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11th January, 2013 (0 Comments)
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and National Farmers Union (NFU) have unveiled a new wayleave agreement that should make it easier, quicker and cheaper to roll-out new superfast broadband services into rural parts of the United Kingdom. The deal has faced many delays and was originally intended to launch before the end of 2011.
7th January, 2013 (7 Comments)
4th January, 2013 (11 Comments)
The UK government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has rejected a plea for £10m in additional public support to help bring fibre optic broadband connectivity to the remote British overseas territory of St Helena, which sits strategically in the middle of the Atlantic ocean and is home to over 4,000 people.
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3rd January, 2013 (0 Comments)
The Fibre GarDen project, which aims to create a new fibre optic superfast broadband (30Mbps+) network to connect 100% of premises in the project footprint of Garsdale and Dentdale (Cumbria, England) by 2014, has recently published its State Aid Notice (public consultation) that reveals more detail about their plan.
2nd January, 2013 (31 Comments)
When is a “fibre optic” broadband service not fibre optic? The answer might seem obvious but if so then it’s not something that the industry appears keen to respect. But just what does the term fibre optic actually mean and why are ISPs so eager to use and in some cases abuse it.
27th December, 2012 (13 Comments)
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19th December, 2012 (0 Comments)
Gigaclear has announced plans to upgrade its Rutland Telecom managed network in the rural market town of Uppingham (Leicestershire) with a new 1Gpbs (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) service, which will be priced from £37 per month.
18th December, 2012 (0 Comments)
The £132m “Big Build” Superfast Cornwall project, which aims to make BT’s superfast broadband ISP services available to “at least” 80% of premises in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by the end of 2014, has connected 17,000 customers in the region and reached Britain’s most southerly community (Lizard Point).
7th December, 2012 (6 Comments)
This week the UK government awarded £50m to help twelve “smaller cities” expand the coverage of “ultra-fast” broadband (80-100Mbps+) and “high speed” public wifi services into neglected areas. But some of the cities, such as Derry in Northern Ireland and Portsmouth in England, already have near perfect availability of “superfast” connectivity.
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6th December, 2012 (7 Comments)
UK ISP Gigaclear has today confirmed that the two Oxfordshire villages of Fyfield and Tubney (England) can expect to receive ultra-fast broadband speeds of up to 1Gpbs (Gigabits per second) via a new fibre optic (FTTP) network from early 2013.
5th December, 2012 (3 Comments)
ISP Seethelight, which offers a 200Mbps ultrafast fibre optic broadband service (FTTH) to several parts of the UK via the Independent Fibre Networks Limited (IFNL) platform, has revealed a series of new price hikes and some reductions that will take effect from 15th January 2013.
5th December, 2012 (0 Comments)
The UK government’s Chancellor, George Osborne MP, has today announced his Autumn Statement and revealed the final list of 12 “smaller cities” that will benefit from around £50m (Urban Broadband Fund) to help expand the coverage of “ultra-fast” broadband (80-100Mbps+) and “high speed” public wifi services into neglected areas.
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5th December, 2012 (21 Comments)
BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s national UK telecoms network, has slashed the monthly price of its “ultra-fast” 330Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband service by a whopping 37%! Installation prices for the operators new On Demand (FTTPoD) solution have also been revealed.
4th December, 2012 (2 Comments)
CityFibre, which builds fibre optic infrastructure for cities in the United Kingdom, has announced that its “open access” and city-wide Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) style ultrafast broadband network in York will be extended to serve local businesses from early next year (Q1-2013). Residential homes to follow.
4th December, 2012 (1 Comment)
GEO Networks, a dedicated fibre optic solutions provider, has today announced the completion of a new 100Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable “optical fibre ring” (East-West Ring) between the United Kingdom and Ireland, which also makes use of the FibreSpeed network in North Wales.
27th November, 2012 (20 Comments)
ISP Zen Internet has warned that businesses in the United Kingdom should “stop focusing” on the perceived need for true fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband services, which take the fibre direct to their doorstep, because their needs can already be met by the existing but slower Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) solutions.
27th November, 2012 (4 Comments)
The Superfast Cornwall project, which is working with BT to make superfast broadband solutions available to at least 80% of premises in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by the end of 2014, has uploaded a video demo from its recent trial of a 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable “hyper-fast” fibre optic service using the latest XGPON (10G-PON) standard.
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