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Explaining KCOM’s Plan for a 10Mbps Broadband USO in Hull, East Yorkshire

15th September, 2017 (4 Comments)

Over the past two years we’ve heard plenty of debate about the Government and BT’s proposed plan for a legally-binding 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation for broadband, although there’s been very little talk about KCOM’s position in Hull and East Yorkshire, where they dominate the local market.

Ofcom Tweak UK Broadband Quality and FTTC Price Cut Plans for Openreach

14th September, 2017 (0 Comments)

Earlier this year Ofcom proposed to impose a raft of new Quality of Service standards and charge controls upon Openreach’s (BT) national broadband and phone network (here). Today the regulator has published a revision, which changes some of the proposed targets.

Cheshire UK Sets Aside £7.25m of Public Funding to Boost Broadband Cover

13th September, 2017 (1 Comment)

The Connecting Cheshire scheme in England has confirmed that their roll-out of “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services across Cheshire and Warrington will soon be extended, which is thanks to the securing of an additional public investment worth £7.25 million.

Vodafone UK Cuts 20% off their FTTC Unlimited Fibre Broadband Prices

12th September, 2017 (8 Comments)

New customers of Vodafone’s unlimited ‘up to 38Mbps and ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable FTTC (VDSL2) based “fibre broadband” packages can now benefit from a 20% discount on the monthly rental, which will apply for the first 18 months of service. As a result the prices now start from £20 per month.

Q2 2017 “Fibre Broadband” Take-up Progress for the £1.6bn BDUK Project

9th September, 2017 (44 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project has published its latest Q2 2017 take-up data for the state aid supported roll-out of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services across the United Kingdom, which shows that many regions are seeing 40%+ adoption and that will boost clawback.

UK Government Targets 98% Superfast Broadband Coverage via £645m Clawback

9th September, 2017 (25 Comments)

The Government’s £1.6bn+ Broadband Delivery UK project has today confirmed that a total of £645m in public funding (i.e. clawback and efficiency savings) will be returned to help expand the reach of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) to 98% of premises in the United Kingdom by around 2020.

Gigaclear Start 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Roll-out in Devon and Somerset UK

8th September, 2017 (8 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset project has today named the first 21 communities (i.e. 9,000 initial homes and businesses) that will benefit from Gigaclear’s roll-out of a new 1Gbps FTTP broadband network in the region, which is due to start deploying from November 2017.

Good News for Openreach “Fibre Broadband” ISPs – Cheaper Cablelinks

7th September, 2017 (15 Comments)

Internet service providers that make use of Openreach’s network in the United Kingdom will be pleased to learn that the operator has dropped the price of their 1Gbps and 10Gbps Cablelink services, which are often used to support “fibre broadband” services like FTTC (G.fast or VDSL2) and FTTP.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Offers Unlimited “Fibre” FTTC with Sky TV for £25

7th September, 2017 (14 Comments)

New and existing Sky TV customers, as well as existing Sky Broadband, Talk and TV customers without “Fibre“, can now benefit from an significant price reduction if they choose to add one of the operator’s ‘up to’ 38Mbps or 76Mbps capable Sky Fibre (FTTC) superfast broadband services.

BT Wholesale Publish 160Mbps and 330Mbps G.fast Broadband ISP Pricing

4th September, 2017 (59 Comments)

BT Wholesale has published an updated price list (effective from 1st September 2017), which gives us a useful glimpse at the wholesale charges that UK ISPs will need to pay if they want to buy the operator’s 160Mbps (30Mbps upload) or 330Mbps (50Mbps upload) based G.fast broadband service.

More Openreach Overbuild Fun for B4RN’s 1Gbps FTTH Broadband in Cumbria

2nd September, 2017 (31 Comments)

Openreach has been criticised for a “criminal waste of taxpayers’ money” after their state aid supported roll-out of ‘up to’ 80Mbps capable FTTC broadband technology threatened to overbuild yet another one of B4RN’s community built 1Gbps FTTH/P networks, this time in Cumbria.

330Mbps G.fast Pods Appearing in Broadband Delivery UK Areas Too

1st September, 2017 (30 Comments)

Some readers have been asking whether any areas that have been upgraded with FTTC (VDSL2) via the state aid supported Broadband Delivery UK programme are going to benefit from Openreach’s (BT) commercial roll-out of ‘up to’ 330Mbps G.fast technology. The answer is yes.

Sky Broadband Unlimited Cuts Price to £15 Per Month for 12 Months

31st August, 2017 (3 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has cut the price of their ‘up to’ 17Mbps entry-level unlimited broadband and phone package again, dropping the monthly rental to just £15 for the first 12 months of service (£28.99 thereafter). The counter to this is that their £100 Prepaid MasterCard offer has ended.

Northumberland UK and BT Launch £2.2m Rural Community Broadband Fund

29th August, 2017 (9 Comments)

The Northumberland County Council, which is currently working with Openreach (BT) to expand the coverage of “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) connectivity to 95% of local premises by the end of 2017, has launched a new £2.2m community fund that could benefit a further 2,000 premises.

SSE Remove Fixed Term Broadband Contracts and Drop Monthly Prices by £5

29th August, 2017 (1 Comment)

Customers with an existing SSE (Southern Electric) energy account may be pleased to learn that they can now benefit from a £5 discount on the monthly rental of the operator’s various broadband and phone bundles. On top of that they’ve also removed fixed term contracts!

ADTRAN and BT Reasearch G.mgfast – 10Gbps Broadband Down Copper Lines

26th August, 2017 (52 Comments)

Researchers from ADTRAN and BT are working towards conducting the first lab trials of G.mgfast technology in 2019, which could become the successor to today’s hybrid-fibre G.fast technology and one that might conceivably push broadband speeds up to 5-10Gbps over traditional copper lines.

Orkney Completes Phase One Rollout of “Fibre Broadband” in Scotland

24th August, 2017 (1 Comment)

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise has announced that Openreach (BT) have completed their original state aid supported Phase One roll-out of faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to the remote Scottish archipelago of Orkney, which forms part of the wider £410m Digital Scotland project.