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UPD Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Name Next Fibre Broadband Areas

23rd June, 2014 (1 Comment)

The £15.47 million CSW Broadband project, which hopes to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 92% of Coventry, 96% of Solihull and 91% of Warwickshire in England by spring 2016 (overall 91% will get speeds of 24Mbps+), has today confirmed the next batch of communities to benefit from its Phase Two roll-out.

Devon and Somerset UK Struggle to Match Broadband Funding

23rd June, 2014 (10 Comments)

The joint £94 million Connecting Devon and Somerset project in England, which is currently rolling out BT’s superfast broadband (25Mbps+) network to at least 90% of local premises by the end of 2016, is seeking a delay and reduction in the additional funding allocated by the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) office.

Derbyshire UK Names Phase Two BT Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas

21st June, 2014 (2 Comments)

The £27.67m Digital Derbyshire scheme, which is working with the Broadband Delivery UK programme, the EU and BT to make faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 95% of local premises by the end of 2016, has announced another new batch of areas that are due for upgrade by this autumn 2014.

£119K Grant Helps Rural Village of Diseworth to Get Faster Broadband

19th June, 2014 (0 Comments)

Some 250 homes and businesses in the rural Leicestershire (England) village of Diseworth should gain access to BT’s “high speed fibre broadband” service by the end of 2015 after it was announced that an additional £119,000 had been secured from the UK Government to help fund the upgrade.

UPD Ofcom Tackle BT’s Fibre Broadband Prices But Kill TalkTalk Complaint

19th June, 2014 (6 Comments)

The national UK telecoms regulator has today dropped TalkTalk’s “margin squeeze” complaint against BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC) prices, but has moved to promote competition in the market by launching a new consultation that would force BT to “maintain a sufficient margin between its wholesale and retail superfast broadband charges” and thus allow other ISPs “profitably to match its prices“.

UK Gov Boosts Northamptonshire Fibre Broadband Grant to GBP5.5m

18th June, 2014 (1 Comment)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK office has boosted its funding allocation for Northamptonshire in England from £3.64 million to £5.5 million, which should help an extra 30,000 local homes and businesses to receive access to BT’s faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network.

Superfast Dorset UK Reveals Phase 2 Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas

18th June, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Dorset scheme in southern England, which is worth £31.75 million and supported by the local councils, Broadband Delivery UK office and BT, has announced the next 8 telephone exchange areas in the county to benefit from an upgrade to faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) based Internet connectivity.

Ofcom Maps Rising Superfast Broadband Availability for 11 UK Cities

17th June, 2014 (3 Comments)

The communications and media regulator, Ofcom, has examined 11 cities across the United Kingdom to assess the availability of standard and superfast broadband Internet connectivity. Overall the study found that faster Next Generation Access (NGA) networks now reach around 90% in most of the cities but wide variations remain.

UPDATE BT Plc Website Blocked by AntiVirus Firms for Phishing Attack

17th June, 2014 (1 Comment)

The official BT Group website (http://www.btplc.com) is today being flagged up by a number of Internet security checks and Anti-Virus firms due to an alleged infection of Phishing Malware (malicious software), which is normally used to help hackers steal personal information.

UPDATE4 BT’s Broadband ISP Network in East Anglia Suffers Major Outage

16th June, 2014 (5 Comments)

Several Internet Service Providers are this morning reporting a number of seemingly related Major Service Outages (MSO) on BT Wholesale’s broadband network, which appears to be causing issues of intermittent Internet connectivity across England’s East Anglia region and some of the surrounding areas (e.g. Norfolk, Suffolk, North Essex).

Superfast Cornwall Confirm 62000 Premises Can Get BT FTTP Broadband

14th June, 2014 (14 Comments)

A promotional Twitter account for all things Cornish has claimed that Cornwall now has the “highest level of FTTP (Fibre-to-the-Premises) coverage in the UK“, with the service allegedly being “available” (premises passed) to around 62,000 local homes and businesses, and it’s all thanks to the joint £132m EU and BT “Big Build” Superfast Cornwall scheme.

Superfast Essex UK Project Begins Vague BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

12th June, 2014 (26 Comments)

The Superfast Essex scheme, which is worth £24.62 million and aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 87% of local homes and businesses by the end of summer 2016 (with plans to reach 95% through additional funding), has finally started Phase One of its deployment, albeit without telling locals which communities will benefit next or offering a clear timescale.

ASA Uphold TalkTalk Complaint Against Misleading BT Sport TV Advert

11th June, 2014 (6 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint by TalkTalk and several others against a TV advert for BT’s Sport service, which failed to make sufficiently clear that it wasn’t free to business customers or that it was only available to view online, unless customers also had access to Sky Digital or BT TV with superfast broadband via BTInfinity.

Wales UK Superfast Broadband Rollout Project Reaches 135K Premises

10th June, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Superfast Cymru scheme, which is supported by public funding and aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network (speeds of up to 80Mbps) available to 96% of Welsh premises by the end of spring 2016, has now helped a total of 134,707 premises (most are homes and 4% businesses) in Wales to access the new connectivity.

Sky Broadband UK Offer 24 Months FREE Internet with Sky Sports TV

10th June, 2014 (3 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has announced the imminent launch of a new Sky Sports TV bundle that will come with two years’ worth of free unlimited standard broadband (normally £7.50 a month when taken alongside a Sky TV package).

EE UK Owners Set to Moot Post-Summer 2014 Stock Market Launch

6th June, 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile and Internet provider EE (Everything Everywhere) could move from being a private to public company in the United Kingdom through an Initial Public Offering (IPO), which is to be considered by the joint venture owners Orange (France Telecom) and Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) after the summer break.

UK ISP BT Business Offers 6 Months Free Broadband and or Calls

5th June, 2014 (6 Comments)

BT Business has launched a new promotion that offers 6 months of free broadband or superfast Infinity (FTTC) and or calls to new subscribers who sign-up online via a 24 month contract term.