephone network means for them. Just to recap. The legacy phone switch-off on the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is currently due to take place on 31st January 2027. As a...
Lenders Set to Take Control of Rural UK Broadband Altnet ISP Airband UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report has claimed that the Aberdeen Group backed alternative network (altnet) provider Airband, which recently put itself up for sale and has built a mix of gigabit broadband networks across rural parts of England and North Wales, has agreed to hand control of the business to its lenders. Airband has previously stated that their broadband network currently spans a total of “more than 440,000 premises in over 200 communities across 7 counties“...
O2 UK Boost Mobile Speed and Cover in Westminster via 24 New Small Cells | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) have this morning reported that they’ve successfully deployed a total of 24 new 4G and 5G capable Small Cells across the Westminster area (borough) of London, which will boost local data capacity (mobile broadband) and customer experience of their network. Small cells are mini shoebox sized mobile (radio) base stations, which are designed to deliver limited coverage (usually up to around 100 metres) and thus tend to be...
New MyCharity Mobile Operator Helps UK Customers Donate to Charity | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Another day brings the launch of yet another new eSIM based virtual UK mobile operator (mvno) to the market, this time called MyCharity Mobile. As usual they’ve come up with a semi-unique selling point, which enables customers to donate to any charity of their choice while paying for their mobile plan (15p from every £1 spent). The new service is being powered by mobile solutions from Tekmoni and the eSIM Go platform. Customers of the service are offered...
Broadband ISP and Alternative UK Full Fibre Network GoFibre Confirms CEO Exit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More ISPreview has today been informed that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Edinburgh-based UK alternative network operator GoFibre, Neil Conaghan, who has led the business since November 2022, recently resigned from the business and a hunt for his successor has now begun. Regular readers of the site will know that GoFibre has spent the past few years building their own full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of Northumberland (England)...
Report Criticises BT, Sky, Virgin, Vodafone and Others for Confusing UK Social Tariffs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new study has highlighted how some of the UK market’s largest fixed broadband ISPs, including BT, Sky Broadband, Virgin Media and Vodafone, appear to be failing in their commitment to making cheaper Social Tariffs easier to access (available to those on state benefits). Instead the providers were found to make the tariffs and their details hard to find and often with unclear contract terms or pricing. Social Tariffs are typically only available to...