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BT Openreach Reveals G.fast Broadband Cabinet Extension Pod

14th June, 2016 (34 Comments)

We already know a lot about BT’s forthcoming roll-out of “ultrafast” 300-500Mbps G.fast technology and last month’s new technical document (here) similarly appeared to confirm that the operator had opted to deploy the service from street cabinet extensions. This week we finally got a look at one.

North Lincolnshire UK Begins Phase 2 BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

14th June, 2016 (9 Comments)

The Northern Lincs Broadband project in England today announced that the rural village of Appleby has become one of the first to benefit from their new Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract with BT, which will expand “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) to an additional 3,400 premises.

Artist Covers BT’s FTTC Broadband Cabinets with Weird Street Art

7th June, 2016 (8 Comments)

Openreach’s (BT) big green FTTC superfast broadband Street Cabinets can be a bit dull and so an artist from Doncaster in South Yorkshire (England), Nick Boruk, has decided to help promote the new service by covering a few of them with a big Teddy Bear face (painted canvas cover). Ok then.

LLU Unbundled UK Copper Phone and Broadband Lines Decline to 9.8M

7th June, 2016 (6 Comments)

The latest quarterly update from the Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA) has revealed that the era of traditional pure copper line based Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), which gives rivals greater control over part of BT’s UK telecoms infrastructure, may be entering into a slow decline.

First Phase 2 “Fibre Broadband” Roll-out Areas for Northumberland Named

6th June, 2016 (3 Comments)

It’s been a year since BT and the Northumberland County Council signed a £4.1m deal (phase 2 extension contract) to further expand the reach of their “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) FTTC/P network to 95% of local premises by the end of 2017. Today we’ve learnt which areas will be the first to benefit.

UK ISP Sky Broadband to Trial 18Mbps Sky Fibre Lite FTTC Service

3rd June, 2016 (9 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky Broadband) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they are about to start trials of a new 18Mbps unlimited usage Sky Fibre Lite (FTTC) product with around 20,000 customers, which is designed to tempt those on their slower ADSL2+ based service to upgrade to FTTC for a better speed.

UK ISP TalkTalk Lodge Complaint Over BT’s Fault Investigation Charges

3rd June, 2016 (12 Comments)

Ofcom has opened a new investigation after TalkTalk complained about the amount of money being charged by Openreach (BT) for their Special Fault Investigation (SFI) engineer service and Time Related Charges (TRC), which are often used to resolve customer phone or broadband problems.

Chelsea UK Telephone Exchange Closure to Hit Broadband Speeds

2nd June, 2016 (30 Comments)

Some 13,000 premises in Chelsea (London) could be impacted when BT start closing the local Telephone Exchange (WRCHEL) later this year and shift related lines over to South Kensington, which for some ADSL based broadband ISP subscribers could result in slower speeds.

Reasons Why You Can’t Get FTTC Broadband, Despite Being Covered

31st May, 2016 (29 Comments)

Computer says “NO!“. Sometimes finding out whether or not you can order an FTTC based “fibre broadband” service on BTOpenreach’s national UK network is harder than it should be. ISPreview.co.uk takes a look at some of the most common issues that might occur when checking for service availability.

Deal Brings “Fibre Broadband” to New Homes Development in Bracknell

26th May, 2016 (10 Comments)

Residents of The Parks development in Bracknell (Berkshire, England) are celebrating today after Taylor Wimpey and BT reached a deal that will finally improve local broadband connectivity by upgrading two local street cabinets to support an ‘up to’ 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) service.

UK ISPs Struggle with the Cost of Keeping 20CN Rural Broadband Alive

25th May, 2016 (8 Comments)

The MD of Andrews and Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has warned that the cost of continuing to support customers that have few other options than to connect via an ‘up to’ 8Mbps capable ADSL line on BT’s old 20th Century Network (often present in rural areas), has become too expensive to maintain.

Government Push Superfast Broadband to 3.84 Million Extra UK Premises

19th May, 2016 (27 Comments)

The Government’s £1.7bn Broadband Delivery UK project, which aims to expand fixed “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) cover to 95% of the United Kingdom by 2017/18 (possibly rising to 97% by 2019), has issued its latest progress update to confirm that 3.84 million extra premises have now benefited.

Gov Moot Tricky Land Access Changes to Boost Mobile and Broadband

17th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

The Government has today published its proposals for a revised Electronic Communications Code (ECC), which could attract anger from private land owners by making it easier and cheaper for fixed line broadband and mobile providers to access and build new infrastructure on their property.

BT Update on FTTPoD Stop Sell Removal, 3db Trial and Long Range VDSL

17th May, 2016 (33 Comments)

BT has published some important updates on their broadband products and future UK technology trials, which reveals a plan to test 3db Signal/Noise margins, the first location for their Long Range VDSL (FTTC) trial and removal of BTWholesale’s “stop sell” for Fibre-on-Demand (FoD) lines.

ASSIA Say BT Could Offer Fully Unbundled 400Mbps G.fast Broadband

17th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

California-based ASSIA, which sells services to broadband ISPs around the world and occasionally sues BT (here), has claimed that their new DSM Data Sharing technology could enable Openreach to offer “fully unbundled” G.fast to rival ISPs and boost its top speed to 400Mbps.

UPD Sckipio Push 1.5Gbps via G.fast Using Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation

16th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

Israel-based Sckipio, which is building some of the kit for BT’s hybrid-fibre G.fast broadband trials and pilot, has heralded a big improvement to the technology by developing Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) to deliver up to 1.5Gbps in combined upstream and downstream performance.

SOGEA Standalone “Fibre Broadband” Showing on BT Wholesale Checker

16th May, 2016 (6 Comments)

The official BT Wholesale Checker has quietly added a new column to show the availability of their future Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product, which will eventually allow you to order a standalone superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC / VDSL) line without needing a phone (voice) service.