Broadband

Landlord quirks leave thousands of flats stuck in the broadband slow lane

Openreach pushes for legal overhaul as apartments fall through fiber rollout gaps

Networks01 Dec 2025 | 96

Starlink’s method of dodging solar storms may make it slower, for longer

Researchers think SpaceX needs to revisit its resilience regime

Networks18 Nov 2025 | 19

Project Kuiper becomes Amazon Leo as satellite network trickles into orbit

Starlink challenger drops the codename, but full-blown service still years out

PaaS + IaaS14 Nov 2025 | 17

London left buffering as Hyperoptic backup link refuses to boot

Updated Broadband provider says damaged fiber and dormant failover path knocked customers offline for nearly 24 hours

Networks13 Nov 2025 | 21

Zen Internet loses unfair dismissal appeal case with former CEO

Judges agree broadband biz didn't follow its own procedures when booting boss

Networks29 Oct 2025 | 25

SpaceX pulls plug on 2,500 Starlink terminals tied to Myanmar fraud farms

Criminal outfits had been using Musk's broadband beacons to run cyber-slavery scams across Southeast Asia

Cyber-crime23 Oct 2025 | 17

Ofcom refuses to bite over Openreach's fiber freebies

Watchdog says it sees no case to investigate discounted FTTP upgrade offer – but will keep an eye on it

Networks14 Oct 2025 | 23

Sky plans to ditch up to 500 staff in the Technology Group

Exclusive Insiders say AI trials involving 'critical network services' underway and some engineering roles being moved to India

Networks17 Sep 2025 | 45

Bharti big shots storm BT boardroom after £3.6B raid

Sign 'relationship agreement' as Bharti Mittal and Vittal take non-exec directorships

Networks15 Sep 2025 | 11

Gigs in space: Amazon breaks bandwidth barrier with Kuiper's satellite broadband

Signs up JetBlue for in-flight connection, but not until 2027

Off-Prem04 Sep 2025 | 4

Only ISPs get to determine what constitutes 'affordable' broadband, says team Trump

A good deal, like beauty, is in the ISP of the beholder, after all - at least if you want BEAD funding

Public Sector06 Aug 2025 | 17

Eutelsat LEO revenue rockets 84% as governments cool on Starlink

OneWeb constellation may be smaller, but it's suddenly looking like a safer bet for some

Networks05 Aug 2025 | 13

Amazon’s Kuiper satellite broadband to offer commercial services in mid-2026, at least in Australia

Updated Maybe sooner in other places

Networks05 Aug 2025 | 6

Virgin Media scraps wholesale network rival to Openreach

NetCo is a no-go amid ongoing 'strategic review' by co-parent Telefónica

Networks01 Aug 2025 | 56

Broadband biz fined for emergency caller location data fail

Gigaclear slapped by watchdog for failings, admits 'seriousness of the error'

Networks30 Jul 2025 | 5

Biden broadband benchmarks are BS, says Trump FCC

No more consideration of affordability or 1 Gbps speed goal if Chairman Carr gets his way

Public Sector22 Jul 2025 | 41

Bezos beams up batch two as Project Kuiper plays catch-up with Starlink

ULA's Atlas V deploys second load of Amazon's broadband satellites

Networks24 Jun 2025 | 6

Need for speed? CityFibre punts 5.5 Gbps symmetrical broadband at ISPs

Altnet claims upgrade puts it ahead of Openreach on performance and cost, with more to come in 2026

Networks04 Jun 2025 | 67

Brit telcos ask suppliers to clean up emissions mess – politely, with no teeth

Digital Connectivity Forum lays out climate goals, but enforcement is strictly optional

Networks07 Apr 2025 | 1

Google’s broadband balloon laser comms tech floated out as independent company

Another success for the 'Moonshot factory' and an extra rival for Starlink et al

Networks18 Mar 2025 | 20

Altnets told to stop digging and start stuffing fiber through abandoned pipes

Why churn up roads when there's thousands of miles of disused infrastructure underfoot?

Networks03 Mar 2025 | 84

Openreach tests 50 Gbps broadband – don’t expect it anytime soon

Download speeds of 41.9 Gbps and upload speeds of 20.6 Gbps achieved, claims BT division

Networks06 Feb 2025 | 37

Amazon's Kuiper secures license to take on Starlink in the UK

Everybody is going to play nice, OK?

