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Gigaclear and Hyperoptic Highlight Problems with UK Broadband and BT

4th February, 2016 (27 Comments)

Pure fibre optic ISPs Gigaclear and Hyperoptic have offered a unique insight into the current challenges with rolling out new ultrafast broadband infrastructure across the United Kingdom, not least in regards to the difficulties of going up against a state aid supported BT and the question of whether or not to separate Openreach.

Wow – Singtel Deploys 10Gbps Home Broadband Service in Singapore

4th February, 2016 (12 Comments)

As the United Kingdom continues to fight over the coverage of so-called “superfast broadband“, where download speeds must be greater than 24Mbps (0.024Gbps), Singapore has decided to up its game even further by offering home customers of Singtel a 10,000Mbps (10Gbps) FTTH package!

BT Updates on UK G.fast, SoGEA and “Slow Speed” Broadband Plans

2nd February, 2016 (27 Comments)

BT has revealed some interesting new information on their UK plans for deploying ultrafast 300-500Mbps G.fast broadband technology, as well as SoGEA’s trial status, a possible extension of VDSL (FTTC) Vectoring, a new 18Mbps “Slow Speed” product for upgrading sub-2Mbps rural lines and more.

UK ISP TalkTalk Confirm Loss of 101,000 Subscribers After Cyber-Attack

2nd February, 2016 (11 Comments)

As feared last year’s cyber-attack (here) had a significant impact upon TalkTalk, albeit not nearly as big as some had predicted (here), with today’s vague trading update reporting that the ISP’s on-net subscriber base declined by -101,000 during the final quarter of 2015 (calendar).

Worcestershire UK Unveils Next Areas to Benefit from Fibre Broadband

28th January, 2016 (5 Comments)

The Superfast Worcestershire (England) project has today announced which areas will benefit from its second contract with BTOpenreach, which aims to expand the local coverage of “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) to an additional 8,000 premises by Autumn 2017.

Government Praises WarwickNet’s Northamptonshire Broadband Rollout

28th January, 2016 (5 Comments)

Last year’s effort between the Federation of Small Businesses and WarwickNet to identify and roll-out a superfast FTTC / FTTP broadband service to business parks and industrial estates in Northamptonshire (England) has won rare praise from the central UK Government.

Hyperoptic’s 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Goes LIVE in Reading, Berkshire

26th January, 2016 (1 Comment)

Ultrafast fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has today announced that their 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network is now starting to go live across several large buildings in Reading (Berkshire, England).

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough UK Finish Phase 1 Broadband Contract

22nd January, 2016 (2 Comments)

The £29.75m Connecting Cambridgeshire project in England, which aimed to make BT’s superfast broadband (24Mbps+) network available to 90% of premises in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough by the end of 2015 (98% for the raw “fibre broadband” footprint), has today officially completed its target.

Cityfibre Complete Extension of FTTP Broadband Network in Kirklees

20th January, 2016 (0 Comments)

At the end of 2014 Cityfibre announced their plan to extend an 80km pure metro fibre optic Public Service Network (PSN) in Huddersfield, Kirklees (West Yorkshire, England) to cater for local businesses and happily, after 10 months of construction, the operator has now completed it.

UK ISPs Mute on Support for New 55Mbps FTTC Broadband Product

19th January, 2016 (4 Comments)

Some Internet providers appear to have been left confused and uncertain about whether to adopt BTOpenreach’s new Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL) product, which launched last Saturday and offers superfast broadband download speeds of ‘up to’ 55Mbps and uploads of 10Mbps.

UPDATE UK Government – No Consensus on Deploying FTTP Broadband

18th January, 2016 (54 Comments)

The Central Government has disappointed those calling for ultrafast pure fibre optic broadband connections (FTTH/P) to be rolled out across the United Kingdom by rebuffing the idea as part of its response to a European Commission consultation on connectivity needs post-2020.

CityFibre UK to Commercialise Ultrafast Fibre Optic Network in Bristol

14th January, 2016 (1 Comment)

Cityfibre, which runs a growing number of ultrafast Gigabit capable fibre optic (FTTP) broadband networks across UK cities, has today announced that they’re starting work to commercialise 82km of pure fibre network assets in Bristol (England). But they’ll have some local competition.

Rural Broadband ISP Gigaclear Gets 25m Euro Loan to Expand Network

13th January, 2016 (15 Comments)

Ultrafast fibre optic ISP Gigaclear, which is rolling out a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to rural communities across the United Kingdom, has bagged some additional investment in the form of a €25m loan.

Copper Declines as Fibre Boosts Global Broadband Users to 738 Million

13th January, 2016 (0 Comments)

The latest statistics from Point Topic reveal that the total number of world fixed broadband subscriptions reached approximately 738 million in Q3 2015, with the vast majority of growth being driven by fibre optic (FTTH/C/P) based technologies; albeit mostly in parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America.

BT Openreach Adds More Cabinet Data to “Fibre Broadband” Checker

12th January, 2016 (20 Comments)

BTOpenreach has recently updated their Superfast Openreach website, specifically its ‘Where and When‘ broadband availability checker map tool, to provide users with an easier to understand tester and a smidgen of additional street cabinet level data.

Urban ISP Hyperoptic Launch FTTH Broadband January SALE

7th January, 2016 (1 Comment)

Ultrafast fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic, which is deploying a 1Gbps capable FTTH/P broadband network to selected homes and businesses around twelve of the United Kingdom’s major cities, has updated their website with a number of January Sale discounts for those lucky enough to be covered.

No Flood Delays as Cityfibre Resumes York UK FTTH Broadband Rollout

4th January, 2016 (0 Comments)

Construction of Cityfibre’s joint roll-out of a new ultrafast 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk in the UK city of York (England) has officially resumed today after work was paused due to the Christmas break. Happily the recent flood had no impact.