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ISP Velocity1 Expands 1Gbps FTTP Broadband to 475 Wembley Park Homes

6th May, 2015 (1 Comment)

London ISP Velocity1 has confirmed that their 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has recently been expanded to cover more of Wembley, specifically 475 homes inside the Wembley Park development.

Rural B4YS FTTH Broadband Rollout Reaches Yealand Village Hall

5th May, 2015 (3 Comments)

The B4RN 4 Yealand, Silverdale & Storth (B4YS) project, which is working with B4RN to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network for three rural Lancashire (England) villages (Yealand, Silverdale and Storth), has achieved a significant milestone by connecting Yealand Village Hall.

Hmm.. Angie Pledges 10Gbps Fibre Optic Broadband to 3 Million UK Premises

24th April, 2015 (18 Comments)

Who? A strange and unexpected press release just crossed our desk, which stems from a company in the Netherlands that we’ve not heard of before, Angie Communications. Essentially they plan to “aggressively” rollout a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 3 million premises and make “4.5G” and 5G mobile broadband available to 95% and 90% of the UK respectively by 2021.

Cotswolds Broadband Set to Lay Fibre Optic Cable in West Oxfordshire

23rd April, 2015 (11 Comments)

The Cotswolds Broadband project, which last year tendered for a supplier to help roll-out a 100Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to the majority of homes and businesses in West Oxfordshire (England), now looks set to begin building the network by September 2015.

Europe Moots Future Ultrafast Broadband Speed Targets for Post 2020

18th April, 2015 (17 Comments)

The European Commission’s new Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Günther Oettinger, has for the first time started to discuss what targets we should aim for after the current Digital Agenda programme completes and hopefully delivers “superfast” broadband speeds of 30Mbps+ to all by 2020; with 50% also subscribed to a 100Mbps+ service.

Hyperoptic Brings 1Gbps FTTB Broadband to First Liverpool UK Homes

7th April, 2015 (0 Comments)

Pure fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has announced that the first five apartment blocks to receive their symmetric 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) network in the city of Liverpool have now gone live and a further 16 developments are also undergoing installation work.

Hyperoptic Expands 1Gbps FTTB Broadband Network to UK Businesses

20th March, 2015 (0 Comments)

Urban focused ISP Hyperoptic has announced that their Gigabit (1Gbps) capable Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) broadband network has today been expanded to cater for businesses across various parts of the 12 UK cities in which they currently have a presence.

UPDATE Budget 2015 – Osborn Pledges to Deliver 100Mbps Ultrafast Broadband

18th March, 2015 (44 Comments)

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP, has today set out the Government’s annual Budget 2015 report for the United Kingdom. Unlike past budgets this one is different because it comes immediately before a General Election and that usually means big promises, such as pledging 100Mbps “ultra-fast” broadband to “nearly all the homes in the country” and a possible 5Mbps+ USO.

UPDATE Gigaclear Plan 1Gbps Fibre Optic Broadband for Rural North Yorkshire

18th March, 2015 (2 Comments)

Rural focused ISP Gigaclear has announced their first expansion into Yorkshire (Northern England) by revealing plans to deploy their ultrafast 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) based broadband network into the villages of Cononley and Carleton, with more to follow.

ISP Hyperoptic Revamps UK Brand and Fibre Optic Broadband Prices

9th March, 2015 (13 Comments)

Hyperoptic, an independent provider that is deploying 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband networks across several cities in the United Kingdom and which already reaches 100,000 premises, has today refreshed their brand identify, launched a new website and introduced a revised range of packages and prices for home users.

CityFibre to Build City-Wide Ultrafast Fibre Optic Network in Edinburgh

3rd March, 2015 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic infrastructure builder CityFibre has partnered up with local business ISP Commsworld to roll-out a new 150km long “ultra-fast” pure fibre optic broadband network in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. The huge project represents CityFibre’s largest “Gigabit City” investment and its second deployment in Scotland.

Hyperoptic Brings 1Gbps FTTB Broadband to First Buildings in Leeds UK

27th February, 2015 (0 Comments)

Ultrafast fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has announced that residents of The Basilica, a development (apartment block) in the city centre, have become the first of many buildings in the city of Leeds (West Yorkshire, England) to benefit from their new symmetric 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) broadband network.

Gigaclear Shows Altnets Can Bring Fibre Optic Broadband to UK Schools

24th February, 2015 (15 Comments)

Alternative network provider Gigaclear has today demonstrated how they too can take on the big operators by using their new 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network in the rural market town of Uppingham (Rutland, England) to connect a big local School.

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.

Gigaclear Secure Extra £6.5m to Boost Rollout of 1Gbps Rural Broadband

13th February, 2015 (1 Comment)

Rural fibre optic ISP Gigaclear, which specialises in rolling out 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband services to rural communities across the United Kingdom, has today announced the successful raising of another £6.5 million from investors that will help them to reach an additional 6,000 homes and businesses.

B4RN Celebrate as 800 Homes Get 1Gbps FTTH Broadband in Lancashire

11th February, 2015 (28 Comments)

The community built and funded B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) project has announced that they’ve now connected 800 homes (up from 600 in November 2014) to their 1000Mbps (1 Gigabit per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network in rural Lancashire (England).

UPDATE UK Still Absent from 2015 Global Ultrafast FTTH Broadband Ranking

11th February, 2015 (21 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe, which campaigns for the adoption of Fibre-to-the-Home (100Mbps+) ultrafast fibre optic broadband technology, has published its latest global ranking of FTTH/P/B progress and sadly, despite some good growth in the past year, the United Kingdom continues to be a no show.