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Ofcom is investigating Vonage Business Ltd and Voxbone SA in relation to telephone numbers that are part of blocks held by the two companies being misused by people engaging in scams. It needs highlighting that Vonage and Voxbone are not being investigated for running scams at all, but rather as the holder of large UK […]

The Virgin Media website and O2 websites appear to be suffering from issues that started around 4:30pm 23rd September 2026. The O2 website was slow to load and may be working as we type this, but the message on the Virgin Media indicates problems with them displaying their broadband deals. We don’t know what other […]

After the work involving Openreach, Affinity Water and Lightsonic the water company Southern Water has deployed the Lightsonic leak detection system. The system monitors the Openreach underground full fibre network and uses AI to help detect water leaks to within a 10 metre accuracy. The detection is based on acoustic data recorded from the passive […]

The latest promotion from Community Fibre runs until 14th October 2026 and is essentially doubling the speeds of various packages. All these packages are for new customers and are based on a 24 month contract, with a £3 price increase each April. 12 month contract options are available where an entry level tariff of 35 […]

We are all used to Ofcom investigating sites that have not implemented age verification but Ofcom has just started an investigation into Pornhub that is owned and run by Aylo. The basis of the investigation is to determine whether the site is complying with its duties to prevent children encountering pornographic content. The trigger for […]

The altnet Trooli has added a 5 Gbps symmetric speeds package to its broadband line-up with a price of £44.99 a month if you take out a 24 month contract. “The way households use broadband has changed. Demand for speed and capacity is only going to increase; families may be streaming, gaming, working and making […]

The official position on Gigabit coverage is that it is available to 88% of homes and businesses in the latest DCMS/BDUK report on the progress of Project Gigabit across the UK based on January 2026 data. 88% is impressive given it was 20% in May 2020, but a reminder that a large chunk of the […]

Broadband Altnet Netomnia which runs alternative full fibre infrastructure across the UK and especially in the Manchester area has recently evicted an intruder from their network. Following internal alarms of customer ONTs (the boxes on the walls of homes where full fibre connections terminate) losing signals last Sunday, an engineer was sent to investigate and […]