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Yummy.. Rats Eat Through Openreach’s Telecoms Cable in Devon

19th October, 2021 (10 Comments)

Never underestimate the power of vermin with a taste for the UK’s telecoms cables. Some 1,800 of Openreach’s (BT) broadband and phone customers in North Devon (England) were cut off from their ISPs this week after rodents managed to chomp their way through one of the operator’s key cables.

Update on Airband’s UK Devon and Somerset Full Fibre Rollout

23rd September, 2021 (2 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued a new post-summer progress update on ISP Airband‘s ongoing rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband (100Mbps+) network in the two counties, which ultimately aims to reach an extra 40,150 premises.

Devon and Somerset UK Extend Grants for 4G Mobile Boosters

22nd September, 2021 (6 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has recently extended its Mobile Boost Scheme, which aims to improve 4G mobile (mobile broadband and voice) coverage in rural parts of the two counties by offering vouchers worth up to £1,200 toward the cost of an indoor mobile signal booster from a registered supplier.

Jurassic Fibre Extend FTTP Rollout in Somerset, Devon and Dorset

24th August, 2021 (15 Comments)

Broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is currently deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of South West England, has today announced a large expansion of their rollout to include multiple new locations across Somerset, Devon and Dorset.

Jurassic Fibre Target 50% Fall in Carbon Emissions Before 2030

19th August, 2021 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is deploying a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of South West England, has teamed up with energy-saving consultancy Balanced Energy and set itself a series of green goals to reduce the company’s carbon emissions by 50% before 2030.

Devon and Somerset UK Seek Larger Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

29th June, 2021 (6 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued its response to the UK Government’s consultation on upgrading broadband for “Very Hard to Reach Premiuses” (VHTRP), which calls for larger Gigabit Broadband Vouchers to support rural builds and warns against moving away from “future proof” fibre solutions.

Jurassic Fibre Extend Gigabit Broadband to the Sidmouth Area

18th June, 2021 (7 Comments)

Alternative UK network ISP Jurassic Fibre, which is deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Somerset, Devon and Dorset (here), has finally confirmed that their next rollout location will be the coastal town of Sidmouth and its surrounding villages.

Large Virgin Media UK Broadband Network Outage Hits Devon UPDATE2

5th May, 2021 (5 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media, specifically those in the Devon area of England around Exeter and Plymouth, are this morning reporting that their internet connectivity and TV service has gone down after the operator was hit by an unspecified network fault.

Jurassic Fibre Opens New Office and Warehouse in Devon UK

26th March, 2021 (2 Comments)

Full fibre UK broadband ISP Jurassic Fibre, which has an ambition to cover 350,000 premises across South West England with their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises network (here and here), has opened a new office space and warehouse in Honiton (Devon) – transforming an old 2.2 acre site on the Bramble Hill Industrial Estate.

Full Fibre Ltd Name Next 11 UK Towns for FTTP Broadband

22nd March, 2021 (10 Comments)

Full Fibre Limited, which is currently building a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network to cover “at least” 500,000 UK premises by 2025, has today named the next batch of 11 rural and semi-urban towns to benefit from their rollout (reflecting a coverage increase of c.100,000 premises).

Devon and Somerset UK Update on Phase 2 Full Fibre Rollout

12th March, 2021 (9 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued a progress update on their new Phase 2 contracts with ISPs Airband, Wessex Internet and Truespeed, which are worth a combined £80m (including £23.6m of public investment) and aim to improve broadband coverage to 56,396 premises (mostly rural areas).

Jurassic Fibre Connects 1000th Customer to its FTTP Broadband

4th March, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Jurassic Fibre (JF), which is currently deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural communities in Devon and Somerset, last week announced that they had connected their 1,000th customer (a Honiton-based business called MC2 Audio).

CDS Updates on UK ISP Airband’s Devon FTTP Broadband Rollout

23rd February, 2021 (2 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued a progress update on Airband’s deployment of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband (100Mbps+) network in North Devon, which has just gone live in Kentisbury Ford as part of the Fibre Extension Programme (FEP).

Gigaclear to Build 18,500 UK FTTP Premises in the South West

20th February, 2021 (25 Comments)

Rural focused gigabit broadband ISP Gigaclear, which aims to cover 500,000 UK properties with their full fibre (FTTP) network by the end of 2023 (here), has announced that they will build their network to a further 18,500 premises in the South West of England during 2021.

Devon and Somerset UK Award Phase 2 FTTP Broadband Contracts

23rd December, 2020 (4 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset team will be hoping that the third time is a charm after they awarded £80m worth of contracts for Phase 2 of their delayed “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) rollout project, which sees 6 LOTS being split between three suppliers (Airband, Truespeed and Wessex Internet).

Full Fibre Ltd to Rollout FTTP Broadband to 500k UK Premises

21st December, 2020 (3 Comments)

Network provider Full Fibre Limited, which last year started building a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network in various “rural and semi-urban areas” (here), has secured a financing deal with Basalt Infrastructure Partners that will enable them to cover “at least” 500,000 UK premises by 2025.

£350K Project Brings FTTP to Rural Devon and Somerset Villages

16th December, 2020 (6 Comments)

Several rural communities in mid Devon and west Somerset are gaining access to a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network after UK ISP Technological teamed-up with the Government’s Gigabit Voucher Scheme and the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project on a £350,000 build.