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GoFibre FTTP Broadband Network Covers 50,000 Borders Premises UPDATE

28th July, 2023 (3 Comments)

Independent UK rural broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is deploying a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the North of England and Scottish Borders, has announced that their network footprint now covers 50,000 premises, and they’ve launched a new £50,000 fund to support charitable and community projects.

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Openreach Praises its UK Engineer of the Year 2023 Winner

18th July, 2023 (0 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has named Glenrothes engineer Lee Carmichael (40), who installs full fibre (FTTP) broadband around Fife in Scotland, as their ‘Engineer of the Year 2023‘ for his repairs, installs, out-of-the-box thinking and support for colleagues.

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1Gbps Edinburgh Wireless ISP WeLink UK to Cease Operations

15th July, 2023 (29 Comments)

Alternative fixed wireless access (FWA) ISP WeLink Communications UK, which had been offering wireless broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps to poorly served homes and businesses in the city of Edinburgh (Scotland), has confirmed to ISPreview that they are “withdrawing” from the market.

GoFibre Blames Supplier as Some Users Knocked Offline for Days UPDATE3

7th July, 2023 (12 Comments)

Approximately 30 customers of GoFibre‘s (BorderLink) alternative full fibre broadband network in Scotland (e.g. Stonehaven) have been left to suffer internet connectivity problems for several days. The ISP has accused one of their “legacy” connectivity suppliers of being responsible – something the supplier strongly denies.

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Summer 2023 BDUK Update on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Build

3rd July, 2023 (18 Comments)

The Building Digital UK agency has published their latest quarterly update (June 2023) on the Government’s £5bn rural Project Gigabit broadband rollout progress, which has so far awarded rollout contracts worth a total of £589m (state aid) to help extend coverage to an extra 378,450 of the hardest to reach premises.

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2023 H1 – UK Full Fibre Broadband Coverage Rises to 53 Percent

1st July, 2023 (15 Comments)

The latest biannual summary of UK fixed broadband coverage for H1 2023 has found that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have surged to reach 52.77% of premises (up from 45.13% in H2 2022) and 76.22% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 72.66%). Read on for details of England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

Scotland’s R100 FTTP Broadband Build Tops 24,000 Premises

30th June, 2023 (3 Comments)

The Scottish Government has, in response to a Freedom of Information Request, published a useful progress update on their £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project with Openreach (BT), which reveals that 24,194 premises have now been covered by their rollout of a new “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) capable ISP network.

Scottish ISP HighNet Rebrands to Focus Group After Investment

25th June, 2023 (1 Comment)

Inverness-based business broadband ISP and IT solutions provider HighNet has this week started to inform their customers of a re-brand, which will see the provider take the name of their parent brand, Focus Group – the same company that acquired the provider all the way back in April 2021.

Virgin Media O2 Highlight Next SRN 4G Mobile Upgrades in the Highlands

8th June, 2023 (0 Comments)

O2 (VMO2) has today confirmed that they will either build or upgrade a total of 30 masts in Jamie Stone MP’s constituency – Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross – over the “next few months“, which forms part of the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project to help boost 4G (mobile broadband) coverage.

GoFibre Confirm No Plan for Big Job Cuts After Some Staff Go

8th June, 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which is in the process of deploying a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Scotland and the North of England, has confirmed that it has “no plans for large-scale redundancies” after some workers were recently let go.

Shetland Telecom to Seek Code Powers Ahead of Possible Fibre Expansion

1st June, 2023 (12 Comments)

The Shetland Islands Council (Scotland) has given the green light for Shetland Telecom, which is the arms-length network operator that the council set up some years ago, to apply for Code Powers – ahead of a possible move to expand their full fibre broadband network to reach the remotest homes and businesses.

Full Fibre UK AltNet Broadway Partners Calls in Administrators UPDATE

31st May, 2023 (61 Comments)

Alternative network operator Broadway Partners, which is supported by sibling UK ISP Broadway Broadband and had been aspiring to deploy their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Scotland and Wales, has called in the administrators.

BT Has Claimed No Business Rates Relief on UK Rollout of New Fibre

31st May, 2023 (11 Comments)

Back in April 2017 the UK Government allowed broadband networks in England and Wales to claim 100% business rates relief on new fibre infrastructure for a period of 5-years, which is a change that Openreach and other FTTP builders had long sought. So it may come as a surprise to learn that BT has never claimed this benefit.

GoFibre List Next 32 Places for Full Fibre Rollout in England and Scotland

22nd May, 2023 (11 Comments)

Independent rural UK broadband ISP GoFibre (BorderLink) has today named 32 new locations across Scotland and the North of England – reflecting a total of 82,000 premises (homes and businesses) – that will benefit from the next phase of their work to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network.

Ofcom Spring 2023 Study – Gigabit Broadband Covers 73% of UK

19th May, 2023 (20 Comments)

Ofcom’s Spring 2023 report into UK fixed line broadband and mobile coverage has found that “full fibre” (FTTP) now reaches 48% of the UK (up from 42% in Sept 2022), while 73% are within reach of a gigabit-capable network (up from 70%) and 73-82% of premises can get outdoor 5G cover from at least one operator (up from 67-78%).

Statkraft UK Wind Farm in Loch Laith to Help Rural Broadband

19th May, 2023 (0 Comments)

The UK division of Norwegian renewable energy generator firm, Statkraft, has commissioned mapping firm FarrPoint to conduct a study of their proposed Loch Liath wind farm in Scotland, near Loch Ness. The work could help to facilitate the rollout of faster broadband into remote rural communities in the surrounding area.

Virgin Media O2 Deploy 4G at 50 UK Rural Mobile Masts Under SRN

15th May, 2023 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today confirmed that they’ve so far deployed “reliable” 4G based mobile broadband coverage across a total of 50 rural sites in the United Kingdom, which forms part of their commitment under the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project with the Government.