Category: Internet Service Providers

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.

The rumours were running around but it is now formal and pending regulatory approval the merger of O2 and Virgin Media in the UK is set to go ahead in the middle of 2021.

The Virgin Media results for the 3 months to end of March 31st 2020 are out and while the footprint and ARPU growth is good news the slipping customer numbers in the long term will be worrying.

The latest BT results lead with some good news around the groups full fibre ambitions and an update on where the roll-out is at present.

Continuing our look at the speeds of various broadband services we have branched out to cover the EE Mobile service and the charts indicate there was a big dip in speeds for around a week just before lockdown and as it started.