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UPDATE B4RN Rural Broadband Project Sees Queen’s Birthday Honours

13th June, 2015 (11 Comments)

The CEO of the community funded and built B4RN network (Barry Forde), which is currently rolling out an ultrafast Gigabit capable fibre optic (FTTH) network to homes across remote parts of rural Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria in England, has today been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (2015).

Cybermoor Hunt GBP150k to Build Fibre Optic Broadband in Northumberland

12th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Cybermoor Networks has launched a new “community share offer” in order to help it raise the £150,000 needed in order to roll-out a new ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTH/P) and fixed wireless broadband network around the South Tyne Valley in West Northumberland (England).

LA6B4RN to Bring 1Gbps Broadband to Leck and Cowan Bridge – Lancashire

12th June, 2015 (4 Comments)

The B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) project has spawned another spin-off scheme called LA6B4RN, which is proposing to roll-out a 1000Mbps capable pure fibre optic (FTTH) broadband network to connect every property in the rural villages of Masongill, Ireby, Leck, Cowan Bridge and Overtown (Lancashire, England).

UPDATE Ofcom Propose Big Price Cuts for BT’s UK Wholesale Leased Lines

12th June, 2015 (2 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator has today proposed a raft of “significant real-terms price reductions” for mobile operators, broadband ISPs, public sector organisations and businesses that buy BT’s high-speed wholesale Leased Line links, which form part of a market worth £2bn across the United Kingdom.

BT Claims Future G.fast Broadband Delivers 300Mbps Speeds at 350 Metres

11th June, 2015 (61 Comments)

The CTO of BT’s Wholesale division, Colin Bannon, has revealed that their future G.fast (ITU G.9701) broadband technology has also been tested on longer copper lines of 350 metres and the operator found that at this distance it was still able to deliver Internet speeds of 300Mbps.

GTC and Sky Bring 300Mbps FTTH Broadband and TV to New Reading Homes

9th June, 2015 (21 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today extended their existing relationship with utility infrastructure provider GTC by announcing a joint plan to make a new 300Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network and TV services available to homes at a popular Bellway Homes development (Kings Mead) in the large town of Reading (Berkshire, England).

CityFibre Seeks Support for New Ultrafast Fibre Optic Network in Edinburgh

4th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure developer CityFibre has launched its “Gig Up Edinburgh” campaign, which encourages local businesses and institutions in Scotland’s capital city to register their interest in the installation of a new “ultra-fast” pure fibre optic broadband network.

2 Years On – B4RN Connect 1000+ Lancashire Homes to FTTH Broadband

26th May, 2015 (36 Comments)

It’s officially a shade over two years since the community built and funded B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) project first put shovels to the ground and began building their own 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband network to connect remote parts of rural Lancashire (England). But with over 1,000 premises now live, there’s still plenty more to come.

Business ISP C4L Deploys 10Gbps Fibre Optic Network in Bournemouth

21st May, 2015 (6 Comments)

Internet provider C4L has announced that they’ve begun the deployment of a new 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic network across the large seaside town of Bournemouth (Dorset) on the south coast of England, which is intended to benefit local businesses.

Cityfibre Finds Businesses in Scotland Unhappy with their Internet Links

21st May, 2015 (1 Comment)

A new online YouGov poll of 100 IT decision makers in Scotland, which was commissioned by Cityfibre, has reported that 92% of respondents view high quality, fast broadband as important to the success of their company and yet 52% felt as if connectivity in Scotland was worse than other parts of the UK.

UK ISP Hyperoptic Touts Hyperfast 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Boat Broadband

21st May, 2015 (1 Comment)

Pure fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has announced that their 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/B) network has just reached residential boats in London’s South Dock marina (including South Dock and Greenland Dock), which we guess makes it a “Fibre-to-the-Boat” service. Ho ho.

Boasting the Savings of Moving from Copper to Fibre Optic Broadband

20th May, 2015 (52 Comments)

Telecoms operators that upgrade from their old fixed line copper based broadband (e.g. ADSL) services to a pure fibre optic (e.g. FTTH/P etc.) style network infrastructure could make significantly bigger maintenance, energy and reliability savings than initially predicted.

Sky and TalkTalk Launch UFO Site to Showcase 1000Mbps Fibre Broadband

19th May, 2015 (27 Comments)

Internet providers Sky Broadband and TalkTalk have launched a new website called Ultra Fibre Optic (UFO), which appears designed to showcase the forthcoming commercial launch of their new 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network for residents in the city of York (England).

UPDATE2 Ofcom Propose to Open BT Dark Fibre Optic Network to UK Rivals

15th May, 2015 (55 Comments)

In a surprise move Ofcom’s Business Connectivity Market Review (BCMR2016) has done a U-turn on its 2012 policy by proposing that rival ISPs, specifically those that provide Leased Lines, should be granted access to BT’s national Dark Fibre network (i.e. un-lit fibre optic lines that have spare capacity for coping with future demand).

Slow Shetland Islands Speeds as Broadband Demand Outstrips Supply

14th May, 2015 (10 Comments)

Apparently BT is having to draw up an urgent plan to tackle broadband capacity problems on the remote Shetland Islands, which resides off the northern coast of Scotland. Locals have reportedly noticed a huge fall in their Internet speeds after the operator’s first “fibre broadband” (FTTC) connections went live last year.

TrueSpeed Deploying 10Gbps Fibre Optic Broadband to North East Somerset

12th May, 2015 (8 Comments)

A previously unknown operator called TrueSpeed Communications has announced a new deal with Hibernia Networks, which will help it to roll-out a 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable pure fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network to cover homes and businesses in parts of North East Somerset and possibly Wiltshire (England).

UK ISP Gigaclear Win Huge £30m Rural Fibre Optic Broadband Funding Boost

11th May, 2015 (2 Comments)

Internet provider Gigaclear, which specialises in deploying ultrafast 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) networks into some of the most economically challenging rural parts of the United Kingdom, have secured another £30 million from investors to help dramatically increase their network coverage.