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Alternative UK Superfast Broadband ISPs See Significant Growth

26th March, 2012 (0 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Point Topic reports that alternative UK network operators, such as Rutland Telecom and Call Flow Solutions, have managed to increased their residential customer base by 85% since the middle of 2011. The news suggests that some of the smaller operators are “beginning to find their niche” by helping to reach poorly connected rural areas and individual communities with superfast internet access.

First Arctic Submarine Fibre Optic Undersea Cable to Boost UK Internet

22nd March, 2012 (1 Comment)

A new Russian Optical Trans-Arctic Submarine Cable System (ROTACS) from the Polarnet Project, which will boost international broadband internet connectivity to the UK, is about to become the first submarine fibre optic cable to cross the Arctic Ocean with a run between London and Japan / China that crosses the coast of Northern Europe and Russia.

MetroNet UK Expands Fibre and Wireless Broadband Network into Crewe

14th March, 2012 (0 Comments)

ISP Metronet UK has announced that its next generation fibre optic and wireless broadband network has been expanded to cover businesses in Crewe (Cheshire) and the surrounding area.

UPD NextGenUs UK CIC Runs Out of Money for Rural Broadband Initiative

14th March, 2012 (4 Comments)

NextGenUs UK CIC, a community focused broadband developer that hoped to bring superfast internet services to rural areas via a mix of fibre optic and wireless (WiFi) connections, has issued a general notice to creditors and customers informing them that the group has effectively run out of money. NextGenUs claims to have “exhausted all serious discussions with potential investors” and are “unable to secure any other viable sources of finance“.

Deutsche Telekom Break Record with 512Gbps Data Speed via Fibre Optic Cable

7th March, 2012 (0 Comments)

Researchers working for Deutsche Telekom (DT), a German telecommunications giant, and Alcatel-Lucent have broken last year’s world record (here) after they were successfully able to send 400Gbps (Gigabits per second) worth of usable data over a long distance single optical-fiber wavelength channel (running at a total of 512Gbps – the difference was used for error correction) for the first time.

KC Claim Residents of Beverley Now Receive the Fastest Speeds in the UK

6th March, 2012 (1 Comment)

KC, the incumbent internet and phone provider for Hull and East Riding (Yorkshire, UK), has claimed that the ongoing roll-out of their new Lightstream fibre optic broadband service (FTTH / FTTC), which kicked off last month, has managed to connect over 500 customers in the market town of Beverley. As a result the town is now said to have “the fastest speeds in the country“.

Report Claims No Killer App Justifies the Need for Ultra Fast FTTH Broadband

6th March, 2012 (4 Comments)

Consultancy firm Analysys Mason, which was recently appointed by six French governmental and public bodies to conduct a prospective study on the services that would justify the need for ultra-fast fibre optic broadband technology (e.g. 100Mbps+ FTTH), has today published its conclusions. The results, which found that “no killer application justifies the need” for ultra-fast fibre (except perhaps IPTV), might also have some relevance for the UK market.

BT Start Early Market Launch of Fibre Voice Access on UK FTTP Broadband Lines

3rd March, 2012 (2 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced that its Fibre Voice Access (FVA / FVA-FTTP) product, which allows ISPs to offer voice (telephone) services over fully fibre optic broadband lines (e.g. BT’s 100Mbps+ Fibre-to-the-Premises [ FTTP ] service), has now become available as part of their Early Market Deployment (EMD) launch.

CityFibre UK Agrees Significant Metro Fibre Broadband Investment with Citigroup

2nd March, 2012 (0 Comments)

CityFibre Holdings, a provider of fibre optic broadband infrastructure (FTTH) for business, public sector and consumer purposes, has managed to secured its “first” multi million pound investment from Citigroup. The success forms a vital part of the operators existing plan to invest up to £500 million into the deployment of ultrafast broadband services for local authorities, 50,000 businesses and 1 Million homes in the UK (original news).

UPD B4RN Target First 1Gbps Broadband Rollout in Lancashire for March 2012

1st March, 2012 (3 Comments)

The Broadband 4 Rural North (B4RN) scheme, which aims to connect thousands of homes in northern Lancashire UK with an affordable “hyper-fast” 1Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic ( FTTH ) broadband service via shared community involvement and funding, has hinted that the first deployment could begin this month.

A Quarter of All Premises in Cornwall UK Reached by Superfast Broadband

29th February, 2012 (0 Comments)

The £132 Million “Big Build” Superfast Cornwall project, which aims to make BT’s superfast broadband ISP services available to at least 80% (ideally 90%) of homes and businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by the end of 2014, has expanded its availability to a quarter of all premises (66,000 Cornish premises) in the region.

Serious Internet Outage Strikes East Africa After Several Undersea Cables are Cut

28th February, 2012 (0 Comments)

Several vital undersea fibre optic cables, which help to link the UK, Europe and Middle East to East Africa with “high-speed” internet access services, have over the past week or two (since 17th Feb 2012) been “cut by malicious people“; though others view it as little more than a series of coincidental “accidents“.