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Shifting Goal Posts – Wales Misses its Superfast Broadband Target

25th May, 2016 (22 Comments)

A report today claims that Wales and BT have missed their original Superfast Cymru project target for ensuring that 96% of the country can access a superfast broadband service by “spring 2016“, but there may be more to this situation than meets the eye.

UK ISPs Struggle with the Cost of Keeping 20CN Rural Broadband Alive

25th May, 2016 (8 Comments)

The MD of Andrews and Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has warned that the cost of continuing to support customers that have few other options than to connect via an ‘up to’ 8Mbps capable ADSL line on BT’s old 20th Century Network (often present in rural areas), has become too expensive to maintain.

BT’s CEO Loses Bonus as Chairman Sir Mike Rake Plans Departure

23rd May, 2016 (25 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Gavin Patterson, has lost out on a bonus worth £290,000 due to a rise in customer complaints, but don’t feel too bad for him as his pay for 2015 still increased to £5.4m from £4.6m in 2014. Meanwhile Chairman Sir Mike Rake has agreed to stay on until “at least” September 2017.

Overbuilding Error Leaves Cumbria Village Without “Fibre Broadband”

20th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Residents of Welton, which is a small rural village in Cumbria (England), have vented their anger at the local authority after they were excluded from being within the scope of BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) roll-out due to a wrongful fear of NGA network overbuilding.

Government Push Superfast Broadband to 3.84 Million Extra UK Premises

19th May, 2016 (27 Comments)

The Government’s £1.7bn Broadband Delivery UK project, which aims to expand fixed “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) cover to 95% of the United Kingdom by 2017/18 (possibly rising to 97% by 2019), has issued its latest progress update to confirm that 3.84 million extra premises have now benefited.

Gov Moot Tricky Land Access Changes to Boost Mobile and Broadband

17th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

The Government has today published its proposals for a revised Electronic Communications Code (ECC), which could attract anger from private land owners by making it easier and cheaper for fixed line broadband and mobile providers to access and build new infrastructure on their property.

BT Update on FTTPoD Stop Sell Removal, 3db Trial and Long Range VDSL

17th May, 2016 (33 Comments)

BT has published some important updates on their broadband products and future UK technology trials, which reveals a plan to test 3db Signal/Noise margins, the first location for their Long Range VDSL (FTTC) trial and removal of BTWholesale’s “stop sell” for Fibre-on-Demand (FoD) lines.

ASSIA Say BT Could Offer Fully Unbundled 400Mbps G.fast Broadband

17th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

California-based ASSIA, which sells services to broadband ISPs around the world and occasionally sues BT (here), has claimed that their new DSM Data Sharing technology could enable Openreach to offer “fully unbundled” G.fast to rival ISPs and boost its top speed to 400Mbps.

West Yorkshire Confirm Next Areas to Benefit from Fibre Broadband

16th May, 2016 (1 Comment)

The Superfast West Yorkshire project in England has confirmed that the new Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract with BT will result in even more premises being reached with “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) than originally planned and the first areas have also been named.

UPD Sckipio Push 1.5Gbps via G.fast Using Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation

16th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

Israel-based Sckipio, which is building some of the kit for BT’s hybrid-fibre G.fast broadband trials and pilot, has heralded a big improvement to the technology by developing Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) to deliver up to 1.5Gbps in combined upstream and downstream performance.

UK ISP BT Business Slashes the Cost of Broadband and FTTC Packages

16th May, 2016 (4 Comments)

Internet provider BT Business has slashed the price of their business broadband (ADSL or FTTC / VDSL) and phone line packages for the entire length of the first 24 month contract term, with some broadband prices being reduced by more than half price

SOGEA Standalone “Fibre Broadband” Showing on BT Wholesale Checker

16th May, 2016 (6 Comments)

The official BT Wholesale Checker has quietly added a new column to show the availability of their future Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product, which will eventually allow you to order a standalone superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC / VDSL) line without needing a phone (voice) service.

BT Rivals Sky, TalkTalk and Voda Push 10 Point Plan for a Better Openreach

16th May, 2016 (18 Comments)

A new “all-industry coalition“, which represents alternative network providers and major UK players like Sky Broadband, TalkTalk and Vodafone, has today put pressure on Ofcom to deliver on its Strategic Review by publishing a plan that sets out how they think the regulator should deliver a better and more independent Openreach.

BT Make Premium TV Sport Channels Available via YouTube and EE Mobile

12th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Telecoms operator BT has announced that their premium BTSport TV channels will be streamed live via YouTube. On top of that any customers who take EE’s 4GEE pay monthly mobile plans will also be given access to the content, with details and pricing due to be revealed this summer.

UK ISP TalkTalk Sign Deal to Bring BT Sport to their TV Platform

11th May, 2016 (0 Comments)

Customers of TalkTalk’s broadband based TV service may be pleased to learn that the premium BTSport content will be available to them from June 2016, which means that they’ll be able to subscribe to the related TV channels on a rolling monthly contract directly from BT.

BT Confirm Tech Details for Summer UK Pilot of 300Mbps G.fast Broadband

11th May, 2016 (6 Comments)

Telecoms operator BT has revealed the technical capabilities for their forthcoming pilot of “ultrafast” 300-500Mbps G.fast technology (consumer ISP products should start at 160Mbps), which will be rolled out to cover 25,000 premises in Cambridgeshire and Kent this summer.

10Mbps USO Confusion as Hopes Fade of Universal Superfast Broadband

9th May, 2016 (29 Comments)

Last week a media storm was caused after one newspaper dredged up an extract from the Government’s on-going consultation on the proposed 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) and used it to infer that the final 5% of the UK (most rural areas) would be left behind, but the reality is more complex.