https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vca9EgYQj6g Now, this is a hot topic within the broadband and comms world at the moment and has been for the past three years plus. So first, let’s understand all the different phrases and buzz words used around this industry change. Below are the different phrases and the number of monthly searches each phrase gets … Read more
Residents of Stocksfield and Mickley are now surfing the digital waves at lightning speed, thanks to the recent installation of full fibre broadband in these rural Northumberland villages. Since the tail end of summer 2022, Fusion Fibre Group (formerly known as FACTCO), in collaboration with Northumberland County Council, has been on a mission to future-proof … Read more
Gillian and Jeff Bailey, residents of Martin in Hampshire, are among the first in the New Forest to experience the lightning-fast benefits of ultrafast full fibre broadband courtesy of Wessex Internet, all thanks to Project Gigabit, the government’s initiative aimed at bringing top-spee full fibre broadband to remote communities. With a chunky £14 million investment … Read more
There’s no stopping the rural full fibre provider Gigaclear as they hit 100,000 connected customers! There are only a handful of ‘altnets’ that surpass the 100,000 connected customer mark, and Gigaclear can now proudly wear that badge. Not only that, the network & ISP have now passed 500,000 properties! It’s clear that this altnet is … Read more
When we stated on the Fibrenews podcast, that Nigel Barnett was on an acquisition mission, we meant it! Another two bases were added to the TAL group. Telecom Acquisitions Limited (TAL) has agreed partnerships with ISPs No One Internet, and Link Broadband to acquire their customers signed up to the CityFibre network. TAL CEO Nigel … Read more
KCOM has unveiled a plan that could allow other broadband providers to share its infrastructure without the need for additional poles. However, the question remains: Will it be viable for other networks? Probably not. Our guess is that KCOM will make the costs to share said network quite unmanageable to hinder other networks from gaining … Read more
Well, its been a while! Ofcom announced it has “kicked off” its review on regulations within the wholesale space, in the UK. The last review was back in 2021, so its been a long time coming. The push comes as we now have a vast array of different networks operating in the UK. Previously, we … Read more
Freedom Fibre seem to be on a mission this year. Its clear the company is in “hyper focus” mode since the merger of VX fibre as we see new partners onboarding left, right and centre! It’s great to see the company expanding at such a pace. The combined network now offers 285,000 premises passed, so … Read more
Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity, Hubbub, are providing hundreds of tablets and smartphones to help people in need get online across the UK with a £400,000 device lending scheme. Created in 2022, The Tech Lending Community scheme, is on a mission to tackle digital exclusion and electronic waste. They provide second hand tech to people who … Read more
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