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The £5.4bn Project Gigabit programme has created more than 3,000 jobs and apprenticeships across England, according to new figures from DSIT. The figure has been sourced from operators involved in the programme that have contractual ‘social value’ commitments with roles they are required to report. It does not include projects in other areas of the […]

The 31st January 2027 is rapidly approaching and the start of Autumn will hopefully mean more of those who’ve done nothing to prepare for the PSTN switch-off. As a measure of last resort Openreach has today outlined that those with a PSTN service running on 31st January 2027 will see the telephone part of their […]

The Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think tank published a report yesterday calling on the BBC to be funded by a broadband levy instead of the license fee. The current licence fee structure is not popular with the public, and there is a wider review of the BBC Royal Charter due soon. The report sponsored […]

Ofcom is investigating Vonage Business Ltd and Voxbone SA in relation to telephone numbers that are part of blocks held by the two companies being misused by people engaging in scams. It needs highlighting that Vonage and Voxbone are not being investigated for running scams at all, but rather as the holder of large UK […]

The Virgin Media website and O2 websites appear to be suffering from issues that started around 4:30pm 23rd September 2026. The O2 website was slow to load and may be working as we type this, but the message on the Virgin Media indicates problems with them displaying their broadband deals. We don’t know what other […]

After the work involving Openreach, Affinity Water and Lightsonic the water company Southern Water has deployed the Lightsonic leak detection system. The system monitors the Openreach underground full fibre network and uses AI to help detect water leaks to within a 10 metre accuracy. The detection is based on acoustic data recorded from the passive […]

The latest promotion from Community Fibre runs until 14th October 2026 and is essentially doubling the speeds of various packages. All these packages are for new customers and are based on a 24 month contract, with a £3 price increase each April. 12 month contract options are available where an entry level tariff of 35 […]

We are all used to Ofcom investigating sites that have not implemented age verification but Ofcom has just started an investigation into Pornhub that is owned and run by Aylo. The basis of the investigation is to determine whether the site is complying with its duties to prevent children encountering pornographic content. The trigger for […]