Category: Internet Service Providers

The Vodafone Ultra Hub 7 router just got a bit smarter for new and existing customers with the addition of an extra feature at no extra cost. The Vodafone Who’s Home feature tracks opted-in WiFi devices as they arrive and leave the home, with who ever has access to the Vodafone Broadband App for that […]

Another 9,000 rural properties in Northern Ireland that have missed out on the full fibre revolution or another Gigabit broadband option can now expect Fibrus to deploy to them as part of a £34.6 million contract. “Delivering for rural communities is at the heart of what we do at Fibrus and this contract allows us to continue […]

Zen Internet has entered into an agreement to acquire the Lit Fibre retail customer base. The Lit Fibre board previously reached a decision to exit the UK broadband market following acquisition by CityFibre of its alt-net full fibre network. The announcement confirms that Lit Fibre customers will be keeping their current package unchanged, i.e. same […]

With the lease on its old headquarters building in Wythenshawe set to expire in early 2026 Virgin Media O2 has moved its North West HQ to John Dalton Street just off Deansgate. The building will house some 1,100 staff and highlights the firms commitment to Greater Manchester and the North West region. The new offices […]

EE says it is the first major broadband provider offering a WiFi 7 router as standard on its full fibre plans. some WiFi 6 routers will hit Gigabit speeds so shifting to WiFi 7 is a mixture of future proofing and other enhancements that the latest standard brings to the game. Performance wise EE is […]

Virgin Media O2 has three flavours of full fibre, the obvious and oldest is areas built around 2016 onwards with RFOG via Project Lightning. Then in 2022 the nexfibre rollout took over with XGS-PON, initially continuing from where Project Lightning had reached, but now reaching totally new areas. The final flavour is less obvious but […]

Forfar in Angus, Scotland now has its nexfibre footprint on our broadband maps. We spotted the nexfibre rollout had become available on the Virgin Media O2 website on Monday 8th December. The Scottish town joins nearby Brechin and Montrose where the up to 2 Gbps (with symmetric options) full fibre service is rolling out. The […]

Southwold with its pier, lighthouse and beach huts is a popular slice of slow old British seaside holidays, but now has two different full networks across most of the town. Trooli appeared first in April 2024 and in the last week we’ve been seeing lots of Openreach FTTP become available. The Openreach rollout appears to […]

Olilo which is currently pushing hard to establish itself in the Prosumer broadband space and specifically those chasing low and stable latency has agreed a partnership that will see its products selling in Freedom Fibre FTTP areas. At the time of writing this news item, the Olilo website is still only showing package availability for […]

nexfibre has arrived in Alnwick, and it joins Openreach, Alncom and GoFibre as the fourth full fibre option for residents and businesses in the rural town. We expect to fill in many of the gaps once we’ve verified service availability across the town, so while the map is showing the nexfibre footprint at just the […]