UK Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

BT Group is reportedly considering buying TalkTalk’s consumer and wholesale businesses. According to the Financial Times which broke the story, BT chief executive Allison Kirkby met government officials to discuss a potential deal and whether the possible takeover would lead to an in-depth competition investigation which may arise due to BT Retail’s existing significant market share. […]

It looks like the TalkTalk saga is definitely reaching a peak, with the result either being a successful rescue or around 1.5 million customers learning what a provider of last resort means. Sky News is reporting the private equity group Epiris is pressuring Openreach to waive or write off payments that are due to Openreach […]

G.Network is pushing the advantage of its XGS-PON network they’ve built in various parts of London by launching 2.5 Gbps and 8.5 Gbps options for residential customers. The HomePro3 service offers 2.4 Gbps download and 2.4 Gbps upload speeds on a tempting £34.50 a month for 3 months but rises to £69/month thereafter. The HomePro10 […]

Sky News is reporting that current Ares Management is a leading contender to take control of the TalkTalk consumer division. The situation with TalkTalk has been an ongoing subject of various bids/takeovers but this reported £200 million deal might turn into something more concrete on Thursday. Over time various blocks of TalkTalk customers have been […]

This morning, Ofcom has published its decision in relation to the “Incremental New to Openreach” customer offer, which would have given broadband providers £9.50 a month credit for 2.5 years for eligible full-fibre connections. The final decision which was published today follows a consultation in July concluded that the discount would not be fair and […]

Addresses where full fibre has been rolled out and was available to order (RFS) for a while but is subsequently withdrawn are known as transients in our system and there are at least 42,000 addresses like this across Great Britain for the Openreach FTTP network. Transients are not purely an Openreach problem, as we see […]

TalkTalk in the final stages of the sales process for its businesses TalkTalk has issued a strategic update to investors with the disposal of its PXC and TalkTalk Consumer businesses. It is reported that it’s now in the final stages of its sales process and expects both transactions to conclude imminently. Octopus Investments had been […]

BDUK has published its September 2026 update for contracted and built premises for the Project Gigabit contracts across England and Wales. Our interactive maps have been updated to show the latest figures, along with the history of each areas. There are fluctuations in some of the figures, reflecting changes in data submissions and in some […]