News and Guides
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Charlotte Whyatt • 03 Apr 2020
UK broadband providers to remove data caps
The measure will hopefully help encourage consumers to stay at home.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 27 Mar 2020
Residents of Jersey to receive free 1Gbps broadband upgrade
The speeds will be available as long as the current COVID-19 protective measures remain in place.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 20 Mar 2020
UK ISPs says the network will be able to handle the extra demand
With millions working at home because of the coronavirus, there was a worry that the network wouldn't be able to cope.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 13 Mar 2020
Government pledges £5 million broadband boost
The 20% of homes and businesses in the most hard-to-reach areas will benefit.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 27 Feb 2020
New technology could end poor quality wi-fi on trains
The flat antenna connects to a satellite to offer passengers a much faster, more reliable connection.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 21 Feb 2020
Sherwood Forest to become world's first 5G forest
The technology will allow for new virtual and augmented reality content all across the park.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 14 Feb 2020
New full-fibre network to be built in Colchester
The £10 million project will be undertaken by Swedish operator VXFiber.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 17 Jan 2020
Vodafone launch new 1Gbps network in Cambridge
The ISP's Gigafast packages offer residents ultrafast speeds of up to 900Mbps.
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• 10 Jan 2020
Free broadband boost for one million Virgin Media customers
Those on M50, L50, L70 and Capped Fibre 20 will be automatically upgraded to the M100 package.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 13 Dec 2019
CityFibre's rollout to be extended throughout Chichester
An additional 50 sites across the city will receive full fibre broadband.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 03 Dec 2019
TV white space helps connect remote Scottish village
72 homes in Brig o’ Turk are now able to access speeds of up to 50Mbps.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 22 Nov 2019
New study shows 1 in 3 households suffer wifi notspots
A third of UK households can't get online in every room of the house.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 14 Nov 2019
Vodafone and BT strike deal for ultrafast broadband
Vodafone will use Openreach's network to provide those in Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool with its Gigafast packages.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 07 Nov 2019
Gigaclear drills under river to connect up Gloucestershire villages
Residents of Longney and Framilode can now access speeds of up to 1Gbps.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 18 Oct 2019
Church spire boosts broadband in Norfolk village
New antenna equipment installed on the St Mary's of Denver's spire offers speeds of up to 30Mbps.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 11 Oct 2019
Hull becomes UK's first full fibre city
Residents can now enjoy an average broadband speed of 94.7Mbps.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 30 Sep 2019
Virgin Media begins rollout of gigabit home broadband
The provider's Gig1 Fibre package boasts an average download speed of 1,104Mbps at peak times.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 27 Sep 2019
UK ISPs to make pricing fairer for out-of-contract customers
A recent review highlighted that these customers tend to pay an average of £8 to £9 more for broadband every month.