UK Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

Assuming the plans to ban social media access (X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat etc) for under 16’s are brought into law in Spring 2027, Ofcom has set out what methods it considers are reasonable to use for verifying the age of a social media user. The methods differ compared to the prove you are an […]

Virgin Media is expanding its Gig2 service to make this available to customers over its DOCSIS cable network. The hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) network has so far only had a 1Gbps service available, bar some limited rollout, but this new offering enables 2Gbps more widely as broadband providers try to compete to offer faster services. This […]

O2 has announced that it has completed a live deployment of an AI-powered access network that can improve 5G performance and efficiency. Working with Nokia, O2 has said that it has enabled this AI radio access network (RAN) at its Paddington ‘Giga Site’ (the company’s name for its high-capacity mobile base stations with over 10Gbps […]

With UK weather warnings in place due to Storm Austen and Storm Boelo, which are due to bring heavy rain and strong winds, Ofcom has published details on how to stay connected during extreme weather events, whether this be floods or due to heat. In the UK, phone and broadband services rely on networks of […]

We’ve all heard that phrase before when we join a Zoom meeting: “Sorry, my Wi-Fi is playing up, so I’m going to disable the video.” Sometimes it’s an excuse not to take an active part in a meeting and multitask, but often it’s a symptom of a wider problem with internet connections, including issues within […]

Ofcom has today announced that it is recommending that body stigma and depression content should be added to the ‘priority’ content known to be harmful to children under the Online Safety Act. It will be up to government to decide whether this change should be made. At present, it’s up to the individual services subject […]

The nexfibre acquisition of Netomnia valued at £2 billion and a subsequent investment of £3.5 billion saw the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issue an interim report on 2nd October. Three weeks later the major shareholders in nexfibre have confirmed they will not be submitting a remedies package. Usually when CMA raises questions such as […]

The Project Gigabit contract for Cumbria is held by Fibrus and they’ve been building for a while now and apparently the first phase is complete having brought full fibre to something like 37,700 homes or businesses in the County. The footprint for Fibrus across the North West and Northern Ireland is between 470,000 and 480,000 […]