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Shropshire Name First BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Areas

24th October, 2013 (0 Comments)

The £24.6 million state aid supported Connecting Shropshire project, which aims to roll-out BT’s fibre broadband (FTTC/P) network to 93% of local premises by the end of Spring 2016 (excludes Telford & Wrekin), has today named the “first rural communities to benefit“.

North Yorkshire UK Seek Extra Funding to Extend BDUK Broadband Scheme

23rd October, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Superfast North Yorkshire project, which is working with BT to make superfast broadband (25Mbps+ FTTC/P) services available to 90% of local premises by 2014 and “100% of businesses and citizens … by 2017“, hope to secure another £8.1 million to help achieve the projects final goal.

Wales Moot 3rd Open Market Review of BT Superfast Broadband Plan

22nd October, 2013 (8 Comments)

The Welsh Government has warned that it might need to launch a third Open Market Review in order to determine the extent of commercial Superfast Broadband availability, which follows concerns that initial predictions might have underestimated the expected pre-Digital Wales coverage of BT’s FTTC/P services.

First Berkshire UK Area to Benefit from £8m Broadband Rollout Named

21st October, 2013 (2 Comments)

The £2.03m Superfast Berkshire project, which aims to roll-out BT’s hybrid fibre broadband (FTTC/P) network to “around” 91% of local premises by the end of September 2015, has revealed that premises in Wargrave will be the first to benefit by the end of 2014.

UPDATE BT Confirm UK Plan to Trial 1Gbps G.Fast and FTTdp Broadband

21st October, 2013 (28 Comments)

BT Group has quietly confirmed that it plans to trial the next generation G.Fast (aka – FTTC2) broadband solution alongside another future enhancement – Fibre-to-the-Distribution-Point (FTTdp) – at its Adastral Park R&D facility near Ipswich in Suffolk (England).

East Sussex UK Reveal First 9 BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout Areas

16th October, 2013 (0 Comments)

The £35.44m e-Sussex project, which hopes to make BT’s superfast broadband (25Mbps+) services available to 96% of local premises by mid-2016 (note: a total of 99% will be covered by the new FTTC network but some will only receive up to 24Mbps), has named the first nine telephone exchange locations to benefit.

UPD Digital Scotland UK Reveals First 8 Superfast Broadband Rollout Areas

16th October, 2013 (1 Comment)

The £264m Digital Scotland project, which aims to ensure that 85% of Scottish homes and businesses can access BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network by the end of 2015 and around 95% by the end of 2017, has revealed the first 8 areas to benefit and most appear to be in the Highlands and Islands region.

Superfast Cornwall UK Project Connects 31000 to BT Fibre Broadband

15th October, 2013 (35 Comments)

Some 31,000 customers have now subscribed to a superfast broadband (FTTC/P) connection in Cornwall thanks to BT’s joint £132m public (EU) and privately funded Superfast Cornwall project, which aims to make the operators network available to 95% of local premises by the end of 2014.

UPDATE TalkTalk UK Want BT to Charge ISPs £4 for FTTC Broadband

11th October, 2013 (37 Comments)

The CEO of budget Internet provider TalkTalk, Dido Harding, has once again reiterated her belief that BT is “acting anti-competitively” in the market for superfast broadband (FTTC) products and she wants them to cut the related wholesale price that it charges ISPs to around £4 +vat a month.

UPDATE Merseyside UK Signs GBP15.9m Superfast Broadband Rollout Deal

10th October, 2013 (2 Comments)

A partnership of five councils led by Liverpool City Council will today sign a new state aid supported £15.9m deal with BT to roll-out its “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to up to 98% of homes and businesses in the metropolitan county of Merseyside (North West England) by the end of July 2016.

North Lincolnshire UK Bags Extra £1.2m to Expand Superfast Broadband

7th October, 2013 (1 Comment)

The North and North East Lincolnshire project to roll-out BT’s “high-speed fibre” (FTTC/P) based broadband network has received an additional boost of £1.2 million that should extend it to an extra 5,000 premises and a total coverage of 92% of local homes and businesses.

Berkshire UK Signs GBP8m BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout with BT

4th October, 2013 (0 Comments)

It’s been a long time coming but all six Berkshire unitary authorities (Councils) in south east England have today agreed to a new state aid supported £8 million deal with BT, which will roll-out a “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to cover “around” 91% of local premises by the end of September 2015.

Sky Broadband and BT Upgrade UK Internet Platforms to Boost Performance

4th October, 2013 (15 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband’s dominant fully unbundled (MPF LLU) network should now be benefitting from two subtle ADSL2+ performance improvements after the ISP confirmed that it had recently added G.INP and Nitro technology to help “boost line stability and speeds“. BT are also testing G.INP but for superfast FTTC lines.

151 New Areas in Wales UK to Get Hybrid Fibre Broadband by Spring 2015

30th September, 2013 (2 Comments)

The Welsh Government has today announced that another 151 towns and villages in Wales will get access to BT’s fibre broadband (FTTC/P) network by spring 2015 (covering 206,000 premises). The new areas join 120 communities that have already been announced (here) for upgrades by spring 2014.

Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire UK Publish Broadband Rollout Map

30th September, 2013 (0 Comments)

The CSW Broadband project, a partnership of eight local authorities which aims to ensure that BT’s fibre optic based broadband (FTTC/P) coverage is extended to 92% of Coventry, 96% of Solihull and 91% of Warwickshire (overall 91% will get speeds of 24Mbps+) by spring 2016, has published an updated rollout map.

Vectoring Trials Begin as BT Look to Boost UK FTTC Broadband ISP Speeds

30th September, 2013 (41 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which helps to maintain and upgrade BT’s national telecoms network, has confirmed that the first customer trials of VDSL2 Vectoring technology (ITU-T G.993.5) are live. The new technology could deliver a significant speed boost to users of the operators existing up to 80Mbps hybrid-fibre (FTTC) superfast broadband network.

Hampshire UK Reveals BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout Map

27th September, 2013 (6 Comments)

The Hampshire County Council (HCC) has today become the latest local authority to publish a roll-out map for phase one of its state aid supported £13.8m project to make BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network available to “at least” 90% of premises by the end of 2015.