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Gigaclear Sign John Henry Group for FTTP Broadband in Northamptonshire

16th November, 2017 (0 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear has signed a new deal with civil engineering company the John Henry Group, which will help to extend their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/H) broadband network to 21,000 homes and businesses in the East Midlands (Northamptonshire, UK).

BT Commit £20m to Rollout FTTP Ultrafast Broadband in Northern Ireland

16th November, 2017 (13 Comments)

BT has today unveiled a £20 million commercial investment for Northern Ireland, which will enable them to deploy “ultrafast broadband” services to a further 140,000 homes and businesses by March 2019. This will “predominantly” involve their 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

ISP TalkTalk See Growth in Broadband Users to 3.99 Million and FTTH Plan

15th November, 2017 (1 Comment)

UK Internet provider TalkTalk has today published their interim results for the 6 months to 30th September 2017 (H1 2018), which reveals that they added +46,000 new on-net broadband subscribers in the period to total 3,993,000 (29% of those use their FTTC/H “fibre broadband” network).

UK Gov Trial £3000 Vouchers for Full Fibre Gigabit Business Broadband

15th November, 2017 (8 Comments)

The Government has unveiled a £2m trial that offers vouchers worth between £500 to £3,000 to help businesses in four areas around the United Kingdom to get a Gigabit (1000Mbps+) broadband service installed, which is focused on helping to extend “full fibre” (FTTP) infrastructure.

Vodafone UK Home Broadband Price Cut as Subscribers Reach 278,000

14th November, 2017 (9 Comments)

Vodafone has published their latest Q3 2017 (calendar) results, which saw their fixed line broadband base grow by +33,000 in the quarter to total 278,000 (better than the +29K added in Q2). Meanwhile 4G Mobile coverage (population) has reached 97% of the UK and they’ve cut their FTTC prices.

Community Dig Brings Openreach FTTP Broadband to Remote Scottish Estate

14th November, 2017 (13 Comments)

Around 60 homes and businesses in the remote rural Sutherland hamlet of Altnaharra (Scotland) can now access Openreach’s (BT) new 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) “ultrafast broadband” network, thanks to new equipment and a community dig to lay 4,800 metres of cable.

SSE Telecoms UK to Lay Fibre Optic Cables in the Thames Water Sewers

14th November, 2017 (7 Comments)

SSE Enterprise Telecoms has today announced a new deal with Thames Water, which is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, that will enable them to extend their fibre optic broadband and ethernet network by laying new cables through the sewers. Fibre-in-the-Sewers (FITS).

UPDATE Uncertainty Looms Over FTTH Aylesbury Vale Broadband Rollout

11th November, 2017 (23 Comments)

The Aylesbury Vale Broadband project, which is deploying a “full fibre” (FTTH/P) broadband network to a number of rural Buckinghamshire (England, UK) villages, is currently said to be “considering expressions of interest” from potential buyers and this week also saw the operator’s MD depart.

BT Discounts 76Mbps Unlimited Infinity 2 FTTC Broadband Package Price

10th November, 2017 (6 Comments)

UK ISP BT has cut the price of their ‘up to’ 76Mbps Unlimited Infinity 2 (FTTC) broadband and phone bundle, which has been reduced from the previous offer of £49.99 a month for 18 months to just £39.99 for new customers (£56.49 thereafter). They’ve also added a £150 Reward Mastercard.

Vodafone UK and Cityfibre Target Gigabit Broadband for 5 Million Premises

9th November, 2017 (84 Comments)

In a major development Cityfibre and ISP Vodafone have this morning announced a new “long-term strategic partnership” that will bring Gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTH) broadband to “up to” 5 million homes and businesses across the United Kingdom by 2025, with the rollout starting by mid-2018.

WightFibre Prep Full Fibre Broadband for 53,000 Homes on the Isle of Wight

8th November, 2017 (1 Comment)

Cable operator WightFibre has this week taken the wraps off their plan to deploy a new “full fibre” (FTTH) ultrafast broadband network to cover 53,000 of the 61,000 homes on the Isle of Wight (Hampshire, UK) by the end of 2022, which is being supported by an investment of £35 million (Infracapital).

Cambridgeshire UK Achieves 95% Coverage of Superfast Broadband Target

7th November, 2017 (59 Comments)

The Cambridgeshire County Council has announced the completion of their Phase 2 Broadband Delivery UK contract with Openreach (BT), which has successfully expanded the coverage of FTTC/P based fixed line “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) networks to 95% of local premises by the end of 2017.

TrueSpeed Target Next Rural South West Communities for FTTP Broadband

6th November, 2017 (0 Comments)

TrueSpeed Communications, which recently secured £75m of new investment (here) and is busy rolling out an FTTP ultrafast broadband network to rural areas in South West England (UK), has named some of the next areas that are likely to benefit from their future build phase.

CEO of ISP Luminet Says UK Should Focus on Universal Gigabit Broadband

6th November, 2017 (7 Comments)

The CEO of Luminet, Sasha Williamson, has told ISPreview.co.uk as part of our new interview that the United Kingdom should focus on deploying Gigabit capable broadband networks “nationwide” and that the plan for a 10Mbps minimum download speed (USO) is “laughable in this digital age.”

UK Digital Minister Will “strain every sinew” to Cover Britain in FTTP Broadband

2nd November, 2017 (47 Comments)

The Government’s Digital Minister, Matt Hancock, has told the Broadband Stakeholder Group 2017 Conference that existing hybrid fibre FTTC services are “not fit for the future” and that they will “strain every sinew” (wrong fibre Matt) to get “full fibre” (FTTP/H) ultrafast broadband rolled out in Britain.

BT Creeps to 9.3 Million UK Retail Broadband Subs as Ultrafast Fibre Grows

2nd November, 2017 (13 Comments)

The BT Group has published their latest results for Q3 2017 (calendar), which saw their retail broadband base add 22K subscribers to total 9,307,000 (up from 19K in Q2 vs 29K in Q1) and this includes 5.285 million “fibre broadband” FTTC/P users (up by 179K vs 170K in Q2 and 211K in Q1).

CBNL Survey and TalkTalk CEO Say UK Business Broadband is Poor

1st November, 2017 (2 Comments)

A new survey of 200 UK businesses, which was commissioned by Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL), has found that 47% are not receiving the broadband speeds promised by their ISP, while 35% have been negatively impacted by slow speeds and 34% suffered significant periods of network downtime.