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UPDATE UK Councils Quietly Recognise 30Mbps as NGA Broadband

18th April, 2016 (5 Comments)

Over the past two months a growing number of UK councils have begun to consult on how best to use money that has been clawed back (gainshare) from BT in order to further extend local broadband coverage, but this time around they all seem to agree that NGA connectivity starts at 30Mbps, not 24Mbps or 15Mbps.

UPDATE BT Prep Trial of Long Reach VDSL Broadband to Hit 10Mbps USO

16th April, 2016 (13 Comments)

In a predictable development Openreach (BT) has confirmed that their “very exciting” Long Reach VDSL (FTTC) broadband technology, which could be used to help deliver the future 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO), will soon be leaving the labs and becoming a targeted network-based trial.

BT Openreach Trial 18Mbps FTTC Broadband Speed for Slow ADSL Lines

15th April, 2016 (21 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today launched a new low tier bandwidth product for their Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL) based “fibre broadband” services, which offers download speeds of up to 18Mbps (2Mbps uploads) for those stuck on slow speed ADSL lines.

BT Launch BTInfinity 1 Service with Broadband Speeds of up 52Mbps

15th April, 2016 (14 Comments)

Internet provider BT has today replaced their old Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL) based 38Mbps BTInfinity 1 broadband service with a new up to 52Mbps package speed, which they brag is “a faster standard fibre service” than you can get from Sky Broadband, TalkTalk or Virgin Media.

Ed Vaizey MP Moots “Gigabit Britain” for 2025 and 10Mbps USO by 2018

14th April, 2016 (35 Comments)

The Government’s Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey, has told a select committee inquiry into digital connectivity that he would expect to start seeing “gigabit” (1000Mbps+) speed broadband from 2020-25 and that the 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) should be “coming on stream” towards the end of 2017 or 2018.

BT Expand North Swindon 330Mbps FTTP Broadband Trial to Taw Hill

14th April, 2016 (1 Comment)

Openreach (BT) has reportedly expanded their new trial of “ultrafast” 330Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology in Haydon Wick (North Swindon), which originally aimed to serve a total of around 500 local homes, to include 277 properties in the Taw Hill area.

Middleton Broadband Campaigners in Leeds Hail Arrival of Virgin Media

13th April, 2016 (18 Comments)

Campaigners in the residential suburb of Middleton (Leeds) are celebrating a second victory after Virgin Media deployed their 300Mbps cable (DOCSIS) broadband network into part of the area, which follows several years after a separate campaign encouraged BT to upgrade a local street cabinet.

BT Boosting Internet Security via 900 New Recruits

13th April, 2016 (1 Comment)

Telecoms giant BT has announced that they’re going on the hunt to find 900 new security recruits over the next 12 months, which will work to help protect consumers, businesses and governments from the growing threat of cybercrime.

Shropshire UK Moot New Broadband Tender for July or September

13th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Connecting Shropshire project in England, which is helping BT to deploy “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to around 95% of local premises by 2018 (around 90% should get 24Mbps+ speeds), could be ready to put out another contract tender to further extend coverage in July or September 2016.

Superfast Broadband Rollout in Wales May Run to October 2017

13th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Cymru project, which is deploying BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTT/P) network out to 96% of Wales by the end of 2016 (691,000 extra premises) and a further 42,000 premises by June 2017, could run for a few months longer than currently planned.

BT Loses Moan vs Sky’s Best Price Guarantee for Broadband and BTSport

13th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

BT has lost its complaint against an October 2015 website advert for one of Sky’s bundles, which offered a “Best Price Guarantee” on a bundle that allowed existing Sky Sports customers with Sky Broadband to get “the best monthly price for unlimited broadband and BTSport“.

BT Start GBP1.1m Fibre Broadband Rollout to More Rutland Villages

12th April, 2016 (52 Comments)

Residents of four villages in the small rural England county of Rutland, including Barleythorpe, Bisbrooke, Braunston and Pickworth, will be pleased to know that BTOpenreach has begun the expansion of their faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC) network to 900 premises in the area.

Devon and Somerset Offer £500 Vouchers for 10Mb Rural Broadband

11th April, 2016 (1 Comment)

The £94m Connecting Devon and Somerset project in England has announced the introduction of a new subsidy scheme (worth up to £500 per property), which is designed to help those stuck on sub-2Mbps broadband speeds to get a 10Mbps or faster connection installed.

BT’s “Fibre Broadband” Network Reaches 86 Percent of UK Premises

11th April, 2016 (11 Comments)

Openreach, which maintains and manages access to BT’s national UK telecoms network, has today confirmed that their ‘up to’ 40-80Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL) dominated “fibre broadband” network is now within reach of 25 million homes and businesses (86%+ UK coverage).

Next Areas for FTTC Broadband Rollout in Warwickshire Confirmed

8th April, 2016 (2 Comments)

The state aid supported CSW Broadband project, which is working with BT to extend their “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) FTTC/P network to “nearly” 94% of Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry (England) by 2017, has announced the next batch of areas to benefit from an upgrade.

Ofcom Consults on the Proposed 10Mbps Broadband USO

7th April, 2016 (33 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today launched a new ‘Call for Inputs‘ to help inform the design of the Government’s proposed broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO), which would ensure that everybody could get a minimum Internet speed of 10Mbps (Megabits per second) by 2020.

Sky and Virgin Media Moot Mobile Network Capacity Deal with Three UK

7th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Reports indicate that Virgin Media and Sky (Sky Broadband) could both sign significant mobile network capacity deals with Three UK (CK Hutchison Holdings), which is dependent upon whether or not the European Commission approves the proposed merger with O2 UK (Telefonica).