UK Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

No new applications for a Gigabit Broadband Voucher (GBVS) are being accepted now, with the scheme set to close in 18 months time on 31st March 2028. Existing projects that are underway will continue, so if your area is has a project up and running it will hopefully complete with delivering of a Gigabit capable […]

It appears that in the last few days cable thieves have struck in the SS4 Ashingdon, Rochford areas of Southend, with reports of several pavement chambers being opened, cables severed and pulled out with vehicles prior to stealing. While fibre optic cable is worthless compared to the copper, we doubt the thieves care about that […]

Scunthorpe residents on some streets now have another Gigabit broadband option to add to the existing Openreach, MS3 and Virgin Media services. Grain Connect has been spotted live in a number of streets in the Crosby area of the town, and hopefully will surface in more streets over the coming weeks and months. Pricing for […]

APFN is celebrating that its wholesale platform is selling Fibre to the Cabinet services in the form of Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SoGEA). The combination of this with the full fibre options already on the aquila system gives them a combined part fibre and full fibre reach of 32.9 million premises. “The PSTN switch-off […]

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 […]