Category: Broadband

The last week has seen the total of full fibre coverage in Plymouth, Devon, drop from a peak of 80.21% to 79.15%, and while it’s not the first council area in the UK to see footprints change in a negative direction, we felt an explanation was worthwhile. This is a long way from the first […]

West Midlands Police arrest gang stealing Openreach copper West Midlands Police have posted a video showing a gang of suspected cable thieves at work in Birmingham city centre who were arrested on suspicion of theft after officers were alerted by members of the public. A van carrying cables was also recovered by the officers. Virgin […]

We’ve ingested the 30 million addresses for England and Wales from the latest DSIT Open Market Review released in January 2026 and the maps have been rendered and interactivity updated to let everyone browse the data. DIST collects the Open Market Review data every four months, i.e. January, May and September of every year and […]

Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin, a rival to SpaceX, has announced plans to launch a satellite network that will be capable of supporting 6 Tbps data services between points on the earth. It will use optical links to provide high bandwidth services, but home users should not get too excited yet, as the technology […]

This weeks weekly brief contains some news which didn’t make it into a dedicated article. Brsk updates broadband packages to a 12-month contract Alt-net Brsk has updated the products it offers to now provide an option between a 1-month and a 12-month contract. This change has taken effect on Monday this week and sees the […]

Starlink has now launched a lower price offering in certain areas, with service available for £35/month, providing a 100Mbps broadband connection. This was teased back in November when pricing was briefly made available, but later removed. This could prove a great, affordable option in rural areas where traditional full fibre or FTTC-based broadband services are […]

Storm Goretti affects mobile and Internet access for users Storm Goretti has hit the UK and the Channel Islands and has caused some connectivity issues across different regions. Jersey Telecom reported issues with broadband due to power outages and overhead cable damage. Mobile customers on Sark were also without service, but this has now been […]

South Yorkshire have surpassed their 95% target for gigabit broadband coverage by the end of 2025. The target, which was set in the South Yorkshire Digital Infrastructure Strategy, was passed in November 2025 and now stands at 95.41% of premises in the area being able to get a gigabit service. “These days getting online and […]

The assumption is that the few weeks around Christmas would see a dip in rollouts, but December proved to be a busy period, with Openreach employees working hard towards end of quarter goals and just maybe enjoying a mild December knowing that January and February are unlikely to be as pleasant for working outside. The […]

It has taken almost two months, but we can announced UK FTTP coverage has risen from 81.01% on the 9th November 2025 to 82.18% on 4th January 2026. There has been lots of full fibre activity with the bulk being Openreach and nexfibre, with the reason that it took so long to go from 81% […]