Category: Internet Service Providers

It looks like the TalkTalk saga is definitely reaching a peak, with the result either being a successful rescue or around 1.5 million customers learning what a provider of last resort means. Sky News is reporting the private equity group Epiris is pressuring Openreach to waive or write off payments that are due to Openreach […]

Sky News is reporting that current Ares Management is a leading contender to take control of the TalkTalk consumer division. The situation with TalkTalk has been an ongoing subject of various bids/takeovers but this reported £200 million deal might turn into something more concrete on Thursday. Over time various blocks of TalkTalk customers have been […]

Sky already sells a 5 Gbps in areas where CityFibre is available, which using Sky supplied figures is 14% of UK homes, so the launch of a 1.6 Gbps service utilising the Openreach network is about offering better speeds to a much wider audience. “We’re proud to offer Full Fibre 1.6 Gbps to millions of […]

The 31st January 2027 switch-off date is rapidly approaching and the start of Autumn will hopefully mean more of those who’ve done nothing to prepare for the PSTN switch-off will make a decision on what they want to do about it. As a measure of last resort Openreach has today outlined that those with a […]

The Virgin Media website and O2 websites appear to be suffering from issues that started around 4:30pm 23rd September 2026. The O2 website was slow to load and may be working as we type this, but the message on the Virgin Media indicates problems with them displaying their broadband deals. We don’t know what other […]

In a fireside chat on the 10th September 2026 at Connected Britain, the Virgin Media CEO Lutz Schüler was talking with Karen Egan of Enders Analysis. There was a few things said in the chat, that are pertinent to the whole market, and with Virgin Media O2 as a large broadband retailer and big player […]

Digi UK was launched in March 2026 and so far we’ve managed to map a footprint that covers over 10,000 premises and continues to grow. The footprint is set to be a lot larger, but for now we have identified islands of coverage in Houghton Regis, Luton, Letchworth, Hitchin, Stevenage, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Watford, […]

The Project Gigabit contract for East and West Sussex awarded to CityFibre has seen in the last week some new areas appear with full fibre now available to order. The villages of Clapham, Patching and Polling now have their first full fibre service available. Looking at the future roadworks in the area Arundel, Warningcamp, Wepham […]

Earlier this year, we reported on major problems by iTalk Telecom with extended outages for segments of the customer base along with customers being told to sign new contracts to fix their issues. Following this, more users reached out to us with similar stories. Two weeks on, very little had changed with continuing outages for […]

Scunthorpe residents on some streets now have another Gigabit broadband option to add to the existing Openreach, MS3 and Virgin Media services. Grain Connect has been spotted live in a number of streets in the Crosby area of the town, and hopefully will surface in more streets over the coming weeks and months. Pricing for […]