Category: Internet Service Providers

The speed title fight for full fibre in the UK just got more interesting as Zzoomm has turned on its network in Henley on Thames and has a 2 Gbps service available for £189/m.

The search for an investor into the TalkTalk FTTP plans is over as CityFIbre has acquired the FibreNation arm and TalkTalk has signed a long term commitment to sell products across the CityFibre controlled network.

The standard BT Reward Cards have been replaced on the Superfast 2 and Ultrafast 1 & 2 services for a limited time with free cloud gaming bundle using the Google Stadia service worth £119.

The £2 monthly saving on Sky Superfast Broadband is a low price point for the service with the offer running out in a couple of weeks.

Community Fibre who specialise in FTTP to apartment buildings and is focused on London has now rolled out its service to some 100,000 flats and apartments.

The shift to more FTTP in new homes continues with Openreach lowering the threshold from 30 premises to 20 premises where it will deploy FTTP with no contribution from the developer.

No new cities for the CityFibre FTTP roll-out but a busy week of expansion at the existing nine places we have found live premises passed.

The UK full fibre pathway is progressing and news that ITS has secured £45m of funding from Aviva Investors will allow the operator to expand and bring a goal of 200,000 premises within reach.

Those living in Hull and East Yorkshire who are outside the current KCOM footprint may see FTTP arriving as part of a £100 million expansion plan.

Virgin Media has announced the start of a programme that should be the end of March 2020 see all its broadband customers on a minimum of a 108 Mbps cable broadband service.