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UK ISP TenTel Cuts Unlimited Fibre Broadband and Phone Prices

28th March, 2017 (1 Comment)

Edinburgh-based provider TenTel have tweaked the prices on a number of their broadband (inc. phone line rental) packages, although the biggest discounts appear to have been introduced for their superfast unlimited “fibre broadband” (FTTC) options.

EE UK Raise Broadband and TV Prices, But Cut £25 Fibre Connection Fee

28th March, 2017 (0 Comments)

Communications provider EE will later this morning remove the £25 one-off connection fee from all of their superfast “Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) and phone line rental packages. However the monthly price of their TV and broadband bundles will separately increase by up to £3.

Warwickshire UK Fibre Broadband Project Adds Property Level Coverage Map

21st March, 2017 (3 Comments)

The CSW Broadband project with BT (Openreach), which aims to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) available to “nearly” 94% of premises Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry (England) by 2017, has launched a new coverage map with detail down to the level of individual properties.

Northumberland Commit £6.4m for 3200 Premises to Get Superfast Broadband

20th March, 2017 (5 Comments)

The Northumberland County Council in England has confirmed that a third extension contract worth £6.4 million has been signed with Openreach (BT), which will enable an additional 3,200 homes and businesses to access their FTTC/P based “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) network.

Oxfordshire UK Extend “Fibre Broadband” Rollout to 2,000 Extra Premises

20th March, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Better Broadband for Oxfordshire project with Openreach (BT), which is currently working to roll-out “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services to “at least” 95% of local premises by December 2017, has confirmed that a further 2,000 premises will benefit thanks to contract clawback.

Darlington Council Cancels “Fibre Broadband” Funding for 3 Rural Villages

20th March, 2017 (1 Comment)

Residents of three small rural villages in the borough of Darlington (Durham, England) have been left upset after the local council pulled £50K of public investment to help roll-out faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to the area, which is partly due to Openreach trebling their quote for the work.

Scotland Boost Superfast Broadband Coverage with £15.6m Reinvestment

17th March, 2017 (20 Comments)

The £410 million Digital Scotland project with BT (Openreach) has announced that £15.6 million from contract clawback (Gainshare) will be reinvested to raise the number of homes and businesses that have access to “superfast broadband” speeds of greater than 24Mbps.

Lincolnshire UK Signs Phase 3 Contract for 97% Superfast Broadband Cover

17th March, 2017 (1 Comment)

The Lincolnshire County Council in England has recently signed a new Phase 3 roll-out contract with Openreach (BT), which aims to help expand the local coverage of 24Mbps+ capable “superfast broadband” (FTTC/P) services towards 97% of premises. Expect more FTTP.

East Sussex UK Completes Phase 1 BT “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Contract

15th March, 2017 (1 Comment)

The £34m+ e-Sussex project, which has been working with Openreach (BT) to make FTTC/P “fibre broadband” services available to 99% of local premises in the county (96% will get “superfast” speeds of 24Mbps+), has officially completed its first contract and reported good take-up of 37%.

KCOM Hails 40,000th Lightstream Fibre Optic Broadband Customer in Hull

15th March, 2017 (3 Comments)

East Yorkshire ISP KCOM has today confirmed that their “ultrafast” Lightstream fibre optic broadband (FTTP/C) network in Hull, which is costing about £60 million (total capital investment) to roll-out or roughly £400 per premise, has just connected its 40,000th customer.

Devon and Somerset Complete Phase 1 BT “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Contract

14th March, 2017 (22 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset project in England has today announced the completion of their original £94 million Phase One roll-out contract with Openreach (BT), which has made “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services available to 278,000 premises.

Superfast South Yorkshire – 28 Areas Set to Get Ultrafast FTTP Broadband

13th March, 2017 (3 Comments)

The Superfast South Yorkshire (SFSY) programme with Openreach (BT) has confirmed that a total of 28 areas are planned to be connected via “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) technology over the “coming months“, although many of those will be businesses.

Cumbria Council Reclassifies 146 Postcodes for State Aid Broadband Rollout

11th March, 2017 (10 Comments)

The Cumbria Council has quietly reclassified 146 postcodes for inclusion into their Connecting Cumbria project with BT after they were originally left out due to a conflict over the commercial coverage of Solway’s wireless broadband network, which meant they weren’t eligible for state aid support.

UK ISP Plusnet Shaves a Few More £ off their “Fibre Broadband” Prices

8th March, 2017 (2 Comments)

Budget ISP Plusnet has further reduced the price of their unlimited “fibre broadband” (FTTC) packages today, with their ‘up to’ 38Mbps service being cut to £25 a month for 18 months (£32.98 thereafter) and their 76Mbps option dropping to £30 for the same period (£37.98 thereafter).

Superfast Broadband Coming to 3,000 Extra Worcestershire UK Premises

8th March, 2017 (4 Comments)

The Superfast Worcestershire (England) project with BT (Openreach), which is currently working to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services available to “more than” 95% of the county in 2017, has announced that an extra 3,000 premises will benefit from a £3.7 million expansion.

Sky Broadband Cuts Superfast “Fibre Broadband” FTTC Prices for 18 Months

6th March, 2017 (13 Comments)

We’ve not seen any special offers from Sky Broadband’s range of superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC) packages for quite a long time but all of that just changed after they introduced a range of 18 month discounts, which significantly cuts the monthly rental.

UK ISP Pulse8 Reduces its Standard FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Prices

3rd March, 2017 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Pulse8 Broadband has reduced the standard monthly price of their unlimited superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC) packages for homes, which has the unique selling point of a 1 month contract and does not apply any termination charges or minimum call costs.