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Benchmarking Broadband ISP Speed Testers On a 10Gbps Line

29th August, 2021 (29 Comments)

At one point or another, most UK people will have probably attempted to run a web-based speed test on their broadband connection, but have you ever wondered how well some of the most popular speed testing services do when confronted by a fully capable 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) service? For a bit of fun, we tried to find out.

Openreach Sets Price Hikes for UK ISPs Feeding FTTP via Leased Lines

26th August, 2021 (11 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today set out the wholesale prices that alternative network (AltNet) builders will have to pay when using the operator’s Ethernet (e.g. EAD) products to feed their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband services to end-users, which caused some annoyance within the market.

Network Rail and aql Hail 100Gbps Fibre Between Leeds and Manchester

25th August, 2021 (2 Comments)

Business communications provider aql has launched a new wavelength “Express Service” between the cities of Leeds and Manchester in England, which offers broadband ISPs and mobile operators, among others, access to a 1-100Gbps fibre optic link (capacity) by harnessing Network Rail’s new high-capacity trackside fibre network.

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Neos Completes Full Fibre Upgrade Across Perth and Kinross

17th August, 2021 (2 Comments)

Neos Networks, which operates a 24,480km+ long fibre network via over 477 related Points of Presence (PoPs) across the UK, has completed its £1.5m state aid supported Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) rollout project in Perth, Scotland, ahead of schedule. As a result, 31 public sector sites can now access gigabit speeds.

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Modern Networks Acquires UK Broadband ISP Bridge Fibre

9th August, 2021 (0 Comments)

Communications and IT provider Modern Networks, which is being fuelled by a recent investment from Horizon Capital, has today announced the acquisition of Cambridgeshire-based broadband ISP Bridge Fibre. The latter mostly serves commercial properties and multi-tenant buildings (e.g. on business parks).

CityFibre Expand Strategic UK Full Fibre Network Deal with Neos

5th August, 2021 (1 Comment)

Fibre optic broadband builder CityFibre (CF) has announced that their strategic partnership with Neos Networks, which enables both sides to take more advantage of each other’s respective fibre networks, is being expanded to work across a further 9 cities in the United Kingdom.

ISP Glide Deploys Gigabit Broadband to Businesses in Corby

3rd August, 2021 (0 Comments)

Business and residential UK ISP Glide Group, which has built a national UK “full fibre” broadband network that reaches over 100,000 premises, has announced that their network is being extended to reach businesses in Corby (Northamptonshire), including on the large Corby Gate Business Park (i.e. an upgrade to their previous copper network).

New Subsea Fibre Cable Linking to Norway Lands in the UK

26th July, 2021 (6 Comments)

Good news. The NO-UK cable project, which is being managed by consultancy firm SubSea Networks, has confirmed that a new subsea fibre optic cable between Norway and the UK, with capacity for data speeds of up to 216Tbps (Terabits), has finally arrived on this side of the sea by landing at Seaton Sluice beach near Newcastle.

Stream’s Plan to Aggregate UK Full Fibre Networks Grows with ITS

22nd July, 2021 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Stream Networks has today added ITS Technology’s (ITS) existing full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks to their wholesale platform. The provider is on a mission to effectively bring all of the United Kingdom’s fibre optic networks under one roof via their ‘Stream Wholesale Full Fibre Network‘.

New UK ISP Digital Infrastructure to Rollout Full Fibre in Crewe UPDATE

21st July, 2021 (7 Comments)

A new UK network operator with the imaginative title of Digital Infrastructure (DI) has today announced that they’ve partnered with Aberla Utilities as part of a 5-year contract to deliver Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband across around 38,000 homes in the Cheshire town of Crewe. But they’ll face more than a little competition.

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British Cables Company Secures Openreach UK Fibre Contract

19th July, 2021 (5 Comments)

The Manchester-based British Cables Company (BCC), which is a manufacturer of various cables, has secured a key multi-million pound contract to supply Openreach with a variety of fibre optic cables to support their ongoing UK rollout of “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband and Ethernet services.

New World Record as Fibre Optic Speeds Pushed to 319Tbps

16th July, 2021 (18 Comments)

Scientists in Japan have just shattered last year’s world record for the fastest fibre optic internet data transfer speed by using a four core fibre cable to transmit data at 319Tbps (Terabits per second) over a whopping distance of 3001km, which compares with the previous record (here) of 178Tbps over 40km in London UK.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Fibre Break Disrupts London Schools UPDATE2

15th July, 2021 (9 Comments)

The London Grid for Learning (LGfL), which currently works alongside Virgin Media Business (VMO2) to supply ultrafast broadband to c.3,000 schools in London (over 1.2 million children), reports that one of VMO2’s fibre optic cables has been “seriously damaged” and is disrupting connectivity to various schools and businesses.

M Group Services Acquires UK Infrastructure Firm Waldon Telecom

15th July, 2021 (0 Comments)

Infrastructure firm M Group Services, which serves the United Kingdom and Ireland via its various broadband and mobile focused civil engineering brands (e.g. Avonline Networks, magdalene, Morrison etc.), has today announced that they’ve gobbled up Waldon Telecom, a wireless telecom infrastructure service provider.

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New ITS Technology Full Fibre Network is Live in Scunthorpe UK

15th July, 2021 (0 Comments)

At the start of this year ITS Technology, supported by the North Lincolnshire Council (NLC), began building a new 10Gbps capable “full fibre” Ethernet and broadband network to serve local businesses in the industrial town of Scunthorpe (Lincolnshire). The good news today is that this network has now gone live.

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Neos Networks Update on GBP10.5m Aberdeenshire Full Fibre Network

14th July, 2021 (3 Comments)

Last year Neos Networks scooped the £10.5m Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) contract to deploy a new gigabit-capable Dark Fibre network to connect 190 public sector sites (hospitals, council buildings etc.) in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A total of 93 sites have now been completed, supported by 153km of new underground fibre cable.

Full Fibre ISP Telcom Group Gets GBP63m UK Investment Boost

1st July, 2021 (1 Comment)

Manchester-based UK ISP Telcom (ClearFibre, WeFibre etc.), which is busy deploying a gigabit-capable “full fibre” broadband and Ethernet network across the North West of England and Midlands, has managed to secure a significant investment of £63m from Gresham House, a specialist alternative asset manager.