Category: Broadband
ASA rules against Virgin Media on Wi-Fi guarantee
The Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) has today published a ruling against Virgin Media following a complaint by Vodafone questioning how Virgin could provide its Wi-Fi was faster than any major provider.
Use of social tariffs remains low at just 8.3% of eligible households
With three out of ten households struggling to afford mobile/fixed line broadband services in October 2023 it is suprising that take-up of social tariffs remains so low at 8.3% of those who qualify.
Have you ever had Christmas wreak havoc with your Wi-Fi or broadband?
The nights are long and dark, so making our homes a festival of Light is as much celebrating Christmas as it is about brightening the mood. The annual xMas lights are breaking your Wi-Fi time is upon us, has this ever been the case for you?
November 2023 update on broadband availability across the UK, nations and regions
The UK may have reached 60% residential full-fibre coverage, but as the combined residential plus business premises figure continues to lag at 56.62% FTTP coverage. We dive into our monthly summary of coverage across the nations and regions.
Six out of ten homes now passed by full-fibre
A major milestone in the FTTP roll-outs has been reached, residential avialability of full-fibre is at 60% and if you include DOCSIS 3.1 to look at Gigabit coverage this is at 80.02%.
Around 98% of new properties are built with FTTP as standard
Our latest data tracking new postcodes and what is available broadband wise to properties in these postcodes shows that FTTP is available to 97-98% of them. For all premises across the figure is running at just under 60%, so new homes are helping to improve the overall UK picture.
Banff and Buchan MP complains R100 is ignoring constituency
The Conversative MP David Duguid is making waves over the broadband fate of his constituency saying it is at the 'very back of the queue'.
November 2023 update on broadband coverage in Ofcom areas 2 & 3
In the last 12 months the full-fibre coverage in Area 2 where more competition is expected has risen by 16 percentage points, and the less competitive Area 3 has seen full-fibre availability rise by 13.9% points.
Connect Fibre in £16.5 million contract for gigabit broadband in North East Staffordshire
Connect Fibre has won a Project Gigabit contract and it to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to six thousand premises in North East Staffordshire.
Gigaclear wins two Project Gigabit contracts in Oxfordshire
Gigaclear looks set to build on its big roll-out in West Oxfordshire as its been awarded two contracts for North and South Oxfordshire to provide Gigabit broadband where it is not expected to be delivered commercially.