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ISP Hyperoptic Add No Contract Option to 1Gbps FTTP Home Broadband

6th July, 2015 (11 Comments)

Pure fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic, which offers home broadband speeds of up to 1000Mbps across growing parts of several major UK cities (particularly London), has introduced a “no contract” option for new customers who take one of their unlimited usage Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based packages.

UPDATE2 Gigaclear and Call Flow Win Fibre Broadband Contract for Berkshire

3rd July, 2015 (19 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear, fresh from picking up the state aid fuelled contracts for Epping Forest (Essex) and rural Gloucestershire, has today picked up another win by securing a deal to roll-out their 1000Mbps FTTP broadband network to parts of remote rural Berkshire in England. Call Flow Solutions will also deploy some slower FTTC.

UPD Sky Broadband Build New 1Gbps FTTH Trial for 5000 Derbyshire Homes

24th June, 2015 (10 Comments)

Contractors who appear to be working for Sky (Sky Broadband) have been spotted building new telegraph poles and fibre optic cable ducting around the civil parish village of Woodville, Midway and the Swadlincote areas of Derbyshire in England. Some 5,000 local homes will benefit.

VIDEO Documentary of B4RN’s UK Rural Fibre Optic Broadband Rollout

22nd June, 2015 (8 Comments)

The community built B4RN project, which is rolling out a 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTH) network to thousands of premises in rural Lancashire in England (inc. parts of Yorkshire and Cumbria), has uploaded an interesting new documentary film that charts their history and on-going work.

Hereford Enterprise Zone Hunts for Ultrafast Fibre Optic Broadband Fix

19th June, 2015 (1 Comment)

The Herefordshire County Council are working to deliver an alternative “ultrafast broadband” solution to help businesses within the Hereford Enterprise Zone at Rotherwas, which can already receive expensive leased lines or cheaper FTTC connectivity from BT; but apparently neither of those are good enough.

New Map of London UK Shows Slow Broadband is Like a Digital Cancer

17th June, 2015 (32 Comments)

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has today launched a “major drive” to boost broadband connectivity in the capital, although it’s mostly the same stuff as we saw being announced last year. At least there’s now a map to depict just how bad the situation is, especially in the city centre.

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.

UPDATE B4RN Rural Broadband Project Sees Queen’s Birthday Honours

13th June, 2015 (11 Comments)

The CEO of the community funded and built B4RN network (Barry Forde), which is currently rolling out an ultrafast Gigabit capable fibre optic (FTTH) network to homes across remote parts of rural Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria in England, has today been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (2015).

Cybermoor Hunt GBP150k to Build Fibre Optic Broadband in Northumberland

12th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Cybermoor Networks has launched a new “community share offer” in order to help it raise the £150,000 needed in order to roll-out a new ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTH/P) and fixed wireless broadband network around the South Tyne Valley in West Northumberland (England).

LA6B4RN to Bring 1Gbps Broadband to Leck and Cowan Bridge – Lancashire

12th June, 2015 (4 Comments)

The B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) project has spawned another spin-off scheme called LA6B4RN, which is proposing to roll-out a 1000Mbps capable pure fibre optic (FTTH) broadband network to connect every property in the rural villages of Masongill, Ireby, Leck, Cowan Bridge and Overtown (Lancashire, England).

GTC and Sky Bring 300Mbps FTTH Broadband and TV to New Reading Homes

9th June, 2015 (21 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today extended their existing relationship with utility infrastructure provider GTC by announcing a joint plan to make a new 300Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network and TV services available to homes at a popular Bellway Homes development (Kings Mead) in the large town of Reading (Berkshire, England).

CityFibre Seeks Support for New Ultrafast Fibre Optic Network in Edinburgh

4th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure developer CityFibre has launched its “Gig Up Edinburgh” campaign, which encourages local businesses and institutions in Scotland’s capital city to register their interest in the installation of a new “ultra-fast” pure fibre optic broadband network.

Ultrafast UK Fibre Optic ISP Hyperoptic Reduces its Broadband Prices

1st June, 2015 (1 Comment)

Urban fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic, which offers home broadband speeds of up to 1000Mbps across parts of several major UK cities (particularly London), will today reduce its prices for the first 12 month contract term to new customers.

2 Years On – B4RN Connect 1000+ Lancashire Homes to FTTH Broadband

26th May, 2015 (36 Comments)

It’s officially a shade over two years since the community built and funded B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) project first put shovels to the ground and began building their own 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband network to connect remote parts of rural Lancashire (England). But with over 1,000 premises now live, there’s still plenty more to come.

UK ISP Hyperoptic Touts Hyperfast 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Boat Broadband

21st May, 2015 (1 Comment)

Pure fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has announced that their 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/B) network has just reached residential boats in London’s South Dock marina (including South Dock and Greenland Dock), which we guess makes it a “Fibre-to-the-Boat” service. Ho ho.

TrueSpeed Deploying 10Gbps Fibre Optic Broadband to North East Somerset

12th May, 2015 (8 Comments)

A previously unknown operator called TrueSpeed Communications has announced a new deal with Hibernia Networks, which will help it to roll-out a 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable pure fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network to cover homes and businesses in parts of North East Somerset and possibly Wiltshire (England).

UK ISP Gigaclear Win Huge £30m Rural Fibre Optic Broadband Funding Boost

11th May, 2015 (2 Comments)

Internet provider Gigaclear, which specialises in deploying ultrafast 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) networks into some of the most economically challenging rural parts of the United Kingdom, have secured another £30 million from investors to help dramatically increase their network coverage.