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First Epping Forest Home is LIVE on Gigaclear’s FTTP Broadband Network

21st December, 2015 (24 Comments)

After just three weeks of deployment Gigaclear has today confirmed that the first property (a house in the Ongar village of Bobbingworth) on their new 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the Epping Forest area of Essex (England) is now connected.

UK FTTP ISP Gigaclear Starts Rollout of 1Gbps Broadband in Essex

1st December, 2015 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear has begun construction of their £7.5 million project to deliver a new 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Essex (England), which should benefit 4,500 premises in the Epping Forest area by the end of 2017.

Essex Broadband Project Benefits from GBP1.9m BT Clawback

26th November, 2015 (43 Comments)

The Superfast Essex scheme in England, which is working to extend the availability of BT’s “superfast fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to 95% of the county by mid-2019, has become the latest to confirm that clawback will result in £1.9m being returned to help further boost coverage.

Essex Names First Areas to Benefit from Future Fibre Broadband Rollout

12th August, 2015 (2 Comments)

The Superfast Essex project in England, which a few months ago announced that its contract with BT would be extended to push “superfast fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services out to 95% of the region (55,000 extra premises), has today unveiled the first areas to benefit. The deployment date has also been brought forward by a year.

7 Colchester Business Parks to Benefit from GBP200k Broadband Boost

21st July, 2015 (0 Comments)

It’s not uncommon to read about how business parks are sometimes overlooked by the state aid supported roll-out of superfast broadband services, although it now appears as if seven such parks in Colchester (Essex, England) will at least benefit from a new investment of £200,000.

Gigaclear Deal Brings 1Gbps FTTP Broadband to 4,500 Essex Premises

25th June, 2015 (13 Comments)

The state aid fuelled Superfast Essex project in England has become to latest to break with the tradition of BT contracts by agreeing to a new £7.5m deal with Gigaclear, which will see 4,500 premises in the Epping Forest area benefit from their “ultrafast” 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Essex UK Extends BT’s Fibre Broadband to 51,000 Extra Premises

25th March, 2015 (3 Comments)

The £24.62m Superfast Essex project in England, which aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 87% of local homes and businesses by the end of summer 2016, has agreed to continue their partnership with BT and extend the coverage to a further 51,000 premises.

Wireless ISP to Fill Broadband Notspots in Essex UK by Using Churches

15th October, 2013 (5 Comments)

The Diocese of Chelmsford has selected local wireless ISP County Broadband to help fill in some of the Internet slowspots and notspots around Essex (England) by allowing them to build a new 32Mbps (Megabits per second) capable network via local churches.