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Northamptonshire Begins Upgrading First Areas to Superfast Broadband

3rd February, 2014 (1 Comment)

The £16.26m Superfast Northamptonshire project in England, which aims to deliver “full countywide coverage by 2017 at next generation access speeds (30 mbps and above)“, has today begun its local roll-out of BT’s related “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network.

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The Importance of Connecting ADSL and FTTC Broadband via Twisted Pair Cable

3rd February, 2014 (11 Comments)

It’s often painfully easy to find yourself buying or receiving the wrong sort of RJ11 telephone cable to connect between a BT faceplate / master socket and your ISPs broadband ADSL / VDSL (FTTC) modem or router. Sadly this can have an impact on your lines performance so it’s important to understand why and if you should care.

FRITZ!Box 7490 Broadband VDSL and ADSL Router Adds Gigabit WiFi

2nd February, 2014 (1 Comment)

Germany-based networking kit manufacturer AVM, which are best known for their series of advanced and absurdly feature rich FRITZ!Box broadband ISP routers, has improved upon their existing line-up by launching the FRITZ!Box 7490. The major change over their previous 7390 is the addition of 1.3Gbps capable 802.11ac WiFi technology.

UK ISP BT Tops 1.9m Retail FTTC Users as Broadband Customers Hit 7.11 Million

31st January, 2014 (7 Comments)

The retail division of BT has ended 2013 with a total fixed line broadband ISP subscriber base of 7,111,000 and that represents a stable growth of +150k in Q4 2013 (down slightly from +156k in Q3). The figure includes 1.9 Million superfast BTInfinity (FTTC) customers (up by +228k in Q4 vs +195k added in Q3).

70k Devon and Somerset UK Premises to See Fibre Broadband by Summer 2014

31st January, 2014 (9 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project in England, which is investing £94 million to help make BT’s superfast broadband FTTC/P (25Mbps+) services available to “around” 90% of local premises by the end of 2016 (here), has today pushed aside the floods and announced another new batch of local upgrades.

UK ISP Zen Internet Boost Usage Allowances for Legacy FTTC Broadband Users

30th January, 2014 (0 Comments)

Customers of Zen Internet’s legacy superfast “Fibre Optic Broadband” (FTTC) packages, such as their old Fibre Lite and Fibre Active products, will receive a significant increase to their existing monthly usage (download) allowances from 1st February 2014.

East Sussex UK Name Phase 2 BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas

29th January, 2014 (3 Comments)

The state aid supported £35.44 million e-Sussex project, which will make superfast broadband (25Mbps+) speeds available to 96% of East Sussex premises in England by mid-2016 (note: 99% will be covered by BT’s new FTTC/P network but some won’t be “superfast“), has revealed the next communities to benefit from its upgrade work.

Northumberland UK Name First BDUK Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas

29th January, 2014 (0 Comments)

The £18.9 million iNorthumberland project, which aims to expand the coverage of BT’s “fibre broadband” (25Mbps+) FTTC/P network to 95% of local premises by early 2016 (note: only 91% will get “superfast” speeds of 25Mbps+), has named the first communities to benefit.

BT and SEGRO to Help 450 Businesses Get Superfast Broadband in Slough

28th January, 2014 (6 Comments)

BT and property development firm SEGRO have teamed up to help 450 companies on the Slough Trading Estate in Berkshire (England) gain access to their up to 80Mbps capable “fibre broadband” FTTC network through private funding.

West Yorkshire Name First 14 Areas for BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband

28th January, 2014 (1 Comment)

The state aid supported £21.96m Superfast West Yorkshire project in England has today named the first 14 telephone exchange areas that will benefit from an upgrade to BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, which aims to cover 97% of local premises by the end of Autumn 2015.

Worcestershire UK Name First BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas

27th January, 2014 (6 Comments)

The state aid fuelled £20.75m Superfast Worcestershire (England) project has today revealed which communities will be the first to get access to BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, which aims to pass 90% of local premises by the middle of 2016.

Lancashire UK Expand BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband to 10 More Communities

25th January, 2014 (12 Comments)

The £62.5m Superfast Lancashire project in England has revealed the names of a further 10 communities that will gain access to BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network by the end of March 2014. On top of that some 52% of the county can now access the service (total of 350,000 premises passed).

BT Invests GBP50m to Extend its Fibre Broadband Across Over 30 UK Cities

24th January, 2014 (22 Comments)

BT has today announced that it plans to invest a further £50 million into their commercial roll-out of fibre optic based broadband (FTTC/P) technologies, which will be used to improve connectivity across more than 30 cities and thus benefit an additional 400,000 UK premises.

South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire UK Name 13 New BT Fibre Rollout Areas

23rd January, 2014 (1 Comment)

The joint £35.6m superfast broadband roll-out project between South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire in England has today announced another batch of local communities that can expect to receive an upgrade to BT’s “fibre broadband“(FTTC/P) network from summer 2014.

Shropshire Reveals Next 18 Areas for BT Superfast Broadband Rollout

22nd January, 2014 (0 Comments)

The £24.6m Connecting Shropshire (England) programme, which is working to deploy BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 93% of local premises by the end of Spring 2016 (except Telford & Wrekin), has named the next 18 communities to benefit from the project.

Derbyshire UK and BT Launch Website and Map of its Fibre Broadband Rollout

21st January, 2014 (2 Comments)

The £27m state aid supported scheme to help BT deploy their fibre optic (FTTC/P) based broadband network, which aims to reach 95% of local premises in Derbyshire (England) by the end of 2016, has now launched a new website and predicted map of future coverage.

KC Fibre Engineer in Hull UK Exposes Unencrypted User Passwords

17th January, 2014 (2 Comments)

At least one of KC’s fibre optic broadband engineers in Hull (East Yorkshire, England) could be in hot water after demonstrating a worrying lack of personal data security by effectively exposing the ISPs unencrypted user passwords (and other personal data) during an on-site service installation visit.