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Ed Vaizey MP Praises “fantastic” B4RN 1Gbps Rural Broadband Network

15th March, 2016 (2 Comments)

The Government’s Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey, has turned a veiled criticism of Lancashire’s (England) Broadband Delivery UK programme (Superfast Lancashire) into some welcome praise for the alternative and community-built B4RN (Broadband 4 the Rural North) project.

IHS Claim Cityfibre FTTP to Cover 20 Percent of UK Homes by 2020

9th March, 2016 (4 Comments)

A new report from IHS has said that Cityfibre’s Gigabit fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network will increase its coverage area from “15% of all UK households to 20%” by 2020, which will help to boost NGA Internet connections to 15.5 million. But the figures do require some clarification.

BT Pledge to “Significantly” Boost UK Rollout of Ultrafast FTTP Broadband

9th March, 2016 (35 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Gavin Patterson, has confirmed to the ‘Media & Telecoms 2016 & Beyond‘ conference in London that he will “significantly … accelerate the deployment” of their ultrafast 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology. But the details remain wafer thin.

VIDEO How B4RN’s Community 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network Began

8th March, 2016 (10 Comments)

The outspoken co-founder of the rural Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire focused community B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) project, Christine Conder, has uploaded a new video to help explain how their successful Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network first got off the ground.

TrueSpeed Begin FTTP Fibre Optic Dig to North East Somerset Villages

8th March, 2016 (9 Comments)

The diggers have finally come out after TrueSpeed Communications confirmed that they had started the build of their new symmetric 100Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which will initially connect the rural village of Priston in North East Somerset (England).

Gloucestershire Council Suspend Broadband Funding for the Cotswolds

5th March, 2016 (4 Comments)

At least part of the on-going effort to roll-out superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services in the Cotswolds, which is a rural area that predominantly straddles both Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, has been halted after Gloucestershire Council suspended £500,000 of its joint funding.

Government and Corbyn Spar Over a “Gigabit Britain” Broadband Future

3rd March, 2016 (52 Comments)

The leader of the UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn MP, has claimed that broadband connectivity in the United Kingdom is being held back by “government foot-dragging and ideological dithering,” which he suggests can only be improved by pushing more public money towards fibre optic services.

ITU Gain Consent for New 40Gbps Ultrafast FTTH Broadband Standard

2nd March, 2016 (39 Comments)

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has gained first-stage approval (“consent“) for a new set of international Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband standards, which can support both 40Gbps speeds (NG-PON2) and symmetrical 10Gbps speeds (XGS-PON).

IoD Demands 10,000Mbps Ultrafast Broadband to Cover UK by 2030

29th February, 2016 (39 Comments)

Not an iceberg’s chance in hell. The Institute of Directors, which represents around 35,000 business leaders and directors, has called on the Government to go beyond their current ambition to deliver a Universal Service Obligation of 10Mbps broadband for all by 2020 and take us to 10,000Mbps by 2030.

A Closer Look at Ofcom’s Proposed BT Openreach Duct and Pole Access

28th February, 2016 (22 Comments)

One of the key changes in last week’s Strategic Review, which saw Ofcom move to increase the separation between BT and the division responsible for its UK phone and broadband network (Openreach), was the proposal to introduce a new wholesale Duct and Pole Access (DPA) solution to help ISPs build alternative networks.

Priston in North East Somerset to Get 100Mbps FTTP Broadband in April

23rd February, 2016 (27 Comments)

North East Somerset (England) ISP TrueSpeed Communications (formerly Wansdyke Telecom) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that their new symmetric 100Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network should be going live in the rural village of Priston during April 2016.

Sky’s UK CEO Ignores Weekend Reports – Makes Final Plea to Split BT

22nd February, 2016 (62 Comments)

The CEO of Sky UK (Sky Broadband), Jeremy Darroch, has today made a final plea in the hope of encouraging Ofcom to split BT from control of their national telecoms network (Openreach), which Darroch claims is the only way to encourage investment in 1Gbps+ FTTH/P broadband and to stop BT “[sweating] its copper assets” for slower connectivity.

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.

UPDATE UK Still Absent on World Ultrafast FTTH Broadband Ranking

17th February, 2016 (14 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe, which campaigns for the adoption of ultrafast Gigabit (1000Mbps+) capable Fibre-to-the-Home broadband technology, has published its latest global ranking of FTTH/P/B progress and unsurprisingly the United Kingdom still doesn’t even make it to the list.

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.

GTC Bring FTTH Broadband to New Homes in London and High Wycombe

16th February, 2016 (0 Comments)

Utility infrastructure provider GTC has announced that their 300Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network is being deployed across two new build developments in London and High Wycombe, which should benefit 445 homes.

Hyde Group Housing Association and Hyperoptic Rollout 1Gbps Broadband

15th February, 2016 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has joined forces with the Hyde Group, which is a United Kingdom focused Housing Association with 50,000 homes under its banner, in order to roll-out their ultrafast 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to related residents.