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BT Openreach Boost End-User Engagement by Embracing Twitter

2nd March, 2017 (8 Comments)

A small but important change occurred this week after BT’s network access division for the United Kingdom, Openreach, finally started to make official use of the social media account that they first setup on Twitter during August 2016. No doubt it won’t be too long before they’re flooded with requests and gripes.

BT Openreach Cuts UK 100Mbps and 1Gbps Ethernet Prices

1st March, 2017 (59 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced another round of sharp Ethernet (EAD, WES, WEES and BES) price reductions for their business customers and ISPs, which will be introduced from 1st April 2017 and apply to a number of their 100Mbps and 1Gbps speed products.

BT Openreach Offer FREE FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Upgrades to Faster Tiers

27th February, 2017 (3 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has launched a new special offer for ISPs across the United Kingdom, which will allow customers on slower speed Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband lines to be upgraded to a faster tier for no extra charge (valid for orders between 1st April and 30th September 2017).

F4RN Begin Phase 2 of FTTH Broadband Network in Fiskerton and Morton

27th February, 2017 (2 Comments)

The community funded and built Fibre for Rural Nottinghamshire (F4RN) project, which has been inspired by B4RN and aims to cover the whole of rural Fiskerton and Morton with a 100Mbps+ Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network, has completed its first roll-out phase and connected 83 customers.

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.

UK Fibre Optic Tax – BT and Virgin Media Fear £1.3bn Business Rates Hike

18th February, 2017 (17 Comments)

The Valuation Office Agency‘s imminent “revaluation” of business rates (due to take effect from the 1st April 2017) could do more harm than good to the roll-out of fibre optic broadband, not least by hitting BT and Virgin Media with a £1.3bn tax hike on existing infrastructure over the next 4-5 years.

Openreach Unveil New UK Locations for Long Reach VDSL Broadband Trial

17th February, 2017 (7 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced a list of locations that will benefit from the next phase of their new “Long Reach VDSL” (FTTC) broadband technology trial, which is one of the potential options for helping to deliver on the Government’s future 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO).

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.

ASUS Release DSL-AC88U – One of the First G.fast Broadband WiFi Routers

15th February, 2017 (14 Comments)

Technology firm ASUS has this week become one of the first major manufacturers to officially release a G.fast integrated wireless broadband router (DSLAC88U), which also offers integrated ADSL/VDSL2, WiFi speeds of up to 3167Mbps and will cost you a small fortune.

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.

BT Openreach Complete “Independent Board” with Final Appointments

14th February, 2017 (5 Comments)

BT’s network access division, Openreach, has today announced the completion of an “independent majority” on their newly formed board with the final appointment of Liz Benison as a non-executive member. Liz is currently the CEO of public services provider Serco in the UK and Europe.

BT Openreach to Begin Phase 2 Trial of SOGEA Standalone FTTC Broadband

10th February, 2017 (19 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced that their Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product, which aims to give consumers a truly standalone (naked) FTTC / VDSL “Fibre Broadband” line without the voice (phone) service, will enter Phase 2 of its trial with UK ISPs from 2nd March 2017.

Virgin Media UK Squeeze a Little Extra Broadband Speed for Subscribers

9th February, 2017 (57 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media appears to be quietly tweaking the ‘Max Traffic Rate‘ (speed profile) for some of their broadband packages, which for example means that those with their 300Mbps HomeWorks+ add-on may theoretically be able to achieve 345Mbps (its old profile was 330Mbps).

Trespassers Disrupt BT’s Westwood Exchange in Peterborough

9th February, 2017 (18 Comments)

BT’s Westwood Exchange (EMWSTWO), which is located in central Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) and serves 10,000 premises in the city, is suffering on-going disruption after a number of trespassers gained access to the property last Friday evening (3rd Feb 2017) and remain on the site.

BT Openreach Make Digital Infrastructure Mapping Tool Available to Rivals

6th February, 2017 (27 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today announced the launch of their new Digital Mapping Tool, which the operator claims will “make it easier” for rival alternative network ISPs to plan and build their own fibre optic broadband infrastructure by harnessing BTOR’s existing network of cable ducts and poles.

“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.

BT Update on UK FTTP, SOGEA, 3dB and 21CN WBC Broadband Plans

6th February, 2017 (49 Comments)

At the end of last month BT (Wholesale) released an update on their UK roll-out plans for various future broadband upgrades and technologies, which covers a variety of areas from the new FTTP speed profiles to the national roll-out of 21CN WBC (replacing all IPStream by 2018). Check out what’s coming.