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6th Apr 2021 (0 Comments)
A new blanket council wayleave agreement, which has been approved by social housing provider Wolverhampton Homes and CityFibre, looks set to see the latter extend their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to cover more than 22,700 extra homes in the West Midland’s (England) city.
6th Apr 2021 (13 Comments)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today published their latest annual 2021 Internet Users report, which reveals that 6.3% of adults (3.36 million) in the UK had never used the internet in 2020 (down from 7.5% in the prior year). As usual the lack of adoption is highest among the oldest adults and those with disabilities.
6th Apr 2021 (0 Comments)
Internet provider Hyperoptic, which builds 1Gbps capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks to large residential (MDU) buildings, office blocks and some houses, has today appointed the former Chief Commercial Officer of mobile operator Three UK, Richard Woodward, to be their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
6th Apr 2021 (17 Comments)
As part of their £5bn Project Gigabit programme the UK Government will this week (8th April) start a new rural focused £210m gigabit broadband voucher scheme. A quick look at the new Terms and Conditions for this reveals some key changes, such as the inclusion of satellite, a £100k funding cap on project changes and other caveats.
6th Apr 2021 (17 Comments)
Openreach (BT) has reportedly restarted talks with a number of big UK broadband ISPs (e.g. TalkTalk, Vodafone) over the development of discounted long-term wholesale agreements for their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service, which were paused last year after rivals like Virgin Media raised competition concerns.
6th Apr 2021 (18 Comments)
A lot of UK people have tried tethering their Smartphone’s mobile broadband (4G, 5G) connection to a laptop by using the ‘Wi-Fi Hotspot‘ feature, but not everybody is aware that you can do the same thing by using a wired USB-C cable. As a bit of fun we decided to find out if tethering via a wired link is any better than a wireless one.
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