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Fibre Eating Mice Delay First 1Gbps B4RN Broadband Links in Arkholme

22nd January, 2013 (16 Comments)

The Broadband For the Rural North (B4RN) scheme, which is attempting to deploy a new community funded and built fibre optic broadband (FTTH) network in parts of rural Lancashire (England, UK), faced an unexpected delay over Christmas after rodents nibbled their way through one of the operators fibre ducts.

Gigaclear and Call Flow Compete for West Kent UK Rural Broadband

21st January, 2013 (1 Comment)

Rural homes and businesses in western Kent (England) look set to benefit after two ISPs, Gigaclear and Call Flow Solutions, confirmed that they were separately aiming to improve broadband internet services to a number of overlapping local villages surrounding the town of Sevenoaks. A mix of wireless and fibre solutions will be used.

BT Accuses ISP TalkTalk of Clinging to a Copper Broadband Raft

16th January, 2013 (14 Comments)

BT has warned Dido Harding, the boss of its arch rival TalkTalk, that her ISP is in danger of being “remembered as broadband luddites clinging to a copper raft in a sea of fibre” after Harding criticised the lack of competition and regulation in the United Kingdom’s emerging market for fibre optic based superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services.

ISP Gigler Offers 6 Months Half Price 1Gbps Broadband in Bournemouth

7th January, 2013 (7 Comments)

Gigler (CityFibre), which operates a 1000Mbps (500Mbps uploads) capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) based fibre optic broadband ISP service in Bournemouth (England), has today slashed the price of its package by half for the first six months of service.

Fibre GarDen Details Superfast Broadband Plan for Garsdale and Dentdale

3rd January, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Fibre GarDen project, which aims to create a new fibre optic superfast broadband (30Mbps+) network to connect 100% of premises in the project footprint of Garsdale and Dentdale (Cumbria, England) by 2014, has recently published its State Aid Notice (public consultation) that reveals more detail about their plan.

Will the Real Fibre Optic Broadband Service Please Stand Up

2nd January, 2013 (31 Comments)

When is a “fibre optic” broadband service not fibre optic? The answer might seem obvious but if so then it’s not something that the industry appears keen to respect. But just what does the term fibre optic actually mean and why are ISPs so eager to use and in some cases abuse it.

ISP Gigaclear Brings 1000Mbps Fibre Broadband to Uppingham in Rutland UK

19th December, 2012 (0 Comments)

Gigaclear has announced plans to upgrade its Rutland Telecom managed network in the rural market town of Uppingham (Leicestershire) with a new 1Gpbs (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) service, which will be priced from £37 per month.

Gigaclear Confirm 1Gbps Fibre Broadband for Fyfield and Tubney in 2013

6th December, 2012 (7 Comments)

UK ISP Gigaclear has today confirmed that the two Oxfordshire villages of Fyfield and Tubney (England) can expect to receive ultra-fast broadband speeds of up to 1Gpbs (Gigabits per second) via a new fibre optic (FTTP) network from early 2013.

ISP Seethelight Confirms Price Revamp for its UK FTTH Broadband Service

5th December, 2012 (3 Comments)

ISP Seethelight, which offers a 200Mbps ultrafast fibre optic broadband service (FTTH) to several parts of the UK via the Independent Fibre Networks Limited (IFNL) platform, has revealed a series of new price hikes and some reductions that will take effect from 15th January 2013.

UPD2 Government Name 12 Smaller UK Cities for Ultrafast Broadband Boost

5th December, 2012 (0 Comments)

The UK government’s Chancellor, George Osborne MP, has today announced his Autumn Statement and revealed the final list of 12 “smaller cities” that will benefit from around £50m (Urban Broadband Fund) to help expand the coverage of “ultra-fast” broadband (80-100Mbps+) and “high speed” public wifi services into neglected areas.

CityFibre Will Expand York UK Fibre Optic Network to Businesses and Homes

4th December, 2012 (2 Comments)

CityFibre, which builds fibre optic infrastructure for cities in the United Kingdom, has announced that its “open access” and city-wide Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) style ultrafast broadband network in York will be extended to serve local businesses from early next year (Q1-2013). Residential homes to follow.

ISP KC Expands Fibre Optic Broadband to 45,000 Hull UK Premises by 2015

27th November, 2012 (0 Comments)

KC, the incumbent internet and phone provider for Hull and East Yorkshire (England), has successfully completed the initial roll-out of their “super-fast” 350Mbps capable and fibre optic based Lightstream broadband service to pass 15,000 local premises. It now plans to reach an extra 30,000 homes and businesses by March 2015.

Gigaclear Secure Cash to Substantially Boost Rural Fibre Broadband Roll Out

23rd November, 2012 (8 Comments)

UK ISP Gigaclear (Rutland Telecom) has successfully secured enough equity financing to “substantially accelerate” the roll-out of its ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) based broadband networks into more rural communities.

B4RN Connects First Live 1Gbps FTTH Broadband Homes in Lancashire UK

20th November, 2012 (4 Comments)

The Broadband For the Rural North (B4RN) project, which aims to reach thousands of rural homes in Lancashire’s (England) Lower Lune Valley area with a 1Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable community funded and built Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network, has now connected the first 14 premises to its service.

Evolution in Fibre Optic FTTP Broadband Deployment Could Cut Costs by 10%

16th November, 2012 (5 Comments)

Ofcom has published a new Analysys Mason report that examines the cost of various civil engineering technologies for deploying superfast fibre optic broadband ISP services in the United Kingdom. It reveals that roll-out costs could be slashed by 10% if some of the latest innovations were adopted by BT and others.

Wandsworth UK Moots Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband for Council Flats

13th November, 2012 (3 Comments)

Wandsworth Council has announced it is “considering options” for partnering up with an ISP that could help to make superfast fibre optic (FTTH/P) broadband services available to the borough’s council flats and possibly also local businesses. But will doing so boost broadband uptake?

BT Claim UK is Already in the Vanguard of EU Fibre Broadband Deployment

13th November, 2012 (5 Comments)

BT has said that the United Kingdom is already in the “vanguard of fibre deployment” within Europe and called upon the European Parliament’s ITRE Committee to release detailed economic modelling to support their latest proposal, which demands speeds of 100Mbps for every home in the EU by 2020.