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Broadband Plays its Part as CLA Names Top Rural Counties for Business

7th September, 2015 (3 Comments)

The Country Land and Business Association, which represents many thousands of landowners in England and Wales, has recently named the top 10 counties in England for running a rural business and Cheshire comes top of the table. As usual the quality of broadband and mobile connectivity plays a big part.

40941 Businesses Take Broadband Connection Vouchers – Breakdown by City

3rd September, 2015 (16 Comments)

The Government’s Connection Voucher scheme, which offers grants worth between £100 and £3,000 to help SMEs around 50 UK cities get a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) service installed, has confirmed that 40,941 businesses have now benefitted from the vouchers (up sharply from 15K in Q1 2015).

80 Percent of Wales Can Now Get 30Mbps Superfast Broadband

1st September, 2015 (25 Comments)

An independent study of broadband Internet connectivity in Wales has claimed that 80% of premises in the country should now have access to a superfast connection (30Mbps+), which rises to 81.3% when you use the Government’s definition of 24Mbps+. But rural areas still have a long way to go.

Gigaclear Confirms First Cotswolds Homes for 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

26th August, 2015 (10 Comments)

UK ISP Gigaclear, which recently won the contract to ensure that 6,495 additional rural premises in Gloucestershire (England) are able to receive “ultra fast” Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband by the end of 2017, has announced that Seven Springs in Cockleford will be the first to benefit.

The Full Q2 – 2015 BDUK and BT UK “Fibre Broadband” Take-up Figures

25th August, 2015 (10 Comments)

The state aid supported Broadband Delivery UK project, which is primarily working with BT to deploy superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services across the United Kingdom, has now published its latest take-up figures to the end of June 2015 and more councils have now passed the crucial 20% threshold.

Fastershire Details Rollout Coverage for 1Gbps FTTP in Gloucestershire

24th August, 2015 (6 Comments)

The Fastershire project has today published a raw roll-out plan for the recently signed £10m deal with fibre optic ISP Gigaclear, which will ensure that 6,495 additional rural premises in Gloucestershire are able to receive “ultra fast” Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband connectivity.

INCA Demands Share of GBP129m Clawback for Alternative Broadband ISPs

20th August, 2015 (7 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association has called on the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK programme to ensure that up to around £129m of reinvestment funding from clawback (gain share) be put to competitive tender rather than hand it back to BT to further enhance their “fibre broadband” coverage.

Government to Build More Rural Homes, But What of Broadband?

20th August, 2015 (25 Comments)

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has set out a new 10-point plan for boosting productivity in England’s rural areas by, among other things, amending the planning rules to allow new homes on Rural Exception Sites. But what about the need for faster broadband and mobile? We hope you like Satellite.

Devon and Somerset Businesses Demand Say in Local Broadband Inquiry

19th August, 2015 (5 Comments)

The Federation of Small Business (FSB), Blackdown Hills Business Association (BHBA) and the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) have vented frustration after their views were excluded from an inquiry into the recent collapse of a major broadband expansion deal between BT and the Devon and Somerset councils.

Worcestershire Broadband Rollout Criticised Again for Wasting Money

17th August, 2015 (27 Comments)

The Superfast Worcestershire (England) project, which is rolling out “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) to 95% of the county by summer 2018 (94% will get “superfast” 24Mbps+ speeds), has been criticised again for low-uptake and giving up to £8.5m of public funding to prop up BT’s commercial business.

Worcestershire Benefits from BT GBP3m Fibre Broadband Reinvestment

14th August, 2015 (1 Comment)

The Superfast Worcestershire project in England has confirmed that even more premises will soon gain access to BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network thanks to a reinvestment boost of £2.1m due to stronger than expected take-up. A further £0.9m will also come from deployment “savings“.

Rutland UK Finally Signs Extended Fibre Broadband Rollout Deal with BT

12th August, 2015 (15 Comments)

The small rural county of Rutland in England is to benefit from increased “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) coverage after it became one of the last Broadband Delivery UK projects to sign a £1.1m Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract with BT, which will push the service out to another 900 premises.

Essex Names First Areas to Benefit from Future Fibre Broadband Rollout

12th August, 2015 (2 Comments)

The Superfast Essex project in England, which a few months ago announced that its contract with BT would be extended to push “superfast fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services out to 95% of the region (55,000 extra premises), has today unveiled the first areas to benefit. The deployment date has also been brought forward by a year.

Scotland Reveals Next 24 Local Areas for “Fibre Broadband” Upgrades

12th August, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Digital Scotland project, which is working with BT to deploy “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to 85% of premises in Scotland by the end of 2015/16 and 95% by the end of 2017 March 2018, has announced the next 24 local authority areas (73,000 premises) that will benefit.

Staffordshire Confirm GBP2.4m BT Clawback to Extend “Fibre Broadband”

12th August, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Staffordshire project is the latest to confirm that BT will return £2.4 million as a result of clawback in their first Broadband Delivery UK contract, which can be reinvested to improve the local coverage of faster “fibre broadband” services.

North Lincolnshire Touts GBP1m Clawback from BT for Better Broadband

12th August, 2015 (0 Comments)

The clawback spam continues as the Northern Lincs Broadband project confirms that its first roll-out contract, which completed in June 2015 after bringing BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 92.5% of premises, delivered “savings” of over £1m that will be put back into further expanding coverage.

West Yorkshire and BT Complete BDUK Phase 1 Fibre Broadband Rollout

12th August, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Superfast West Yorkshire project in England has today announced that 97% of local premises can now access a “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) service from BT, which means that the first deployment contract has completed ahead of its original end of September 2015 goal.