UK Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

We recently became aware that broadband provider Exascale and Squirrel Internet have ceased offering new services over Altnet Gigaclear’s network which spans quite a wide area of suburban and rural South of England. This follows reports of Gigaclear’s retail business undercutting its wholesale prices when customers look to migrate away from its direct services over […]

Ofcom has opened a consultation around code powers with a list of 12 firms who have asked for their code powers to be revoked and further six where Ofcom is proposing to remove code powers. The consultation for anyone who has reasons to disagree with what Ofcom is proposing is open until close of office […]

The recently launched Virgin Gig2 hybrid (part fibre) service we started tracking just before 9th August 2026 has grown from an initial footprint of 250,000 to over 750,000 premises with the service available. This means Virgin Media is able to supply an asymmetric 2 Gbps service to a footprint of 9.86 million premises, with 9.1 […]

Social Tariffs are discounted broadband services, typically for those on certain government benefits, which provide affordable broadband for those on lowest incomes. These are often plans at reduced speeds (although not always), frequently without minimum contract terms (but some packages promoted do carry terms, and often these are unclear), and you have to usually meet […]

The monthly update from BDUK on the Project Gigabit contracts across England and Wales has been released, and the Fibrus contract in Northern Ireland has been added to the dataset. Project Gigabit contracts excluding the ones in Scotland is set to deliver Gigabit capable broadband (usually full fibre) to 846,770 premises once completed and to […]

The latest altnet on our broadband maps is Go Internet who until recently was just offering a fixed wireless service but in the village of Chale they now offer full fibre. The Isle of Wight is no stranger to full fibre, as both Openreach and Wight Fibre are deploying on the island, but the most […]

toob investor INPP transfers equity to debt holders International Public Partnerships Limited, an investor in toob with around £24.1m has decided not to commit any further capital to toob and plans to transfer its equity to debt holders, retaining a small exposure in toob at £2.6m. INPP has agreed with debt holders that it will […]

An error by the Welsh Government led to the contract announcement for a £10 million broadband contract omitting Broadband 4 Wales Ltd (BB4W Ltd). A change notice has been issued correcting this. The Contract 2 Lot 2 that aims to deliver broadband speeds of at least 30 Mbps to areas of under 1,000 premises is […]