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North Lincolnshire UK Finishes First BT Fibre Broadband Rollout Contract

16th June, 2015 (7 Comments)

The Northern Lincs Broadband (NLBB) project has just become the latest Broadband Delivery UK scheme to complete its first contract, which means that BT’s superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services have successfully been put within reach of an additional 31,000 local homes and businesses in North Lincolnshire (England).

UPD BT Begin Rollout of Vectoring to Fix FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Speeds

16th June, 2015 (16 Comments)

BTOpenreach has confirmed that VDSL2 Vectoring (ITU-T G.993.5), which reduces crosstalk interference on ‘up to’ 40-80Mbps FTTC “fibre broadband” lines and thus improves service speeds, is now being deployed beyond trial areas; specifically focusing on “areas where it delivers the most benefit to customers“.

Call Flow Extend BDUK Hybrid Broadband Pilot to Privett in Hampshire

15th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Call Flow Solutions has won an extension to their on-going pilot of a new hybrid fibre optic and wireless broadband network in rural Hampshire (England), which means that around 200 additional premises in the small village of Privett should also benefit from the service.

Cornwall UK Signs BT Contract for 99 Percent Superfast Broadband Cover

11th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

As expected the Cornwall Council in south west England has today signed a new £7.6m contract with BT to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) speeds available to 99% of the county within the next few years.

Ofcom Consult on BTSport Tweaks to FTTC Broadband Margin Squeeze Test

11th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today launched a consultation on several new tweaks to the FTTC “margin squeeze” test, which is designed to keep the BT’s “fibre broadband” prices under control by forcing them to “maintain a sufficient margin between [their] wholesale and retail superfast broadband charges“.

BT Claims Future G.fast Broadband Delivers 300Mbps Speeds at 350 Metres

11th June, 2015 (61 Comments)

The CTO of BT’s Wholesale division, Colin Bannon, has revealed that their future G.fast (ITU G.9701) broadband technology has also been tested on longer copper lines of 350 metres and the operator found that at this distance it was still able to deliver Internet speeds of 300Mbps.

WarwickNet Becomes First ISP to Deploy FTTC Broadband Vectoring Tech

10th June, 2015 (10 Comments)

Business ISP WarwickNet appears to have stolen a march on rival BT by becoming the first Internet provider in the United Kingdom to commercially deploy VDSL2 Vectoring (ITU-T G.993.5) technology, which improves performance by reducing crosstalk interference, on their superfast SLU Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband lines.

UPDATE Vodafone Connect Unveils New UK Home Broadband Packages

10th June, 2015 (8 Comments)

Vodafone has today taken the wraps off their new fixed line home broadband and phone packages, which marks the operators second stab at a notoriously competitive market that they originally quit in 2011. But have they done enough this time to combat BT and the other established ISPs.

Long Wait for BT’s GBP50m Pledge to Upgrade Broadband in 30 UK Cities

8th June, 2015 (1 Comment)

One and a half years ago BT made a £50 million commitment to expand the commercial roll-out of superfast capable “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to 400,000 additional premises in 30 UK cities. Since then the operator has remained largely silent and questions are now growing over the projects status.

UK ISP TalkTalk Add FREE Install to GBP5 Superfast Fibre Broadband Offer

6th June, 2015 (6 Comments)

Budget Internet provider TalkTalk has announced that their ‘up to’ 38Mbps capable unlimited “Superfast Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) package, which is currently priced at just £5 per month for the first 12 months of service (£15 thereafter), has now added free installation into the mix (saving another one-off fee of £25).

Northumberland UK Signs BT Fibre Broadband Extension Contract

5th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Northumberland County Council and BT have today signed a second contract worth £4.1m to improve local “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) coverage by putting the service within reach of an additional 3,000 homes and businesses by 2017, which will complement the original £18.9m contract.

Interview – How Openreach is Creating a New Fibre Infrastructure for Wales

3rd June, 2015 (21 Comments)

In this guest editorial Nicholas Hardiman, an IT consultant who has worked with Internet and Enterprise technologies since the 1990s, interviews Openreach’s (BT) Senior Project Manager, Steve Jones, about the work being done to bring faster “fibre broadband” connectivity to many thousands of new homes and businesses in Wales.

UPDATE More Dorset UK Homes to Receive Superfast Broadband

1st June, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Superfast Dorset scheme in southern England, which is already working with BT to make faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 97% of local premises by the end of 2016 (95.6% will get “superfast” speeds of 24Mbps+), has today signed a Superfast Extension Programme (SEP) contract that will push close to universal coverage.

UPDATE Shropshire UK Agrees BT Fibre Broadband Extension Contract

29th May, 2015 (15 Comments)

The £26m Connecting Shropshire project in England’s West Midlands, which is currently working with BT to make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connectivity available to 93% of local premises by the end of Spring 2016 (only 87% will get “superfast” 24Mbps+ speeds), has today signed a diminished second contract to extend the roll-out.

UPD Wales Making “reasonable progress” on BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

28th May, 2015 (23 Comments)

The Wales Audit Office (WAO) has today posted its report on the progress of the Superfast Cymru project, which is working with BT to make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connectivity available to 96% of Wales by the end of 2016. On the whole progress is described as “reasonable“, but several problems have been identified (e.g. the 100Mbps speed target for 40%).

The March 2015 BDUK and BT “Fibre Broadband” Uptake Figures

27th May, 2015 (35 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project, which is predominantly working with BT to deploy superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services across the United Kingdom, has published the programmes latest take-up figures for March 2015. Adoption continues to rise and more projects are now touching the 20% claw-back threshold.

North Yorkshire UK Completes Phase 1 Superfast Broadband Rollout

27th May, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Superfast North Yorkshire project in England, which had been working with BT to make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 90% of local premises by the end of 2014 (86% for “superfast” speeds of 24Mbps+), has finally completed its first major deployment phase.. albeit seemingly somewhat later than planned.