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Progress Report – 565K Premises in Wales Benefit from Superfast Cymru

17th March, 2016 (2 Comments)

The state aid supported Superfast Cymru project, which hopes to push BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/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, has today issued a useful region-by-region progress update.

BT Take Flak for Missed Appointments, FTTP and UK Broadband Maps

16th March, 2016 (45 Comments)

The on-going cross party Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry into UK digital infrastructure produced another interesting evidence session yesterday after BT and sibling Openreach were both grilled over the country’s broadband quality, 1,000 missed appointments per week and USO plans etc.

BT Get Sky Broadband Ad Banned for “Fastest peak time speeds” Claim

16th March, 2016 (1 Comment)

A complaint by BT has caused the Advertising Standards Authority to ban a May 2015 press advert for Sky Broadband’s up to 38Mbps Sky Fibre (FTTC) service, which was found to have misleadingly claimed that it offered the “Fastest peak time speeds measured by Ofcom.”

Scotland UK Reaches 85 Percent Fibre Broadband Coverage Goal

15th March, 2016 (1 Comment)

The £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband project has today announced the achievement of their first contract target, which means that 85% of homes and businesses in the country can now access a faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connection.

Highlands Council in Scotland Moves to Tackle Broadband Notspots

14th March, 2016 (12 Comments)

The Highlands Council has agreed to commence a mapping exercise that aims to identify the remaining “not spots” in superfast broadband cover, which is to be accompanied by a workshop event next month to debate the issue. It’s hoped this will help to establish a clear plan for boosting coverage.

UPDATE Government Claims 90 Percent UK Superfast Broadband Cover

10th March, 2016 (19 Comments)

Blink and you’ll miss it. Without any fanfare the Government’s Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey, appears to have officially confirmed that 90% of the United Kingdom can now access a “superfast broadband” service, thanks partly to Phase 1 of their Broadband Delivery UK programme with BT.

Cambridgeshire UK Prep Plan for Future Phase 3 Fibre Broadband Rollout

9th March, 2016 (5 Comments)

The Connecting Cambridgeshire scheme in England, which is currently working with BT (Openreach) in order to make FTTC/P based “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) services available to 95% of the county by 2017, has said that another 7,500+ premises could benefit from a future contract extension.

Plusnet Revive 6 Months FREE Unlimited 38Mbps FTTC Broadband Deal

9th March, 2016 (7 Comments)

UK ISP Plusnet has reintroduced the offer of 6 months free service on their up to 38Mbps Unlimited Fibre (FTTC) broadband package (£14.99 per month thereafter), which is perhaps slightly awkward timing given today’s other advertising related news.

BT Community Scheme Helps 25,000 UK Premises Get Fibre Broadband

29th February, 2016 (24 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced that their ‘Community Fibre Partnerships‘, which involve working with residents of isolated communities in order to upgrade their local connectivity, will soon have brought “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to an extra 25,000 UK homes and businesses.

BT Pledge Over GBP1bn to Boost UK Broadband, But is it New Money

24th February, 2016 (40 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Gavin Patterson, has made a final plea ahead of tomorrow’s Strategic Review outcome and informed the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona (Spain) that he would “significantly” increase investment (£1bn+) in order to further improve national broadband connectivity.

UPDATE Entanet Laments Loss of Openreach Approved VDSL Modems

23rd February, 2016 (15 Comments)

Shropshire-based communications provider Entanet has today warned of the “potential for confusion and misunderstandings” when BTOpenreach finally withdraws its VDSL Modem from their own FTTC “fibre broadband” installation service at the end of March 2016.

Lancashire Villages Accuse BT of Overbuilding their Community Network

20th February, 2016 (91 Comments)

Residents of three villages in rural Lancashire (England) – Inglewhite, Whitechapel and Bleasdale – have accused BT and the council of wasting public money after the community built its own B4RN 1000Mbps FTTH broadband network only for BT to suddenly turn up and overbuild it with 40-80Mbps FTTC.

WarwickNet Expand Faster Broadband to 3 Berkshire Business Sites

18th February, 2016 (0 Comments)

Business ISP WarwickNet has announced that they’ve expanded their faster broadband network to three sites in Berkshire (England) to help local firms: Winnersh Triangle in Wokingham, as well as the Bennet Road and Cradock Road areas in Reading.

BDUK Confirm Extra 3.62m UK Premises Can Get Superfast Broadband

18th February, 2016 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Deliver UK programme has today published its latest quarterly performance report to the end of 2015, which reveals a bit more detail about the project’s progress. Overall 3,625,369 extra premises have now benefited and can order superfast broadband, with £406,918,848 of BDUK funding spent.

UPDATE Scotland UK Reveals its Next “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Areas

17th February, 2016 (6 Comments)

The £410 million Digital Scotland project has so far helped to make BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to an additional 115,000 premises and this week the next batch of upgrade areas have been confirmed, including for the remote Highlands and Islands region.

ISP Aylesbury Vale Broadband Extends 300Mbps FTTH to Granborough

17th February, 2016 (4 Comments)

The publicly funded Aylesbury Vale Broadband project, which last year rolled out a 300Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network to the rural Buckinghamshire (England) village of North Marston, has this week announced that they’ve commenced the 3km extension to reach Granborough.

Call Flow On-Target to Complete Pilot Broadband Network in Hampshire

15th February, 2016 (7 Comments)

Call Flow Solutions looks set to complete the expanded roll-out of their Government supported “superfast” (30Mbps+) hybrid fibre optic and wireless broadband network in rural Hampshire (England) by March 2016 as planned, with Monkwood, Beauworth, Privett and Preshaw nearly all about to go live.