Talk:Internet in the United Kingdom

Lack of mention of cable Internet services
I'm concerned about the lack of mention of cable internet services in this article. I don't know enough about the technicalities for anything I contribute to be worth reading. 82.16.78.145 22:13, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I've added a number of citations to the content to help with the veracity of the data. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.45.193.146 (talk) 17:01, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Tidy up
this article need some SERIOUS bringing up to date. the speeds section is 5 years behind and now laughably irrelavant84.64.247.217 (talk) 21:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I've done some tidying up but the article still leans too heavily towards ADSL. Biscuittin (talk) 21:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I have added headings for Cable and Wireless. Please expand these sections if you can. Biscuittin (talk) 22:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree - the importance of fast internet speeds has only risen, and is being addressed in a number of ways that need explaining on this page. In particular: Fibre roll-out (both BT & other providers); Rural outreach for high-speed internet and community efforts; (A)DSL, cable, mobile and wireless broadand and other methods (inc. a mention about dialup). There's a lot of points in Internet access that are UK-specific and there could be benefits to adopting a similar format. There's so much to do on just one article, I don't know where to start! --Alex Hansford (talk) 10:09, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Dialup/History
There's no/limited details about dialup for historic reasons, it would tie in nicely with articles such as Pipex, if you're knowledgeable in this area, please provide details, and I will follow up. --Hm2k (talk) 12:02, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

List merging
I suggest that List of UK broadband providers would be better merged as a section of this article, since there is considerable overlap and that article has little content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Go82102 (talk • contribs) 18:41, 4 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I generally oppose the suggested merge. Similar separate list articles seem to exist for other countries either as "List of * broadband providers", "List of broadband providers in *", or "List of Internet service providers in *". Also, I find that lists such as this are often out-of-date, poorly referenced, and often a magnet for SPAM. I'd like to keep all of that away from the main article on Internet in the United Kingdom. We might want to consider changing the name of the list article to "List of broadband providers in the United Kingdom" or "List of Internet service providers in the United Kingdom" since those names seem more common for other countries. --Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 21:04, 12 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I agree with the reasons given by W163. This List of UK broadband providers has multiple issues that shouldn't be inflicted on Internet in the United Kingdom. --Atlasowa (talk) 08:39, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

❌. I removed the Merge from template. In the past year the merge proposal generated little interest or comment, but what comment there was was opposed to the merge. -Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 13:19, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

infographics?
Hi, I’m Andrew Clark and I work at the Office for National Statistics in the UK.

We publish lots of infographics and I wonder if these ones would be of interest for Internet_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UK_internet_use_by_people_aged_16_years_and_over._Estimates_of_people_who_have_ever_or_never_used_the_Internet,_Quarter_1_2013.png

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highest_and_Lowest_proportions_of_social_network_users_across_the_EU_in_2012.png

FYI, the full gallery, updated weekly, is here 

All the best

Andrew Clark (smanders1982) 10 Dec 2013

Smanders1982 (talk) 13:42, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Regional cable and telecomms companies
'Broadband Internet access in the UK was, initially, provided by a large number of regional cable television and telephone companies which gradually merged into larger groups.'

This isn't true - the regional cable companies did not offer broadband until they had consolidated to ntl and Telewest, neither of whom could be described as 'regional'.

There have never been a large number of telephone companies in the UK offering broadband access, the only telcos in the UK with their own local loops are BT and, in the Hull area, Kingston Communications. In the earlier days service providers were mostly ISPs who also happen to offer call packages and none used unbundled loops, they were reselling BT Wholesale products. The first unbundling to any extent was done by Easynet and the first real consumer unbundled broadband services were from Bulldog, later acquired by Cable and Wireless.

Regional telcos in the UK don't exist apart from Kingston Communications, the meaning of the sentence I quote is equivocal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.169.161.60 (talk) 14:21, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

External links modified
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Your ISP finally has to stop lying to you about broadband speeds
John Cummings (talk) 14:45, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * http://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-broadband-speeds-fibre-to-the-home

Developments since 2006 needs some work
I've helped to update this section with newer information from 2015 - 2016 and 2019 - 2020 since the section has been lacking an update since 2012. There has been many developments that have happened in those periods that I've missed out, can I have some people to help plug the information gaps that I've missed (i.e. the altnets and FTTx developments)?

Many thanks in advance for the people who help me to update it! TechNerd2020 (talk) 19:48, 2 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks While I'm not familiar with those aspects, I agree it would be good to update the article! Whizz40 (talk) 21:32, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Article revamp
As per the tags added, I'm going to look at having a go at revamping the article in order to give it better fluidity. The timeline from initial copper services to fibre services is a bit of a difficult read, with some of the content repeating in various sections with no additional context or reason for doing so. If anyone's got any concerns or wants to object, feel free to let me know. Josh (talk) 03:54, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Josh, I'm interested in the "Early years" section, but haven't edited the rest of the article. Whizz40 (talk) 07:37, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey Whizz, that's good with me. I'm going to try and focus on the Broadband section primarily! Josh (talk) 02:22, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * 👍 Whizz40 (talk) 08:36, 22 February 2024 (UTC)