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BT Unveil Antrim as First 330Mb G.fast Broadband Rollout Area for N.Ireland

11th April, 2017 (14 Comments)

None of the 17 initial pilot locations announced for BT’s pilot of 330Mbps capable G.fast (ITU G.9700/9701) broadband technology has included anywhere in Northern Ireland, but all that changed today after they confirmed that 4,000 premises in Antrim would benefit.

UK ISP BT Removes Capped Broadband Packages and Cuts Unlimited Prices

11th April, 2017 (9 Comments)

As most people known BT’s Consumer ISP division has long offered a range of broadband packages with capped usage allowances, at least it did until today as the options have been removed in order to avoid confusion. At the same time they’ve cut the price of their unlimited usage options.

Hyperoptic – 1Gbps Broadband for Thousands of Thurrock Social Housing Tenants

11th April, 2017 (1 Comment)

Urban fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has today reached yet another social housing agreement, which means that “thousands” of homes in Thurrock (Essex) will soon gain access to their ultrafast 1Gbps capable FTTP/B based broadband network. A special £9 a month 5Mbps option will also be offered.

Cityfibre Deploy Ultrafast Gigabit FTTP Broadband in Slough and Maidenhead

10th April, 2017 (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has announced that two further large towns in Berkshire (England) – Slough and Maidenhead – will be the next on their list to benefit from the deployment of a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband and Ethernet network for local businesses.

Cityfibre Fined £35K for “serious failures” with Road Works Safety in Scotland

5th April, 2017 (2 Comments)

The Scottish Road Works Commissioner has fined fibre optic network builder Cityfibre £35,000 due to a “number of serious failures to comply with road works legislation in Scotland,” such as the one that occurred in Edinburgh (here) after a contractor sat exposed in a manhole on a busy street.

Rural FTTH Broadband ISP Gigaclear Opens New Office to Support Growth

4th April, 2017 (3 Comments)

Rural fibre optic ISP Gigaclear has opened expanded office space at Abingdon Business Park (Oxfordshire), which should enable them to cope with plenty of new staff and support their ever growing roll-out of ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP/H) based broadband networks across England.

UK ISP Hyperoptic Offers 3 Months FREE Ultrafast Fibre Optic Broadband

4th April, 2017 (9 Comments)

New customers of Hyperoptic’s 1000Mbps capable FTTB/P broadband network, which is available around parts of 21 cities in the United Kingdom, can now benefit from a new offer that gives the first 3 months of service for free, albeit only when taking out a 12 month contract.

ASA UK Finally Opens Investigation into “Fibre Broadband” Advertising by ISPs

4th April, 2017 (49 Comments)

Fans of accurate definitions may be pleased to note that the Advertising Standards Authority has finally agreed to review the often confusing way in which ISPs promote “fibre broadband” packages. This can be applied to both slower hybrid fibre (FTTC) and ultrafast full fibre optic (FTTH/P) services.

240000 UK Premises to Benefit from BT’s FTTP for New Build Homes Pledge

3rd April, 2017 (10 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has confirmed that some 9,877 new housing developments, totalling more than 240,000 new premises across the United Kingdom, are so far set to benefit from new contracts that offer a “free” deployment of ultrafast 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) technology.

KCOM Confirm April – June FTTP Broadband Roll-out Areas in Hull UK

3rd April, 2017 (0 Comments)

Communications provider KCOM has today confirmed that around 10,000 extra premises in Hull (East Yorkshire) will, between now and the end of June, gain access to their new ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) dominated fibre optic broadband network.

April Fool – Adverts Watchdog Starts “Real Fibre Optic” Campaign at the UN

1st April, 2017 (6 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has joined forces with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to formally support a new resolution at the United Nations that would require all countries in the world to adopt a single definition for “fibre optic broadband“.

Hyperoptic Bring 1Gbps FTTP Broadband to Nottingham Council Residents

31st March, 2017 (1 Comment)

Urban fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has signed a new supply agreement with Nottingham City Homes (NCH), which means that council residents at the Victoria Centre Flats and The Woodlands will soon be able to access ultrafast broadband via Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology.

UPD Ofcom Start Battle Over the Price of BT 40Mbps UK Fibre Broadband Lines

31st March, 2017 (25 Comments)

The price that ISPs and consumers pay for access to a 40Mbps FTTC superfast broadband line on Openreach’s (BT) network in the United Kingdom is set to fall after the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, launched a new review of the wholesale local access market. Quality of service standards will also be improved.

UPD ISP BT Cuts 200Mbps and 300Mbps Ultrafast FTTP Broadband Prices

29th March, 2017 (26 Comments)

BT’s Consumer ISP division has started to push their ultrafast 200-300Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) based broadband packages (Infinity 3 and 4) a bit by reducing the monthly prices for new subscribers and adding a Reward Card (MasterCard) worth £125.

Virgin Media Admits Overstating its UK Cable Network Expansion Progress

29th March, 2017 (2 Comments)

A new regulatory filing has revealed that yesterday’s executive reshuffle (here) by the top brass at Virgin Media was a response to an internal review, which confirmed that the operator had overstated the roll-out progress of their ultrafast broadband and TV network expansion by 142,000 premises.

Hundreds of Trees Pruned – Openreach Pull FTTP Broadband to Rural Cumbria

27th March, 2017 (29 Comments)

Hundreds of trees have been pruned back so that Openreach’s (BT) engineers could run 12km of overhead cabling to bring “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband to around 480 premises in the rural Cumbria (England) villages of Crosthwaite, Underbarrow and Brigsteer.

First Firms Live on Cityfibre’s Gigabit FTTP Network in Reading and Bracknell

27th March, 2017 (1 Comment)

The first businesses have this week gone live on Cityfibre’s new Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband and Ethernet networks in the Berkshire towns of Bracknell and Reading, with local business ISP BtL Communications supplying the connectivity products.