Category: Internet Service Providers
BT webmail login problems
It appears there are login problems with the BT Mail web based pages. In theory app access via email clients should still be working.
Connexin release open letter in response to KCOM PIA feasibility study
The protests in Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire over alt-nets building lots of overhead infrastructure continue with the publication of a lengthy letter from Connexin.
3G switch off triggers Lyca to roll-out VoLTE and 5G calling
The 3G switch-off is meant to free up spectrum for extra 4G and 5G service but is also causing other changes as Lyca Mobile has now introduced voice over LTE and 5G calling as well as Wi-Fi Calling.
Starlink service now starts at 29 Euro in Italy and may be heading to UK
Starlink has started to offer a deprioritised plan in Italy with a €29 service versus the standard price in Italy of €40. The new plan is expected in other European countries, so may appear in the UK.
Vodafone launches Great British Broadband Switch again
Vodafone is offering up to £100 to pay off any existing contract for customers switching to a Vodafone 900 Mbps full-fibre service.
Vodafone still holds title of largest full-fibre retailer in the UK
A busy few days and with a much better understanding of the various parts of the TalkTalk Group that now exist, we can say that as a provider of substance Vodafone is still larger than TalkTalk in terms of full-fibre Ready for service footprint.
CORRECTION: Vodafone re-instated as largest full fibre retailer in UK
Vodafone for a long time was the largest full-fibre retailer in the UK, but as more of the CityFibre footprint is now sold by other retailers such as TalkTalk and Zen Internet the crown of the largest potential full-fibre footprint has changed.
Multiservice Utility Warehouse now has over 1 million household customers
Utility Warehouse offers the ability to have a single bill across energy, broadband, mobile and insurance products and now has a customer base of over 1 million households with 3 million products.
New CEO at TalkTalk consumer division
Susie Buckridge has been appointed as the CEO for TalkTalk consumer replacing Adam Dunlop who is stepping down and leaving the TalkTalk Group.
650 primary schools to benefit from £26 million Project Gigabit funding – UPDATED
BT now has won a partially funded Project Gigabit contract and it is to deliver full-fibre connectivity to 650 primary schools in England.