UK Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

No major milestones for any of the regions this month, but hopefully Wales will hit 90% Gigabit coverage in the next four weeks. The Openreach full fibre roll-out continues but the reality that a good proportion of this is overbuild of other full fibre networks is visible then you look at the Openreach FTTP change […]

Most users, when signing up to a broadband service, will be looking at price as the main comparator between Provider A and Provider B. Sure, they may take into consideration the relative reputations of the providers or features offered by the providers, but typically they will look at price first. The problem with this is […]

With only 3 and a bit months until the end of 2026 the Openreach goal of 25 million premises passed by its full fibre network is getting very close. Today our tracking of not just the premises passed but actual addresses where service is Ready for Service has hit 23.5 million premises, and this is […]

A new scam utilising fake door step sales is emerging currently in the Kings Lynn area of Norfolk. ISPreview ran with this after spotting an alert issued by Norfolk Trading Standards and we want to ensure as many people as possible are forewarned i.e. if you have elderly or vulnerable neighbours do warn them. What […]

We have received multiple calls on unrelated numbers from a female voice recording claiming to be calling from Vodafone, warning about suspensions: This is Vodafone. Your Service may be suspended. Please press 1 to speak to an agent Scam call pretending to be Vodafone When you press ‘1’ it puts you in a queue to […]

Earlier this year, we reported on major problems by iTalk Telecom with extended outages for segments of the customer base along with customers being told to sign new contracts to fix their issues. Following this, more users reached out to us with similar stories. Two weeks on, very little had changed with continuing outages for […]

It is official the old dormant Swish Fibre, Giganet and Jurassic Fibre footprints that became AllPoints Fibre Networks are now available for wholesale access. The launch is a bit confusing as the APFN on-net full fibre footprint has been showing as available via retailers like Olilo for a while now, the key maybe is that […]

No new applications for a Gigabit Broadband Voucher (GBVS) are being accepted now, with the scheme set to close in 18 months time on 31st March 2028. Existing projects that are underway will continue, so if your area is has a project up and running it will hopefully complete with delivering of a Gigabit capable […]