Latest UK broadband news
BT boosts broadband Reward Cards up to £200 and adds 2026 price freeze
Summary BT’s latest broadband offers go live from today, with boosted Virtual Reward Cards worth £175 or £200, available until 5 March 2026. Fibre 1, Fibre 2 and Full Fibre 150 will include a £175 BT Reward Card. The faster Full Fibre
Vodafone, Plusnet and BT win latest Best Broadband Provider awards
Summary Expert Reviews published its Best Broadband Awards 2026 using a survey of 1,544 UK adults conducted in September 2025. Vodafone won Best Broadband Provider overall and took six category wins across the 12 awards. Plusnet won four categories, while BT Broadband
Hyperoptic adds 500Mbps and 1Gbps Fair Fibre social tariffs
Summary Hyperoptic has expanded its Fair Fibre social tariff range from two packages to four, adding 500Mbps and 1Gbps options. The updated Fair Fibre prices are £12 (50Mb), £13 (150Mb), £17 (500Mb) and £20 (1Gb) per month. Fair Fibre stays on a
EE, Plusnet and Community Fibre win the best broadband awards
Summary Uswitch has announced its 2026 Telecoms Awards, spanning broadband, TV, mobile and joint telecoms categories. EE won National Broadband Provider of the Year and also picked up bundle and innovation awards, while YouFibre won Regional Broadband Provider of the Year again.
Virgin Media and Sky Broadband: Free Channels, Sky One Return, Price Rises
Summary Virgin Media has added three new free Rakuten TV FAST channels to its TV service. Sky One will return in February 2026, replacing Sky Showcase and Sky Max. Large channel number changes are coming to Sky Q, Glass, and Stream platforms.
Virgin Media O2 to Combine Broadband and Mobile User Forums
Summary Virgin Media and O2 are merging their separate online customer forums into one shared platform. The change is linked to the end of their current forum service provider contract. User accounts, posts and historic discussions are planned to be transferred. Forums
Netflix to be removed from two older BT/EE TV boxes
Summary BT and EE will remove Netflix access on two older TV boxes from 4 March 2026. The change affects the TV Recordable Box (G4) and TV Box (Z4). Netflix is updating its app, and the new version will no longer run
Starlink’s next satellites could bring “5G-like” phone connections in 2027
Summary SpaceX says it plans to start launching a second-generation batch of Starlink “Direct to Cell” satellites in 2027, with timing pointing to late in the year. A regulatory filing says SpaceX’s first-generation satellite-to-phone service launched with T-Mobile in July 2025 and
Broadband Survey: One in Four Say £4 Annual Rise Is Too Much
Summary An Opinium poll for Uswitch found 24% of UK adults would find a £4-a-month broadband price rise unmanageable. People said they would accept an average increase of £2.70 a month before they would consider cancelling or switching. Respondents reported an average
Virgin Media and Vodafone lead on reliable broadband speeds
Summary Opensignal’s 2025 UK Fixed Broadband Experience report uses user testing data collected from 3 July to 29 September 2025. Virgin Media takes first place across every UK-wide category Opensignal publishes (including quality, speeds, video streaming and reliability). Nationally, Virgin Media records
