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GBP2.5m Greater Manchester Broadband Programme Moves Forward

23rd November, 2013 (3 Comments)

Several local authorities across the Greater Manchester area (e.g. Bolton, Salford etc.) in North West England have each agreed to contribute £312,500 (total £2.5 million) to help boost superfast broadband (30Mbps+) coverage for SME businesses.

Staffordshire UK Publish BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Map

22nd November, 2013 (4 Comments)

The £27.3 million Superfast Staffordshire project in England (West Midlands), which aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 97% (95% will get superfast speeds of 25Mbps+) of local premises by Spring 2016, has today published its official deployment map.

Welsh Broadband Grants Struck by Delays Due to Overlapping Schemes

20th November, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Welsh Government are reportedly rejecting individual requests for funding under the revamped Access Broadband Cymru (ABC) scheme because of uncertainty over the expected coverage of the country’s wider superfast broadband roll-out with BT.

UK Farmers Angered by Lack of Broadband and Online Only Government

20th November, 2013 (38 Comments)

The Government’s on-going “digital by default” strategy to push more services, such as tax management and farming subsidies, into an online-only state of availability has once again incurred the wrath of farmers due to the lack of adequate broadband provision in many isolated rural areas.

Report Claims UK Superfast Broadband Worth GBP20 for Every GBP1 Spent

14th November, 2013 (15 Comments)

The economic benefits of rolling out superfast broadband around the United Kingdom are often complex to understand but a new study commissioned by the government claims that it’s “excellent value for taxpayer money” and will deliver a net return of £20 for every £1 spent by 2024.

Oxfordshire County Council Rejects Cotswolds Broadband Scheme for BT

13th November, 2013 (8 Comments)

The promising Cotswolds Broadband project, which aimed to roll-out an open access and 100Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 90% of homes and businesses (5000 premises) in the Chipping Norton area of west Oxfordshire (England), has joined a similar project in Dorset (Trailways) to be rejected by local councils in favour of BT.

Cheshire UK Council Publish BDUK Superfast Broadband Deployment Map

12th November, 2013 (3 Comments)

The £28.5 million Connecting Cheshire project, which aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to “around” 96% of premises across Cheshire, Halton and Warrington, has today become the latest Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) project to publish a roll-out map.

UPDATE BT Admit BDUK Broadband Speed and Coverage Data is Confidential

11th November, 2013 (29 Comments)

The Managing Director of BT’s Next Generation Access (NGA) division, Bill Murphy, has said that it and not Local Authorities are responsible for withholding the vital broadband speed and coverage (SCT) data as part of the publicly funded Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) roll-out process.

Hull ISP KC Calls UK Broadband Speed Demand Study a Dangerous Red Herring

7th November, 2013 (5 Comments)

The Hull-based incumbent telecoms provider KC, which covers part of East Yorkshire in England, has advised the UK Government to ignore an “unambitious” new study by the Broadband Stakeholder Group after it suggested that a “median household” might only require bandwidth of 19Mbps (Megabits per second) by 2023.

BSG Claims UK Homes to Only Need 19Mbps Broadband Speeds by 2023

5th November, 2013 (104 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), which advises the Government on broadband matters, has published a new report that claims to outline a “new way for measuring and forecasting demand for bandwidth in UK homes“. The research concludes that the “median household” will require bandwidth of 19Mbps (Megabits per second) by 2023.

UK Fibre ISP Gigaclear Calls for More Predictable and Useful BDUK Contract

4th November, 2013 (19 Comments)

Gigaclear, which specialises in deploying ultrafast 1Gbps capable fibre optic (FTTP) networks into rural areas around the United Kingdom, has told ISPreview.co.uk as part of our exclusive interview that the Government needs to create a more “predictable and useful” Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme that allows more than just BT to bid for contracts.

Gov Still Hopes for 90% Superfast Broadband in 2015 Despite BT Bung Fear

1st November, 2013 (11 Comments)

The UK Government’s Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey, told a debate in the House of Commons yesterday that “half” of the local Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) projects were running “ahead of schedule” and thus there was still a strong possibility of reaching the original target for 90% to be within reach of superfast broadband (25Mbps+) in 2015.

UPD UK Gov Creates Confusion Over BT and BDUK Broadband Coverage Data

28th October, 2013 (39 Comments)

The Cumbria County Council appears to have confirmed that the government’s culture secretary, Maria Miller, will not require local authorities to publish BT’s postcode-based superfast broadband speed and coverage data for Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) funded deployments. The decision could leave small (altnet) ISP schemes in limbo for several years.

UK FTTH Fibre Optic Broadband ISP Connections Pass 186500 Premises

28th October, 2013 (15 Comments)

The latest information on coverage of true fibre optic broadband (FTTH/P/B) connections in the United Kingdom suggests that the market hasn’t moved much since the end of 2012. The latest count for June 2013 records a total of 186,500 premises have now been passed by the ultrafast (100Mbps+) connection method.

Shropshire Name First BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Areas

24th October, 2013 (0 Comments)

The £24.6 million state aid supported Connecting Shropshire project, which aims to roll-out BT’s fibre broadband (FTTC/P) network to 93% of local premises by the end of Spring 2016 (excludes Telford & Wrekin), has today named the “first rural communities to benefit“.

UPD Ofcom Report 73% of the United Kingdom Can Get Superfast Broadband

24th October, 2013 (76 Comments)

The latest annual telecoms Infrastructure Report update from Ofcom has claimed that 73% of UK homes and businesses are now within reach of an NGA superfast broadband (30Mbps+) connection, which is up from 67.9% at the last update in May (here) and 65% in 2012. Uptake has also climbed to around 4.8m customers from 2.1m last year (out of 21.7m total broadband connections).

Fixed Wireless 4G LTE Broadband Networks Face Challenges in Rural Areas

24th October, 2013 (10 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Analysys Mason has warned that operators like EE, which will soon launch a new Home Fixed Wireless service using its 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) Mobile Broadband technology to help connect isolated rural areas in the United Kingdom, will face a number of challenges not least with the high cost of mobile data.