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WarwickNet Bring Superfast Broadband to Minworth Industrial Estate

13th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Some 100 businesses on the Minworth Industrial Estate, which resides between Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham in the West Midlands, will soon be able to access broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps thanks to a new network deployment by Coventry-based ISP WarwickNet.

Middleton Broadband Campaigners in Leeds Hail Arrival of Virgin Media

13th April, 2016 (18 Comments)

Campaigners in the residential suburb of Middleton (Leeds) are celebrating a second victory after Virgin Media deployed their 300Mbps cable (DOCSIS) broadband network into part of the area, which follows several years after a separate campaign encouraged BT to upgrade a local street cabinet.

Superfast Broadband Rollout in Wales May Run to October 2017

13th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Cymru project, which is deploying BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTT/P) network out to 96% of Wales by the end of 2016 (691,000 extra premises) and a further 42,000 premises by June 2017, could run for a few months longer than currently planned.

BT Start GBP1.1m Fibre Broadband Rollout to More Rutland Villages

12th April, 2016 (52 Comments)

Residents of four villages in the small rural England county of Rutland, including Barleythorpe, Bisbrooke, Braunston and Pickworth, will be pleased to know that BTOpenreach has begun the expansion of their faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC) network to 900 premises in the area.

BT’s “Fibre Broadband” Network Reaches 86 Percent of UK Premises

11th April, 2016 (11 Comments)

Openreach, which maintains and manages access to BT’s national UK telecoms network, has today confirmed that their ‘up to’ 40-80Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL) dominated “fibre broadband” network is now within reach of 25 million homes and businesses (86%+ UK coverage).

Next Areas for FTTC Broadband Rollout in Warwickshire Confirmed

8th April, 2016 (2 Comments)

The state aid supported CSW Broadband project, which is working with BT to extend their “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) FTTC/P network to “nearly” 94% of Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry (England) by 2017, has announced the next batch of areas to benefit from an upgrade.

Shropshire Includes Wireless Under its Fibre Based Broadband Definition

8th April, 2016 (8 Comments)

Over the year’s we’ve talked a lot about the different ways in which Government’s and operators choose to define terms like “fibre broadband” and now the local authority in Shropshire has managed to water it down further by adding wireless connections into the mix.

Rotherhithe Campaigners Accuse BT of Broken Fibre Broadband Promises

6th April, 2016 (16 Comments)

The Broadband SE16 campaign group has accused the local council and BTOpenreach of failing to live up to their commitment to deliver faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connectivity to 4,000 Southwark premises by March 2016. “Not a single person in Rotherhithe has benefitted,” said the group.

Openreach Cut Energy Prices and Launch Cheaper FTTC-Start Setups

5th April, 2016 (5 Comments)

BTOpenreach has today advised ISPs of a reduction in the price of energy usage per kWh from £0.1215 to £0.1174 for all comingling products utilised for LLU, Access Locate and Access Locate Plus. Elsewhere their cheaper to setup FTTC-Start service is now moving out of pilot and being launched on 4th May 2016.

France Adds Law to STOP Abuse of “Fibre Optic Broadband” in ISP Adverts

2nd April, 2016 (9 Comments)

The French government has now officially introduced a new decree that makes it much more difficult for broadband ISPs to advertise their services using “fibre optic” terminology if the network doesn’t actually deliver a fibre cable to your home. If only the UK would follow suit.

Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire Finish First “Fibre Broadband” Rollout

2nd April, 2016 (1 Comment)

The joint £18.06m Connected Counties project, which involves Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in England, appears to have reached its original Phase One contract goal of 90% “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) coverage (an additional 60,000+ premises passed) thanks to its work with BT.

WarwickNet Brings Superfast Broadband to 70 Stoneleigh Park Firms

1st April, 2016 (1 Comment)

Some 70 businesses on Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire can now access superfast broadband of up to 100Mbps, as well as Gigabit capable leased lines, after local ISP WarwickNet took over the management of the campus-wide network during 2013 and gave it a big upgrade.

KC Boosts Fibre Optic Broadband Rollout to Reach 150,000 Premises

24th March, 2016 (4 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms operator for Hull and East Yorkshire in England, KC (soon to become KCOM), has today announced another major boost to their on-going “Lightstream” fibre optic broadband (FTTP/C) roll-out, which will now aim to cover 150,000 premises by December 2017.

UPDATE The Q4 2015 BDUK and BT UK “Superfast Broadband” Take-up Figures

24th March, 2016 (13 Comments)

The Government has today published its latest Q4 2015 uptake figures for their state aid supported roll-out of superfast (24Mbps+) capable “fibre broadband” services across the United Kingdom, which shows that many local authorities are passing the key 20% threshold.

Business ISP XLN Telecom Hikes Line Rental, But Cuts Broadband Prices

24th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Business focused Internet provider XLN Telecom will today increase their monthly phone line rental charge from £15.45 to £16.95 +vat, but they’ve also partly compensated for this by cutting the price of their broadband and phone bundles with a new range of special discounts.

BT Openreach Make it Cheap to Trial Faster “Fibre Broadband” Speeds

22nd March, 2016 (9 Comments)

BTOpenreach has moved to “create incentives” for ISPs and their subscribers to change or trial a faster Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) or Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) “fibre broadband” speed by launching a new special offer, which cuts the £11.25 Bandwidth Modification Charge to £0.

BT Reveal FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Cabinet Cost as BDUK Clarify Delays

18th March, 2016 (56 Comments)

The cross party Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry into UK broadband infrastructure has revealed some useful new information on the “cost per [street cabinet]” of BT’s (Openreach) FTTC “fibre broadband” service and confirmation of which BDUK areas have fallen behind their coverage targets.