News

Alternative network ISP Fibrus, which is deploying a new multi-gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of Cumbria and Northern Ireland, has today announced that they’ve secured an additional £100m tranche of Senior Debt and are now “fully funded to complete” their roll-out plan for 500,000 UK premises. The new funding package represents an increase to the Belfast-based operator’s existing £200m senior debt facility and £20m revolving credit facility...

Leeds-based internet provider Unchained ISP appears to have recently complemented their existing range of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) packages on Openreach’s national network by launching a similar range via alternative network operator CityFibre, albeit with a few notable benefits. The new packages naturally have the benefit of symmetrical speeds (same download and upload rate) and they’re also being offered on a short 30-day minimum contract term (the Openreach packages are on 12-month...

Some customers trying to order a broadband package via ISPs on CityFibre’s new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network are finding, in certain locations, that the wholesale operator has been rejecting orders where their network is “at capacity“. This is despite continuing to list the same addresses as being available on their website. First things first. All broadband networks can run into issues of capacity, such as those that might occur when there aren’t enough spare ports currently...

News The news follows BT’s initial launch of the content delivery solution in December 2023    BT and Edgio have announced the launch of the world’s first Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery (MAUD)-enabled Content Delivery Network (CDN).   The partnership aims to improve the delivery of live television over the internet, by offering benefits such as cost reduction, enhanced content quality, scalability, and more sustainable streaming.  Edgio, integrating its CDN with BT Group’s MAUD...

News  On Day 1 of Connected Britain (September 11), ten startups from the Startup Village will pitch their ideas to a panel of judges, including investors and industry experts. The winner will be awarded the Connected Britain 2024 Startup of the Year Award at the prestigious Connected Britain Awards ceremony later that evening. After a competitive first round of judging, here are the ten startups shortlisted from the 90 attending the show this year!  Connected Specialising in advanced building...

Network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which has already extended their open access Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGSPON) broadband network to cover 380,000 UK premises (up from 339k in May 2024), have today made a faster 2.3Gbps (symmetric speed) tier available to their partner ISPs for consumers and businesses to take. The underlying full fibre network typically covers 170 towns across parts of Derbyshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Herefordshire, Lancashire,...

Interview Following rural ISP Quickline’s recent success in securing its fourth round of government funding earlier this month, Total Telecom sat down with CEO Sean Royce to discuss all things rural broadband  Founded in 2006, Quickline’s mission is to get rural communities connected “to a world of possibilities,” according to the website. The company is based in East Yorkshire and focuses on connecting local communities in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire with fixed wireless access and, more...

News President Joe Biden and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi both made mention of rural broadband at the Democratic National Convention By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities President Joe Biden’s ‘Internet for All’ initiative took center stage this week at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, even eliciting a mention from the president himself. Biden addressed the convention on Monday night, laying out a case for the presidential candidacy of Vice President Kamala...

A specialist broadband provider for the UK education market, Talk Straight (aka – Schools Broadband), has today announced that they’ve successfully completed the 100% cash acquisition of the share capital of E2BN Protex Ltd, trading as Internet4Schools. Both providers appear to serve some of the same market, although Internet4Schools has tended to focus more on the East Midlands region. The Talk Straight Group state the new deal will thus support their strategic growth plan, which aims to turn...

Customers of Hampshire-based UK ISP Onestream, which sells broadband packages using Openreach’s national full fibre network, have criticised the provider after they claim to have been automatically opted-in to take a service from VPN firm NordVPN that indicated they could be charged an extra £4.95 per month if they don’t opt out. ISPreview’s readers will note that we covered this announcement last week (here), although the press release didn’t include any solid details on either the...