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Job Losses Strike UK Full Fibre ISP Truespeed as Build Expected to Slow
Sad news today as another alternative builder of full fibre broadband, Truespeed, has confirmed to ISPreview that a good chunk of its workforce are now facing redundancy (possibly c. 150) and the...
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Wildanet Open New Academy to Train UK Fibre Broadband Engineers
Rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which is busy deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South West England, has just opened a new “centre of excellence” in...
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Rural UK ISP Airband Offers 4 Months Free Broadband – Black Friday
Rural broadband ISP Airband, which aspires to reach 600,000 UK premises via a mix of Wireless and Full Fibre (FTTP) networks by the end of 2025, has recently launched a new Black Friday promotion that...
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Voneus Broadband Start New Devon and Cornwall UK FTTP Build
Rural focused network builder and UK ISP Voneus has announced the start of a new 1Gbps full fibre (FTTP) broadband roll-out across West Devon and East Cornwall in England, which began after their...
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Devon UK Use BT Broadband Gainshare to Tackle Council Deficit
The Devon County Council (DCC) in England has confirmed that it plans to use £7.8 million returned by BT, which relates to the clawback (gainshare) mechanism in past rural broadband upgrade contracts,...
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Gov Eligibility Conflict Disrupts Some UK Gigabit Broadband Builds
A tricky conflict over eligibility for gigabit broadband vouchers and state aid subsidised contracts via the UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme, which is overseen by the Broadband Delivery UK...
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Rural ISP Truespeed Partners with Sky to Offer Sky Stream TV Plan
Alternative network builder and broadband ISP Truespeed, which has spent the past few years deploying their 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network to homes in the South West of England, has today...
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Rural Full Fibre UK ISP Truespeed Hit Customers with Price Hike
Alternative network operator and broadband ISP Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural homes in parts of South West England, has this year...
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Openreach Top 1 Million FTTP Broadband Premises in South West
Network operator Openreach (BT) has today announced that their 1.8Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now covered over 1 million premises across the South West of...
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BDUK Change Position on Gigabit Broadband Vouchers for Superfast Wireless Areas
In a victory for some full fibre ISPs. The government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency appears to have reversed an earlier decision, which removed gigabit broadband voucher eligibility for some...
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Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP Truespeed Top 100,000 Premises
Alternative network and broadband provider Truespeed, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural premises in South West England, has revealed that they now...
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West Devon Councillors Criticise CDS Broadband Project and Airband UPDATE2
The recent meeting of an overview and scrutiny committee in West Devon (England) saw local councillors, as well as some residents, heap criticism on the state aid supported Connecting Devon and...
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Devon and Somerset UK Re-opens 4G Mobile Boost Scheme
The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project in England has re-opened their Mobile Boost Voucher Scheme (MBVS) after receiving £430,000 of fresh funding. The scheme works to improve rural 4G mobile...
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Wildanet Enhances UK FTTP Broadband Network Testing and Monitoring
Rural broadband ISP Wildanet has moved to improve their network testing and monitoring by adopting a solution from VIAVI, which will enable the operator to “detect and resolve any network issues...
View ArticleOpenreach Name its UK Telecoms Engineer of the Year 2024 Winner
Network operator Openreach (BT) has named Exeter engineer Mari Owen (40), who installs full fibre (FTTP) broadband around Devon and Cornwall in South West England, as their ‘Engineer of the Year 2024‘...
View ArticleCornwall UK ISP Wildanet Pilot Carbon Saving FTTP Broadband Build Process
Rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which is deploying a gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon (England), has joined forces with build contractor Dynamic...
View ArticleDevon and Somerset UK Broadband Project Scales Back Airband Rollout UPDATE
The state-aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has suffered yet another problem with one of their rural broadband contracts, which occurred today after they announced that their...
View ArticleVirgin Media UK and Nexfibre Build Full Fibre to 12,000 Exmouth Homes
Network operator nexfibre and retail ISP partner Virgin Media (O2) have today confirmed that they’ve made their 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network available to more than 12,000...
View ArticleBDUK Reopens Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme to Devon UK UPDATE
The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has made a change today that re-opens their Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) for parts of Devon in England, which means that local homes and...
View ArticleRural UK Full Fibre Altnet ISP Truespeed Prepares More Job Cuts
Sources have indicated to ISPreview that UK ISP Truespeed, which has deployed their alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to over 105,000 rural premises (inc. over 21,000 customers) in parts...
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