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UK Cable and “Fibre Broadband” Lines Overtake Pure Copper DSL Services

26th May, 2017 (2 Comments)

A new update from Point Topic has summarised the latest data from ISPs in the United Kingdom, which found that faster Cable (DOCSIS) and “fibre” (FTTC/P/H/B) based broadband lines have finally overtaken older / slower pure copper Digital Subscriber Line (e.g. ADSL) services.

Q1 2017 – Gov Project Extends Superfast Broadband to 4.42 Million UK Premises

25th May, 2017 (14 Comments)

The latest Q1 2017 figures from the Government’s £1.6bn+ Broadband Delivery UK project has revealed that some 4,426,493 additional premises across the United Kingdom can now order a “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) service as a result of their joint investment with local councils and the private sector.

UK ISP TalkTalk Preps “Britain’s best value unlimited fibre” Broadband Deal

18th May, 2017 (1 Comment)

In an effort to retake the budget crown TalkTalk has claimed that they will tomorrow launch “Britain’s best value unlimited fibre” package, which offers broadband speeds of up to 38Mbps (FTTC / VDSL2) for just £25 per month on a 24 month contract term.

UPD Sky, TalkTalk and Vodafone Moan of £140m Delay to Cheaper Broadband

18th May, 2017 (56 Comments)

Broadband providers Vodafone, TalkTalk and Sky Broadband have complained that Ofcom’s delay to the introduction of their recently proposed wholesale price reduction on Openreach’s (BT) 40Mbps (10Mbps upload) Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) service could cost consumers £140 million.

BT Openreach Say LR-VDSL Could Push “Fibre Broadband” to 99% of the UK

17th May, 2017 (19 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has issued an update on their existing plan to run a “commercial pilot” of Long Reach VDSL (FTTC) broadband technology, which involves around 120 premises across 6 rural locations. The operator claims that if deployed LR-VDSL could bring “fibre” to 99% of the UK by 2020.

ISP TalkTalk Business Cuts UK Broadband and FTTC “Fibre” Prices

17th May, 2017 (0 Comments)

New customer of TalkTalk Business may be interested to know that the ISP has cut the price of their ADSL2+ and FTTC based broadband and phone line rental packages until 30th June 2017, with the discounts lasting for the first 12 months of service.

Worcestershire UK Tenders for New £2.62m Superfast Broadband Rollout

12th May, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Worcestershire County Council in England recently slipped under our radar when they issued a tender for Phase 3 of the Superfast Worcestershire project, which will commit up to £2,627,415 of public funding to expand the local availability of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+).

BT Reach 9.3 Mill UK Broadband Subs as Openreach Moot “large scale” FTTP

11th May, 2017 (39 Comments)

The BT Group has released their latest quarterly report (Q1 2017 calendar), which saw their retail broadband base reach a total of 9,276,000 subscribers (up by 29K vs 83K in Q4 2016) and Openreach has begun a consultation on the “potential benefits and costs of a large-scale FTTP deployment.“

BT Spectrum Refarming Trial May Boost UK G.fast and FTTC Broadband Speed

10th May, 2017 (13 Comments)

A new Proof of Concept trial in Kent (England) is about to begin that could allow Openreach’s (BT) new ultrafast G.fast technology to share the same spectrum as existing FTTC (VDSL2) “fibre broadband” services, which in the future might help to boost speeds beyond 330Mbps.

UK ISP TalkTalk Slows Broadband Bleed and Sees Strong “Fibre” Take-up

10th May, 2017 (0 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has today published their latest full year results to 31st March 2017, which saw them bleed fewer on-net broadband subscribers (-20k in H2 vs -29k in H1) in the period to total 3,947,000 and 25% of those take their FTTC based “fibre broadband“.

UPDATE Forget 300Mbps G.fast, ASSIA Prep 1 Terabit DSL Copper Line Broadband

9th May, 2017 (9 Comments)

California-based ASSIA, which supplies broadband management systems to ISPs, has today announce that “extreme high frequency sub-millimeter waves” could in the future be used to push broadband speeds of up to 1Tbps (Terabit per second) down a single 100 metre twisted-pair copper line.

UPDATE2 Openreach (BT) Stops Taking New Customers for 18Mbps FTTC Trial

9th May, 2017 (3 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has informed participating ISPs that they’re “not planning further trials” of their 18Mbps (2Mbps upload) FTTC / VDSL2 “fibre broadband” product with new customers, although it will remain open to existing subscribers.. for now.

BT’s UK Community Fibre Broadband Partnerships Benefit from Cost Drop

6th May, 2017 (34 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that over the past few weeks the cost estimates given out for their co-funded Community Fibre Partnerships, which work with local groups in order to deliver faster FTTC or FTTP broadband into poorly served areas, have been reduced.

UK Broadband Stakeholders Group Reveals the Cost of a 10Mbps USO

4th May, 2017 (3 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholders Group, which acts as a think-tank for government policy, has predicted that the cost of implementing the UK’s legally-binding 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband speed could be anything from £180m and up to £930m; depending upon the cost threshold.

UK ISP John Lewis Broadband Cuts its Prices for May 2017

3rd May, 2017 (2 Comments)

The broadband ISP division of high street giant John Lewis has further reduced the price of their ‘up to’ 17Mbps unlimited broadband and phone bundle to £20 a month for the first 12 months of service (£26.50 thereafter), which also benefits from free UK weekend and evening landline calls.

UK ISP TalkTalk Cuts 17Mbps Unlimited Broadband and Phone to £20

28th April, 2017 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to take TalkTalk’s entry-level ‘up to’ 17Mbps unlimited “Fast Broadband” and phone bundle may wish to know that the price has dropped to £20 per month for the first 12 month contract term (£25.50 thereafter). A TV (YouView) box can also be added for an extra £25 (one-off).

Internet Censorship, 10Mbps USO and More – Digital Economy Act to Pass

26th April, 2017 (32 Comments)

The Digital Economy Bill 2017 has today effectively been approved by both houses of parliament, which means positive changes for UK broadband connectivity (10Mbps USO, compensation etc.). On the other hand the internet faces more censorship and a proposed 30Mbps USO was dropped.