Category: Broadband

Some news from this week which didn’t make a full news article. Truespeed partners with Bath Rugby A multiyear partnership has been announced by Bath-based Truespeed Communications with Bath Rugby, with the company sponsoring a stand at the club’s home ground, The Rec, to be named ‘The Truespeed Stand’. Fans will also benefit from free […]

The first phase of properties in Gainsborough has gone live with Grain Connect, the fibre alt-net who started building in the area in October. The next phase of streets is expected to go live in January, with further phases planned to begin in January. Grain now serves more than 60 other towns and cities across […]

Openreach has published new pricing for its SOTAP (Single Order Transitional Access Product) products, which come into effect from the 1st April. The adjustments amount to a small 3.6% change, which aligns with the UK’s CPI rate for October 2025. SOTAP is designed to be a temporary service that will allow vulnerable customers who currently […]

Wessex Internet recently announced it had completed its Lot 14 Project Gigabit contract in North Dorset, but a BDUK update suggests some small changes to that contract. “The contract has decreased by £61,124 from a value of £6,509,983 resulting in a value of £6,448,859. The awarded premises have decreased by 229 premises from a scope […]

Teleauora announced an expansion into the UK quietly back in July 2025 and today Ofcom has started the consultation process to give the fixed wireless operator Code Powers to make roll-out of infrastructure simpler. Teleauora is best known for its work in Australia, but has expanded with offices in Bradford and Sweden. In the UK […]

The weekly brief is here, which details some stories which we didn’t cover as full news articles. Black Friday deals are available Make sure to check our Black Friday Fibre Deals if you are thinking of switching broadband providers. There are some good deals to get. Most recently updated is brsk, now offering packages from […]

Satellite broadband provider Starlink have announced a lower-priced product, making their fixed satellite broadband service more affordable. Residential Lite will retail for £55/month and will offer typical download speeds of between 80-200Mbps, compared with 135-305+Mbps for the standard Residential plan (which retails for £75/month). Users should expect upload speeds in the range of 15-35Mbps. Residential […]

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service has signed up to a Starlink satellite broadband service provided by reseller Brdy. This is replacing current connections through one of the mobile network operators which they have found variable in terms of bandwidth and coverage. This will allow command vehicles to be upgraded to provide better connectivity with […]

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) have published the financial results of their holding company VMED O2 UK Holdings Limited showing a drop in revenue across the board for both mobile (O2) and fixed (Virgin Media) Services: The revenue reductions in mobile and consumer represent just a 1% reduction whilst the total revenue has dropped dropped 5%. […]

Point Topic has published its Q3 2025 UK ISP and network supplier metrics, which show that for the first time, full fibre FTTP connections have overtaken FTTC. The statistics indicate that an estimated 11.56m FTTP connections are now live, passing FTTC, which has reduced to 10.60m. The full fibre figures published by Point Topic show […]