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BT calls time on free TNT Sports for long-standing broadband customers
A free sports offer enjoyed by some BT broadband customers for years has finally reached its end. Keeping TNT Sports will now cost £15…
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BT’s TalkTalk rescue ‘makes a mockery’ of the market, says Virgin Media
Virgin Media O2 wants the government to reconsider BT’s takeover of TalkTalk. Its boss says keeping customers connected shouldn’t automatically hand permanent control to…
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BT buys TalkTalk: Good news for customers, or just good news for BT?
BT’s £400 million rescue has kept 1.5 million TalkTalk customers connected. It has also handed Britain’s biggest broadband group an even larger share of…
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Stornoway was promised better broadband. It’s still waiting
Consumer Scotland wants the UK’s minimum broadband standard raised to 30Mbps. Fibredog’s local data shows Stornoway is getting faster, but plenty of people are…
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Vodafone’s gloriously excessive 8Gbps broadband is coming this year
Vodafone Pro 4 will offer download speeds of up to 8Gbps through CityFibre. It looks terrific, sounds faintly ridiculous and is far faster than…
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Ofcom blocks Openreach broadband discount to protect customer choice
Ofcom has stopped Openreach offering broadband providers discounts worth up to £9.50 per new Full Fibre customer each month. It believes the deal could…
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Sky’s new 1.6Gbps broadband package finally gives EE some competition
Sky has launched 1.6Gbps broadband over Openreach, bringing its excellent Gigafast+ Hub to around four in five UK homes and ending EE’s long spell…
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Community Fibre doubles broadband speeds – 1Gbps now costs £21
New Community Fibre customers can get twice the usual broadband speed at no extra cost, including symmetrical 1Gbps for £21 a month. The prices…
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Don’t watch the BBC? Proposed £11 broadband levy would still charge you
A think tank wants the TV Licence replaced with an £11 charge on home broadband bills. Existing licence payers would save £48 a year,…
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Isle of Wight broadband outage blamed on Openreach software update
Hundreds of homes and businesses lost internet access after a fault at Openreach’s Cowes exchange. Several Newport shops were forced to accept cash while…
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Starlink trial targets Lincolnshire farms left without fibre broadband
Lincolnshire County Council will pay for Starlink equipment and installation on selected tenant farms where fibre broadband hasn’t arrived. Farmers will still have to…
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Ofcom launches Consumer Hub to help cut broadband and mobile bills
Ofcom has gathered its advice on saving money, fixing broadband problems and making complaints into one new Consumer Hub. The information isn’t new, but…
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