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Mixed UK Results in EU Study of Broadband Speeds, Price and Coverage

22nd October, 2015 (9 Comments)

The European Commission’s (EC) Digital Agenda project has today published three separate studies that examine the real-world Internet speeds, coverage and prices of broadband services across most of the EU states, which also reveals how well the United Kingdom is doing.

ISP Gigaclear Brings 1Gbps FTTP Broadband to 10000 Rural UK Premises

21st October, 2015 (4 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear, which specialises in deploying 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband services to rural communities across the United Kingdom, has officially expanded their network to cover 10,000 premises and they intend to hit 20,000 by the end of 2015.

Cheshire UK Begins Expanded Phase 2 BT “Fibre Broadband” Rollout

21st October, 2015 (0 Comments)

At the end of last year the Connecting Cheshire project in England signed a new £6m Superfast Extension Programme contract to bring BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to a further 10,000 premises by summer 2017 (here). Work on this has now started, with a rough roll-out plan also being published.

Savills – Slow Broadband Makes it Harder to Rent Rural Property

19th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

In a not entirely surprising study Savills, the global real estate provider, has found that broadband speed is now one of the primary considerations for those seeking to rent residential or commercial property in rural areas and poor connectivity can be a huge hindrance.

Fibre GarDen Calls a HALT to Rural Cumbria FTTP Broadband Project

16th October, 2015 (63 Comments)

Going nowhere fast. The Digital Dales (Fibre GarDen) project, which had been hoping to deploy a 100Mbps FTTP broadband network to 580 premises in the rural Cumbria (England) villages of Garsdale and Dentdale, has today ground to a halt over funding problems.

Urban Residents of Haydock in Merseyside Criticise Slow BT Broadband

15th October, 2015 (32 Comments)

Residents of Ashbury Drive in Haydock (Merseyside, North West England) have launched a new campaign to secure better broadband connectivity for the area after their complaints were turned into a game of pass-the-buck by the local council and BTOpenreach.

Hertfordshire to Start Expanded Fibre Broadband Rollout 6 Months Early

14th October, 2015 (3 Comments)

The Connected Counties project has announced that it will bring forward the start of their Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract in Hertfordshire by six months, which means that BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network should reach 98% coverage by June 2018 instead of 2019.

UK Government SUSPENDS Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme

13th October, 2015 (16 Comments)

The Government’s Connection Voucher scheme has been suspended to new applications as funding dries up. The vouchers gifted grants worth up to £3,000 to help smaller businesses in 50 UK cities get a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) service installed.

UPDATE House of Commons Debate UK Superfast Broadband Rollout

12th October, 2015 (10 Comments)

The House of Commons (Westminster) will today debate the Government’s national Broadband Delivery UK programme (dominated by BT contracts) and related commitments to improve mobile network coverage at 3pm in the Commons Chamber. But it probably won’t result in much change.

Hampshire UK Reveals New Phase 2 Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas

5th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Hampshire Superfast Broadband project in England has revealed a roll-out plan (locations and time-scales) for their new extension contract with BT, which will push superfast broadband (24Mbps+) out to another 34,500 premises (“at least” 95% of the local population) by “mid 2019 or earlier“.

Spectrum Internet Says Government Broadband Rollout is “5 years too late”

5th October, 2015 (4 Comments)

The Managing Director of Cardiff-based ISP Spectrum Internet, Giles Phelps, has told ISPreview.co.uk as part our exclusive interview that the Government’s roll-out of superfast broadband is “about 5 years too late” and that future projects should focus on ultra-fast FTTH/P broadband with fixed wireless for remote rural areas.

Another GBP4.2M Spent on Broadband Delivery UK Marketing

3rd October, 2015 (24 Comments)

The government’s national Broadband Delivery UK project, which is working to make fixed line superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services available to 95% of the country by 2017/18, spent £4.2m on marketing and £850,000 on other admin costs between March and July 2015.

Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey Opposes BT and Openreach Split

1st October, 2015 (39 Comments)

The UK Government’s Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey, has said that he is a “sceptic” of proposal that BT could be split from control of their national broadband and phone network (Openreach) and warned that it has “lots of potential to backfire.” Penny for your thoughts Ofcom.

Half a Million Extra Premises in Wales Reached by Superfast Broadband

30th September, 2015 (4 Comments)

The state aid supported Superfast Cymru project has today announced that they’ve helped to put an additional 504,352 premises within reach of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) services, which equates to coverage of 79% across Wales.

Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn Pledges More Cash for Broadband

29th September, 2015 (7 Comments)

The new leader of the UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has today given his first big conference speech and as part of that he pledged “investment in fast broadband to support new high technology jobs“, but details were in short supply.

More Doubts Cast on Swindon’s 4G Fixed Wireless Broadband Rollout

28th September, 2015 (15 Comments)

Local residents and the North Swindon MP have raised concerns about the general feasibility and size of masts being used as part of a £1.9m project with UKB Networks, which will push “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) coverage to 99.4% of premises by 2016 via a fixed wireless 4G (LTE) network.

Deloitte – Patchy Broadband Putting Northern Powerhouse At Risk

25th September, 2015 (10 Comments)

A new study from financial firm Deloitte has warned that slow / patchy broadband connectivity could be leaving small and medium sized businesses in the North West of England at a disadvantage, particularly those in the more urban areas of Liverpool and Manchester.