A Labour government would enforce a cheap broadband tariff for low-income families as well as taking action on mid-contract price hikes, the shadow culture secretary will announce. Labour will say broadband is an essential utility and that figures from the regulator Ofcom show almost a third of households (8 million) are having problems paying their broadband, phone and streaming bills. That is...
The UK’s biggest broadband providers are to benefit from an almost £2bn windfall when they push ahead with inflation-busting price increases next spring which will further fuel the cost-of-living crisis, an analysis shows. Many of the country’s main internet providers – including the largest player BT, along with TalkTalk, Shell and Vodafone – use a mechanism to increase the cost of bills...
Internet service provider Truespeed has now connected 300 South West businesses to its network, it has announced. The Bath-based full-fibre broadband provider, which reaches more than 200 communities in rural and urban areas across the region, stretching to the outskirts of Portishead and down to Frome – said its rollout had helped create a “level digital playing field” for firms. Truespeed...
South West broadband provider Jurassic Fibre has appointed a former director of energy giant Shell and Virgin Media as its new chief executive. The Exeter-based internet service company said Paul Hellings would lead it through its next stage of growth, replacing Michael Maltby who founded the firm in 2018. Mr Maltby will move to a non-executive director role on the company’s board. Mr Hellings...