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Isle of Wight Confirms First BT Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas

12th May, 2014 (4 Comments)

The Isle of Wight Council, which represents a small island just off England’s central south coast that is home to around 140,000 people, has named the first communities to benefit from their local Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) supported deployment of BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network.

UPDATE Derbyshire UK Offers Small BT FTTC Broadband Rollout Update

12th May, 2014 (3 Comments)

Do you live in the English county of Derbyshire? If so then aside from a very tentative deployment map you’re probably starved for information about the progress of your local £27.67m Digital Derbyshire project, which is working to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 95% of local premises by the end of 2016.

Wales Audit Office to Review Superfast Cymru Broadband Deployment

8th May, 2014 (3 Comments)

The Wales Audit Office (WAO) has confirmed that it intends to conduct an audit of the Superfast Cymru scheme, which aims to make BT’s faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) speeds of up to 80Mbps available to 96% of Welsh premises by the end of spring 2016.

BT Achieves 66% UK Fibre Broadband Rollout Target as Customers Soar

8th May, 2014 (37 Comments)

BT has today released their latest Q1-2014 (calendar) results, which confirm that their £2.5bn commercial roll-out of superfast capable “fibre broadband” technology (FTTC/P) has now reached its goal ahead of schedule by passing 19 million premises (around 66% of the United Kingdom). Separately, BT’s retail broadband ISP customers topped 7,281,000 (up +170k in the quarter vs +150k during Q4-2013).

O2 and BT Wholesale Sign UK Fixed Line and ICT Services Partnership

7th May, 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK might have sold off their fixed line Home Broadband and Phone customers to Sky Broadband (BSkyB) last year, yet a new 5-year partnership extension deal signed with BT Wholesale today means that the business side of their service(s) will continue to be expanded via a “fully-integrated suite of ICT services” to include mobile, Ethernet and FTTC “fibre broadband for the very first time“.

UPDATE ASA Slap BT Broadband Checker for Misleading Speed Estimate

7th May, 2014 (26 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority has triggered some confusion after it ruled that an Internet download speed estimate provided by the superfast broadband BTInfinity (FTTC) “availability checker” on BT’s consumer website (bt.com) was “misleading” because the complainant could not receive the speed promoted. The ruling could also have repercussions for other ISPs.

Arthur D.Little Report Warns FTTC Broadband is Not Future Proof

6th May, 2014 (19 Comments)

A new report from Arthur D.Little and Exane BNP Paribas, which examines the Capital Expenditure (Capex) of European telecoms operators, has warned that incumbent providers will face a growing divide versus cable and pure fibre optic (FTTH/P) ISPs because the cheaper and slower hybrid-cheap (FTTC) approach is “not future-proof“.

BT Prepare Phase 2 Vectoring Trials to Boost UK FTTC Broadband Speeds

6th May, 2014 (31 Comments)

BTOpenreach has decided to extend their on-going trials of VDSL Vectoring (ITU-T G.993.5) technology into a second phase, which could improve the speeds delivered via BT’s existing “up to” 80Mbps hybrid-fibre (FTTC) superfast broadband network by helping to eliminate interference (crosstalk). But it might also push any future roll-out back to late 2014 or 2015.

Shropshire UK Struggles to Afford £11.38m Superfast Broadband Extension

4th May, 2014 (11 Comments)

Shropshire County Council has warned that £11.38 million of additional state aid allocated to the region under the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) extension programme, which seeks to boost the UK’s national fixed line superfast broadband (25Mbps+) coverage target to 95% by 2017, is at risk of being lost due the council’s limited finances.

KC Fibre Broadband Rollout Update – 32000 Premises Passed in Hull UK

2nd May, 2014 (2 Comments)

Telecoms operator KC (KCOM Group), which serves Hull and some other parts of East Yorkshire in England, has confirmed that their superfast 350Mbps capable fibre optic (FTTP/C) Lightstream broadband product has now passed 32,000 homes and businesses with 9,000 customers connected (28% uptake) and more areas confirmed for the future upgrade plan.

EE UK Offers 6 Months Half Price FTTC Superfast Fibre Broadband

1st May, 2014 (1 Comment)

EE has made their superfast “Unlimited Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) packages, which offer download speeds of up to 76Mbps and currently benefit from a reduced one-off connection fee of £25, even cheaper by extending the existing 3 months half-price promotion to last for 6 months (hard luck if you signed up last month).

BT Estimates 80 Percent UK Total Fibre Broadband Footprint by Spring 2015

30th April, 2014 (16 Comments)

A rough estimate released by BT Wholesale earlier this year has predicted that the operators total “fibre broadband” (FTTC / FTTP) network footprint will increase to reach 80% of the United Kingdom by Spring 2015.

Superfast Essex Project Gets New Website and Postcode Checker

29th April, 2014 (6 Comments)

The £25 million Superfast Essex project, which is working to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to around 87% of local homes and businesses by the end of summer 2016, has launched a revamped site that now includes a postcode based availability checker. But precise details of the roll-out are still extremely thin.

Better Broadband for Suffolk UK Publishes 2nd Open Market Review

29th April, 2014 (8 Comments)

The £40m Better Broadband to Suffolk project in England, which aims to roll-out BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to more than 90% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2015 (note: 85% will get “superfast” speeds of 24Mbps+), has published the results from its second Open Market Review (OMR) which focuses on the future plans to reach around 95% by 2017.

North Lincolnshire Reveal Tentative Rollout Plan for Extra Broadband Cash

28th April, 2014 (0 Comments)

The state aid supported Northernlincs Broadband project appears to have revealed the first details about which areas can expect to benefit from the additional Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) cash injection of £1.18 million, which was first announced in February 2014.

EE UK Fixed Broadband Customers Grow to 745000 as 4G Users Hit 2.9m

28th April, 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP EE UK has recorded one of its best quarters of fixed line broadband subscriber growth after it added more than +19,000 customers in Q1-2014 to total 745,000 (up from +12k in Q4-2013). Meanwhile their 4G mobile customer base grew from 1,996,000 in Q4-2013 to reach 2.9m now (+889k in the quarter).

FIBREWiFi Unveil New Superfast Wireless Broadband Packages for Essex

25th April, 2014 (13 Comments)

Chelmsford-based fixed wireless access provider FIBREWiFi (Buzcom) has revealed that they’re launching a range of new superfast broadband packages, which will offer symmetric Internet speeds of up to 100Mbps for businesses and homes in Essex (East of England).