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Jeremy Hunt MP to Support Rural B4RN Broadband Network in Lancashire UK

16th June, 2012 (31 Comments)

The UK governments somewhat embattled Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Jeremy Hunt MP, has surprisingly agreed to visit and “support” the B4RN (Broadband 4 Rural North) project in northern Lancashire UK.

Hull ISP KC Launch 350Mbps Lightstream Fibre Optic Broadband Service

1st June, 2012 (11 Comments)

Hull and East Riding’s (Yorkshire, UK) incumbent internet and phone provider, KC, has today expanded their existing superfast KCLightstream fibre optic (FTTP) broadband services by launching the “fastest fully fibre broadband service available in the UK” (KCLightstream 350) with “guaranteed” speeds of up to 350Mbps (Megabits per second).

BT Set Commercial 330Mbps Fibre Optic Broadband Launch for 2nd July

30th May, 2012 (22 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s national UK telecoms network, has confirmed that the full commercial launch of its “premium” ultrafast 330Mbps (Megabits per second) capable fibre optic (FTTP) broadband service will take place on 2nd July 2012, at which point it will be available for everybody to order (provided you’re one of the lucky few who can actually get it).

Appleton and Eaton in Oxfordshire UK to Get 1Gbps Ultrafast Broadband

28th May, 2012 (6 Comments)

Gigaclear, a UK telecoms and infrastructure development company that gobbled up rural ISP Rutland Telecom last year (here), has today announced that 400 homes in the neighbouring civil parish villages of Appleton and Eaton (Oxfordshire) will soon be able to get a new 1Gpbs (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) service from £37 a month.

MetroNet UK Expand Fibre and Wireless Broadband Network into Macclesfield

22nd May, 2012 (1 Comment)

Business ISP Metronet UK has today announced the expansion of its hybrid superfast fibre optic (FTTx) and wireless broadband network to reach firms in the market town of Macclesfield (Cheshire East / Cheshire) and surrounding areas, where local businesses have allegedly been unhappy with BT’s existing FTTC service.

UPD Virgin Media Slams UK Government for Gifting BT a Huge Public Subsidy

22nd May, 2012 (38 Comments)

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of cable and broadband giant Virgin Media, Andrew Barron, will today tell the House of Lords Select Committee Inquiry into the UK’s national superfast broadband strategy that BT are effectively being subsidised by government policy and thus “freezing out new entrants” from the market.

ECTA Tells EU to Protect Small Broadband ISPs from Dominant Telco Abuse

21st May, 2012 (9 Comments)

The European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA), which represents alternative / smaller broadband ISPs, has demanded that the European Commission (EC) “take urgent action” to prevent dominant national telecoms operators (e.g. BT) from using “discriminatory conduct” against them and thus damaging their ability to compete in the new market for superfast broadband (FTTx etc.) services.

AAISP Reveals First Real World 330Mbps UK FTTP Broadband Trial Speeds

18th May, 2012 (40 Comments)

Business focused ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) has today provided some of the first real customer feedback from its closed technical trial of BT’s latest ‘up to’ 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology, which saw one user receive actual internet download speeds of 192.39Mbps (Megabits per second) with 28.53Mbps upload and just 6ms latency.

ISP ICUK Launch Superfast 80Mbps FTTC and 100Mbps FTTP Broadband

15th May, 2012 (6 Comments)

Internet provider ICUK has today become the latest ISP to launch a new range of up to 80Mbps (FTTC) superfast broadband packages for home and business users. On top of that the UK provider has also introduced a truly fibre optic 100Mbps service, which makes use of the latest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology.

BT Detail 11th June UK Launch and Prices for 330Mbps Fibre Optic Broadband

15th May, 2012 (61 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s national UK telecoms infrastructure, has confirmed its intention to begin offering the “fastest wholesale broadband speeds currently available” via a new “premium” 330Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service from 11th June 2012. The first pricing and a new 220Mbps option have also been revealed.

Two Puffins are First to Test Shetland Telecoms Fibre Optic Broadband Service

14th May, 2012 (3 Comments)

Shetland Telecom, which was established by the Shetland Islands Council (SIC) to help deliver superfast broadband services across 90% of the remote Shetland Islands (North of Scotland, UK) by March 2016, has successfully connected its first “test customers” to the link in the form of two cute Puffins (Tammie and Norie).

New Video Shows 1Gbps B4RN Broadband Network in Lancashire Being Built

14th May, 2012 (26 Comments)

The B4RN (Broadband 4 Rural North) project, which recently began work on a new service that aims to connect thousands of rural homes in northern Lancashire UK via a unique 1Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable FTTH broadband ISP network (here), has posted a lovely new video of their fibre optic infrastructure being built.

ISP BT Top 6.28M Broadband Customers as FTTC Passes 10M UK Homes

10th May, 2012 (36 Comments)

National UK telecoms giant BT has released its latest results to 31st March (Q1-2012), which saw their retail broadband ISP subscriber base add +136,000 customers (down from +146k in Q4-2011) to hit a total of 6,280,000. Elsewhere its FTTC superfast broadband service has now passed 10 million homes and businesses (almost 40% of the country), well ahead of their original Q4-2012 target.

UK ISP TalkTalk Calls on Ofcom to Push BT for Cheaper Superfast Broadband

9th May, 2012 (4 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk, which established itself in the UK market by offering extremely cheap home broadband services over their unbundled ADSL2+ (LLU) network, has called on Ofcom to develop a new regulatory framework that would effectively force BT to cut the wholesale / rental cost of superfast broadband services to ISPs from 2015.

Irish Fibre Optic Broadband ISP Magnet Networks to Launch UK 100Mb Service

8th May, 2012 (1 Comment)

Dublin-based ISP Magnet Networks, which operates a superfast broadband service in Ireland using Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology, has entered the UK market by acquiring a 90% stake in internet provider Velocity 1 and signing a new TV distribution deal with Sky. The first rollout will begin in Wembley City and Greenwich Penninsula (London).

LSE Identifies GBP1.1bn Shortfall in UK Governments Broadband Funding

3rd May, 2012 (6 Comments)

A new study from the London School of Economics (LSE) has estimated that the UK governments plan to make superfast broadband (24Mbps+) ISP services available to 90% of “people in each local authority area” by 2015 is now at risk due to a significant shortfall of £1.1 billion.

CityFibre and Fujitsu Join Forces to Deploy Fibre Optic Broadband in UK Cities

1st May, 2012 (9 Comments)

CityFibre Holdings, which builds Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) style fibre optic infrastructure, has announced a new engineering agreement with Fujitsu that will progress their plans for deploying ultrafast broadband (100Mbps+) services “throughout the UK’s second tier cities” to reach 1 million homes and 50,000 businesses.