Category: Broadband

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% […]

The advice on how to deal with your broadband and telephone connections when you move home has changed over time, but as we rely on broadband on a daily basis, these concerns are no longer limited to the most technical of users. One of our team members moved home a while back and was caught […]

Some may be wondering what the future holds for broadband, as there has been a lot of change over the recent past in telecommunications and, in particular, broadband speeds. When we started this website, as adslguide.org.uk, back in 2000, broadband was just being rolled out, and BT offered wholesale products at 0.5Mbps aimed at home […]

A brief selection of news that we haven’t covered this week EE partners with Debrett’s and Grime Gran to launch Mind Your Manners guide to shut down scammers EE is seeing one million scam calls every day and has decided to partner with etiquette experts Debrett’s and Grime Gran to launch a modern etiquette guide […]

Virgin Media has published some statistics that the company has seen across its broadband and mobile networks in terms of data consumption, which shows broadband users have consumed 8% more traffic and mobile users 18% more, when compared to 2024. Data usage trends are always upwards and to the right on a graph, so every […]