Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

With the signifiant investment into putting fibre in the ground, the alternative network operators (Altnets), or more specifically their investors, are keen to get a return on their investment. We have seen Altnets move from a ‘build as quickly as possible’ phase towards take-up in the past couple of years, especially given interest rates and […]

The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) has today announced the finalists for the Digital Inclusion Champion for Charities & Communities and the Digital Inclusion Champion for Industry categories. The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on 13 November 2025. In partnership with its charity partner, Good Things Foundation, ISPA continues its focus on tackling digital exclusion, shining […]

CityFibre has announced its most recent financial results, which show it now has 730,000 customers, with customer connections almost doubling in the last quarter – 108,000 customers were added (around 15% of their total customers). This can somewhat be attributed to the addition of Sky now selling FTTP over the entire CityFibre network. The company […]

Alt-net broadband provider toob has announced that they are launching full-fibre broadband in 33 towns and cities through an expansion of its CityFibre partnership. toob, who operate largely in Hampshire, with some towns in Surrey also included, has had a partnership with CityFibre since 2022, which gives them a much larger customer base. The company […]

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has advised that they will be withdrawing the 20-year old 3G network from Scotland from the 5th of November. The company has already been working on disabling 3G and removing the old infrastructure to free up network spectrum that can be used for the 4G and 5G networks, with the intention […]

Cornerstone, the mobile network tower infrastructure company, originally formed as a joint venture between Vodafone and O2, but now partially divested, has announced that they are to adopt the Vyntelligence AI Platform to help deliver mobile sites quicker and safer. Vyntelligence uses ‘Agentic Video AI’, which allows the AI system to watch and interpret the […]

We sometimes see questions from users about poles, including what is a ‘D Pole’. YouTuber Ringway Manchester has published a video covering many of the marks on poles which may be of interest to those interested in the topic: