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Waiting for Digital Scotland’s 2nd Fibre Broadband Extension Contract

4th January, 2016 (4 Comments)

The Digital Scotland project has today announced that 500,000 additional premises have now been put within reach of BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, but there’s still no sign of the expected second contract in order to help expand coverage beyond the current target(s).

First Epping Forest Home is LIVE on Gigaclear’s FTTP Broadband Network

21st December, 2015 (24 Comments)

After just three weeks of deployment Gigaclear has today confirmed that the first property (a house in the Ongar village of Bobbingworth) on their new 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the Epping Forest area of Essex (England) is now connected.

Northamptonshire UK Finish First Superfast Broadband Rollout Contract

21st December, 2015 (5 Comments)

The first contract for the Superfast Northamptonshire project in England, which aimed to make BTOpenreach’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network available to about 90% of premises by the end of 2015, has officially completed.

UK Gov Gifts Extra £2m for 100Mbps Broadband in Rural Gloucestershire

17th December, 2015 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has allocated £2 million of additional public investment from a new fund to help improve the coverage of ultrafast broadband (100Mbps+) services in rural areas around Gloucestershire (England), with a particular focus on poorly served parts in the Forest of Dean.

First West Berkshire Premises Live on Gigaclear’s 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

16th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

A local retailer and restaurant in Hungerford are two of the first premises in West Berkshire (England) to benefit from the roll-out of Gigaclear’s new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which aims to cover around 12,000 homes and businesses by the end of 2017.

BT Openreach Launch New 55Mbps FTTC and FTTP Broadband Speed

16th December, 2015 (28 Comments)

In a surprise move BTOpenreach has today unveiled a new middle tier bandwidth product for their Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “fibre broadband” services, which offers download speeds of up to 55Mbps and uploads of 10Mbps.

The UK BT and BDUK “Fibre Broadband” Uptake Figures for Q3 2015

14th December, 2015 (16 Comments)

Last month the Government confirmed that their Broadband Delivery UK project with BT had so far managed to extend superfast (24Mbps+) capable “fibre broadband” services to 3,311,843 extra premises and today we’ve also got the latest consumer take-up figures for each local authority.

Superfast Cymru and BT Bring 330Mbps FTTP Broadband to Nasareth

14th December, 2015 (2 Comments)

The state aid supported Superfast Cymru project with BT has today announced that their ultrafast 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has been made available to premises in the village of Nasareth (Gwynedd). The one in Wales, of course, and NOT the childhood home of Jesus.

UPDATE CityFibre Raise £180m Financing and Gobble KCOM’s UK Fibre Network

14th December, 2015 (5 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has today announced that they’ve found financing of £180m to help expand and commercialise their national UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband / Ethernet network and one of their first moves is to gobble KCOM Group’s UK network assets for £90m.

UPD Cotswolds Broadband Prep Spring 2016 Rollout in West Oxfordshire

9th December, 2015 (1 Comment)

The Cotswolds Broadband project, which last year tendered for a supplier to help roll-out a new mixed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and wireless superfast broadband network to rural premises in West Oxfordshire (England), has confirmed that construction will finally get under-way during spring 2016.

BOOM in Global Demand for 1Gbps or Faster Broadband ISP Packages

9th December, 2015 (7 Comments)

A new report from Point Topic suggests that consumer and business uptake of Gigabit (1000Mbps+) class broadband connections, which are often delivered via pure fibre optic lines (FTTH/P), is on the rise. But uncertainty still exists around the ultimate demand for such services, particularly symmetric in the residential market.

First Ultrafast 1Gbps Gigaclear Broadband Cabinet Live in Gloucestershire

8th December, 2015 (3 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear has confirmed that their first 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based cabinet is now live as part of the £10m Fastershire contract (here), which aims to reach an extra 6,495 premises in rural Gloucestershire (Cotswolds) by the end of May 2017.

Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Detail Phase2 FTTC Broadband Rollout

8th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

The CSW Broadband project, which in February signed an extended deal to bring BTOpenreach’s “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) network to “nearly” 94% of Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry in England, has today revealed the first areas to benefit and an improved time-scale.

Ultrafast 330Mbps G.fast BT Broadband Trial Gets Underway in Swansea

8th December, 2015 (18 Comments)

As expected BT are now starting their third 6 month trial of G.fast broadband technology (ITU G.9701), this time in Swansea (Wales), which will initially offer Internet download speeds of up to 330Mbps (50Mbps upload) before rising to 500Mbps over the next decade.

UPD3 BT Elect “not to participate” in Herefordshire Fibre Broadband Extension

8th December, 2015 (23 Comments)

The Herefordshire Council has said that BT has decided “not to participate” in Stage 3 of their tender to deploy superfast broadband connectivity to the remaining parts of the county, which means that the local authority may have to depend upon alternative network (altnet) providers.

Waiting to Tender – Devon and Somerset’s Phase 2 Broadband Contract

4th December, 2015 (7 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset project, which suffered a big setback in June 2015 after failing to reach a deal to extend “superfast broadband” coverage with BT (here), will be hoping to get back on its horse today when it meets with 32 alternative suppliers to debate a new contract.

UK ISP Gigaclear Confirms FTTP Broadband Price Rises for 1st Jan 2016

3rd December, 2015 (0 Comments)

During a routine update of our ISP Listings database we noticed that Gigaclear, an independent fibre optic (FTTP) broadband ISP that is currently rolling out to thousands of rural premises, has announced a raft of new price increases that will hit from 1st January 2016.