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Gigaclear Boost Customer Support and UK FTTP Rollout with NETadmin Deal

20th May, 2013 - 8:53 am (1 Comment)

ISP Gigaclear has signed a new deal with NETadmin Systems that should improve its customer support services and possibly even help to “speed up delivery” of their new 1Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network to rural parts of England.

UPD West Sussex UK Sign £20.1m BDUK Contract for BT Superfast Broadband

15th May, 2013 - 8:40 am (5 Comments)

The West Sussex County Council (WSCC) in southern England has today signed a new £20.1 million state aid supported contract with BT that will aim to make superfast broadband (25Mbps+) ISP connections available to 98% of local premises by the “start” of Spring 2016 (the rest will get at least 2Mbps).

Survey Work Starts on New Isles of Scilly Fibre Optic Broadband Cable

7th May, 2013 - 2:40 pm (3 Comments)

BTOpenreach has this week dispatched one of its survey teams to begin preliminary work on their previously announced £3.7m project to divert two unused submarine fibre optic cables to the Isles of Scilly (here), which will support the rollout of superfast broadband (FTTC and FTTP) ISP products on the islands.

UK ISPs Confused But Supportive of 330Mbps Fibre on Demand Broadband

1st May, 2013 - 2:06 am (6 Comments)

The launch of BT’s new 330Mbps capable FTTP-on-Demand (FTTPoD) service, which will eventually make true fibre optic connectivity available to all FTTC supporting lines, has been given a cautious welcome by most ISPs; though some aren’t quite sure how it fits into the market or whether domestic or even business customers will want it.

First UK Telephone Exchanges Named for BT Fibre on Demand Broadband

30th April, 2013 - 7:39 am (2 Comments)

BT’s new FTTP-on-Demand (FTTPoD) service, which will eventually make its premium “ultra-fast” 330Mbps (30Mbps uploads) capable fibre optic broadband ISP technology available across all FTTC supporting lines in the United Kingdom, has begun its phased roll-out and the first supporting telephone exchanges are now known.

BT Sign £28.5 Million Deal to Blanket Cheshire UK with Superfast Broadband

29th April, 2013 - 2:53 pm (5 Comments)

BT has today signed a new deal worth £28.5 million with four Cheshire councils (England), which will make its superfast broadband (FTTC and FTTP) ISP services available to “around” 96% of homes and businesses (over 400,000 premises) across Cheshire, Halton and Warrington by the end of 2016.

UPD BT Sign £24m BDUK Deal to Boost Superfast Broadband in Durham UK

26th April, 2013 - 10:37 am (2 Comments)

The Durham County Council (DCC) in North East England (UK) has today signed a new state aid supported £24 million deal with BT that will see “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC and FTTP) services being rolled out to “around” 94% of local premises by the end of 2016.

BT Abandons Original Rollout Target for Native UK FTTP Broadband

25th April, 2013 - 1:53 pm (17 Comments)

BT has unsurprisingly abandoned their original 2009 commitment to make ultrafast fibre optic FTTP broadband ISP services available to 2.5 million premises in the United Kingdom and will instead focus on the more economical but slower FTTC solution and the expensive new FTTP-on-Demand (FTTPoD) service.

BT Openreach Set UK ISP Launch Date for 220Mbps FTTP Broadband

25th April, 2013 - 7:55 am (1 Comment)

BTOpenreach has announced that ISPs in the United Kingdom will be able to offer its new 220Mbps (20Mbps upload) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband product to their customers from 1st June 2013. Final prices have also been confirmed.

BT UK Sign GBP18.9 Million Superfast Broadband Deal for Northumberland

17th April, 2013 - 2:43 pm (3 Comments)

The Northumberland County Council (NCC) in North East England has today signed a new £18.9 million state aid supported deal with BT that will make superfast broadband (25Mbps+) speeds available to 91% of premises by early 2016 (95% will be covered by the fibre optic based FTTC network but some won’t be “superfast“).

UK ISP Gigaclear Complete 1Gbps Fibre Broadband Network in Uppingham

16th April, 2013 - 9:52 am (3 Comments)

Gigaclear and sibling ISP Rutland Telecom have completed the three month long build of a new 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network in the rural market town of Uppingham (Leicestershire, England), with prices starting at £37 a month for a symmetric 10Mbps package (£100 installation).

World Broadband Users Hit 643.7 Million Fuelled by Fibre Optic Connectivity

16th April, 2013 - 9:11 am (0 Comments)

The latest Point Topic and Broadband Forum statistics for Q4-2012 reveal that the total number of global broadband subscribers has grown to 643,770,042 (up from 635.9m in Q3-2012), which is being fuelled by deployments of fibre optic (FTTH, FTTC etc.) connectivity growing “faster than all other access technologies“.

BT Plug FTTC as UK Hit 7th Place in the Global Networked Readiness Index

12th April, 2013 - 8:37 am (18 Comments)

The World Economic Forum has released its annual Global Information Technology Report 2013, which ranks 144 countries by their information and communication technologies (ICTs) capability and includes a lengthy defence of FTTC by BT. A strong broadband market is also one of many factors that push the United Kingdom up three places to rank 7th overall.

Gigaclear UK Partners Vonage for Cheaper Voice Calls via FTTP Broadband

10th April, 2013 - 9:04 am (8 Comments)

ISP Gigaclear, which runs a number of 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) networks in rural parts of England, has joined forces with internet voice provider Vonage in order to potentially cut the price of its packages by removing the cost of a traditional landline phone service.