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ISP Direct Save Telecom Reintroduces 76Mbps FTTC Fibre Pro Broadband

10th March, 2015 (1 Comment)

Budget ISP Direct Save Telecom has resuscitated their ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable unlimited “Superfast Fibre Pro” (FTTC) broadband package, which had previously vanished from sale. Apparently the provider has since been “flooded with enquiries” about the service and has thus made it available again.

Disabled Man Furious Over BT’s FTTC Broadband Street Cabinet Placement

9th March, 2015 (7 Comments)

Over the years the placement of BT’s (Openreach) superfast broadband (FTTC) capable street cabinets have occasionally caused anger among NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard), a lot of it unwarranted, but sometimes there may be a stronger case for adjustment.

Revealed – The Dec 2014 BDUK and BT “Fibre Broadband” Uptake Figures

7th March, 2015 (64 Comments)

The central Government’s national Broadband Delivery UK project, which is working with BT to deploy superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connectivity services across the United Kingdom, has just published the programmes latest take-up figures for December 2014. Adoption is rising rapidly and several more projects have now broken the 20% threshold.

Sckipio Want to Supply Urban G.fast Broadband Using Wireless Tech

5th March, 2015 (2 Comments)

Israel-based semiconductor company Sckipio has suggested that BT’s future deployment of G.fast (ITU G.9701) broadband (here), which from 2016/17 aims to make speeds of 500Mbps available to “most homes“, could be fuelled in urban areas by millimeter Wave (mmW) wireless technology connected to distribution points (i.e. instead of fibre optic cable).

Superfast Wales Reaches Half-Way Point with “Fibre Broadband” Rollout

2nd March, 2015 (38 Comments)

The UK Government’s Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey, has revealed that the Superfast Cymru project has now helped an additional 345,000 homes and businesses in Wales to receive BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, which is roughly half-way to the current completion target of 690,000+ by the end of spring 2016 (96% coverage).

UPDATE N.Ireland Secures Another GBP17m to Extend Superfast Broadband

2nd March, 2015 (6 Comments)

The on-going Northern Ireland Broadband Improvement Project (NIBIP), which only began one year ago, appears to have been boosted by another £17 million investment in order to help bring BT’s faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connectivity to an additional 38,000 premises.

Audit Report Reveals Digital Scotland’s Superfast Broadband Speed Targets

26th February, 2015 (7 Comments)

A new report from Audit Scotland, which works to ensure that public money in Scotland is used properly, has revealed more details about the actual coverage, funding and broadband speed expectations of the country’s £410 Million Digital Scotland roll-out programme with BT.

WarwickNet Brings Superfast Broadband to Tanshire Park in Surrey UK

25th February, 2015 (0 Comments)

Business ISP WarwickNet have announced that they’ve established a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Tanshire Park’s main communications room, with fibres said to be “strategically running to sub-areas across the site“.

UK ISP Entanet Says There is Still a Niche Market for FTTP Broadband

25th February, 2015 (9 Comments)

Communications provider Entanet has said that there is still a market for BTOpenreach’s ultrafast native Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband in the United Kingdom, although its appeal remains in a “relatively small niche market” and is held back by limited availability.

UK ISP BT Fixes HomeHub 5A FTTC Router Disconnection and Reboot Bug

24th February, 2015 (8 Comments)

Customers of the BTInfinity (FTTC) superfast broadband package(s), specifically those with a HomeHub 5A router (integrated VDSL2 modem), may be pleased to hear that the ISP has finally deployed a firmware fix to tackle a nasty bug that was causing random disconnections and device reboots.

BT’s “Fibre Broadband” Network in Scotland Reaches 1.5 Million Premises

24th February, 2015 (8 Comments)

The national UK telecoms operator, BT, has today announced that their “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC) network is now available to 1.5 million homes and businesses across Scotland, which is up sharply from 1 million in April last year.

KC’s Fibre Optic Broadband Network to Cover 60,000 Hull UK Premises

21st February, 2015 (3 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms operator for East Yorkshire and Hull, KC (KCOM), has quietly announced that their superfast “Lightstream” fibre optic (FTTP/C) broadband network is to be expanded beyond the current target of 45,000 premises by March 2015 and will add another 15,000 homes and businesses to their footprint by around spring 2016.

EU Caution Ofcom Over Regulation of BT’s FTTC “Fibre Broadband” Prices

20th February, 2015 (28 Comments)

The national UK telecoms regulator’s plan to control the margin between BT’s wholesale and retail superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC) prices has suffered a setback, albeit a non-binding one, after the European Commission (EC) warned that the “proposed approach lacks the necessary flexibility” and could result in higher retail prices for consumers.

Durham Sign Extended BT and BDUK “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Contract

18th February, 2015 (48 Comments)

The Digital Durham project in England, which includes Gateshead, Tees Valley, Sunderland and currently aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 98% of local premises by September 2016 (96% will get “superfast” speeds of 24Mbps+), has signed a second contract that should push the network coverage near to the magic 100% mark.

Welsh Government Tenders to Extend Superfast Business Broadband

17th February, 2015 (34 Comments)

The Welsh Government appears to have posted an official tender for their Superfast Cymru “Infill Project“, which will look to extend the reach of superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services to beyond the current target(s).

UPDATE BT Replace Faulty PSU on Some FTTC Broadband Modems

17th February, 2015 (22 Comments)

An apparently small number of Openreach’s VDSL (FTTC) “fibre broadband” modem users are being sent replacement white power adaptors (HW-120100B12W) after a “manufacturing fault” allegedly meant that a component inside the old black PSU adapter plug (FM120007-UK) might “fail and break the casing“.

Local ISP Deploys 1000Mbps FTTH Broadband to Part of Rural Cheddleton

17th February, 2015 (10 Comments)

Residents of St. Edward’s Park, a small rural community in the Staffordshire (England) village of Cheddleton, are celebrating after local ISP Internet Connections began rolling out a 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network to the area. But oddly the local community already had superfast access.