Weekly Brief – 28th November 2025
The weekly brief is here, which details some stories which we didn’t cover as full news articles. Black Friday deals are available Make sure to check our Black Friday Fibre Deals if you are thinking of switching broadband providers. There are some good deals to get. Most recently updated is brsk, now offering packages from […]
Altnet brsk suffers data breach
A data breach has been reported at altnet brsk, which has suffered a loss of data through one of its systems. The company has confirmed that it does not affect its core network or operational systems. Reports online are that 230,105 customer records have been stolen which includes information related to customer bookings and installations. […]
UPDATED – Starlink introduce lower priced residential band – 100Mbps package coming?
Satellite broadband provider Starlink have announced a lower-priced product, making their fixed satellite broadband service more affordable. Residential Lite will retail for £55/month and will offer typical download speeds of between 80-200Mbps, compared with 135-305+Mbps for the standard Residential plan (which retails for £75/month). Users should expect upload speeds in the range of 15-35Mbps. Residential […]
Royal Berkshire Fire Service signs up to Brdy Starlink Service to fix mobile signal issues
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service has signed up to a Starlink satellite broadband service provided by reseller Brdy. This is replacing current connections through one of the mobile network operators which they have found variable in terms of bandwidth and coverage. This will allow command vehicles to be upgraded to provide better connectivity with […]
Virgin Media O2 Quarterly Results
Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) have published the financial results of their holding company VMED O2 UK Holdings Limited showing a drop in revenue across the board for both mobile (O2) and fixed (Virgin Media) Services: The revenue reductions in mobile and consumer represent just a 1% reduction whilst the total revenue has dropped dropped 5%. […]
Point Topic Q3 metrics show FTTP overtakes FTTC
Point Topic has published its Q3 2025 UK ISP and network supplier metrics, which show that for the first time, full fibre FTTP connections have overtaken FTTC. The statistics indicate that an estimated 11.56m FTTP connections are now live, passing FTTC, which has reduced to 10.60m. The full fibre figures published by Point Topic show […]
Connect Fibre announces also rolling out Netgem’s PLEIO
Altnet Connect Fibre has been announced as another ISP that will be rolling out Netgem’s PLEIO TV service, which allows users, to watch, stream and play all through a single puck-shaped device. PLEIO has Freely built in, which provides access to the standard terrestrial channels by streaming these to the device rather than having to […]
Letter from Chancellor and Telecoms Minister to Telco CEOs — The complexity of consumer interest
The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the November 2025 Budget yesterday. Although the budget itself had very limited references to broadband directly, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, along with Telecoms Minister Liz Kendall wrote an open letter addressed to the CEO’s of UK telecommunications companies about consumer protection. The letter in full is detailed below (our highlight […]
Budget keeps status quo for broadband and gigabit future
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has delivered her budget for autumn 2025, and it doesn’t reveal any new funding to help businesses or consumers realise a future fibre or gigabit broadband connection. The limit of the broadband references appears to be on DSIT consulting on measures that will allow leaseholders to request a gigabit broadband […]
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