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UPD BT Sign BDUK Broadband Deal for Oxfordshire and Worcestershire UK

5th August, 2013 (9 Comments)

BT has today signed two new state aid supported Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) contracts that will help to make their fibre broadband (FTTC/P) network available to 90% of Worcestershire premises by mid-2016 and bring superfast access (25Mbps+) to 90% of Oxfordshire by the end of 2015.

CityFibre UK Expand 1Gbps FTTH Network in Bournemouth to Businesses

5th August, 2013 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that its 1000Mbps capable fibre optic (FTTH/P) network in the south coast town of Bournemouth (England) will now been made available to local businesses, which mirrors a similar launch in the city of York earlier this year.

Superfast Broadband Covers 73 Percent of UK Postcodes as Uptake Surges

1st August, 2013 (19 Comments)

Ofcom has published their annual 2013 Communications Market Report, which covers everything about the United Kingdom’s media and telecom industries. The study reveals that NGA / superfast broadband (30Mbps+) ISP services are now available to 73% of the country (up from 65% last year) and uptake has surged to 17.5% (up from just 6.5%) or 3.8 million subscribers.

Lancashire Council Details Phase 2 BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

1st August, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Lancashire County Council (LCC) has announced the beginning of Phase 2 in its £62.5 million state aid supported project with BT to deploy superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services out to cover 97% of local premises by the end of 2014 2015.

More Gloucestershire UK Areas to Get Fibre Broadband via BT and BDUK

31st July, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Gloucestershire County Council and its state aid supported but comically named £56.6 million Fastershire project have announced a new batch of local communities that will soon get access to BT’s latest fibre optic based FTTC/P superfast broadband network.

Broadband Delivery UK Rollout Map for Devon and Somerset Goes Live

28th July, 2013 (10 Comments)

The joint BT and state aid supported £94m Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project has just launched an official coverage map, which is designed to give locals a rough idea of when each specific area will be upgraded to fibre optic based superfast broadband (25Mbps+).

Gigaclear Opens UK Rural Fibre Optic Broadband Network to More ISPs

26th July, 2013 (6 Comments)

Gigaclear, which has installed several 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) networks in rural communities around England, has partnered up to adopt Fluidata’s Service Exchange Platform (SEP) that should give those covered by the operators network a greater choice of around 50 ISPs.

UK ISP BT Retail Tops 6.8M Broadband Subscribers and 1.5m Adopt FTTC

25th July, 2013 (39 Comments)

BT Group has today released their latest financial results to 30th June 2013 (Q2), which saw the operators retail ISP division increase their fixed line broadband subscribers by +95,000 in the quarter to total 6,799,000 (down from the +136k added in Q1-2013 and +122k in Q4-2012).

A Need for 1Gbps Broadband by 2020 Could Deepen the UK Digital Divide

24th July, 2013 (38 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has today published a short health check of the United Kingdom’s drive towards making superfast broadband (25-30Mbps+) speeds available across the country, which warns that the future demand for 1000Mbps (Gigabit) broadband connections will widen the digital speed divide between urban and rural areas. So is it time for FTTH?

UPD BT Add 9 Final UK Exchanges to its Commercial Fibre Broadband Rollout

23rd July, 2013 (44 Comments)

BT has just announced that they’ve been able to squeeze an additional 9 telephone exchanges into their national £2.5bn roll-out of up to 80Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based superfast broadband ISP products around the United Kingdom.

Superfast Cornwall UK Project Tweaks its BT Fibre Broadband Figures Down

22nd July, 2013 (5 Comments)

The £132m Superfast Cornwall project, which is working to make BT’s fibre optic based broadband ISP technology (FTTC/P) available to 95% of local premises by the end of 2014, has today revised its current coverage figures down to 182,000 premises from the 190,000 reported during early June 2013.

UPDATE Hampshire UK Starting to Consider Full Superfast Broadband Cover

22nd July, 2013 (10 Comments)

The leader of Hampshire County Council (HCC) has called upon councilors to begin initial work on a new policy that could extend the availability of fixed line superfast broadband (25Mbps+) services well beyond the current 90% coverage target for the end of 2015.

A Look at the Future Fibre to the Distribution Point FTTdp Broadband Tech

22nd July, 2013 (21 Comments)

Over the next few years it’s likely that you’ll soon start to hear more about a next generation broadband ISP technology called Fibre to the Distribution Point (FTTdp), which Ofcom are currently encouraging BT to trial. But what is FTTdp and will it really help UK homes and businesses to get ultrafast internet connections? Let’s take a look.

OECD Report Finds UK Fibre Optic Broadband Growth Hit 172% in 2012

19th July, 2013 (8 Comments)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which covers 34 countries that claim to support democracy and a market economy, has reported that the United Kingdom experienced an annual growth rate of 172% for true fibre optic broadband (FTTH/P/B) ISP connections.

BT Begin £3m State Aid BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout in Rutland UK

17th July, 2013 (3 Comments)

The Rutland County Council (RCC) in England has today confirmed that the first community (village) to get access to BT’s new superfast broadband (FTTC/P) service through its publicly funded £3 million Digital Rutland project is North Luffenham.

Just 15 Superfast Broadband Delivery UK Contracts Left for BT to Sign

11th July, 2013 (7 Comments)

The government’s Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey, has confirmed that two thirds of the projects that were initially designed to help deliver superfast broadband (25Mbps+) services to 90% of the United Kingdom by 2015 are now underway and the remaining 15 contracts should be “agreed shortly“.

BT and Dorset UK Sign GBP32m Deal to Expand Fibre Broadband Cover

10th July, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Dorset County Council (DCC) in central southern England has today signed a new state-aid supported £31.75 million deal with BT to expand its fibre optic based (FTTC/P) broadband ISP services to cover 97% of the region within the next three and a half years (i.e. late 2017).