Mark Jackson

England

Owner and Chief Editor at ISPreview

Owner and Editor of consumer UK ISP news, telecoms and top broadband info. site - https://t.co/Vqbx0pON1B Note also at: https://t.co/78E0IWyhyU

Articles

O2 UK Add Data Rollover as Standard to Pay Monthly Plus and Ultimate Plans

3 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Thursday, Jun 5th, 2025 (10:22 am) - Score 0 Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that new and upgrading customers on their ‘Pay Monthly Plus’ or ‘Ultimate Plan’ (phone, tablet, or SIM only) can make the most of any unused 4G or 5G data (mobile broadband) each month as it will now roll over to their following months’ airtime allowance.
Virgin Media O2 UK Gives Away iPad with Selected Broadband Bundles

3 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

New customers looking to sign-up with Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that the ISP has today refreshed some of their home broadband packages today and is also offering a 9th Gen iPad 64GB in space grey when they purchase an 18-month MegaVolt package online, at least while stocks last.
CityFibre UK Finish Primary £15m FTTP Broadband Rollout in Wokingham

3 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Thursday, Jun 5th, 2025 (9:29 am) - Score 0 Network operator CityFibre, which has so far built their 5.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.4 million UK premises (4.2m Ready for Service), has today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £15 million build across the market town of Wokingham in Berkshire (England). CityFibre originally started this deployment at the end of 2022 (here).
Vodafone UK Launches New 5G Mobile Data Travel eSIM Service

3 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Mobile network operator Vodafone has today launched a new 4G and 5G-ready mobile data (broadband) Travel eSIM service, which now extends to 206 destinations on 700 networks – supported by its GenAI system for customer service. But they’re still just one option in a growing sea of similar services, where standing out is difficult.
Ofcom UK Set to Begin Hunt for New Chairman to Replace Lord Grade

3 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Thursday, Jun 5th, 2025 (8:15 am) - Score 0 The UK communications and media regulator, Ofcom, is reportedly preparing to kick off a new recruitment process – at the government’s (DSIT) behest – to find a replacement for the organisation’s current Chair, Michael Grade (Lord Grade of Yarmouth), who has been in the role since May 2022 and previously held senior positions at the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
New Mapping Technology Looks to Boost UK Fibre Broadband Rollout

3 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

The specialist consultancy firm for UK utilities and infrastructure, Dalcour Maclaren, has taken the wrappings off its new bespoke fibre planning tool that it hopes will boost the roll-out of full fibre broadband by transforming the wayleave (legal land/property access agreements) and consent process for network operators.
1p Mobile UK Hints at Imminent Launch of eSIM Support

3 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Thursday, Jun 5th, 2025 (12:01 am) - Score 0 Mobile network operator 1p Mobile this week indicated that the long-awaited introduction of eSIM (Electronic SIM) support to their service – hopefully for both new and existing customers – could finally begin to go live around the end of this month. Just to recap.
Broadband ISP Youfibre Launch New UK Account Portal, Struggles a Bit

4 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Wednesday, Jun 4th, 2025 (12:19 pm) - Score 0 Internet provider Youfibre, which uses Netomnia’s (Brsk) fast-growing national full fibre (FTTP) broadband network, this week launched a new ‘My Account’ service / portal for customers. But this ended up becoming a victim of its own success after the ISP notified that “unprecedented demand” was preventing some customers from being able to log-in.
Altnet Broadband ISP Quickline Brings Tech Support Back to UK

4 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Alternative rural broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has today announced that they’ve moved their Customer Technical Support Team in-house. Previously, it was outsourced to a company based in South Africa.
CEO of Rural Broadband ISP Gigaclear Warns Ofcom Has Gone Too Far

4 days ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

The CEO of Abingdon-based alternative rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, Nathan Rundle, has told Richard Tang, CEO of Zen Internet, that they’re still focused on extending their full fibre (FTTP) network to 1 million UK homes in ultra rural areas. But the provider is concerned about Ofcom’s proposed changes to the market getting in the way.