Leaving UK broadband ISP Virgin Media ends in huge bill and debt collectors | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Switching broadband provider is normally easy, but in today’s story we cover how one of Virgin Media’s former customers instead ended up spending most of 2026 battling the ISP over an unexpectedly huge bill, after they failed to cancel his old service. As if to make matters worse, the customer then ended up being pursued by debt collectors and suffering damage to his credit file. Under the regulator’s One Touch Switch (OTS) process, consumers who want to...
Lighting Fibre expand FTTP broadband further in East Sussex and Kent | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Eastbourne-based broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which is deploying a full fibre (FTTP) network across Sussex and Kent in England (they also hold a partnership to use CityFibre’s UK network – here), has revealed that they’ve recently expanded their fibre network to reach a further 2,500 premises across five locations in the two counties. The latest network expansion is said to cover homes in St Leonards, Hastings, Eastbourne, Hailsham and Tenterden, with...
Fibrus complete phase one of Project Gigabit broadband rollout in Cumbria | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed alternative broadband network Fibrus, which has so far deployed their full fibre network across 471,800 UK premises (inc. 155,000 customers), has today announced that they’ve completed the first phase of their government-funded Project Gigabit rollout across Cumbria (England). Over 37,700 extra premises in hard-to-reach areas are now covered and rising. The contract, which was first announced back in November 2022, has gone through a...
MaiaEdge PBC 100 series extends private Ethernet to customer premises | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Compact customer-premises appliance pairs with the MaiaEdge PBC 2000 to deliver automated, encrypted Ethernet connectivity over any available transport MaiaEdge has introduced the PBC 100 Series, compact customer premises equipment (CPE) that helps fiber operators and service providers extend private Ethernet beyond their owned fiber footprints, directly to customer sites. With the PBC 100 Series, part of the Path Border Controller product...
Openreach take on UK Project Gigabit broadband contract for Forest of Dean | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) unit has today confirmed that the second part of the previously stalled Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for West Herefordshire and the Forest of Dean (Lot 15), which was originally held by FullFibre Ltd until they “mutually agreed to terminate” it in May 2025 (here), has now been taken on by Openreach (BT). Just to recap. The contract was originally valued at £23.4m (public subsidy) and aimed to...
Ookla – London ranks last among 18 European capitals for mobile broadband speed | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network benchmarking firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their Speedtest.net site and app, has revealed the results of a new study that shows how 4G and 5G mobile network performance in London has declined relative to 18 of Europe’s capital cities. The city now sits at the very bottom of the table across almost all the key measurements. According to the study, London was originally one of the first European capitals to launch 5G services,...
Hints of IPv6 adoption show up at broadband ISP Virgin Media and O2 UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Nearly a decade has passed since broadband provider Virgin Media (VMO2) first informed ISPreview that they planned to adopt the Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing standard (here) and we’re still waiting. The situation around mobile operator O2 is similar, with both still relying primarily on IPv4 addresses. But there are signs of a change in the air data packets. Internet protocol addresses (IP) help connect you and your devices or software with...
VMO2 may revive defunct UK telecoms brands Virgin Mobile and O2 Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Remember when broadband giant BT recently decided to revive their BT Mobile brand, partly reversing a prior shift to focus on EE? Well it seems somebody at Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) may have decided to take a leaf out of that book, with a new report claiming that VMO2 could soon resuscitate the Virgin Mobile and also O2 Broadband brands too. The original Virgin Mobile brand effectively became defunct in 2023 after VMO2 decided to migrate all 3 million...
Streetwave to survey mobile broadband coverage across Gloucestershire again | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network analyst firm Streetwave has revealed that they’ve been chosen by the Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) in England to conduct a second real-world study of mobile network (4G, 5G) coverage and data performance across the region, harnessing 5,800km of the county’s road network and testing all three of the primary mobile networks – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK). Just to recap. Streetwave works by harnessing waste bin (refuse)...
EE becomes first UK mobile network to confirm iPhone Handoff support | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator EE looks set to become the first UK network to introduce support for Apple’s new iPhone Handoff feature, which allows customers to easily switch back and forth between two iPhone models with the same mobile number (sharing the same active eSIM). But you’ll need to take one of their most premium plans or pay a bit extra to benefit. We initially overlooked the new feature (credits nyoxy for the nudge) because it came buried underneath a...