Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

With a few days under 6 months to go our tracking of the Openreach full fibre rollouts show they have built full fibre to some 23,004,858 premises where we’ve been able to identify them as Ready for Service. The build rate has been running at 1 million premises a quarter so the ambition to reach […]

Good news for FTTP availability as our tracking of the many full fibre footprints is showing 85.05% of UK premises are now covered by one or more Ready for Service options. The time taken to go from 84% to 85% is a lengthy 78 days. The slow down in the full fibre rollouts from almost […]

VodafoneThree to use Vyntelligence in network upgrades Vyntelligence will be used by VodafoneThree to help support engineers to upgrade thousands of mobile sites more efficiently and safely. This follows other companies such as Cornerstone (mobile tower site operator on behalf of Vodafone / O2) and Gigaclear, who are both looking at the technology to improve […]

Runnymede Borough Council is reporting problems with its phone lines and online services. Actual details are sparse but with the Addlestone control centre handling something like 20,000 Careline calls a year if the problems become protracted some vulnerable locals may not receive prompt care. A council account has posted on Facebook saying ‘BT have cut […]

Quickline was awarded its Project Gigabit contract for North Yorkshire back in June 2024 and has delivered full fibre to some 10,980 funded premises. With the delays in getting press releases put together this is likely over the 11,000 premises milestone now. The altnet has a total of four contracts in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and […]

Silverstone is expecting something like 565,000 spectators over the course of the British Grand Prix and if that happens will break a 31 year record for Grand Prix attendance. O2 is the first network live on a new high capacity mobile network and is therefore able to offer enhanced 5G connectivity using a network built […]

Virgin Media business can deliver Internet connections that range from coax DOCSIS 3.1 to Ethernet services delivered to large firms. They have now started selling a symmetric XGS-PON full fibre service using the nexfibre network aimed at SME. Pricing starts at £29.95 a month for a 200 Mbps download, 20 Mbps upload service with 200 […]

In a move aimed at simplifying its operating model and deliver a laser focus on selling services that utilise the CityFibre network footprint the big altnet is selling Entanet and its non-core off-net business to Tom O’Hagan. The sale means Entanet will become a strategic wholesale partner of CityFibre while also utilising other networks where […]