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Superfast Cornwall Expands BT Fibre Broadband to Half of all Premises

11th February, 2013 (4 Comments)

The £132m Superfast Cornwall scheme, which aims to roll-out fibre optic based broadband (FTTC etc.) ISP services to “at least” 80% of homes and businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by the end of 2014, has achieved a “major milestone” after it became available to around 125,000 Cornish premises (i.e. 50% coverage).

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Pick BT for GBP60m Broadband Boost

5th February, 2013 (4 Comments)

BT has unsurprisingly been chosen by the joint Cambridgeshire and Peterborough project in England (UK) to help make superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services available to 90% of local premises by 2015 (note: “very nearly” 100% will also get speeds of at least 2Mbps by the same date).

BT Openreach Starts UK ISP Trial of 220Mbps FTTP Fibre Broadband

1st February, 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has today started a four-week long technical trial for its new 220Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP product, which will be available from telephone exchanges in Bradwell Abbey, Chester South, Exeter and York (England).

BT Sign GBP35.6m Broadband Deal for South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

31st January, 2013 (1 Comment)

The South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and Wiltshire Council (WC) have today become the latest to sign a new £35.6m contract with BT that will make superfast broadband ISP speeds (25Mbps+) available to 94% of local homes and businesses by the end of March 2016 (the rest will get speeds of at least 2Mbps).

BT Sign GBP94m Superfast Broadband Contract for Devon and Somerset

31st January, 2013 (8 Comments)

The joint Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) scheme in England has finally signed a £94m contract with BT that will make “high-speed fibre broadband” ISP services available to “around” 90% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2016.

BT Preps Technical Trial of UK Mobile Infill Solution for Rural Areas

30th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced plans to conduct a proof of concept trial for its new small cell based Mobile Infill Solution. The service aims to leverage BT’s existing fixed line UK telecoms network to provide mobile services into parts of the country that suffer from “non-existent or patchy” coverage (i.e. “rural areas“).

BT and Police Confirm Sharp Reduction in UK Copper Cable Crime

28th January, 2013 (3 Comments)

The battle to tackle copper cable and metal theft appears to finally be turning. BT informs ISPreview.co.uk that there was a 50% fall in incidents and a 24% reduction in faults pertaining to malicious damage of their UK phone and broadband ISP network last year.

UPD BT Openreach UK Engineers Slowly Recover Broadband Network

25th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains BT’s national UK phone and internet access network, has told ISPreview.co.uk that they’re “making every effort” to return services to normal after the recent bout of “heavy snowfall” caused damage to their telecoms platform and travel disruption across the country.

Deddington Homes Get Access to BT’s First UK Fibre Only Broadband Pilot

22nd January, 2013 (3 Comments)

BTOpenreach confirms that homes and businesses in the rural village of Deddington (Oxfordshire, England) can now choose to connect via the first UK Fibre-Only Exchange (FOX) trial, which aims to replace the old copper line products with “ultra-fast” fibre optic phone and broadband (FTTP) services.

CAT Refuse BT Permission to Extend Appeal Deadline vs GBP95m Ofcom Fine

22nd January, 2013 (5 Comments)

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has refused BT permission to extend the deadline for appealing against Ofcom’s final determination on its wholesale Ethernet charges. The regulator last year fined the telco £94,823,000 after it was found to have overcharged several broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom.

Oxfordshire Village Raises £11,000 to Get Superfast BT Broadband

16th January, 2013 (6 Comments)

Residents of Islip, a small civil parish village in Oxfordshire (England, UK) with a population of over 600 people, has had a superfast broadband (FTTC) ISP service installed by BTOpenreach after they successfully raised £11,000 to help fund the development.

BT Openreach Confirm UK ISP Pricing for FTTP on Demand Pilot Phase 2

15th January, 2013 (14 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s telecoms network in the United Kingdom, has announced the pricing for phase two of its “ultra-fast” 330Mbps (30Mbps uploads) capable FTTP on Demand (FTTPoD) broadband service that will be made available via FTTC (up to 80Mbps) supporting street cabinets from spring 2013.

Isle of Wight Homes Hit by Double Whammy Broadband ISP Outage

11th January, 2013 (2 Comments)

Homes and businesses on the Isle of Wight, the largest island in England (south coast), have been hit by two separate broadband and phone outages this week after problems with BTOpenreach’s “planned maintenance” and a separate submarine fibre optic cable break impacted multiple ISPs on the island.

BT Openreach Cuts Line Rental, FTTC and LLU Prices by £75m for UK ISPs

30th December, 2012 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced a series of critical price reductions, alongside a couple of expected increases for line transfers and FTTC connection fees, that are intended to slash the charges applied to UK ISPs by approximately £75m per year.

BT Pilot Street Cabinet Only FTTC Superfast Broadband Connections

30th December, 2012 (10 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s UK communications network, has announced the first ISP pilot of a new PCP-only (street cabinet) connection method for their 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based superfast broadband service.

BT Openreach UK Details Ultrafast 220Mbps FTTP Broadband ISP Pilot

27th December, 2012 (13 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s national UK communications network, has confirmed that the first technical trial of its new 220Mbps (Megabits per second) Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband product for ISPs will take place between 1st and 28th February 2013.

UPDATE Identifying Slow Speed as a Fault on FTTC Superfast Broadband Lines

27th December, 2012 (2 Comments)

Most people aren’t familiar with the point at which BT identifies slow speeds as a fault on its Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based superfast broadband ISP network. Did you know that a fault can be declared if the line rate drops by more than 25% over a 14 day continuous period? No? Read on.