Category: Broadband

Availability of full fibre broadband across the UK continues to improve, but the roll-out pace is still massively slower than a couple of years ago. A lot of this is networks focussing on getting people signed up to premises they’ve already passed, and the long term hope there is that showing good take-up figures will […]

Broadband provider Aquiss has announced the launch of its 1.2 Gbps and 1.8 Gbps Openreach-based full fibre (FTTP) broadband services to complement post-Gigabit services offered through CityFibre, Full Fibre and Freedom Fibre. There are still comparatively few ISPs who are offering Openreach-based FTTP services above 1 Gbps. When comparing, it’s worth noting that whether the […]

Zen Internet adds FTTP services from MS3 Zen Internet has started offering Full Fibre services from altnet MS3 Networks. Details can be found in our broadband listings with a promotion active offering the Full Fibre 900 product for the same prce as the 500, until the end of August. MS3 launched to try and break […]

If you’re about to sign a new broadband contract, be cautious if there’s any risk you might need to move out during the likely 18- or 24- month contract period which most new broadband connections these days come with. The Renters’ Rights Act has made changes to rental agreements, so you have at least a […]

Private firms invested £36.44m in digital connectivity in the Swansea Bay region in FY2024-2025, according to a report released by Farrpoint for the region. There was also £2.2m from Swansea Bay City Deal and £6.14m from wider public sector investment across the four counties that form the Swansea Bay City Region, i.e. Pembrokeshire, Swansea, Neath Port […]

A couple of short pieces of news this week: Two changes to the Project Gigabit Call Off 1 contract this month This month, we’ve seen two updates to the Call Off 1 Contract for Project Gigabit. CO1 includes parts of West Berkshire, West and Mid Surrey, North Wiltshire & South Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Staffordshire, Lancashire and […]

Lots of changes to the contracts CityFibre has been awarded as part of Project Gigabit, the end result being that CityFibre is now aiming to deliver full fibre to 226,000 premises via subsidy. This includes the 70,000 subsidised premises already delivered. The total number of CityFibre addresses built in the Project Gigabit contract areas is […]

Openreach has been working to electrify its fleet to help it cut carbon and reach its net zero goals – aimed at being a net zero business by 2031. The company started its journey moving away from diesel in 2019, and since then has deployed over 7,000 vans. This equates to around 30% of its […]

A round up of some news bits that we haven’t covered this week. Virgin Media O2 launches responsible business plan to reach net Zero VMO2’s new responsible business plan, as part of its Environmental, Social, and Governance strategy, will see the company plan to keep 500,000 low-income households connected. The new plans also see the […]

Broadband Altnet Community Fibre covers much of Greater London (up to the North and South Circular plus a bit towards the M25) as well as patches in the South East generally. Our Community Fibre Broadband Map is available. They recently launched the latest Community Fibre broadband deals for consumers. This week they announced a 3-month […]