Bidding war erupts over UK business ISP Gamma as Waterland tackles Epiris | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A week has passed since business ISP and IT provider Gamma Communications accepted a cash offer from British private equity firm Epiris worth £1.079bn (here). But a new report claims that the Waterland private equity firm hasn’t given up their pursuit and plans to table a larger bid. Last week it seemed like Epiris (Bradbury Bidco Limited), which was recently linked to separate talks for TalkTalk’s wholesale business (PXC), had put themselves in pole...
Starlink impose 10Mbps speed cap on heavy users of its “unlimited” broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of Starlink’s ultrafast satellite broadband service, specifically those on their residential plans with “unlimited” data usage, have reported that they’ve had their internet speeds capped to c.10Mbps after consuming huge amounts of data. But this is despite their usage patterns being the same for, sometimes, several years. Starlink currently has around 11,100 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – mostly at altitudes of between c.340-550km....
Whales: Giants of the Ocean
Whales: Giants of the Ocean Whales are among the largest and most remarkable animals on Earth. These marine mammals live in oceans around the world, from warm tropical waters to the cold seas surrounding the poles. Life Beneath the Surface Although whales spend their lives in water, they breathe air through blowholes located on top of their heads. They must regularly return to the surface to breathe before diving again in search of food or traveling through the ocean. Whales are warm-blooded,...
Starlink tweak Personal Maritime Broadband Plan to support bigger boats | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Good news. Starlink’s new Personal Maritime Plan for users of their ultrafast satellite broadband service, which is currently only being offered to selected customers, has corrected one of the biggest annoyances that appeared shortly after it first launched last month. The plan was previously limited to personal boats of up to 40ft in length, but this has now been extended to 60ft. As we pointed out in our article on the new plan, a lot of personal sail...
UK ISP Grain Connect offers up to 9 months half price full fibre broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New customers looking to sign-up with Carlisle-based broadband provider Grain, which has deployed their point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 300,000 UK premises and connect 60,000 customers, may like to know that the ISP has launched a new discount that reduces some packages to half price for up to 9 months of service. In short, customers subscribing to Grain’s entry-level 250Mbps Full Fibre package, which normally costs £19.99 per month,...
Ofcom UK is not looking to harness lots of new spectrum for 6G mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ofcom this week began a new consultation on the UK’s provisional views and positions for the next World Radiocommunication Conference 2027 (WRC-27), which among other things appeared to indicate that the regulator would, at least for now, only support the release of an extra 125MHz of spectrum in the 7GHz band (7125-7250MHz) for use by future mobile broadband networks (i.e. 6G). The next WRC, which is due to be held in Shanghai (China) between 18th...
Netflix hikes UK prices for customers of its video streaming service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The popular broadband-based Movie and TV video streaming service, Netflix, has today updated their website to hike the monthly prices across all three of their plans for customers again. New customers will see the change immediately, while the timing for existing customers will depend upon your billing date (usually following 30 days’ after notification). In short, ‘Standard with Ads‘ will shoot up from £5.99 to £7.99 per month, while ‘Standard‘...
Huawei latest SingleRAN 22.1 launch targets the Agentverse | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The company says its new SingleRAN 22.1 wireless software aims to build a multidimensional foundation for the Mobile AI network As AI models grow more advanced, the use of AI agents continues to proliferate. According to forecasts from IDC, there will be more than 1 billion actively deployed AI agents by 2029, raising to 2.2 billion in 2030. Other estimates are even more bullish, with Huawei’s Intelligent World 2035 report predicting 900 billion AI...
Openreach extend UK pilot of future Ethernet EAD 2.0 and Cablelink products | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has notified UK broadband ISPs that they’ve extended the customer pilot phase of their future Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) v2.0 and Cablelink Service Connect (CSC) products, which are used to supply high-capacity business data links (potentially reaching speeds of 100Gbps in the near future). The pilot was already extended once earlier this year and will now run for a little bit longer until 30th November 2026....
Former Cuckoo UK broadband users left confused over Onestream’s stance on static IPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Some customers of broadband ISP Onestream, specifically those who were bulk migrated from Cuckoo after the customer base was sold in May 2026 and previously had a static IP address (here), have complained after they were put on CGNAT (IP address sharing) connections and given mixed messages about future static IP support. According to some of the feedback ISPreview has seen, impacted customers were initially told that Onestream was aware of the issue and...