Category: Internet Service Providers

Widnes is the latest area of the UK where Virgin Media O2 has gone on record with the size of their 2 Gbps full fibre footprint built by nexfibre. Over 23,000 premises in Widnes can now get Virgin Media O2 services with 6,000 homes covered by the nexfibre XGS-PON service which brings 2 Gbps speeds […]

The challenges are not over for the BT Group, but positive records are being broken and the FTTP rollout is set to be the foundation for any changes to consumer service offerings over the next few decades. The latest batch of results from BT Group are now available and as usual we will focus on […]

Sean Royce who has lead Quickline since 2021 is retiring from his CEO role having taken the company through a period of significant growth. The new CEO is set to be Mark Bowden, who joined Quickline as its Chief Financial Officer earlier this year and Martin Cook is promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Sean Royce […]

Zen Internet CEO Richard Tang has published his latest interview, with Philippa Bailey, Managing Director of Blizzard Group. Who are Blizzard Group — No, not the games company. They are a utilities supplier, an aggregator of sorts for business customers. This means they can provide telephony, IT, broadband and energy services (electricity, etc.). They sell […]

Virgin Media O2 is continuing on its path towards turning off its old coax network and shifting its millions of customers to XGS-PON full fibre. The third item in this quarters financial statement is that their fibre (full fibre) footprint is approaching 8 million premises from a total footprint of 18,675,100 million premises which can […]

TheRegister reported yesterday that UK broadband provider and altnet aggregator Zen Internet lost its appeal against the Employment Tribunal ruling in a case brought by its former CEO Paul Stobart for unfair dismissal. The appeal in respect of some aspects of the tribunal ruling was however allowed. The original Employment Tribunal originally found that Mr […]

Grain Connect has announced Gainsborough in Lincolnshire as one of its next rollout locations and introductory offers are set to see service starting at £8.99 a month. Other offers for those joining the broadband provider include half price Gigabit service for 12 months. “We’re excited to offer Gainsborough residents an internet service that can keep […]

Llantwit in Bro Morgannwg – the Vale of Glamorgan looks to be one of the latest nexfibre rollout areas. Virgin Media O2 has announced the nexfibre XGS-PON rollout has brought its full fibre services including 2 Gbps and symmetrical options to over 6,000 homes in the South Wales town. There is an extensive full fibre […]

Broadband provider GigabitIQ is launching a crowdfunding campaign, giving some individuals an opportunity to invest in the business and its future growth. The business now sells retail services across Full Fibre and F&W Networks’ networks, so it’s becoming a more traditional broadband provider rather than a pure altnet. Investing in a private business is complicated […]

Amble on the Northumberland coastline is one of the latest places to find us spotting the nexfibre XGS-PON rollout, currently sold by Virgin Media O2 and giffgaff. The town is not the most northern nexfibre build in England, that crown is held by Berwick upon Tweed and its possible that in time we may see […]