Networks04 Feb 2025 | 33

BT unplugs plans to turn old cabinets into EV chargepoints

Your battery might be flat, but the Wi-Fi signal is going to be great

Personal Tech20 Jan 2025 | 98

Taiwan in talks to tap Amazon's Project Kuiper space broadband

In case of submarine cable failure, call Jeff Bezos

Networks18 Dec 2024 | 6

Europe signs off on €10.6B IRIS² satellite broadband deal

Service promised by 2030 for bloc's take on Starlink

Networks16 Dec 2024 | 41

China preps another rocket that Beijing hopes will become its workhorse

Long March-8A improves payload by forty percent and comes just a month after Long March 12 debut

Science12 Dec 2024 | 6

Starlink finally files proper paperwork to operate in India

Government both excited and cautious about benefits of Muskband

Personal Tech14 Nov 2024 | 4

Half the world's online via mobile, but growth is slowing

Nearly all of those without access live in low to middle income countries, GSMA says

Networks28 Oct 2024 | 7

FCC probes whether it can pop a cap in ISP data caps

'Our networks have the capacity to meet consumer demand without these restrictions,' says chair

Networks16 Oct 2024 | 10

Openreach reveals latest locations facing the copper chop

A reminder to get fiber (eventually) or get left behind

Networks16 Oct 2024 | 65

Musk's Starlink rockets to 4 million subscribers

Satellite broadband mega-constellation passes mega-milestone

Networks27 Sep 2024 | 51

Telcos scolded for unwanted erection of utility poles in race to wire up Britain

Telecoms minister pleads with operators to work together

Networks16 Sep 2024 | 80

Openreach pitches its tent as Ofcom preps review of broadband market rules

Nation's dominant broadband plumber keen to fend off any efforts to restrict it

Networks09 Sep 2024 | 42

Foot-thick wall workaround: Gigabit network links beamed through solid concrete

Makes cabling a bit less onerous, says WaveCore maker

Networks06 Sep 2024 | 25

Chinese broadband satellites may be Beijing's flying spying censors, think tank warns

Ground stations are the perfect place for the Great Firewall to block things China finds unpleasant

Networks28 Aug 2024 | 27

Would you rather buy space broadband from a billionaire, or Communist China?

Beijing's first Starlink-slayers are in orbit, and buyers beyond the Great Firewall are on the agenda

Networks08 Aug 2024 | 51

Amazon: Our cloud growth just sped up. Did you know we are also quite a big retailer?

Reveals Kuiper broadband sats to fly later this year and solid Q2 sales

Off-Prem02 Aug 2024 | 9

US mayors urge Congress to ditch red-tape-slaying broadband expansion bill

What's the matter, you want China to win, huh?

Networks25 Jun 2024 | 17

BT chief blames regulations for UK lagging in next-gen network rollout

Someone noticed Britain's about to elect a new govt, amirite?

Networks06 Jun 2024 | 50

TR-069, a protocol that made broadband manageable, turns 20. What's coming next?

Interview In less than 13 minutes, we'll get you up to speed on USP

Networks23 May 2024 | 10

Starlink offers 'unusually hostile environment' to TCP

Hopping satellites every 15 seconds will do that to a protocol, natch

Networks22 May 2024 | 98

BT delays deadline for digital landline switch off date

Telco told they must protect vulnerable in race to turn off Public Switched Telephone Network

Networks21 May 2024 | 110

Lights about to go out on US Affordable Connectivity Program

A partial benefit in May then subsidy gets unplugged once and for all

Networks02 May 2024 | 17

America may end up with paid-for 5G fast lanes under net neutrality anyway

Damn you, network virtualization

Networks17 Apr 2024 | 22

US broadband internet: Now with mandatory 'nutrition' labels

ISPs are just going to have to swallow it

Personal Tech10 Apr 2024 | 20

UK minister tells telcos to share telegraph poles if they can't lay cable underground

The NIMBYs are fed up, and it's an election year

Networks15 Mar 2024 | 61

Stuck paying for your apartment's crummy internet? FCC boss Rosenworcel wants to help

Proposed regulation would bar building owners from forcing internet services on tenants

On-Prem05 Mar 2024 | 21

UK merger of Vodafone and Three in competition watchdog's crosshairs

Union claims corporate greed behind alliance, firms claim it is about helping customers

Networks26 Jan 2024 | 23

Virgin Media comes top of the flops for customer complaints

Clean sweep across broadband, landline, and pay TV

Networks26 Jan 2024 | 38

Musk lashes out at Biden administration over rural broadband

Claims FCC's justification for ditching Starlink 'utterly false'

Networks23 Jan 2024 | 63

BT to spell out contract price hikes in pounds and pence

Updated None of this inflation-linked percentage nonsense, says Ofcom

Networks17 Jan 2024 | 28

FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program dangles by a financial thread

On the wrong side of the digital divide in America? The clock is ticking

Public Sector09 Jan 2024 | 9

Openreach hits halfway mark in quest to hook up 25M premises with fiber broadband

12.5 million teased with speedy internet, only 4 million take the bait

Networks08 Dec 2023 | 70

Amazon hitches a ride with SpaceX for Project Kuiper launches

Working rockets are needed, and only a direct rival can provide for now

Science04 Dec 2023 | 9

Two sats, one customer: Japan's NTT signs up for Amazon's space internet

Take that, Elon

Off-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 1