Category: Broadband

While the King’s Speech does not include the words broadband or Gigabit in it two key things in it should help with people getting Gigabit (usually full fibre) broadband as we move from the easy to rollout areas to more complex addresses. ISPA issued a statement highlighting what the changes should mean: “We welcome the […]

Ofcom has issued its analysis of data collected using its regulatory powers back in January 2026 and they put UK residential coverage at 89% in January 2026. We announced our Gigabit tracking hit 90.04% for all UK premises on 25th February 2026, if we filter for just residential premises our figure is 0.5 points higher. […]

DSIT has announced an additional 9,500 premises in Essex will be upgraded to Gigabit-capable broadband through Project Gigabit. This is part of a plan to target specific ‘full fibre blackspots’ in both rural and urban areas and is financed by £8.3m of government support. This allows Openreach to increase its rollout plans to cover these […]

Virgin Media sets broadband traffic record during Champions League Virgin Media O2 has recorded the biggest broadband traffic spike in its history during a Champions League semi-final match this week, with peak downstream traffic hitting record levels between 8pm and 10pm on 5th May. The peak was 17% higher than the average of Tuesday evening, […]

Another month and as its the first month of a quarter as usual the additions are subdued as the Openreach rollout peaks each quarter in the third month of the quarter. The big news is that Wales (88.14%) now has a higher percentage of Gigabit connectivity available than South East England (87.89%). thinkbroadband analysis of Superfast, […]

A group of men were found guilty following cable theft and today sentenced to prison terms of three years each at Birmingham Crown Court. The trio had stolen £50,000 of cables which affected around 5,000 customers in the centre of Birmingham. The cost of replacing the cables was considerably more and resulted in extended outages […]

Freedom Truespeed Group formed through completed merger Truespeed and Freedom Fibre have confirmed that the merger of the two businesses has been completed, following regulatory approval, and the companies have now formed Freedom Truespeed Group. The companies say they now have 412,000 premises ready for service and 70,000 customers across the combined entity. There is […]

A quick summary of broadband-related pieces we haven’t covered otherwise this week. Orkney Internet access restored BT have confirmed that the subsea fibre between Evie and Westray has been repaired and service has been restored to customers in the North Isles. The fibre was damaged due to abrasion with the seabed, and a cable repair […]

BDUK has released its monthly tracking from April 2026, which monitors the progress for the contract-level data for Project Gigabit builds. The latest data shows that across all areas, 23.8% of properties have had fibre built to them, totalling 250,000 premises. The snapshot of data provided is dated 22nd April 2026, but BDUK notes there […]

Our weekly update on broadband news. North Isles, Orkney subsea cable repair underway Following the arrival of the cable-laying/repair ship Pierre de Fermat, around 8km of cable has been replaced, with the damage reportedly due to abrasion on the seabed, which is laid across a rocky route. Part of the repair work has seen this […]