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UK ISP BT Slashes Unlimited Broadband and Fibre FTTC Prices

9th September, 2016 (2 Comments)

Internet provider BT has introduced a discount that cuts the cost of their standard (up to 17Mbps) unlimited broadband package to just £4.50 per month for 12 months, while their superfast (up to 52Mbps) Unlimited Infinity 1 service is now reduced to £9.50 and 76Mbps Infinity 2 to £25.

UPD BT Criticised as Scottish Rural Action Seeks Better Broadband Policy

9th September, 2016 (22 Comments)

The non-profit Scottish Rural Action group has published a new report that points to “serious failings” in Scotland’s existing roll-out of “superfast broadband” services with BT and calls for 5 major policy changes, which they say would establish an “ultrafast” (300Mbps+) model for rural areas.

More Northamptonshire Businesses to Get 100Mbps Fibre Broadband

31st August, 2016 (0 Comments)

UK ISP WarwickNet has followed yesterday’s news for Coventry (here) by announcing that their 100Mbps+ capable Leased Line, FTTP and FTTC broadband network is being expanded to connect businesses around 10 new Street Cabinets in Northamptonshire (England).

Buckinghamshire UK Reveals Plan for Phase 2 “Fibre Broadband” Roll-out

31st August, 2016 (2 Comments)

The Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC) in England has finally revealed their Phase 2 roll-out plan for expanding the availability of “superfast broadband” (24-30Mbps+) in the county, which will work with Openreach (BT) to reach “up to” 11,000 additional premises and achieve 95% coverage by June 2018.

Clawback Boosts Dorset UK’s Coverage Plan for BT Fibre Broadband

30th August, 2016 (7 Comments)

The state aid supported Superfast Dorset project in England has revealed that a combination of roll-out savings and strong take-up (clawback) have resulted in an extra 800+ premises in 31 areas being added to 2017’s local roll-out plan for Openreach’s (BT) FTTC/P based “fibre broadband” network.

WarwickNet Expand FTTC and FTTP Broadband for Coventry Businesses

30th August, 2016 (9 Comments)

UK ISP WarwickNet, which builds its own 100Mbps+ alternative fibre optic broadband networks to connect disadvantaged businesses, has announced that three new Street Cabinets will soon go live to cater for 100+ businesses around Torrington Avenue in Coventry (West Midlands, England).

UK ISP Sky Broadband Drops 76Mbps Sky Fibre Max Price to £15

30th August, 2016 (4 Comments)

New consumers wishing to take Sky Broadband’s unlimited and FTTC based ‘up to’ 76Mbps (19Mbps upload) Sky Fibre Max service may like to know that the ISP has cut its price to just £15 per month for the first 12 months of service (£25 thereafter), but you also have to pay £17.40 a month line rental on top.

Pure Fibre Optic FTTP Broadband Networks Cover 780,000 UK Premises

30th August, 2016 (9 Comments)

The spread of “ultra-fast” pure fibre optic broadband connections (FTTP/H) across the United Kingdom appears to have accelerated over the past year, with the latest estimate of premises passed delivering a total of 779,006 (up from 351,642 last year) and it’s set to reach around 4 million by 2020.

Gleeful BT Openreach Finally Hooks-up the CLA to Fibre Broadband.. Sort Of

27th August, 2016 (5 Comments)

Openreach (BT) engineers appear to have scored a small PR coup by connecting the CLA, which represents 33,000 rural land owners from across England and Wales and often campaigns for better rural broadband (partly by criticising BT’s effort), to their superfast broadband capable FTTC service.

UK Government Help Superfast Broadband Reach 4 Million Extra Premises

25th August, 2016 (27 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme, which is supported by £1.6bn of public investment, has released its latest progress update and confirmed that 4,021,047 additional premises can now access a “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) service and there’s more to come.

UPDATE BT Pays Itself to Help co-Fund Rural “Fibre Broadband” Roll-outs

24th August, 2016 (49 Comments)

BT (Openreach) appears to have introduced a new twist on their existing Community Fibre Partnerships scheme, which is now offering grants worth up to £20,000 to help rural and digitally isolated communities get a faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) service installed.

BT Openreach Start LR-VDSL “Fibre Broadband” Trial on Lewis, Scotland

18th August, 2016 (74 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has revealed that the first field trial of their new Long Reach VDSL (FTTC) broadband technology will take place in the remote rural village of North Tolsta, which resides in the Scottish Outer Hebrides on the east side of the Isle of Lewis.

2016 Audit Reveals Scotland’s Superfast Broadband Roll-out Progress

18th August, 2016 (14 Comments)

A new report from Audit Scotland, which works to ensure that public money in Scotland is spent correctly, has found that the £410m Digital Scotland roll-out programme with BT has achieved its initial coverage target. But delivering 95% “fibre broadband” coverage by December 2017 “will be more challenging.”

UPDATE2 Sky Broadband Swap 76Mbps Fibre Pro with Cheaper Fibre Max

14th August, 2016 (16 Comments)

UK ISP Sky Broadband is to replace their ‘up to’ 76Mbps (19Mbps upload) Sky Fibre Pro (FTTC) service with a £5 per month cheaper Sky Fibre Max product on 16th August 2016, albeit with reduced features.

UK ISP TalkTalk Offers Half Price Fibre Broadband for 18 Months

12th August, 2016 (3 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has begun offering their ‘up to’ 38Mbps capable “Superfast Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) package at half price for its entire contract term (£8.75 per month instead of £17.50), but don’t forget to add line rental from the equivalent of £15.93 a month when pre-paid for 1 year (£17.70 as standard).

Worcestershire UK Achieve 90% Coverage of Superfast Broadband

11th August, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Worcestershire (England) project appears to have successfully completed its original contract with Openreach (BT), which has now extended their FTTC/P based “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) network to 90% of the county (i.e. 94% “fibre” coverage inc. sub-24Mbps areas).

BT Reveal Tech Details for Expanded Long Reach VDSL Broadband Trial

9th August, 2016 (31 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today published new technical details for their on-going trials of fixed line “Long Reach VDSL” (FTTC) broadband technology, which could be used to deliver the future 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation and possibly even to expand the availability of “superfast” (24Mbps+) speeds.