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Final UK Labour Party Manifesto Hints at 300Mbps Broadband for All

16th May, 2017 (12 Comments)

The UK Labour Party has today published the final version of their Manifesto for the General Election, which is broadly similar to last week’s leak but includes a few changes. One of those tweaks is an aspiration (not target) to roll-out 300Mbps broadband “across the UK within the next decade” (i.e. by 2027/28).

2017 EU Broadband Progress Report Puts UK Bottom for “Full Fibre” Cover

15th May, 2017 (8 Comments)

The European Commission has published their annual 2017 European Digital Progress Report, which confirms that Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Greece all lag behind the rest of the 28 EU member countries when it comes to ultrafast “full fibre” (FTTH/P/B) broadband coverage.

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+).

UPDATE Labour Party Pledges 30Mbps Superfast Broadband for All by 2022

11th May, 2017 (15 Comments)

A confirmed leak of the Labour Party’s draft 2017 General Election Manifesto has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn will promise to deliver “universal superfast broadband availability” across the United Kingdom by 2022, which they’ve defined as offering a minimum speed of 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.“

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.

Local Earl Stalls “Fibre Broadband” Upgrade for Devon Village of Upton Pyne

26th April, 2017 (10 Comments)

Residents of a small rural village called Upton Pyne in Devon (England), which is home to around 300 people, have been left in limbo after the final phase of Openreach’s (BT) “fibre broadband” upgrade in the area was stalled because a local earl objected to the cables going over his land.

Countryside Alliance Calls for UK Broadband Improvement to Soften Brexit

25th April, 2017 (1 Comment)

The 100,000 member strong Countryside Alliance, which campaigns to protect rural areas (food, farming, businesses and services), has published a new policy document on the impact of leaving the EU that calls on the UK Government to invest more money into improving broadband and mobile.

Gov Seek Directors for UK Telecoms Delivery to Oversee 5G and Fibre Rollout

24th April, 2017 (3 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has today put out three new job offers for directors’ to help oversee the implementation of their telecoms, broadband “Local Full Fibre Networks” (FTTH/P) and future 5G mobile strategy for the United Kingdom.

Herefordshire – 8000 Premises to Benefit from Gigaclear’s 1Gbps Broadband

18th April, 2017 (3 Comments)

The Herefordshire County Council in England has confirmed that its new state aid supported contract (Phase 2) with Gigaclear will help to put ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP/H) broadband technology within reach of an additional 8,000 homes and businesses in the region.

£116bn Needed to Deploy Ultrafast FTTH Broadband Across the EU by 2025

12th April, 2017 (11 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe has revised downward last year’s Comsof estimate for the cost of deploying ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) based broadband networks across the EU (currently this still includes the UK) by 2025, which makes it €137 billion (£116bn) instead of €156bn (£132bn).

UK Broadband Stakeholders Group Warns of Brexit Risk for Digital Comms

12th April, 2017 (2 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholders Group, which acts as a think-tank for the government, has published a new report that summarises the risks and challenges of Brexit for Internet and digital communications across the United Kingdom (broadband, mobile, USO, state aid policy etc.).

Black Country Broadband Scheme to Cover Extra 2,000 Premises via £1.2m Boost

6th April, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Black Country Broadband Project in England’s West Midlands, which is working with Openreach (BT) to make “superfast broadband” (FTTC/P) available to 98% of premises by Autumn 2017, has secured a further £1.2m from the Local Enterprise Partnership to boost its reach.

Wireless Broadband Network Extends its Rural South Oxfordshire Reach

5th April, 2017 (0 Comments)

Fixed Wireless Access ISP Village Networks has confirmed that they’re now expanding the coverage of their superfast broadband network to reach the rural villages of Russell’s Water, Maidensgrove, Swyncombe, Stonor, Greenfield, Turville Heath, Park Corner, Britwell Hill and Howe Hill.

Hundreds of Trees Pruned – Openreach Pull FTTP Broadband to Rural Cumbria

27th March, 2017 (29 Comments)

Hundreds of trees have been pruned back so that Openreach’s (BT) engineers could run 12km of overhead cabling to bring “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband to around 480 premises in the rural Cumbria (England) villages of Crosthwaite, Underbarrow and Brigsteer.

BCC Survey – Poor Quality Rural Broadband is Holding Back UK Businesses

27th March, 2017 (2 Comments)

A new survey of 1,465 business people from all regions of the UK, which was conducted by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), has claimed that 18% suffer from unreliable Internet connections and firms in rural areas are “at least twice as likely to have unreliable connections” (30%).

Warwickshire UK Fibre Broadband Project Adds Property Level Coverage Map

21st March, 2017 (3 Comments)

The CSW Broadband project with BT (Openreach), which aims to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) available to “nearly” 94% of premises Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry (England) by 2017, has launched a new coverage map with detail down to the level of individual properties.