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Community Fibre Sign 1Gbps Broadband Deal for 54K Southwark Premises

19th March, 2018 (5 Comments)

A second fibre optic ISP, Community Fibre, has this afternoon announced a separate agreement with the London UK borough of Southwark, which will see them deploying their 1Gbps FTTH broadband network to 54,000 properties owned by the local authority.

Hyperoptic Prep 1Gbps FTTP Broadband for 99000 Southwark Homes

19th March, 2018 (18 Comments)

The London borough of Southwark has signed a new deal with 1Gbps UK fibre optic broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which should result in around 53,000 council homes and 46,000 other homes in the area (at no cost to the taxpayer) gaining access to their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/B) network.

Cityfibre Take Ads Watchdog to Court Over Fibre Broadband Promos

5th March, 2018 (64 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has filed for a Judicial Review of last year’s decision by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, which ruled that it was “not materially misleading” for ISPs to describe slower hybrid fibre services (e.g. FTTC / HFC DOCSIS) as “fibre broadband.”

UK Fails to Enter 2018 FTTH Ultrafast Broadband Country Ranking

15th February, 2018 (66 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe, which campaigns for the adoption of pure fibre optic based Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P/B) style ultrafast broadband technologies, has published their latest 2018 country ranking and sadly the United Kingdom remains notable for its continued absence.

Fibre Optic ISP Hyperoptic Trial Crazy Fast 10Gbps Home Broadband

13th February, 2018 (46 Comments)

City focused fibre optic UK ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to be the United Kingdom’s largest residential provider of Gigabit broadband connections (FTTP/B), have carried out a trial of the “fastest home broadband the country has ever seen” by testing a 10Gbps service at East Village (the London 2012 Athletes’ Village).

Global Fixed Broadband Subscribers Reach 913Million as Copper Wanes

30th January, 2018 (0 Comments)

The total number of world fixed broadband subscribers grew by 2.38% in Q3 2017 and now stands at 913.3 Million (up by nearly 70 million over the past year). Meanwhile the number of copper lines (ADSL etc.) fell by 6.3% over the past year and “full fibre” FTTH/P connections increased by 30.4%.

Broadband ISP Community Fibre Cover 10000 Wandsworth Council Homes

16th January, 2018 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Community Fibre has managed to hit their deployment target in the London Borough of Wandsworth by making a 1000Mbps capable ultrafast fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband network available to 10,000 council homes in time for the end of 2017. Just another 10,000 left to go.

UK ISP Hyperoptic to Deploy 1Gbps Broadband for Chelsea Island

15th January, 2018 (1 Comment)

Urban fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has announced that they’ve been selected to deliver 1Gbps capable broadband (FTTB/H) connectivity into the Chelsea Island development in London, which will feature 89 luxury apartments built by the Hadley Property Group.

17000 Homes in Hammersmith and Fulham Targeted for 1Gbps Broadband

4th January, 2018 (7 Comments)

UK ISP Community Fibre has today announced the signing of a new “master wayleave” agreement, which could see their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network being extended to cover over 17,000+ properties owned by the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

Gigabit Fibre Broadband UK ISP Hyperoptic Starts January Sale 2018

3rd January, 2018 (5 Comments)

City-focused UK fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has today launched a January Sale promotion across their range of 30Mbps, 150Mbps and 1000Mbps based FTTP/B broadband packages (available around parts of 28 UK cities), which cuts their monthly prices for new customers.

UPDATE Fibre Optic Broadband ISP Hyperoptic Starts UK IPv6 Rollout

5th December, 2017 (3 Comments)

Urban fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic, which is rolling out their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB/P) broadband network to parts of 28 UK cities and towns, has today confirmed that they’ve started the roll-out of Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) and expect to finish the work in 2018.

UPDATE ASA Rule UK Fibre Broadband ISP Adverts for Part Fibre Do NOT Mislead

23rd November, 2017 (33 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has today determined that it is “not materially misleading” to describe broadband services that use fibre optic cables for only part of the connection to consumers’ homes (e.g. FTTC) as “fibre broadband“, much to the annoyance of UK MPs and critics.

UK ISP Hyperoptic Cuts Full Fibre Broadband Prices by Extra 20% – Black Friday

20th November, 2017 (0 Comments)

New customers taking out one of Hyperoptic’s 30Mbps, 150Mbps or 1000Mbps ultrafast FTTP/B broadband packages in parts of 28 UK cities and towns can now get an extra 20% off the price when they take a 12 month contract by using the promo code BLACK17. The setup fee has also been removed.

100 UK Property Developers Get Behind Hyperoptic’s 1Gbps Broadband

20th November, 2017 (0 Comments)

Urban fibre optic network builder and ISP Hyperoptic, which is deploying their FTTP/B ultrafast 1Gbps capable broadband network around parts of 28 cities and towns, has today boasted of working with 100 developers in the United Kingdom (e.g. Barratt London, Berkeley Homes, Crest Nicholson etc.).

Churchill Gardens Named Largest FTTH Broadband Estate in Central London

26th October, 2017 (0 Comments)

Urban focused ISP Community Fibre has claimed that their deployment of 1Gbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTH/B) to all 1,700 properties on the Churchill Gardens Estate in Pimlico (Westminster) makes it the “largest full fibre-optic estate anywhere” in central London.

Hyperoptic UK ISP Revamps to Boost Full Fibre Broadband Speeds by 50%

25th October, 2017 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Hyperoptic, which is rolling out a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTP/B) broadband network in 28 UK cities and towns, has announced that their 20Mbps and 100Mbps packages will from tomorrow see a free 50% speed boost. On top of that they’ve also given their branding a new lick of paint.

GibFibre Launch Symmetrical 200Mbps Broadband for Gibraltar Businesses

19th October, 2017 (0 Comments)

Small and medium sized businesses (SME) on the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, which sits on the southern end of Spain’s Iberian Peninsula in the Mediterranean sea, can now get access to symmetrical broadband speeds of up to 200Mbps via GibFibre‘s fibre optic (FTTH/B) network.