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Hampshire UK Council Leader Warns of Big Rural Broadband Challenges

4th July, 2016 (1 Comment)

The leader of Hampshire County Council in England, Roy Perry, has warned that bringing superfast broadband to rural premises in the final 4% of the region will present “significant challenges” (very expensive) and that in the end it may be left up to “self-funding providers” and inferior Satellite.

Call Flow On-Target to Complete Pilot Broadband Network in Hampshire

15th February, 2016 (7 Comments)

Call Flow Solutions looks set to complete the expanded roll-out of their Government supported “superfast” (30Mbps+) hybrid fibre optic and wireless broadband network in rural Hampshire (England) by March 2016 as planned, with Monkwood, Beauworth, Privett and Preshaw nearly all about to go live.

Vodafone UK Bring 3G to Croxton and Reepham in Rural Norfolk

23rd November, 2015 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has expanded their Rural Open Sure Signal (Femtocell) technology to make 3G based Mobile Broadband and voice services available to two additional rural villages in Norfolk (England) – Croxton and Reepham. Existing coverage in Blakeney has also been extended

Hampshire UK Reveals New Phase 2 Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas

5th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Hampshire Superfast Broadband project in England has revealed a roll-out plan (locations and time-scales) for their new extension contract with BT, which will push superfast broadband (24Mbps+) out to another 34,500 premises (“at least” 95% of the local population) by “mid 2019 or earlier“.

UPDATE Vodafone Bring 3G to High Kelling, Hillington and Upper Sheringham

18th September, 2015 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has expanded the reach of their Rural Open Sure Signal (Femtocell) technology to bring 3G based Mobile Broadband and voice services to three further remote rural communities in Norfolk (England), including High Kelling, Hillington, and Upper Sheringham.

WightFibre Gobbles Wireless ISP Click4Internet on the Isle of Wight

4th September, 2015 (1 Comment)

Cable operator WightFibre, which focuses on delivering ultrafast broadband services across the Isle of Wight that resides just off the central south coast of England (Hampshire), has announced the purchase of rival fixed wireless ISP Click4Internet for an undisclosed sum.

Call Flow Extend BDUK Hybrid Broadband Pilot to Privett in Hampshire

15th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Call Flow Solutions has won an extension to their on-going pilot of a new hybrid fibre optic and wireless broadband network in rural Hampshire (England), which means that around 200 additional premises in the small village of Privett should also benefit from the service.

Hampshire Seeks Legal Power to Push Superfast Broadband for New Homes

15th June, 2015 (10 Comments)

The Hampshire County Council in England has called on the UK Government to give district councils “clear legal powers” so they can insist, as part of the planning process, that superfast broadband speeds (24Mbps+) are made available to both new build homes and even retrofitted into existing developments.

Hampshire UK Complete Phase 1 BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout

27th April, 2015 (59 Comments)

The county of Hampshire in England can celebrate after it recently became the latest Broadband Delivery UK based Government programme with BT to complete its target of ensuring that 90% of homes and businesses can access “superfast” Internet download speeds of 24Mbps+ by the end of 2015.

BT Moot Free FTTP Broadband Trials for New UK Housing Developments

26th January, 2015 (24 Comments)

BTOpenreach are currently reviewing their approach to the provision of Superfast Broadband (24Mbps+) at major housing developments and, as part of this strategy, the operator is evaluating a series of “free trials” for their 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology across the United Kingdom.

Hampshire UK Signs New BT Contract for 95% Superfast Broadband Cover

23rd December, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Hampshire County Council (England) has signed a second £22.2m Broadband Delivery UK contract with BT under the Superfast Extension Programme (SEP), which will push superfast broadband (24Mbps+) connectivity out to an extra 34,500 homes and businesses (i.e. “at least” 95% of the local population) by “mid 2019 or earlier” (well past the national 2017 target year!).

Hampshire UK Launch Phase 4 of their Local Superfast Broadband Rollout

2nd October, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Hampshire Superfast Broadband project in England has today revealed the next communities (Phase Four) to benefit from the local state-aid supported deployment of BT’s FTTC/P based superfast broadband (24Mbps+) network, which aims to reach 90% of homes and businesses by the end of 2015 and at least 95% by the end of 2017.