Category: Internet Service Providers
Virgin Media Gig Broadband available to 11,000 more homes in Chester
Virgin Media has announced that 11,000 additional homes in Chester now have access to its 2Gbps broadband service
Another ASA ruling against Sky / Now TV
The ASA has issued yet another ruling against Sky, this time relating to its Now TV subscription service and how free trials were marketed.
£4 million Apprenticeship fund to support SMEs
The BT Group takes on a lot of apprentices every year, and to help smaller firms it is funding a £4 million scheme to support SMEs, charities and public sector organisations across England in taking on apprentices.
Cuckoo claims its full fibre availability will explode to 17 million homes – UPDATED
The crown for largest full fibre retailer in the UK is a tightly fought contest and to see Cuckoo saying it will reach a footprint of 17 million so soon after just embarking on a new wholesale agreement for access to the Openreach full fibre network is a surprise.
MP calls for calm over IX Wireless protests
Fixed wireless broadband is largely deployed in rural areas, but IX Wireless has been busy building in urban areas where plenty of competition already exists. The highly visible infrastructure is leading to protests almost everywhere it appears it seems.
Virgin Media following Ofcom guidance but not the clearest interpretation like many retailers
Virgin Media is flagging its new nexfibre footprint as full fibre in the product naming, but older coax and rfog areas are still called M125 Fibre Broadband. Additionally, there is no obvious wording that this is a cable broadband technology like the other providers who have added 'part-fibre' and 'full-fibre' lines.
Community Fibre expecting a positive impact from One Touch Switching
Switching between different physical broadband networks was the goal of One Touch Switching that has gone from meetings and discussion back in 2019 to an actual service now.
With easier switching EE offers to pay up £300 of any leaving fee
EE in terms of fixed line broadband and is clearly keen to get people signing up, and is offering up to £300 credit to repay any leaving fees from your previous provider.
Wessex Internet puts first cables in ground in its South Wiltshire roll-out
South Wiltshire and its Project Gigabit contract has started the physical work of putting fibre in the ground, so next milestone should be the first properties being connected in several months time.
WiFi 7 router and 5G standalone network to showcase the new EE
Two launches from EE, the standalone 5G network removing any dependency on 4G and new routers for home broadband the Smart Hub Pro and Smart WiFi Pro which offer WiFi 7.