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AB Internet Chosen to Fix Broadband for Part of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides

4th August, 2015 (0 Comments)

Eight Inner Hebrides communities in rural Scotland, including Colonsay, Mull, Iona, Jura, Lismore, Islay, Luing and Craignish, have become the latest to pick fixed wireless ISP AB Internet to solve their local broadband connectivity woes under the GigaPlus Argyll project. Some 1,400+ premises will benefit.

Metronet UK Expand Hybrid Fibre Optic and Wireless Network to Bradford

3rd August, 2015 (0 Comments)

Manchester-based ISP Metronet UK has announced that their hybrid superfast fibre optic and wireless broadband network has now been expanded to cater for businesses within the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire (England).

Cable Breaks Trigger Big Sky Broadband Outages in South London

3rd August, 2015 (5 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband, specifically those who live in some big parts of southern London, have had a chaotic weekend after several major fibre optic cable breaks hit the network and disrupted Internet + phone connectivity for a sizeable number of subscribers.

France Rules Against Misuse of “Fibre Optic Broadband” in ISP Adverts

29th July, 2015 (9 Comments)

The debate over whether or not broadband ISPs that don’t sell a pure “fibre optic” (FTTH/P) broadband connection should be allowed to use such terminology in their adverts is nothing new, but a new ruling by the Government of France shows that some countries are taking a stand.

Vodafone UK Does Deal to Harness MS3 Fibre Optic Network in Hull

24th July, 2015 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has signed a 10-year deal to harness MS3’s new fibre optic infrastructure in Hull (East Yorkshire, England), which will help to feed their network with capacity and support the introduction of new business services.

ITS Technology Invests Extra GBP1m into its UK Broadband Infrastructure

22nd July, 2015 (1 Comment)

The ITS Technology Group, which builds and runs various superfast wireless and fixed line broadband networks around the United Kingdom, has announced that it’s investing another £1 million into upgrading and expanding their national broadband footprint.

CityFibre Connect First Customers to 1Gbps Aberdeen Fibre Optic Network

16th July, 2015 (4 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder CityFibre has today announced that the first business customers have now gone live on their new 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network in the city of Aberdeen (Aberdeen Core), which has also just completed the first city centre construction phase.

WarwickNet – Ofgem Code to Speed-up UK Superfast Broadband Rollout

9th July, 2015 (16 Comments)

Business ISP WarwickNet has joined forces with electrical connection specialists at Power Jointing & Distribution Services (PJDS) in order to push the energy regulator, Ofgem, into setting a new Code of Practice that could cut the time it takes to get a superfast broadband connection by up to 30 days.

Scientists Have Broken One of the Biggest Limits in Fibre Optic Networks

28th June, 2015 (6 Comments)

One of the biggest limitations in ultrafast fibre optic communications is that even optical signals can weaken over long distances, which requires expensive electronic regenerators (repeaters) to be placed along the route to boost the signal. But what if you didn’t need those? Future networks could be both faster and cheaper.

Huawei Test 1Tbps Capacity Upgrade for Existing Fibre Optic Networks

26th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Proximus and Huawei have trialled a new upgrade for existing core fibre optic networks that could help to upgrade current capacity from 200Gbps (Gigabits per second) to 400Gbps or even 1 Terabits per second, which would be used to meet the ever rising data demands of modern broadband consumers.

Ultrafast ISP Wessex Internet Cuts Prices and Boosts Data Allowances

23rd June, 2015 (3 Comments)

Rural ISP Wessex Internet (M12 Solutions), which deploys superfast wireless broadband (50Mbps) and some ultrafast (up to 1000Mbps) fibre optic services to premises in parts of North Dorset and South West Wiltshire (England), has reduced some of their charges and boosted usage allowances.

UK ISP TalkTalk Confirm First Prices for 940Mbps FTTH Broadband in York

23rd June, 2015 (12 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has revealed the first package and price details for their new 940Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network in the city of York (England), which as we revealed last month is being called Ultra Fibre Optic (UFO). Existing customers will effectively get it at “no extra cost“.

VIDEO Documentary of B4RN’s UK Rural Fibre Optic Broadband Rollout

22nd June, 2015 (8 Comments)

The community built B4RN project, which is rolling out a 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTH) network to thousands of premises in rural Lancashire in England (inc. parts of Yorkshire and Cumbria), has uploaded an interesting new documentary film that charts their history and on-going work.

Hereford Enterprise Zone Hunts for Ultrafast Fibre Optic Broadband Fix

19th June, 2015 (1 Comment)

The Herefordshire County Council are working to deliver an alternative “ultrafast broadband” solution to help businesses within the Hereford Enterprise Zone at Rotherwas, which can already receive expensive leased lines or cheaper FTTC connectivity from BT; but apparently neither of those are good enough.

O2 UK to Deploy New 100Gigabit Backbone Network to Boost Capacity

17th June, 2015 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator O2, which is currently in the process of being gobbled by the parent of Three UK for £10.25bn (here), has picked Ciena’s 6500 converged packet optical solutions to help it roll-out a new 100G (Gigabits) based backbone network around major cities, including London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Liverpool.

UPDATE Fibre Optic Cable Break Disrupts Shetland Islands Broadband

17th June, 2015 (10 Comments)

Broadband Internet connectivity on the remote Shetland Islands (Northern Scotland) has been seriously impacted after one of BT’s contractors accidentally cut through a vital fibre optic cable link between Maywick and the centre of Lerwick.

CityFibre Cuts Costs by Harnessing MS3 Fibre Optic Network in Hull UK

15th June, 2015 (5 Comments)

CityFibre’s on-going work to build a new 62km long fibre optic network in Hull (East Yorkshire, England), which is part of a major long-term deal to supply capacity for local mobile operators EE and Three UK (here), has found a way to slash its costs by harnessing some of MS3‘s existing network in the area.