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Superfast Broadband Goes Underground to Wookey Hole Caves, Somerset

5th August, 2015 (2 Comments)

No, it’s not Chewbacca’s home. The Connecting Devon and Somerset project has just expanded BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to reach an underground system of caves called the Wookey Hole Caves, although this is more of a fringe benefit as the main focus has been to connect 200 premises in the associated rural village of Wookey Hole.

BT Wholesale Prep Big Hike in UK Fibre Broadband ISP Cease Fee

4th August, 2015 (10 Comments)

BTWholesale has warned its ISP customers that the cost of cancelling (cease charge) one of their “fibre broadband” (FTTC and FTTP) lines will shoot upwards from £5.37 to £31.12 +vat on 1st September 2015.

Norfolk UK Confirm GBP5.3M Clawback Boost for Fibre Broadband Rollout

3rd August, 2015 (6 Comments)

The Better Broadband for Norfolk project in England has become the first individual Broadband Delivery UK scheme to confirm that the clawback mechanism in its contract with BT will result in an additional £5.3 million being returned to further improve superfast broadband (24Mbps+) coverage.

UK Gov Confirm £129m Clawback Reinvestment to Boost Broadband

30th July, 2015 (27 Comments)

The Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project, which is predominantly working with BT to deploy superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to 95% of the United Kingdom by 2017/18, has confirmed that the take-up rate of their roll-out has exceeded the forecast and as a result they’ve activated their clawback mechanism to reinvest up to £129m.

France Rules Against Misuse of “Fibre Optic Broadband” in ISP Adverts

29th July, 2015 (9 Comments)

The debate over whether or not broadband ISPs that don’t sell a pure “fibre optic” (FTTH/P) broadband connection should be allowed to use such terminology in their adverts is nothing new, but a new ruling by the Government of France shows that some countries are taking a stand.

BT’s “Fibre Broadband” Finally Arrives in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute

23rd July, 2015 (1 Comment)

After a long wait some 2,700 premises in Rothesay, which is the main town of around 5,000 people on the Isle of Bute (West Scotland), have finally been given access to “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC) connectivity as part of the wider Digital Scotland project.

ITS Technology Invests Extra GBP1m into its UK Broadband Infrastructure

22nd July, 2015 (1 Comment)

The ITS Technology Group, which builds and runs various superfast wireless and fixed line broadband networks around the United Kingdom, has announced that it’s investing another £1 million into upgrading and expanding their national broadband footprint.

Cumbria, Devon and Somerset – BDUK Fibre Broadband Rollout Progress

21st July, 2015 (5 Comments)

A couple of the Government’s Broadband Delivery projects, including the Connecting Cumbria and Connecting Devon and Somerset schemes in England, have just passed important milestones in the progress of their state aid supported “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) deployments with BT.

Telford and Wrekin UK Begin Local Superfast Broadband Rollout Project

16th July, 2015 (4 Comments)

The Superfast Telford project in Shropshire (England) has officially launched today, which follows last year’s signing of a new state aid supported £5.6m contract with BT (here) that aims to extend superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services to reach 98% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2017.

CityFibre Connect First Customers to 1Gbps Aberdeen Fibre Optic Network

16th July, 2015 (4 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder CityFibre has today announced that the first business customers have now gone live on their new 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network in the city of Aberdeen (Aberdeen Core), which has also just completed the first city centre construction phase.

Digital Scotland Boasts Progress Towards Culling BT Exchange Only Lines

13th July, 2015 (16 Comments)

The £410m Digital Scotland project claims that the on-going fight to deploy BT’s faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services into areas that were previously hobbled by the dreaded Exchange Only Lines (EOL) is having a strong impact, with around 60,000 such premises in 130 locations having benefitted.

Wireless ISP Allpay Broadband to Withdraw Service in Herefordshire

9th July, 2015 (2 Comments)

Herefordshire-based Allpay Broadband has announced that it will begin withdrawing service from some rural areas because the local Government-backed Fastershire project, which is working with BT to deploy “fibre broadband” services to most of the county, is now achieving what it once set out to solve.

WarwickNet – Ofgem Code to Speed-up UK Superfast Broadband Rollout

9th July, 2015 (16 Comments)

Business ISP WarwickNet has joined forces with electrical connection specialists at Power Jointing & Distribution Services (PJDS) in order to push the energy regulator, Ofgem, into setting a new Code of Practice that could cut the time it takes to get a superfast broadband connection by up to 30 days.

Wales UK Signs Deal to Expand BT Fibre Broadband Services to More Areas

7th July, 2015 (11 Comments)

The state aid fuelled Superfast Cymru project, which is currently working with BT to make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connectivity available to 96% of Wales by the end of 2016, has signed a new deal that will extend the service to another 42,000 homes and businesses by June 2017. Also.. Fibre on Demand (FTTPoD) is coming back!

Outer Hebrides Gains Faster Broadband via Digital Scotland BT Project

7th July, 2015 (4 Comments)

Residents and businesses living in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides have finally benefitted from the on-going BT and Digital Scotland project, which has successfully deployed “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC) services to 3,600 premises in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis.

ISP Hyperoptic Add No Contract Option to 1Gbps FTTP Home Broadband

6th July, 2015 (11 Comments)

Pure fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic, which offers home broadband speeds of up to 1000Mbps across growing parts of several major UK cities (particularly London), has introduced a “no contract” option for new customers who take one of their unlimited usage Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based packages.

UPDATE2 Gigaclear and Call Flow Win Fibre Broadband Contract for Berkshire

3rd July, 2015 (19 Comments)

Fibre optic ISP Gigaclear, fresh from picking up the state aid fuelled contracts for Epping Forest (Essex) and rural Gloucestershire, has today picked up another win by securing a deal to roll-out their 1000Mbps FTTP broadband network to parts of remote rural Berkshire in England. Call Flow Solutions will also deploy some slower FTTC.