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Estate Knocks £90k Off Openreach Broadband Quote by Digging Own Fibre

2nd January, 2018 (29 Comments)

Some 77 homes in the rural Wiltshire UK hamlet of Axford look set to gain access to Openreach’s (BT) “fibre broadband” network (FTTC/P) after Stefan Persson, founder of H&M and owner of the 10,000 acre Ramsbury Estate, got his staff to help dig and lay the new fibre optic cable (saving £90,000).

UK ISP Uno Discounts FTTC Fibre Pro Superfast Broadband Packages

29th December, 2017 (9 Comments)

Internet provider uno (uno Comms Ltd) has reduced the monthly price of their ‘up to’ 76Mbps FTTC “Fibre Pro” unmetered broadband packages and removed the activation or migration fees for any orders made before the end of January 2018.

EE UK Cut 38Mbps and 76Mbps Fibre Home Broadband Prices for XMas

23rd December, 2017 (7 Comments)

Internet and mobile provider EE appears to have discounted the monthly prices of their top Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based unlimited 38Mbps and 76Mbps capable “fibre broadband” packages for the Christmas and New Year period, which shaves a few extra pounds off the rental.

UK ISP Vodafone Cuts FTTC Unlimited Home Superfast Broadband Prices

22nd December, 2017 (0 Comments)

New subscribers to Vodafone’s unlimited ‘up to’ 38Mbps and ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable FTTC based home “fibre broadband” packages can now get the service for even less after the operator reduced their monthly prices for the full 18 month contract term, which makes them one of the cheapest ISPs.

Devon and Somerset UK to Expand Rollout of Superfast Broadband

22nd December, 2017 (20 Comments)

The £171 million Connecting Devon and Somerset project in England has announced that their existing contracts with wireless ISP Airband and “full fibre” (FTTP) provider Gigaclear are set to be extended, which could result in an extra 9,000 rural homes and businesses being reached.

ISP TalkTalk Cuts UK Broadband and FTTC Prices for Christmas

21st December, 2017 (7 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has today decided to introduce a round of Christmas discounts on their standard (up to 17Mbps) and faster fibre / FTTC (up to 38Mbps) broadband packages, which will be available to order by new customers until early in 2018.

UPD Gov Reject BT Voluntary 10Mbps UK Broadband USO and Goes Regulatory

20th December, 2017 (91 Comments)

After a final consultation (here) the Government has today revealed its chosen path for implementing a new legally-binding Universal Service Obligation (USO), which promises a minimum broadband download speed of 10Mbps (1Mbps upload) for all by 2020 and rejects BT’s £600m voluntary proposal.

Scotland Publish Tender for Universal R100 Superfast Broadband Rollout

19th December, 2017 (14 Comments)

As expected the Scottish Government has published the OJEU procurement document for their £600 million R100 programme, which aspires to extend superfast broadband (30Mbps+) networks to cover 100% of premises in Scotland (UK) by the end of 2021 (or March 2022 as a financial year).

ICMR 2017 – Ofcom Compares UK Broadband and Mobile to 16 Countries

18th December, 2017 (8 Comments)

Market regulator Ofcom has today published its International Communications Market Report 2017, which compares broadband and other telecoms services in the United Kingdom against 16 other countries. The UK fairs well for 30Mbps+ broadband coverage but our “full fibre” (FTTP/H) needs work.

Ofcom UK Infrastructure Study – 36% Can Get Ultrafast Broadband

15th December, 2017 (7 Comments)

The Connected Nations 2017 report has today been published by Ofcom, which reveals a huge rise in the availability of fixed line 300Mbps+ “ultrafast broadband” services to 36% of the UK (up from 2% last year). Elsewhere 4% (1.1 million premises) still cannot receive speeds of 10Mbps+ (down from 6%).

Scotland Commit £600m for 100% Coverage of 30Mbps Broadband

14th December, 2017 (16 Comments)

The Scottish Government has today confirmed that it plans to spend £600 million on gap funding for their R100 programme, which aims to make a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) capable network available to 100% of Scotland by the end of 2021 (March 2022 when viewing as a financial year).

Oxfordshire UK Achieves 95% Coverage of Superfast Broadband

13th December, 2017 (9 Comments)

The state aid supported Better Broadband for Oxfordshire partnership with Openreach (BT) has today claimed to have successfully completed their Phase 2 contract by helping to extend “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) connectivity to cover 95%+ of the county by the end of 2017 as planned.

Openreach Pause UK Trial of G.INP Fix for ECI FTTC Broadband Cabs UPDATE2

7th December, 2017 (42 Comments)

Openreach has paused a trial of Physical Retransmission ReTX (G.INP) technology for their troublesome ECI based FTTC “fibre broadband” street cabinets. The technology works fine on their Huawei estate but ECI has long been the naughty child, although their trial is expected to continue next year.

Openreach Community Fibre Broadband Scheme to Reach 60000 Premises

6th December, 2017 (43 Comments)

The Community Fibre Partnerships scheme that Openreach (BT) runs, which offers grants up to £30,000 to help co-fund the cost of upgrading an area to receive their FTTC or FTTP based “fibre broadband” network, expects to have benefited 60,000 UK premises within 12 months (currently 30,000).

UPDATE Staffordshire UK Claims 95% Coverage of Superfast Broadband

5th December, 2017 (18 Comments)

The Superfast Staffordshire project with Openreach (BT) claims to have succeeded in its original Phase 2 contract goal, which aimed to make fixed line FTTC/P superfast broadband (24Mbps+) networks available to order by 95% of premises before the end of 2017 (c.97% in terms of the raw “fibre” footprint).

UPD Openreach’s SOGEA Standalone Fibre Broadband Product Gets a 3rd Trial

2nd December, 2017 (32 Comments)

Openreach has started an unexpected third UK ISP trial of their long in the making Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product, which will allow consumers to buy a standalone “fibre broadband” (FTTC VDSL2 or G.fast) line without the voice (phone) service.

Ofcom Aid Full Fibre Broadband by Stopping Targeted BT FTTC Price Cuts

1st December, 2017 (9 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has opened a new consultation on a change to help foster the roll-out of “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband networks by preventing BT from reducing its wholesale charges for slower hybrid fibre (FTTC) connections in areas where rivals are building new networks.