Home » UK ISP News Archive » Article Tag: Norfolk (123 Posts)

Articles for Category Tag - Norfolk

Norfolk UK Prep £13m Bid for “Full Fibre” Broadband Funding and Vouchers

5th October, 2017 (1 Comment)

The Norfolk County Council (NCC) will next week debate the prospect of making a bid worth £13m to the UK Government’s new £200m Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) programme, which could help to bring Gigabit class FTTP broadband services to public sector sites and businesses.

Virgin Media Extend Ultrafast Broadband to 5,000 Great Yarmouth Premises

17th July, 2017 (0 Comments)

Some 5,000 extra homes and businesses in the Norfolk seaside town of Great Yarmouth are next on the list for Virgin Media’s £3bn network expansion (Project Lightning), which aims to roll-out cable TV and broadband speeds of up to 350Mbps (300Mbps for residential customers) to the area.

UPDATE B4RN Expand 1Gbps FTTH Broadband to Rural Suffolk and Norfolk

4th July, 2017 (18 Comments)

The plucky rural ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which has been deploying their 1Gbps community built and funded fibre optic (FTTP/H) broadband network to remote homes in Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire, has now connected 3270 properties and is expanding into Suffolk and Norfolk.

Rural Norfolk UK Targets 95% Coverage of “High-Speed Broadband” by 2020

15th February, 2017 (4 Comments)

The Norfolk County Council and Openreach (BT) have announced that £11 million of “new funding” has been committed to help boost the coverage of “high-speed broadband” across the rural county to 95% of local homes and businesses by Spring 2020.

Vodafone Begins UK Rural Rollout of New Indoor 3G Mobile Signal Boost

25th January, 2017 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today enabled the first community hub to receive an indoor 3G signal boost via their new Community Indoor Sure Signal (CISS) programme, which eventually hopes to improve the indoor mobile signals for 100 rural community hubs across the United Kingdom.

WiSpire Expand Wireless Broadband Network to Barton Turf in Norfolk

1st November, 2016 (0 Comments)

The rural Norfolk (England) community of Barton Turf and its surrounding villages can now gain access to a faster broadband connection after WiSpire expanded their fixed wireless access network to the area, which was done by installing their kit on top of the local St Michael & All Angels church.

ISP WiSpire Culls “all data caps” from its Norfolk UK Wireless Network

1st August, 2016 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless ISP WiSpire, which offers superfast (30Mbps) capable broadband services to isolated parts of rural Norfolk in England, has today announced that they’ve “removed all data caps” from their network and as a result customers can enjoy unlimited usage.

Church of England to Help Spread Wireless Broadband into Rural Areas

16th May, 2016 (6 Comments)

Reports suggest that the Church of England (CoE) has offered to help boost rural broadband connectivity by opening up access to 10,000 of their churches so that alternative wireless network providers can install their kit on top.

Norfolk Wireless ISP WiSpire Adds Satellite Broadband Products

6th May, 2016 (0 Comments)

Norfolk ISP WiSpire has moved to complement their church tower based fixed wireless broadband capabilities by introducing a new Satellite Internet product, which is supported by the Government’s USC voucher scheme (intended for premises that can only get sub-2Mbps speeds).

Police Called in After Land Boundary Dispute Over BT Street Cabinet

27th April, 2016 (35 Comments)

An odd situation has erupted in Norfolk (England) after the 85-year-old owner of a bungalow on Framingham Earl Road (Yelverton) hampered Openreach’s (BT) efforts to conduct maintenance and upgrade work on their PCP Street Cabinet. The pensioner claims the cabinet is built on his private land, but the local authority says it’s public land.

UPDATE UK Councils Quietly Recognise 30Mbps as NGA Broadband

18th April, 2016 (5 Comments)

Over the past two months a growing number of UK councils have begun to consult on how best to use money that has been clawed back (gainshare) from BT in order to further extend local broadband coverage, but this time around they all seem to agree that NGA connectivity starts at 30Mbps, not 24Mbps or 15Mbps.

Norfolk Wireless ISP WiSpire Launch New Site and Broadband Packages

8th April, 2016 (9 Comments)

ISP WiSpire, which offers faster wireless broadband services to isolated parts of rural Norfolk, has today launched a new website and revamped their packages. Some of the changes include the addition of a new 30Mbps package and a Broadband Delivery UK subsidised option for those in sub-2Mbps areas.

WiSpire Expands 30Mbps Wireless Broadband Network in Norfolk UK

14th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Norfolk focused ISP WiSpire, which works alongside the Diocese of Norwich to offer faster wireless broadband services to isolated parts of the English county, has installed new transmitter kit in the village of Cantley that will deliver speeds of up to 30Mbps within a 16km radius.

Rural Norfolk UK Farmers Report Slow Broadband and Poor Mobile

10th February, 2016 (1 Comment)

A new survey of over 800 businesses and farmers in the Anglia region of England (e.g. Norfolk) has found that 57% suffer from “poor” or “very poor” mobile phone signals and 31% can only receive a basic home broadband connection that delivers a download speed of less than 2Mbps.

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

Norfolk Complete First BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband Rollout Contract

2nd November, 2015 (2 Comments)

The Better Broadband for Norfolk project in England has become the latest BT and Broadband Delivery UK programme based Phase One contract to complete its roll-out ahead of schedule, which means that 83% of local premises should now be able to order a faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) service.

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.