The surprising success story of British fibre broadband
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UK gigabit broadband continues progress but overbuild fears persist
Computer Weekly (Mar 2025)
Sundays Times Best Places to Live 2025
The Sunday Times (Mar 2025)
Exactly how much your broadband and mobile bill will rise by this April – from BT to Vodafone
Daily Mirror (Jan 2025)
April price hikes for BT, EE, O2, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone customers explained
The Express (Jan 2025)
Gigabit broadband in the UK: Government targets, policy, and funding
Gigabit broadband FAQs House of Commons Library (Nov 2024)
Huge broadband boost confirmed for these UK postcodes
Lancs Live (Oct 2024)
Massive UK broadband boost confirmed – check your postcode now for an instant upgrade
The Express (Oct 2024)
Huge broadband boost confirmed for these UK postcodes
Plymouth Herald (Oct 2024)
Millions of mobile and broadband customers face ‘unfair’ bill hike of £36
Birmingham Mail (Aug 2024)
Millions of BT, Sky and Virgin broadband users urged to make simple Wi-Fi check today
Daily Mirror (Jun 2024)
BT, Sky, Virgin broadband users urged to check their Wi-Fi immediately
Birmingham Mail (Jun 2024)
Project Gigabit progress update – April 2024
Building Digital UK (BDUK), UK Government (Apr 2024)
Sundays Times Best Places to Live 2024
The Sunday Times (Mar 2024)
Warning to anyone with broadband as thousands could be missing out
Liverpool Echo (Feb 2024)
Are YOU one of four million Brits missing out on lower broadband bills?
GB News (Feb 2024)
Check your BT, Sky and Virgin broadband bill now – urgent price alert issued to UK homes
Daily Mirror (Feb 2024)
BT, Sky, Virgin broadband customers warned ‘check your bill now’
Birmingham Mail (Feb 2024)
Elon Musk lands broadband fans as rural dwellers choose Starlink
The Times (Dec 2023)
BT Digital Voice, Minimalist Travel, Nights Out
BBC You and Yours (Aug 2023)
Gigabit broadband FAQs
House of Commons Library (Aug 2023)
thinkbroadband.com Provides a Warning to Welsh Businesses on the Top Scams Likely to Target Their Organisation
BusinessNewsWales (May 2023)
How we chose the best places to live 2023
The Times (Mar 2023)
How does YOUR town stack up for broadband?
The Daily Mail (Mar 2023)
In some towns only 5 per cent of homes have fastest broadband
The Times (Mar 2023)
Half of London homes now able to access full fibre broadband
Mayor of London (Jan 2023)
Broadband costs & social tariff
Money Box, BBC Radio 4 (Oct 2022)
Project Gigabit Delivery Plan — spring update
More or Less: Behind the Stats, BBC Radio 4 (Sep 2022)
Project Gigabit Delivery Plan — spring update
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), UK Government (May 2022)
How we chose the best places to live in the UK 2022
Sunday Times (Apr 2022)
LBC Discussion with Eddie Mair on new OFCOM Broadband Switching changes expected in 2023 LBC Radio (Sep 2021)
Britain’s ‘gigaboom’ brings next-generation broadband to 1 in 2 premises—UK Government press release based on thinkbroadband.com broadband statistics
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), UK Government (Sep 2021)
Brits’ internet use peaks at 21:00 on Wednesdays, ONS says
BBC News (Sep 2019)
Decoding digital: how to get the best and fastest broadband
Sunday Times (Apr 2019)
Chancellor to pledge superfast broadband for most homes
BBC News (May 2018)
BBC Breakfast feature on BT plc results BBC Breakfast, BBC One (May 2018)
BBC Breakfast feature on government Fibre-to-the-Home announcement BBC Breakfast, BBC One (Aug 2017)
You shouldn’t be surprised that UK broadband speeds suck
Wired.co.uk (Aug 2017)
Folk STILL not getting advertised broadband speeds, whinges survey
TheRegister (Aug 2017)
BT makes firm offer to meet USO broadband commitment
Computer Weekly (Jul 2017)
Revised ‘Broadband 2.0’ report: 6.7m Brits suffer ‘sub-10Mbps’ speeds
TheRegister (Jul 2017)
Thinkbroadband Interviewed about Virgin Media Fibre Slow-downs
Watchdog, BBC One (Jul 2017)
Seven top tips to stay secure online
City A.M. (Jun 2017)
How to avoid falling victim to online scams
Business Matters (Jun 2017)
Will BT’s Openreach deal mean faster broadband?
BBC News (Mar 2017)
BT agrees to Ofcom’s terms over Openreach split
Computer Weekly (Mar 2017)
Evidence by thinkbroadband to the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee
Welsh Assembly (Feb 2017)
Five ways to improve your business broadband
Real Business (Jan 2017)
Call for broadband speed comparison checking sites
BBC News (Sep 2016)
So long, satellite: Why UK’s rural broadband vouchers are better spent elsewhere
Ars Technica (Sep 2016)
West of Scotland MP hails the arrival of faster broadband
Clydebank Post (Sep 2016)
What future for BT and the UK’s broadband?
BBC News (Jul 2016)
Rural superfast broadband plan “still on schedule”
Shropshire Star (Jun 2016)
Could Wi-Fi be replaced by Li-Fi?
Tech Radar (May 2016)
UK has hit 90% “superfast” target, say broadband analysts
Computer Weekly (Apr 2016)
Many urban areas ‘fail superfast broadband test’
BBC News (Apr 2016)
Draft Investigatory Powers bill: Where do the difficulties lie?
IT Pro Portal (Nov 2015)
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