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Olilo the tenth signatory to the Telecoms Consumer Charter – UPDATE

Olilo who describe themselves as broadband redefined for speed-freaks, sysadmins and home lab heroes has signed up to the Telecoms Consumer Charter. Three key parts of the consumer charter are: For Olilo the mid-contract price rises is easy, they don’t appear to do mid-contract price rises and even offer a rolling monthly contract for those […]

6 hours ago

Ofcom fines another porn site for not having age verification

Ofcom has announced that another company has been fined under the Online Safety Act 2023 for failing to protect children from accessing pornographic content. First Time Videos LLC operates two websites that have been found to be in breach. “Ofcom has determined that First Time Videos has failed to comply with section 81 of the […]

7 hours ago

Virgin Media O2 XGS-PON full fibre rollouts changing old cable landscape

Some call it Project Mustang, some call it FibreUp but the programme Virgin Media O2 has underway to upgrade old coax DOCSIS 3.1 areas to XGS-PON full fibre has been underway for a while, but now with giffgaff selling its full fibre services using the nexfibre wholesale platform in some Project Mustang areas the landscape […]

8 hours ago

O2 Satellite now available for Google Pixel 9 or newer devices

Virgin Media O2 has expanded the number of devices that its O2 Satellite service works with. Today sees the official announcement that Google Pixel devices are supported, though it will need to be a Pixel 9 or newer to work. O2 Satellite exists to provide connectivity in areas with no traditional mobile network and is […]

1 day ago

GoFibre Project Gigabit rollout now in Montrose, Dunkeld, Bankfoot, Newtonhill, Portlethen, Alyth and Coupar Angus – CORRECTED

Note: see below correction after GoFibre reissued the press release to advise that premises are not yet live. As part of its Project Gigabit contract, the altnet GoFibre is busy rolling out its full fibre service to places such as Montrose, Dunkeld, Bankfoot, Newtonhill, Portlethen, Alyth and Coupar Angus. The roll-out in Angus, Perth & […]

1 day ago

EXCLUSIVE: New analysis shows new build properties reaching 99% full fibre coverage in 2025/2026

It has been a long time since we looked at the state of new home statistics and starting in 2023 it looks like the UK has been hitting 99% full fibre availability in new-builds. Previously we used to present data based on calendar year, but we re-worked the analysis to shift to financial year, so […]

2 days ago

Clarus adds Amazon LEO to its satellite Internet portfolio

Low Earth Orbit satellite broadband services have changed the game for remote areas and mobile services on board planes, vessel and more. They provide economical, fast and low-latency connections, a world apart from previous generation satellite services which were expensive. Among these, Starlink is a major player directly, however increasingly we are seeing aggregators delivering […]

2 days ago

Ofcom raises concerns about age verification for social media limits but will work on solutions

The UK Government announced widely expected bans for young children using social media, and limitations on uses by 16 and 17-year olds. These are due to come in next spring and will affect platform such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and X but will exclude messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal. There’s much left […]

2 days ago
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