Category: Internet Service Providers

BT is softening the changes in prices for new customers with an extra free gift in addition to the usual prepaid MasterCard rewards on some of their broadband packages.

Our tracking of the Virgin Media footprint has it expanding almost every day and the DOCSIS/FTTP operation is now available to some 50.01% of UK premises.

Comcast has outbid Fox to win the auction for a majority shareholding in Sky, with the bid placing a value of over £30 billion on Sky.

EE appears to have refreshed its 4GEE Home Router and new plans offer additional options of 200, 300 or 500GB for the 4G service that aims to bring fast broadband to households that cannot otherwise receive it.

G.fast is becoming increasingly available and Zen Internet has joined the short list of providers retailing the service with two products at the 160 Mbps and 330 Mbps speed points.

Virgin Media who are owned by Liberty Global has been investing in Project Lightning to grow the operators footprint after many years of an almost static coverage footprint and is now eyeing up a return on its investment.

It is that time of the month where we share the results that compare the test results that are equivalent to video streaming downloads and large file downloads from online stores such as Steam i.e. single download versus multiple download testing.

Gigaclear has slimmed its consumer range from 4 packages down to 3 and the entry level service is now 30 Mbps and £35/m

The CityFibre partnership with Vodafone is due to deliver 3,700 premises of full fibre in Milton Keynes by October this year, so the focus is starting to shift towards one of the next locations which is Aberdeen.

The free gift offer may have gone but for many the lower monthly cost may prove more attractive, with the Superfast 1 service now available for £20/m for existing Vodafone pay monthly customers, or £22/m otherwise.