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...
Warning over fake “government” doorstep broadband sellers in Norfolk UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Norfolk County Council‘s (NCC) Trading Standards department has issued a new “Cold Calling Alert” that warns local people to be on the lookout after several cases of fake doorstep sellers trying to peddle broadband services were reported in the region. According to the notice, three people wearing orange hi-vis vests have recently been going door-to-door in the King’s Lynn area. The cold callers were making claims about being part of a “Government...
O2 UK Enables 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network in Northern Ireland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband network across much of Northern Ireland, which is said to reach more than 800,000 residents in 5 cities, 22 large towns and 382 smaller towns, villages and hamlets – delivering “faster speeds, better coverage and lower latency at no extra cost.” Just to recap. O2’s rollout of 5G+ / 5GSA first began in February 2024...