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Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to Half of All Premises in Wales

31st January, 2024 (12 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now been deployed to cover 50% of properties in Wales. The coverage equates to a total of 816,000 premises (up from 700k in July 2023) and reflects an investment of £240m+ (up from £210m).

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Openreach UK Discount 10Gbps Cablelinks for Fibre Broadband

30th January, 2024 (8 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has launched a new special offer for broadband ISPs that discounts the charge on 10Gbps Cablelinks for FTTP and FTTX/C lines (GEA), nationwide, when taken on Layer 2 Switches (L2S) built before 31st December 2023 to just £499 +vat (the regular connection cost is normally £1,270.58).

Openreach Updates on Isle of Wight and Dover UK FTTP Builds

30th January, 2024 (4 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has announced that they’ve started their rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network in the town of Dover (Kent). Separately, they’ve also issued a progress update on their £4.5m project to deploy the same network on the Isle of Wight (just off the south coast of Hampshire).

BT Group to Recruit 500 More UK Apprentices and Graduates

29th January, 2024 (7 Comments)

Broadband ISP and telecoms giant BT have today confirmed that they will recruit another 500 apprentices and graduates in 2024 (up from 400 in 2023) – forming part of their September 2024 intake. The roles will span across areas such as engineering (5G, FTTP etc.), customer service, applied research, data analytics and cyber-security.

Vodafone UK Not Retiring Fibre 1 Broadband Plans? UPDATED

24th January, 2024 (9 Comments)

Mobile network operator and ISP Vodafone UK has now, after previously announcing that they were retiring both their old c.35-38Mbps Fibre 1 (FTTC / VDSL2) and related Full Fibre 1 (FTTP) home broadband packages for new customers (not existing subscribers), said this was done in error. But the related Social Tariff is still missing.

Clarifying Scotland’s R100 Broadband Rollout Progress UPDATE

19th January, 2024 (8 Comments)

Yesterday the First Minister of the Scottish Government, Humza Yousaf, revealed that the £600m Reaching 100% (R100) broadband upgrade project with Openreach (BT) “remains on track to complete build … by 2028” and had so far covered “more than 36,100 premises“. But in October 2023 the figure was stated as 42,000, so which is correct?

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Openreach List Next 46 UK Areas for Copper to FTTP Switch – Tranche 15

18th January, 2024 (28 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has published the next round of 46 exchanges under Tranche 15 of their “FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell” programme, which reflects locations where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre and can thus stop selling copper based phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP is left as the only available product).

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Openreach Boosts UK EV Van Charging with First Bus Deal

13th January, 2024 (7 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach, which is currently in the process of upgrading all of their c. 29,000 fleet of UK diesel vans and cars to electric (EV) by March 2031 (3,000 have already been done), has given their plans another boost by reaching a deal that will allow their fibre broadband engineers to use First Bus’ existing chargers.

Openreach to Hit Quarterly UK FTTP Broadband Build Rate of 1m Premises

11th January, 2024 (36 Comments)

Openreach (BT) are expecting to reach a record peak quarterly build rate on their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network of 1 million premises passed in Q4 FY24 (i.e. end of March 2024), which is up from the 860K seen in Q2 (Sept 2023). Commercial build costs are also said to still be below £300 per premises.

New UK BT Group CEO Allison Kirkby to Start Job on 1st Feb 2024

8th January, 2024 (10 Comments)

Broadband, mobile and technology giant BT Group (inc. Openreach, Plusnet and EE) has this afternoon revealed the start date for their future CEO, Allison Kirkby, who will now officially replace Philip Jansen in the role on 1st February 2024. Allison was named as the group’s new CEO last year (here), albeit without a solid handover date.

BT Etc EV Charger from UK Street Cabinet Plugged into Car

BT Start UK Trial to Convert Broadband Street Cabinets into EV Chargers

8th January, 2024 (49 Comments)

UK ISP BT and its digital incubation team, Etc. (that is their actual name), has this morning kicked off the first pilot of an Electric Vehicle (EV) charger that has been repurposed from one of Openreach’s old street cabinets, which was “traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling“. Up to 60,000 more could follow.

Sky Broadband UK Cuts 900Mbps FTTP Broadband to £42

5th January, 2024 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Sky Broadband has today discounted their top 900Mbps Gigafast broadband package, which is sold over Openreach’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (available to 12.5 million premises), to just £42 per month on an 18-month minimum contract term (£63 thereafter).

ISP BT Launch January 2024 Sale on UK FTTP Broadband Plans

5th January, 2024 (0 Comments)

New customers of BT’s home broadband packages may like to know that the ISP has kicked off their January Sale today, which includes a number of headline discounts. For example, their 150Mbps and 900Mbps packages have now been reduced to £28.99 and £52.99 per month respectively on a 24-month term with free setup (rising to £33.99 and £57.99 post-contract).

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Openreach Says UK Broadband Usage Increased by 9% in 2023

3rd January, 2024 (8 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has revealed that broadband usage across their UK network of ISPs increased by around 9% during 2023 (up vs 2.5% in 2022) to total 94,722 PetaBytes (PB) of data. The results for 2023 also include data from both their “full fibre” and “superfast” networks, seemingly for the first time.

AltNet UK Broadband Engineers Unfairly Accused of Exposing Sites to Cyber Attack UPDATE2

2nd January, 2024 (38 Comments)

A major UK newspaper has suggested that some alternative broadband operators, many of which are deploying new gigabit-capable full fibre ISP networks, are being “lazy” by failing to hand over information about “when and where they are working on BT’s network“, which allegedly risks “exposing hospitals and banks to cyber attacks“.

2023 H2 – UK Full Fibre Broadband Cover Reaches 60.5 Percent

2nd January, 2024 (19 Comments)

The latest UK summary of fixed broadband coverage for H2 2023 has found that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 60.54% of premises (up from 52.77% in H1 2023) and 79.86% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 76.22%). Continue on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

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Full Fibre Rollout to Remote Fair Isle Sets New Openreach Record

28th December, 2023 (16 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has announced that they’ve managed to bring their gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to the remote Fair Isle, which is a tiny island that sits around halfway between Shetland and the Orkney islands (Scotland) – the longest distance (100km) they’ve been able to transmit a continuous fibre signal anywhere in the UK.