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KCOM Fibre Broadband Reaches 78,000 Premises in East Yorkshire

27th May, 2016 (2 Comments)

KCOM, the incumbent telecoms operator for Hull and East Yorkshire in England, has revealed that their on-going “Lightstream” roll-out of fibre optic broadband (FTTP/C) services has now covered 78,000 premises with 26,000 connected including 1,700 businesses (33.33% take-up).

UPDATE TalkTalk Tweak Broadband Prices and Fibre Hits GBP 5 Per Month

27th May, 2016 (8 Comments)

Telecoms provider TalkTalk has reduced the price of their ‘up to’ 38Mbps capable “Superfast Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) service to just £5 per month for 12 months (£17.50 for 6 months after that and then £19.50 thereafter), but don’t forget to add the line rental charge of £17.70 per month on top (equivalent of £15.93 a month when pre-paid for 1 year).

Sky UK Raises Standard FTTC Fibre Broadband Activation Fee

27th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Sky Broadband has moved to increase the one-off activation fee of its superfast capable Sky Fibre (FTTC) packages from £35 to £39, which will be introduced from 10th June 2016.

Deal Brings “Fibre Broadband” to New Homes Development in Bracknell

26th May, 2016 (10 Comments)

Residents of The Parks development in Bracknell (Berkshire, England) are celebrating today after Taylor Wimpey and BT reached a deal that will finally improve local broadband connectivity by upgrading two local street cabinets to support an ‘up to’ 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) service.

The UK Isle of Wight Hits 99 Percent Fibre Broadband Coverage Goal

25th May, 2016 (11 Comments)

The Isle of Wight Council, which represents an island just off England’s central south coast (home to around 140,000 people), confirms that its joint £5.1m contract with BT has successfully expanded the reach of “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) to 99% of local homes and businesses.

Shifting Goal Posts – Wales Misses its Superfast Broadband Target

25th May, 2016 (22 Comments)

A report today claims that Wales and BT have missed their original Superfast Cymru project target for ensuring that 96% of the country can access a superfast broadband service by “spring 2016“, but there may be more to this situation than meets the eye.

NextGenAccess UK Moots Rural Fibre Broadband Expansion for SMEs

20th May, 2016 (0 Comments)

London-based ISP NextGenAccess has hinted at plans to expand its fibre optic based broadband network into more areas that are currently outside the coverage of the BT’s UK FTTC/P roll-out, with a particular reference being made to “rural areas and non-city centre data centres and technology hubs.”

BT Update on FTTPoD Stop Sell Removal, 3db Trial and Long Range VDSL

17th May, 2016 (33 Comments)

BT has published some important updates on their broadband products and future UK technology trials, which reveals a plan to test 3db Signal/Noise margins, the first location for their Long Range VDSL (FTTC) trial and removal of BTWholesale’s “stop sell” for Fibre-on-Demand (FoD) lines.

West Yorkshire Confirm Next Areas to Benefit from Fibre Broadband

16th May, 2016 (1 Comment)

The Superfast West Yorkshire project in England has confirmed that the new Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract with BT will result in even more premises being reached with “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) than originally planned and the first areas have also been named.

UPD Sckipio Push 1.5Gbps via G.fast Using Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation

16th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

Israel-based Sckipio, which is building some of the kit for BT’s hybrid-fibre G.fast broadband trials and pilot, has heralded a big improvement to the technology by developing Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) to deliver up to 1.5Gbps in combined upstream and downstream performance.

SOGEA Standalone “Fibre Broadband” Showing on BT Wholesale Checker

16th May, 2016 (6 Comments)

The official BT Wholesale Checker has quietly added a new column to show the availability of their future Single Order Generic Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product, which will eventually allow you to order a standalone superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC / VDSL) line without needing a phone (voice) service.

TalkTalk See FTTH Progress in York as Broadband Users Fall to 3.99 Million

12th May, 2016 (6 Comments)

After a rocky start TalkTalk appears to be on the path to recovering from last year’s cyber-attack, but not before reporting that they ended Q1 2016 (calendar) with a total of 3,996,000 on-net broadband subscribers (down from 4.1 million six months ago). Elsewhere mobile customers might be in for a difficult transition.

Ofcom Consult on Future Approach to Wholesale Fibre Broadband Costs

9th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, as part of planning for future regulation (2017 Wholesale Local Access Market Review), has begun a new consultation to examine the wholesale costs of providing fibre optic based broadband and phone access services to ISPs (e.g. FTTH, FTTC).

95 Percent of Nottinghamshire UK Now Covered by Superfast Broadband

7th May, 2016 (18 Comments)

The Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire project in England has confirmed that its first Broadband Delivery UK based contract has now completed, which means that 95% of local homes and businesses are now within reach of a superfast broadband (24Mbps+) service.

UK ISP SSE Launch 18 Months Free “Fibre Broadband” Offer

6th May, 2016 (16 Comments)

Utility provider SSE (Southern Electric), which also does phone and Internet services, has started offering their ‘up to’ 38Mbps and 76Mbps capable superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC) services free for the first 18 months of service. But there’s still that nasty line rental fee to pay on top.

UPDATE BT Seek Trial Customers to Test New Smart Hub 6 Broadband Router

6th May, 2016 (18 Comments)

Customers of BT’s broadband division could soon benefit from the launch of a new and more advanced “Smart Hub” (HomeHub 6) router, the existence of which was revealed a little while ago when the ISP began courting existing subscribers to help trial the device.

Northumberland Village Gets 80Mbps Wireless-to-the-Cabinet Broadband

5th May, 2016 (37 Comments)

Homes and businesses in the remote rural Northumberland (England) village of Coanwood, which is home to around 200 people, have become the latest to benefit from BT’s hybrid Microwave (radio) and VDSL based ‘up to’ 80Mbps Wireless-to-the-Cabinet (WTTC) broadband technology.