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Goonhilly Earth Station Deal Safeguards Avanti’s Satellite Broadband Premises

12th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

Satellite broadband ISP Avanti, along with several other space communications firms, can rest a little easier today after landowner BT agreed a new 999-year lease for the Goonhilly Earth Station, a large telecommunications site located at Goonhilly Downs on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall (England).

Better Broadband for Oxfordshire Project Names Next BT Fibre Upgrades

11th February, 2014 (1 Comment)

The £25m Better Broadband for Oxfordshire project, which aims to extend BT’s superfast broadband access (25Mbps+) to 90% of Oxfordshire in England by the end of 2015, has revealed the next batch of locations to benefit from the upgrade.

BT Denies Underspend on its GBP2.5bn UK GEA Fibre Broadband Rollout

11th February, 2014 (11 Comments)

BT has denied that its commercial investment of £2.5 billion, which is being used to make their superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network available to around 66% of the United Kingdom by Spring 2014 (19 million premises), will complete with significant underspend worth hundreds of millions.

Durham’s Phase 1 BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Begins

11th February, 2014 (4 Comments)

The £24m Digital Durham project, which is working with BT to make superfast broadband speeds (FTTC/P) available to “around” 94% of local premises by the end of 2016, has finally begun the first phase of its deployment.

BT Openreach MD – Sorry for 6 Week Binfield Heath Broadband Outage

10th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

Don’t blame the hybrid fibre upgrade. The Managing Director (Service Management) of BTOpenreach, Warren Buckley, has apologise to residents of Binfield Heath in Oxfordshire, which last year raised £60k to help roll-out a superfast broadband (FTTC) service in the area (here), following an up to 6 week long broadband and phone outage.

25 More Areas to Get Superfast Broadband Under Connecting Shropshire

10th February, 2014 (1 Comment)

The £24.6m Connecting Shropshire project in England has revealed a new list of 25 telephone exchange areas that will benefit from an upgrade to BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, which should be expanded to reach 93% of local premises by the end of Spring 2016 (excluding the separate Telford & Wrekin).

North Lincolnshire UK Begins BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout

10th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

The state aid supported £9.6m Northernlincs Broadband project has named the first communities to benefit from the roll-out of BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, which aims to cover 92% of North and North East Lincolnshire in East England by spring 2015.

BT’s Struggle to Upgrade Broadband in Costly Deep Rural Parts of the UK

10th February, 2014 (12 Comments)

Competition concerns with the Broadband Delivery UK project have again been raised after BT’s Programme Manager for the £94m Connecting Devon and Somerset scheme in England, Laurent Boon, rejected a call for the parish of Upottery to receive a “fibre broadband” upgrade, which it said would cost the equivalent of £2,000 per property.

Perth and Kinross in Scotland Begin Phase 1 BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

8th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Perth and Kinross Council in Scotland have begun phase one of their public and privately funded project with BT to extend the operators superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network out to 70% of local premises by 2015 and then 90% by December 2017.

AAISP and BT Lock Horns Over 3 Percent FTTC Broadband Packet Loss

7th February, 2014 (6 Comments)

The boss of popular broadband ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has angrily reported how a BTWholesale services Team Manager told him that “3% packet loss is not considered as a fault” on the operators hybrid fibre superfast broadband (FTTC) lines.

Glasgow Allows BT to Deploy City Wide FREE Wireless Internet Hotspots

7th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Glasgow City Council has awarded a “wireless concession” to BT that allows the UK telecoms operator to roll-out a free wireless Internet service across the Scottish city and just in time for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. But it will only be completely free for the first 6 months.

BT Boost Sainsbury’s Gift Cards with Half Price Broadband to £100

7th February, 2014 (6 Comments)

BT appears to have increased the value of their Sainsbury’s Gift Cards with standard broadband packages from £25 to £50 (until 17th February), while those included alongside their superfast broadband BTInfinity packages have jumped from £50 to £100. Most of their packages are currently also being offered at half-price for 3-6 months.

Lincolnshire UK Boosts Fibre Broadband Coverage via Extra GBP2.8m

7th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

The £48m Onlincolnshire project in the East Midlands (England), which initially aimed to make BT’s superfast broadband (25Mbps+) network available to “at least” 88% of all homes and businesses in the county by April 2016, has won another £2.8m to help cover an extra 5,000 homes and businesses.

2 Months Long BT Internet and Phone Outage Continues in Fife Village

5th February, 2014 (4 Comments)

Brief Internet and phone outages can be annoying but spare a thought for ten homes in a rural Fife (Scotland) village, near St Michaels Inn, where a BT cable fault has left locals without a working broadband and phone service since 22nd November last year.

Dorset Council Reveals First Areas for BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband

5th February, 2014 (1 Comment)

The state aid supported £31.75m Superfast Dorset project in southern England has today announced the first areas that can expect to benefit from an upgrade to BT’s fibre optic based (FTTC/P) broadband network, which aims to cover 97% of the county by late 2016 (note: 95% will get superfast speeds of 25Mbps+).

BT Looking Towards Trials of 4K Ultra HD TV Broadband Video Streams

5th February, 2014 (6 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Gavin Patterson, has confirmed that the operator is already conducting trials of 4K video streaming (Ultra HDTV – 3840 x 2160 pixels) technology for its BT TV and sport content. But you’ll need a good broadband connection to benefit.

UK Businesses At Risk as BT Set to Disconnect 20CN Broadband Services

5th February, 2014 (7 Comments)

The national telecoms operator has rebuffed claims made by business Internet provider Timico, which earlier this week estimated that 10% of companies in the United Kingdom could face the “worst case scenario” of being completely “cut off” from their broadband services as BT withdraws its old 20CN platform.