Category: Internet Service Providers

With all the doom laden coverage of broadband failing we are continuing our sharing of the daily speed test results and it is the time of Virgin Media this week.

Broadband providers mobile and fixed are sharing various data points in the UK and the latest is a set of data from EE showing how data use has changed in the last two weeks.

If you are someone in a cable broadband area trying to order a cable service to boost broadband options in the home and have been having problems then Virgin Media has announced problems with its website.

Vodafone has had some of the most aggressive pricing for the Fibre to the Cabinet products it sells with the superfast moniker, but one negative point is that the minimum term is moving from 18 months to 24 months.

Sky was expected by many to launch its FTTP services across the Openreach network this week, but the COVID-19 lockdown has put paid to that happening.

In response to the new stricter stay at home policy from the UK Government and also to protect both employees and the public Openreach is cutting back on the amount of work being carried out.

Wight Fibre is rolling out its FTTP service either replacing or expanding its old DOCSIS cable footprint.

The two fastest BT Consumer FTTP services have launched with 500 Mbps at £49.99/m and 910 Mbps at £59.99/m.

The UK has just seen its Gigabit coverage levels jump with the Gig1 service which offers average download speeds of 1108 Mbps is now available across Birmingham and Coventry.

The Openreach roll-out to 250,000 rural premises announced in January looks to bearing fruit, as Caegwrle exchange has jumped from 12.8% FTTP coverage to 62.3%.