Broadband News, Comparison, Analysis and Data

While it is VMO2 who have highlighted a new scam message, it is one that everyone with a mobile should be prepared for. Fraudsters are posing as a telecoms company and invoking the urgency part of scamming to claim your mobile SIM is about to expire and you need to login to accept new terms […]

Zen internet is one of the long standing independent broadband providers which has been operating for over 25 years, making them popular with many technical users. One of the features they offer is IPv4 address blocks, something most mainstream providers have never offered, as well as static IPv4 addresses which don’t change. Remember, if your […]

As part of a national awareness campaign that will run for a week from 4th July 2026 INCA has announced July 4th as Broadband Independents’ Day. The aim of the day and subsequent awareness events is make people aware of the options that are available to them. Some 3.6 million broadband connections are already up […]

As part of its Responsible Business planning Virgin Media O2 has revealed its Green Transition Plan which aims to both reduce its impact on the environment while also making its network and services more resilient to the climate crisis. “Our Green Transition Plan is a milestone in Virgin Media O2’s journey to become a more resilient, lower […]

B4RN with 15,700 premises actually connected looks to be running at around 49% take-up with over 32,000 premises covered by the network. “When we set out our ambitions in 2019, we knew there was enormous untapped potential within rural communities, but what has been achieved by our very own volunteers and communities since then has […]

*** UPDATE SAT 27 JUNE 2026 AT END OF ARTICLE *** The FIFA World Cup is one of the most watched live sports shows and when England is playing, the viewership skyrockets. As it seems does latency in some cases. When a network link congests, packets are often lost and/or latency will significantly increase. This […]

Our weekly news brief covers things that didn’t make it into our news this week. ITS Technology announces network expansion to 13 locations Altnet ITS Technology Group has announced the next phase of its network build, which will allow more businesses to connect. The company is focusing on its business network, delivering Ethernet over FTTP. […]

It has been 11 years since Tesco had a name in broadband, but that could be about to change as the company is reportedly (FT/paywall) in discussion with Virgin Media O2 / nexfibre about retailing services over their network(s). Tesco Mobile is a joint venture between Tesco plc and Virgin Media O2, with the network […]