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Coventry and Warwickshire UK Prep £15m “Superfast Broadband” Boost

9th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Coventry City Council in Warwickshire (England) have announced that the next phase of their roll-out of “superfast broadband” connectivity around the region will be supported by £15m worth of grants and aims to extend the network coverage to a further 8,000 local homes and businesses.

UK ISP Gigaclear Launch 12 Days of Christmas Prize Draw

8th November, 2016 (1 Comment)

New and existing customers of Gigaclear’s rural Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network, specifically those who either order a new package or upgrade their existing service, can now enter themselves into a special 12 Days of Christmas prize draw.

BT Openreach Officially Unveils 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Service and Price

8th November, 2016 (28 Comments)

After a long trial Openreach (BT) has finally announced the official launch of their new 500Mbps and 1Gbps (or 1000Mbps+ if you prefer) Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) based broadband products and prices, which marks a significant boost from its previous top speed of 330Mbps (30Mbps uploads).

Cityfibre Finally Starts Build of 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network in Glasgow

8th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

After a long delay Cityfibre has today confirmed that their contractors have started to build Phase One of a new Gigabit capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network in the centre of Glasgow (Scotland), which will be connected up to an existing 31km long network in the city and serve local businesses.

Wales Commits £80m to Expand Superfast Broadband Cover Toward 100%

7th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government’s Superfast Cymru project will shortly receive a public funding boost of ‘up to’ £80 million in order to help roll-out “fast reliable broadband” to “every property” in Wales by 2020.

Virgin Media Boosts FTTP Rollout and Tops 4.87 Million Broadband Users

4th November, 2016 (17 Comments)

Cable Internet and TV provider Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has published their latest quarterly results (calendar Q3 2016), which saw growth in their broadband base improve to total 4,867,900 customers (up by +59.9K vs +42.7K added in Q2). On top of that around 2 million premises will now benefit from ultrafast FTTP broadband.

UPDATE Welsh Government Criticised for Delay to NGA Broadband Rollout

3rd November, 2016 (44 Comments)

The Welsh Government’s Superfast Cymru contract with BT, which has been working to roll-out “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) to 96% of Wales, has been criticised by Assembly Members for failing to deliver on its original promise to bring 30Mbps+ capable networks to all premises by 2015.

WightFibre Boosts Broadband Network Capacity on the UK Isle of Wight

3rd November, 2016 (2 Comments)

Cable operator WightFibre, which serves homes and businesses on the Isle of Wight (an island just off the south coast in Hampshire, England) with TV and broadband speeds of up to 152Mbps, has announced the completion of a major network upgrade that has “increased capacity 32 times over“.

15,000 Extra Premises in the Tees Valley to Get Superfast Broadband

2nd November, 2016 (0 Comments)

The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) has announced that a new deal will result in more than 15,000 extra homes and businesses around the North East of England being put within reach of a “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) capable network by the end of 2018.

ITS Technology Brings FTTP Ultrafast Broadband to Skylon Business Park

1st November, 2016 (5 Comments)

Businesses operating from Skylon Park, which is a 72-hectare site within the Hereford Enterprise Zone, look set to benefit after the ITS Technology group announced that it would roll-out a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband network to the area using existing cable ducts.

Voneus Brings 100Mbps Fibre Optic Broadband to Rural Miserden

1st November, 2016 (8 Comments)

Homes in the rural Gloucestershire village of Miserden have apparently been taken out of the broadband “dark ages” after a little known VoIP provider called Voneus built a new fibre optic (FTTP/H) and wireless network into the area, which has made speeds of 100Mbps available to residents.

Clawback to Boost Scotland’s Highlands Fibre Broadband Cover to 86%

31st October, 2016 (27 Comments)

Good news for those living in the rural Highlands and Islands region of Scotland. The £410m Digital Scotland programme with Openreach (BT) has announced that strong take-up of “fibre broadband” means an extra 6,000 premises will be covered via a reinvestment of £2.3m.

New 10Gbps BT Link Boosts Broadband Capacity to the Shetland Islands

31st October, 2016 (7 Comments)

Telecoms operator BT has today switched-on a new 10Gbps link to the remote Scottish island of Shetland in the North Sea, which will serve to both improve local network resilience and boost capacity for Openreach’s on-going roll-out of FTTC/P based superfast broadband connectivity.

Virgin Media and Bloor Homes Push Ultrafast Broadband into New Builds

28th October, 2016 (0 Comments)

Virgin Media has unveiled a new “nationwide agreement” with property developer Bloor Homes, which will push their 300Mbps cable / FTTP broadband and TV network into over 2,000 new homes across 8 urban and rural sites in Manchester, Exeter, Coventry, Leicestershire, Nottingham and Malmesbury.

GTC Unveil UltraStream 300Mb FTTH Broadband Network for New Builds

26th October, 2016 (0 Comments)

A touch of confusion rang out this morning after utility infrastructure provider GTC “unveiled” its “UltraStream300” Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network solution for UK house builders to use. Except they’ve already been offering a 300Mbps FTTH solution like this since 2014.

TalkTalk to Extend 940Mbps FTTH Broadband in York to 40000 Premises

25th October, 2016 (36 Comments)

After leaving us in suspense TalkTalk and Cityfibre have today confirmed that their joint 940Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband trial in the city of York (England) will be extended from 14,000 premises passed today to another 40,000 over the next 2 years; supported by a new investment of £20m.

UK Government Offers Advice on Community Broadband Projects

21st October, 2016 (6 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has today uploaded a batch of reports and case studies that are designed to provide help and information for anybody looking to establish their own community broadband solutions.