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Ullapool and surrounding area to benefit from superfast wireless broadband

Funding of some £85,000 has been raised by 200 subscribers to ensure that a community broadband service can serve some 1,434 premises in the Ullapool area can hit the ground running.

10 years ago 10 comments

TalkTalk renames Simply Broadband to Fast Broadband as line rental changes take effect

TalkTalk is the next provider to integrate its voice line rental pricing into the prices advertised on its website and via comparison sites.

10 years ago 11 comments

Hyperoptic adds £5 charge for static IP as CGNAT arrives

The IPv4 address pool exhaustion is sometimes dismissed as scaremongering but further evidence for the problems affecting providers emerges today.

10 years ago 17 comments

VIVID 300 starting to appear in a subtle roll-out

Virgin Media is often overlooked in all the fighting to get Openreach nationalised but its investment in faster speeds and network growth is having an effect.

10 years ago 10 comments

CityFibre grows connections by 243% year-on-year

Dark fibre specialists CityFibre is reporting exceptional growth, though it is not clear how much of this is down to continuing acquisitions rather than network construction.

10 years ago 1 comments

Stock up wine cellar for Christmas with latest Virgin Media broadband bundle offer

A very different offer from Virgin Media in its latest sale that ends on 27th September, 12 free bottles of wine on various bundles worth either £86 or £186. For those who prefer an alcohol free option the standard wireless speaker offer is an option.

10 years ago 4 comments

Pain of change felt by some Plusnet users with network migration

It has been going on pretty much since PlusNet started moving customers over to the new WBMC network, but while individuals are spotted changes it is not always clear if the problems are worse than normal overall.

10 years ago 13 comments

Virgin Media Gamer broadband launched with 20 Mbps upload connection

The launch of a dedicated Gamer broadband package by Virgin Media represents an attempt to attract a very discerning sector of the market, and this may not prove as good a thing as Virgin Media hoped for.

10 years ago 15 comments

Sky Fibre Max up to 76 Mbps now on offer at £15/m plus £17.40/m line rental

The Sky Max product may have only just arrived via the rename of the Sky Fibre Pro product and it appears Sky is much keener to sell this service compared to the old Pro product.

10 years ago 11 comments

New Plusnet fibre broadband offer from £22.99/m for 18 months

Vodafone has been undercut by PlusNet in the FTTC pricing game with its latest offer.

10 years ago 3 comments