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London-focused UK gigabit-broadband ISP G.Network, which claims to be investing around £1bn to deploy a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the city, has become the latest internet provider to “successfully demonstrate” Nokia’s 25G PON technology running on their network.
The Zayo Group, which operates a large metro and long-haul fibre optic network in the UK and globally, has launched the “fastest direct network route” connecting Manchester to New York with its new transatlantic subsea fibre. The link provides a direct route to North America that “avoids backhauling to global internet hubs in London and Paris” (i.e. reducing transatlantic latency).
Broadband provider Plusnet will this morning further discounted the offers on their existing range of ultrafast and gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) powered packages for new residential customers – provided via Openreach’s national network, which sees the provider shaving another few pounds off each of their plans.
A report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – ‘The Growth Belt: Supporting Rural Small Businesses’ – has today highlighted the way rural businesses are struggling against a backdrop of mounting energy costs, poor transport links, and “unreliable broadband“.
At present, it can sometimes be difficult to keep track of where Cityfibre are actively building their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network and which of those deployments have gone allow (i.e. allowing you to order a live service from an ISP). The following list may help to answer this.