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UPDATE Cambridgeshire Targets 99% Superfast Broadband Coverage by 2020

1st March, 2017 (8 Comments)

The Cambridgeshire County Council has today revealed that the next phase of their Connecting Cambridgeshire scheme in England will aim to extend “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) coverage to 99% of homes and businesses in the county by the end of 2020.

New UK Digital Strategy Sees Government Reiterate Broadband and 5G Pledges

1st March, 2017 (1 Comment)

The Government has today set out their future Digital Strategy for the United Kingdom, which aims to “create a world-leading digital economy” and “deliver world-class connectivity” but most of their broadband infrastructure commitments are re-announcements of existing policy.

Staffordshire UK Commits £400k to Co-Fund Rural “Fibre Broadband” with BT

28th February, 2017 (2 Comments)

The Staffordshire County Council has established a new £400,000 Community Fibre Partnership Support Fund (CFPSF), which aims to help remote rural communities to raise enough investment to get a “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network installed by Openreach (BT).

UK Government Preps New Rural Business Broadband Voucher Scheme

27th February, 2017 (8 Comments)

Several Government MPs have hinted that the forthcoming 2017 Budget announcement on the 8th March will see a rural-focused reincarnation of the Connection Voucher scheme, which gifted grants of up to £3,000 to help smaller UK businesses get a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) service installed.

Full List of Approved UK ISPs for the 2Mbps Better Broadband Subsidy

23rd February, 2017 (3 Comments)

Better late than never. The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has published a useful list of ISP suppliers for their rural focused Better Broadband Subsidy Scheme, which offers a subsidy worth around £350 to properties that struggle to receive a minimum download speed of 2Mbps.

UK House of Lords Vote for 30Mbps Broadband USO with 6Mbps Uploads

22nd February, 2017 (59 Comments)

The Government’s Digital Economy Bill linked proposal to introduce a 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation for broadband has taken an interesting twist today after the House of Lords approved a radical proposal, which raises the minimum download speed to 30Mbps (6Mbps upload).

CEO of the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK Project Bids Farewell

22nd February, 2017 (9 Comments)

The CEO of the Government’s state aid fuelled Broadband Delivery UK programme, which is working to roll-out “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) networks to 97% of premises by 2020, Christopher Townsend, has decided to leave in order to take up a position as Commercial Director for Chelsea FC.

New Build Homes on Poundbury Estate in Dorset Left with Slow Broadband

22nd February, 2017 (21 Comments)

The plight of poor broadband connectivity on existing new build home developments, which are often shunned by developers and the national Broadband Delivery UK programme, has once again reared its ugly head. This time the issue centres on Poundbury in Dorset.

Q4 2016 – UK Government Brings Superfast Broadband to 4.3 Million Premises

16th February, 2017 (5 Comments)

The Government’s national Broadband Delivery UK programme has today announced that some 4,309,668 additional homes and businesses in the United Kingdom can now order a “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) service as a result of their £1.6bn+ public investment.

Rural Norfolk UK Targets 95% Coverage of “High-Speed Broadband” by 2020

15th February, 2017 (4 Comments)

The Norfolk County Council and Openreach (BT) have announced that £11 million of “new funding” has been committed to help boost the coverage of “high-speed broadband” across the rural county to 95% of local homes and businesses by Spring 2020.

Hampshire Council Add 400+ New Forest Homes to FTTC Broadband Rollout

9th February, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Hampshire Superfast Broadband project in England, which is working with Openreach (BT) to roll-out “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) to 97.4% of local premises by 2019, has announced a deal that will add 400+ extra premises in the rural New Forest area to their coverage.

Gigaclear Scoop Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Broadband Contracts

7th February, 2017 (20 Comments)

As predicted last month (here) the Gloucestershire and Herefordshire county councils in England have agreed to hand a major new broadband roll-out contract to rural ISP Gigaclear, which will deploy their “ultrafast” 1Gbps FTTP network to thousands of additional homes and businesses.

“Fibre Broadband” Set to Cover 3,000 Extra Premises in Merseyside

6th February, 2017 (10 Comments)

The joint Merseyside Connected project with Openreach (BT) has today announced that an additional 3,000 homes and businesses in the region will be put within reach of an FTTC/P based “fibre broadband” network by the end of 2018, which is thanks to a £2 million reinvestment (clawback) boost.

UK ISP Association Asks Gov to Remove Barriers for “Full Fibre” Broadband

2nd February, 2017 (0 Comments)

The UK Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) has told the Government that if they wish to boost the roll-out of ultrafast “full fibre” FTTP/H broadband networks then the “most important factor” will be to reduce the high costs and admin burden of existing regulatory barriers (wayleaves etc.).

6,330 Premises in Northamptonshire UK to Get Ultrafast 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

31st January, 2017 (4 Comments)

The Superfast Northamptonshire project in England has today signed two new contracts – worth £10.23m – with rural fibre optic ISP Gigaclear, which will enable the provider to roll-out their ultrafast (1Gbps+) Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network to 6,330 premises.

Greater Manchester Extend “Fibre Broadband” Rollout to Extra 2900 Premises

31st January, 2017 (13 Comments)

The £15m Get Digital Faster project, which is already working to extend the coverage of Openreach’s (BT) “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 47,000+ premises in the Greater Manchester (England) area, has announced that a further 2,900 will also benefit thanks to clawback of £1.4m.

Changes Coming for Struggling Broadband Voucher Schemes in Wales

30th January, 2017 (1 Comment)

The Welsh Government has revealed that the uptake of their two broadband voucher schemes, which are designed to help businesses and rural homes gain access to a faster connection, has been fairly small and as a result some tweaks may be required in order to boost uptake.