Mark Jackson

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Owner and Chief Editor at ISPreview

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Comparing ISP Prices for 1Gbps UK Home Broadband - 2025 vs 2022

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

» ISP News, Tips and Guides » Saturday, Apr 19th, 2025 (12:01 am) - Score 0 A couple of years have now passed since ISPreview last examined how much money broadband ISPs were charging consumers for their gigabit broadband (1Gbps) tiers, so we’ve decided to take another look to see how things have changed between 2022, 2023 and 2025.
Study Examines Patchy UK Mobile Coverage on the South West Mainline

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Network analyst firm Streetwave has conducted an anecdotal study of UK mobile coverage (4G, 5G etc.) and mobile broadband speeds along the South West Mainline – as operated by South Western Railway (SWR). This found that customers connected via mobile operator EE received the best coverage, while O2 were the weakest. The South West Mainline is a 143 miles long (230km) major railway (train) line between London’s central Waterloo station and Weymouth (Dorset) on the central south coast of England.
Fibrus Founder Criticises Openreach "Pole Tax" on UK Fibre Broadband Builds

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

The co-Founder & Chair of UK broadband ISP Fibrus, Conal Henry, has criticised network operator Openreach (BT Group) for the “pole tax” they claim is being levelled against them, which is said to be “twice the cost of paying our own staff, just to rent some poles and holes built by the British taxpayer“. Just for some context.
UK ISP TalkTalk Business Recovers Email After Long Outage

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Wednesday, Apr 16th, 2025 (2:27 pm) - Score 0 Customers of broadband ISP TalkTalk Business (TTB) are once again able to use the provider’s email service after a protracted service outage, which lasted nearly a full week and appears as if it was caused by a misconfiguration of their Domain Name System / Servers (DNS).
Big Move as UK Civil Engineering Giant M Group Acquires Telent

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Street works firm M Group, which was last year acquired by private equity firm CVC (here) and also harbours a telecoms (broadband and mobile) focused division, has today announced that they’ve acquired rival UK and Ireland focused technology, telecoms and civil engineering firm Telent for an undisclosed sum.
Ookla Study Finds London 5G Mobile Performance Lags Behind Other UK Cities

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Network testing firm Ookla (i.e. Speedtest.net, Downdetector.co.uk) has today published a new study that examines the performance of 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks across the major UK cities of Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Sheffield. But the UK’s capital city was found to be lagging behind.
EE UK Launch Tech Drops - Giving Big Discounts on Modern Technology

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Wednesday, Apr 16th, 2025 (8:42 am) - Score 0 Mobile operator and broadband ISP EE has updated their online “Tech Store“, which sells a mix of extra services and gadgets (e.g. TVs, games consoles, laptops etc.), to introduced “Tech Drops“. This is a new monthly scheme that sees their store “offer a huge saving on a limited amount of stock of the hottest tech“, purchased via their App on a “first-come-first-serve basis“.
Broadband ISP PlusNet UK Set to Trial IPv6 on High Touch Network

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Internet service provider PlusNet, which is part of the wider BT Group, has informed customers that they’re “now ready” to finally start trials of Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing on their “High Touch” broadband network. The ISP has previously only conducted a small scale technical trial on their “Low Touch” network (here) – used by c. 90% of customers. Just for context.
Opensignal Find Ultrafast UK Broadband ISPs More Reliable vs Superfast Ones

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Wednesday, Apr 16th, 2025 (8:01 am) - Score 0 Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published a new report that examines how the UK’s broadband experience varies across speed tiers, with homes on “ultrafast” (300Mbps+) connections enjoying a “smoother and more reliable” service than those on “superfast” (30-300Mbps) ones. ISPs EE, Vodafone and Plusnet topped the performance rankings.
EE and BT to Raise Price of UK Social Broadband Tariffs After Earlier Denial

1 week ago | ispreview.co.uk | Mark Jackson

Broadband ISP EE (BT) has this morning caused a degree of surprise by appearing to reverse last week’s denial (here) and announcing a price increase of £1 per month across their low-cost home broadband social tariffs for those on state benefits (Home Essentials). The provider had previously indicated to ISPreview that no such price increases would be introduced in 2025.