Category: Internet Service Providers

TalkTalk Group has this afternoon announced a £100m funding commitment by ‘an existing shareholder’ (which Sky News names as Ares Management) which comes alongside with other funding from £100m of new funding, £50m of asset sales and capitalising interest payments, representing over £200m in new funding available to the business. This will take the immediate […]

We’ve known it’s been on the way for a while and have had the Sky CityFibre packages in our listings for a month, but now it’s official and pricing for the 2.5 Gbps and 5 Gbps XGS-PON services is now available. Utilising the CityFibre XGS-PON full fibre network, Sky is going beyond just offering the […]

Zen Internet has set itself up as an altnet aggregator for its retail customers as well as its channel partners. It recently announced a partnership with ITS Technology Group for business customers. Its biggest partner altnet is CityFibre and it also sells Trooli’s network. Zen Internet announced its partnership with Freedom Fibre to connect businesses […]

Quickline has announced a competition to received free broadband for life. This competition is for non-customers (your household must not have had a Quickline service in the past 12 months), living in the Quickline service area (see below), and it’s for permanent homes, not holiday homes, caravans, etc. Full terms and conditions and details of […]

Quickline who are rolling out full fibre in North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, York, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire has published a public list to give people an idea of the planning, build and ready to order status of their village/town. “We’re proud to publish our full fibre rollout plan and give some […]

TalkTalk has been in talks this week with banks to advise on the break-up of the company, according to Sky News. TalkTalk was originally formed when it was demerged from Carphone Warehouse in 2009 by the company’s original founder Charles Dunstone, and following the integration of various brands, such as AOL and Tiscali, it has […]

Broadband provider Aquiss has announced it has launched services on the Freedom Fibre network, meaning that customers of Aquiss can order services over the altnet’s fibre. They have had a similar agreement with Full Fibre and CityFibre already. Business packages include a £200 setup fee (ex VAT) along with a recurring fee of £46/month for […]

Zen Internet has been stacking up alternative networks (altnets) with the aim of becoming the retail provider of choice in delivering the best service you can get across the country. A couple of weeks ago, we speculated on who Zen might be partnering up with and expected that Full Fibre/Zzoomm or F&W Networks would be […]

Virgin Media O2 is today reminding eligible pensioners to claim discounted broadband and mobile services following research commissioned by the company showing that a third of pensioners feel more isolated in the past year, and the vast majority worry about the cost of living. Social Tariffs The company offers discounted social tariffs including the Virgin […]

The two Project Gigabit contracts that Quickline is working to deliver in West and South Yorkshire are delivering full fibre and they appear to be ahead of the targets. The Project Gigabit contracts have a variety of phased delivery targets, the aim being that DSIT can see progress being made and also to ensure that […]