Broadband
news.
Price rises, network outages, regulatory changes, new launches. Filtered down to what actually moves your bill or reaches your street.
Edited by Ade·UPDATED 07 SEPT 2026Track what changes
what you pay.
Each beat below is the running story we update most often. The two featured are the live ones for this quarter.
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The Dorset areas still stuck without full fibre
Dorset averages 72.2% full fibre, but eight of its villages are still stuck at zero. This is who is missing out, why they are last and what residents can do about it.
What Ofcom is doing this quarter
Ofcom's spring changes explained: complaints can go to the ombudsman after six weeks, automatic compensation now pays £10.34 a day and the five-year Openreach rulebook is set. What each change means for your broadband bill.
Where altnets are rolling out next
Altnets now cover 19.7 million UK premises and 2026 is the year of infill, mergers and subsidised rural builds. Here is where CityFibre, Netomnia and Hyperoptic are building next and why a postcode check beats any map.
Mergers, buyouts and CEO churn
UK broadband consolidation accelerated in 2026 with a £2bn Netomnia deal, reported sales of Hyperoptic and Community Fibre and a wave of altnet CEO departures. Here is what each move means for your contract.
New tariffs this month
Vodafone's 5G home broadband launch opens fixed wireless internet to 3.7 million more UK homes. Every notable new tariff from the last 30 days, what's genuinely new and what's a repackage with a fresh price tag.
Latest news.
Changes that affect your bill
The news desk covers what changes what you pay or what you can get: price rises, new deals, Ofcom rules, outages and who's building full fibre where. We track 460 live deals from 31 providers, so a launch or a rise shows up in our data within a day.
For this year's April rises by provider, start with the price rise roundup. Broadband price rises 2026