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Broadband ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has rolled out their 3Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across around 1.4 million UK premises (predominantly in London), has today claimed to already be “reaping the rewards” from Ofcom’s new One Touch Switching (OTS) system for consumers migrating between providers. Just to recap. Last week saw the long-awaited introduction of OTS, which has faced many delays but aims to make it both quicker and easier for consumers to switch between...

Fife-based network operator Gigaloch, which in 2020 began building their own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across a few remote rural communities in West Cheshire (England) and Perthshire (Scotland), has put in an application for Code Powers from Ofcom to help with their network expansion plans. Just to recap. UK ISP Gigaloch originally started their build in Mollington (West Cheshire) and have also expanded out into other locations, such as Abraichan (Inverness-shire), Loch Tay...

Network provider PlatformX Communications (PXC), which was formerly known as TalkTalk Wholesale before the recent demerger (here), has today announced a new agreement that will give their UK wholesale business access to Netomnia’s (inc. Brsk) new full fibre (FTTP) broadband network – currently covering 1.75 million UK premises (RFS). Breaking news.. more to...

Customers of UK broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who may own one of their legacy WiFi Booster devices – also called Powerline Boosters, should remain vigilant after a number of users reported that their units had failed after sparking and smoking. A tiny number of users even alleged that the units caught fire. First things first. Electronic devices do sometimes fail, and when that happens it’s usually more of a graceful failure, which means that the kit will simply stop...

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, will tomorrow begin enforcing new rules that will only allow broadband ISPs to use terms like “fibre” and “full-fibre” on their websites, and in contracts, if their network brings the fibre optic cables all the way to your home (i.e. FTTP, FTTH and also FTTB). Many ISPs have historically tended to use “fibre” terminology to describe a wide range of internet connection technologies, including hybrid or part-fibre solutions that could involve either...

Broadband provider iDNET has just become one of the first ISPs to introduce both a 1.8Gbps (advertised as 1.6Gbps) and 2.3Gbps (2Gbps) symmetric speed package via FullFibre Limited‘s (Fibre Heroes) new network, which currently covers 380,000 UK premises across parts of 170 towns. Just to recap. FullFibre Ltd introduced the faster tiers at wholesale last month (here). The operator’s FTTP lines can be found in various locations across Derbyshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester,...

City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has so far built their full fibre (FTTP/B) network to cover “more than” 1.73 million homes and 340,000 customers in parts of 64 UK towns and cities, has launched a Managed Wi-Fi service that aims to deliver “uninterrupted, high-speed internet” across larger residential developments / blocks of flats (MDUs). The new service appears to be targeted at building owners and comes with a dedicated portal for simplifying onboarding for both residents and...

Oxfordshire-based alternative full fibre operator Zzoomm, which has built their 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 202,000 premises (RFS) in England, has today reported that they’ve achieved 20% take-up in Northallerton on a network that has been available for “19 months“. At present Zzoomm’s network, which is home to 30,000 customers (c.15% take-up), is available across around 29 market towns and small urban communities in parts of Berkshire, Oxfordshire,...

ISP BT and partner Toshiba have today announced that they’ve worked with Equinix to achieve the UK’s “first data centre to data centre connection” using their new quantum-secured metro fibre optic network, which they claim will provide businesses that use these facilities with the ability to “protect their data against future sophisticated quantum attacks“. Just to recap. BT and Toshiba have spent years developing a quantum-secure network that can even harness Openreach’s “standard” fibre...

The UK Government’s Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant, yesterday held a round table meeting with a small selection of network operators in an effort to try and drive home the need for greater “infrastructure sharing” in order to “end the deployment of unnecessary telegraph poles” when rolling out new gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks. Just to recap. The UK has long been home to several million poles (i.e. they’re a common sight in many areas), which are often around 9 metres high...