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Remote Balquhidder Community Preps Own 1Gbps FTTH Broadband

21st April, 2016 (18 Comments)

The remote rural community of Balquhidder in the Stirling council area of Scotland has setup its own Community Interest Company (CIC) and is poised to start the roll-out of an ultrafast 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which could benefit up to 170 local properties.

GibFibreSpeed Bring 10Gbps FTTH Broadband to 60-70 Percent of Gibraltar

20th April, 2016 (9 Comments)

Some 60-70% of Gibraltar, which is a British overseas territory that sits on the southern end of Spain’s Iberian Peninsula in the Mediterranean sea, is now within reach of an ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/B) broadband network thanks to local ISP GibFibreSpeed (A.J. Sheriff Electrical Ltd.).

Cityfibre Turnover Hits GBP6.4m as Fibre Serves 1200 Customer Premises

18th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure developer Cityfibre has today reported their final results to the end of 2015, which reveals that their cable duct and fibre network footprint comprised 743km (2014: 543km) serving 1,200 customer premises (up from 885 in 2014) and turnover jumped by 67% to £6.4m.

FTTH Overtakes Cable as World Broadband Users Hit 751 Million

18th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

The total number of world broadband subscriptions reached 751.2 million at the end of last year, which is a quarterly Q4 2015 growth of around +1.31% (down from +1.4% in Q3 2015) and there are now more FTTH users worldwide than those using cable (e.g. Virgin Media) technologies.

TrueSpeed Connect First NE Somerset Village to 100Mb FTTP Broadband

15th April, 2016 (11 Comments)

After one month of muddy digging TrueSpeed Communications has finally announced that they’ve connected their first North East Somerset (England) customer to a new 100Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the rural village of Priston.

Hyperoptic Extend 1Gbps Broadband Network to 13th UK City – Brighton

11th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Pure fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has this morning announced that their Gigabit (1000Mbps) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/B) broadband network is now being expanded to a 13th “hyper-city“, Brighton in East Sussex (England).

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.

Gigaclear Secure GBP24m to Expand Rural 5Gbps FTTP Broadband Rollout

5th April, 2016 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Gigaclear, which is rolling out an ultrafast 5Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to rural communities across the United Kingdom, has today announced yet another equity investment boost of £24m that will be used to help further expand their coverage.

Cityfibre’s Fibre Optic Network Boosted by Exa Networks and Diva Telecom

5th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure developer Cityfibre has today announced a new partnership with two business ISPs, Exa Networks and Diva Telecom. Both providers have promise to add around 350 sites to the operators national UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) / Ethernet / Leased Line network.

GTC Add ISP Love Your Broadband to Offer Ultrafast FTTH at New Builds

4th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Utility infrastructure provider GTC, which among other things deploys 300Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband networks to new build home developments, has added a new ISP (Love Your Broadband) to offer services over its network (includes a FIRS distributed Sky TV package).

Urban Fibre Optic ISP Hyperoptic Cuts Ultrafast Broadband Prices

4th April, 2016 (6 Comments)

Consumers covered by Hyperoptic’s ultrafast 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/B) network in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Cardiff, Bristol, Reading, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham or Newcastle can now order the service for a reduced price.

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.

FISP Calls for 1000Mbps Broadband to be Deployed Across London UK

31st March, 2016 (23 Comments)

The Foundation for Information Society Policy (FISP) think-tank has said that some 20 cities in the United Kingdom are on their way to rolling out Gigabit (1000Mbps+) class broadband services, but London isn’t one of them and they want the capital’s mayoral candidates to change that.

New Micro Fibre Optic Cable to Help BT Openreach’s UK Network Capacity

25th March, 2016 (5 Comments)

Openreach (BT) looks set to further boost capacity on their UK fibre optic network and harness spare space in some existing cable ducts by overblowing a new-ish type of super small fibre optic cable (72-fibre at 5mm diameter), which could save a bit of time and money.

Cityfibre to Build 50km Ultrafast Fibre Optic Network in Southend-on-Sea

17th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic builder Cityfibre has today won a new 10-year and £3.24 million contract to build a new 50km long Dark Fibre network in Southend-on-Sea (Essex, England), which will provide ultrafast broadband and data services to 120 key public sector sites and local businesses.

F4RN Raise GBP84K to Bring 100Mbps Broadband to Rural Nottinghamshire

16th March, 2016 (1 Comment)

The B4RN inspired and community backed Fibre for Rural Nottinghamshire (F4RN) project, which aims to roll-out a 100Mbps broadband service to the rural Nottinghamshire (England) villages of Fiskerton and Morton (Fiskerton-cum-Morton), has managed to raise £84,250 to fuel its effort.

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.