Category: Internet Service Providers

This week it is Sky under the data microscope and how the daily metrics for speed tests from Sky customers are varying or holding in the normal range.

Another bit of East Riding of Yorkshire now has access to full fibre as the first postcodes to go live in Nafferton have been spotted.

Our weekly look at the different major broadband providers continues with the performance of Virgin Media between 7th March and 3rd June 2020.

After a short blip on Friday 29th May that saw some TalkTalk customers unable to access sites it appears that while Friday had good speeds as of 5pm on the Saturday speeds are outside the normal range.

We spotted this last week but let it slide as on the day offers change it is not unusual to see things tweaked but the 'never lower' price claim remains so time to warn people.

We continue our analysis of the daily speed test averages for the major providers with our look at the data for Vodafone from when the nights were long and pubs were still open through to Tuesday 19th May.

The overnight news is that the FT is reporting BT is in talks to sell a stake in Openreach worth billions as a way to fund the full fibre roll-outs.

More observations from the world of broadband speed testing. This time we give a quick insight into the peak speeds for BT, Virgin Media, Sky and TalkTalk for the last 90 days. Also we highlight how the speeds at Virgin Media have changed in the last year.

The key part from the latest Vodafone results is the growth of the number of fixed line customers with another 176,000 added in the last year.

The suspension of the share dividend for the final quarter of 2019/2021 and the full financial year that has just started will not please anyone relying on that dividend but with an eye on the longer term rather than short term benefits it may be the wise move.