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BT Commit GBP6.4m to Rollout Superfast Broadband in The Black Country

30th September, 2014 (7 Comments)

As expected BT has been chosen as the supplier for a £12.2 million Broadband Delivery UK based project in The Black Country (Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton – England’s West Midlands), which aims to make fixed line superfast broadband (24Mbps+) speeds available to 98% of local premises by mid-2017.

Horton Village Angry at Superslow BDUK and BT Broadband Upgrade

26th September, 2014 (14 Comments)

Some 150 residents of Horton, a small and quite remote rural South Gloucestershire (England) village, have expressed anger at the performance of BT’s recent Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) funded upgrades that are reportedly failing to deliver the promised “superfast” (24Mbps+) speeds.

UPDATE BT Boast of 1000Mbps G.fast and FTTdp Broadband Technology

25th September, 2014 (49 Comments)

Earlier this month ISPreview.co.uk became the first to reveal some of the results from BT’s first field trial of hybrid-fibre G.fast (ITU G.9701) and FTTdp broadband technology (here) and today the operator, perhaps seizing on recent calls from UK Labour Party activists, delivered its own take describing the service as “very promising … with significant potential” for the future.

BT Adds UK Autumn 2014 Promotions with Cheaper Broadband

24th September, 2014 (0 Comments)

The start of a new season tends to mean new promotions and BT’s consumer division has obliged by introducing several new offers on their various standard (ADSL) and superfast (FTTC) broadband packages, which among other things pushes their entry-level ‘up to’ 17Mbps service down to just £2.50 per month for the first 6 months (£8 thereafter).

South Gloucestershire UK Extends BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

22nd September, 2014 (0 Comments)

A local campaign has succeeding in extending the reach of BT’s “superfast broadband” (25Mbps+ FTTC/P) network in South Gloucestershire, which will now be expanded into a number of additional locations on its way to reaching 94% of the county by the end of March 2015.

BT Signs GBP22.4m Superfast Broadband Rollout for South Yorkshire

19th September, 2014 (2 Comments)

As expected BT has now officially signed a new Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) contract that will aim to roll-out FTTC/P based “fibre broadband” services to 98% of South Yorkshire (i.e. Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield) by the end of 2017.

UPD BT Openreach Moot Naked FTTC Superfast Broadband Without Phone

17th September, 2014 (7 Comments)

BTOpenreach has proposed a new product option (‘Single-Order GEA-FTTC’) that could allow customers to take a Fibre-to-the-Cabinet based superfast broadband service, albeit without also needing to have a traditional phone solution for voice calls (aka – Naked FTTC).

Suffolk’s Superfast Broadband Rollout is 6 Weeks Ahead of Schedule

17th September, 2014 (10 Comments)

Time and again we’ve been told that the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme with BT is running way behind schedule (example) and yet actual progress on the ground consistently appears to suggest otherwise. The latest example comes from the Better Broadband for Suffolk project in England, which has just reached the 50,000 premises passed mark and now claims to be more than 6 weeks ahead of schedule.

ISP Origin Broadband Tries to Move on from their Digital Region Woes

16th September, 2014 (5 Comments)

South Yorkshire ISP Origin Broadband has attempted to move on from last month’s customer support and connectivity troubles (here), which related to the closure of Digital Region’s (DRL) local network, by officially launching their new services and offering free unlimited broadband to “everyone within reach of our network who takes line rental“.

Funding Woes as Middlesbrough Expands BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

15th September, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Middlesbrough Council in North East England has this week approved additional funding of £493k, which will be used to help make BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services available to 95% of people by 2017 (including an additional 500 local businesses). But the funding represents less than half what was actually made available.

UPDATE NGA Broadband Reaches 87.9% of UK as FTTH Tops 251K Premises

10th September, 2014 (13 Comments)

The latest information on superfast broadband availability has revealed that, at the end of June 2014, some 87.9% of premises in the United Kingdom were in areas that are listed as offering services via a Next Generation Access (NGA) network and some 251,522 (premises passed) were potentially within reach of a true ultrafast (100Mbps+) fibre optic (FTTH/P/B) connection.

Shropshire UK Confirm New Map and Next 13 Areas for Superfast Broadband

10th September, 2014 (3 Comments)

The Connecting Shropshire project in England has announced a list of 13 new telephone exchange areas that can expect to be upgraded to support BT’s new “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network by December 2015.

Planning Application in Oxfordshire Reveals New BT Fibre Coverage

8th September, 2014 (0 Comments)

A small slither of fresh news from the £25 million Better Broadband for Oxfordshire project reveals that the Harlequin Group (on behalf of BTOpenreach) has submitted a planning application for the installation of 8 new ‘up to’ 80Mbps capable FTTC street cabinets in Sonning Common, Gallowstree Common and Peppard Common (South Oxfordshire).

Interview – BDUK CEO Talks FTTP, Council Broadband Maps and BT Competition

8th September, 2014 (15 Comments)

A lot has been said about the ups and downs of the Government’s national Broadband Delivery UK scheme, not least with regards to the lack of detailed coverage maps, BT’s dominance of the contract(s) and how the final gap of 5% will be closed. ISPreview.co.uk has today roped in the CEO of BDUK, Christopher Townsend, to answer some of the most common queries.

UK ISP Orbital Net Expands Unbundled Broadband Network in Kent

5th September, 2014 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Orbital Net, which includes fixed wireless provider Vfast among its flock, has been busy unbundling (LLU)/taking racks in BT’s telephone exchanges across Kent in order to take advantage of Generic Ethernet Access (GEA) solutions to offer superfast FTTC broadband to local businesses and homes.

First BT Trial of Future G.Fast Copper Broadband Hits Nearly 720Mbps

2nd September, 2014 (89 Comments)

The next generation of hybrid-fibre G.fast (aka – FTTC2 / ITU G.9700) and FTTdp broadband technology managed to achieve an aggregate downstream / upstream speed of nearly 720Mbps (Megabits per second) during BTOpenreach’s first UK trial with Huawei, which took place at several homes near the operators Adastral Park engineering HQ in Ipswich (England).

UK ISP Axis Offers 6 Months Half Price “Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband”

1st September, 2014 (4 Comments)

Hull-based business ISP Axis, which boldly claims to be “the UK’s leading business telecoms and utilities provider” (rivals may disagree), has announced that they’re offering new customers six months half price “superfast fibre optic broadband” (note: it’s actually an FTTC product not FTTH/P) to all new small and medium sized business customers.