Netomnia Goes Live with First 50Gbps UK Full Fibre Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator Netomnia, which is supported by retail internet providers YouFibre and Brsk, has today become the first UK network operator to go live with a commercial deployment of 50Gbps capable 50G-PON based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology (real-world speeds of up to c.40Gbps are expected for homes and businesses). Just to recap. The network access provider, which has already extended their full fibre network to reach 2.4...
Openreach Brings Full Fibre Broadband to 80 Percent of Cardiff | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Openreach (BT) has today revealed that their roll-out of a new 1.8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Cardiff (Wales) has reached 140,000 premises (i.e. around 80% of properties across the city). The build is still very much ongoing, although less than two in five who could upgrade to the new network have done so. The network operator, which has previously stated that their average per premises build cost continues to hover...
Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Discounts 500Mbps Broadband to £22 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Abingdon-based alternative network provider Gigaclear, which is built a full fibre broadband network that covers 580,000 premises (RFS) across rural parts of England (inc. 130,000+ customers), has introduced a new discount that reduces the monthly price of their 500Mbps (469Mbps avg.) package to just £22 per month. The 500Mbps package itself (affiliate link) typically offers symmetric speeds, unlimited usage, an included Linksys wireless router, “FREE...
Openreach Boost UK FTTP Rollout Pace as BT Broadband Customers Fall to 8.2M | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The BT Group has today published their biannual full year (H2 FY25) results to March 2025, which reveals that Openreach’s full fibre (FTTP) network added 2.2 million premises to their UK coverage in H2 (up from 2.1m in H1) to cover 18.08m (4.9m in rural areas) and will accelerate its rollout by 20%. But broadband line losses to rivals hit 243k in the last quarter (up from 208k). The group’s consumer divisions – including BT, EE and Plusnet – reported...
Ofcom Ranks Big UK Mobile and Broadband ISPs by Quality and Faults – 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ofcom has today published their 2025 study of UK broadband, phone and mobile service quality, call waiting times, complaint levels, fault repairs, compensation and install times for the largest providers. For example, TalkTalk attracted the lowest satisfaction for broadband (77%) and Plusnet (BT) secured the highest (91%). The regulator’s report – published once every two years – is based on data that they have gathered via a combination of consumer...
Three UK Doubles Mobile Broadband Speeds in Glasgow via O-RAN Trial | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator Three UK has today completed their trial of OpenRAN (O-RAN) technology in the city of Glasgow (Scotland). The test, which marks one of the UK’s first deployments of the technology in a dense urban environment, delivered “impressive results” with both 4G and 5G data speeds doubled at peak times. The advantage of O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network) technologies is that they standardise the design and functionality of radio access kit...
FullFibre Limited Drops Out of UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK government has today unexpectedly announced that alternative network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which recently completed its merger with Zzoomm (here) and confirmed further job losses (here), has “mutually agreed to terminate” their state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts for the Derbyshire Peak District and Herefordshire. Just to recap. The combined full fibre (FTTP) broadband network, which currently...
Altnet Freedom Fibre Pick VeloxServ to Power its Wholesale B2B Connectivity | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator Freedom Fibre, which has already grown their gigabit full fibre broadband network to cover 315,000 UK premises (Nov 2024) across parts of England (Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Essex), has chosen VeloxServ to support its wholesale B2B (business) connectivity offering. The strategic partnership will also enable VeloxServ to extend its reach to even more businesses across Greater...
ISP Quickline Launch Cheap Entry Level 100Mbps Broadband Package | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More People covered by Quickline’s new full fibre (FTTP) UK gigabit broadband ISP network, which by the end of 2025 will have covered 200,000 premises in rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (up from 65,000 premises in Nov 2023), may like to know that they’ve launched a new 100Mbps entry-level package today. Until today, the cheapest package available to consumers covered by their FTTP network was a 200Mbps (symmetric speed) service, which cost from £29...
Podcast: Managing the checkerboarding of municipal regulations | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts Felix Dialoiso, well versed in the complexities of municipal regulations, says building underground fiber doesn’t come without struggles. Fiber builds, especially underground ones, don’t always go according to plan. It’s a fact that Felix Dialoiso, a founding partner at Harbor Link, knows all too well. Dialoiso, who says he’s had to deal with the checkerboarding of regulations across municipalities in Harbor Link’s footprint, said patience is...