UK Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

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Addresses where full fibre has been rolled out and was available to order (RFS) for a while but is subsequently withdrawn are known as transients in our system and there are at least 42,000 addresses like this across Great Britain for the Openreach FTTP network.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 […]

Sky already sells a 5 Gbps in areas where CityFibre is available, which using Sky supplied figures is 14% of UK homes, so the launch of a 1.6 Gbps service utilising the Openreach network is about offering better speeds to a much wider audience. “We’re proud to offer Full Fibre 1.6 Gbps to millions of […]

AI is already starting to play a noticeable role in how UK consumers interact with broadband, mobile and other telecoms services, according to an Ofcom report on Consumers using AI in telecoms. Eight per cent of adult UK internet users have used AI in relation to their telecoms in the past year, with 6% using […]

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 […]