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89% of UK Covered by 30Mbps Broadband, But Only 1.7% See “Full Fibre”

16th December, 2016 (12 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their annual Connected Nations 2016 report, which confirms that 89% of UK premises are now within reach of a fixed line superfast broadband service (up from 83% in 2015), with take-up hitting 31% (up from 27%). But only 1.7% (498K premises) can get “full fibre” (FTTP/H).

UK ISP Internet for Business Pumps £1m into Ultra-High Speed Connectivity

13th December, 2016 (0 Comments)

Aberdeen-based broadband and telecoms provider Internet for Business (IFB) has today announced that it will invest an extra £1 million to upgrade the capacity of its UK network, which will help the ISP to support their current and future “fibre and ultra-high speed connectivity” (e.g. FTTP) products.

Aberdeenshire Council Prep Massive WiFi Upgrade for Local Schools

12th December, 2016 (3 Comments)

The Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland has signed a deal with Aerohive Networks that will result in a huge upgrade of 4,000 new WiFi access points to public sector sites across the county, with a specific focus on covering 170 schools and 50 other sites (public libraries and buildings etc.).

Virgin Media and Scottish Property Federation Sign Deal for New Builds

1st December, 2016 (0 Comments)

Last month Virgin Media announced that their ultrafast cable broadband and TV network would be extended to 360,000 extra premises in Scotland. Today the operator has built on that by signing a partnership with the Scottish Property Federation, which will help to reach more new build homes.

Scotland’s RemIX Internet Exchange Wins 2016 EU Broadband Award

16th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

A unique distributed Internet Exchange (IX) for remote and rural networks in Scotland and the United Kingdom, RemIX, has won the “Future-proof and quality of service” category of the European Commission’s (EC) annual 2016 European Broadband Awards event, which was held on Monday.

Hyperoptic Begins 1Gbps FTTB Broadband Roll-out in Edinburgh

16th November, 2016 (1 Comment)

Earlier this year Hyperoptic announced that they’d be extending their 1000Mbps (1Gbps) capable Fibre-to-the-Premise / Building (FTTP/B) based ultrafast broadband network to 7 extra “hyper-cities” in the UK (here) and today the first buildings have now started to go live in Edinburgh (Scotland).

UK Broadband ISP TenTel Hails “fantastic growth”

15th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

Edinburgh-based ISP TenTel, which specialises in offering a mix of UK focused broadband and phone packages with short-term contract options, has hailed the “fantastic growth” of their service and are now aiming to have 20,000 customers by July 2017.

White Space Tech Brings Wireless Broadband to Isle of Arran in Scotland

10th November, 2016 (12 Comments)

Homes on the Isle of Arran, which is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland), look set to become the first in the UK to get a faster broadband connection via White Space technology. This harnesses the gaps in radio spectrum that exist between Digital Terrestrial TV channels (470-790MHz).

Rapier Systems Launch 1Gbps Wireless Ethernet for UK Businesses

9th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

Fife-based ISP Rapier Systems has launched a new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) style connectivity solution for businesses, called RapierBusinessConnect (RBC), which claims that it can deliver symmetric Ethernet speeds of “up to 1Gbps for as little as £49.99 per month” in areas where they have coverage.

Cityfibre Finally Starts Build of 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network in Glasgow

8th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

After a long delay Cityfibre has today confirmed that their contractors have started to build Phase One of a new Gigabit capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) network in the centre of Glasgow (Scotland), which will be connected up to an existing 31km long network in the city and serve local businesses.

Land Owners in Scotland Criticise Bill to Boost Mobile and Broadband

2nd November, 2016 (8 Comments)

The Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) group, which claims to be a “unified voice” for all those who own land and rural businesses in Scotland, has criticised the UK Government’s proposals for making it easier and cheaper to build new fixed line broadband and mobile infrastructure on their property.

Clawback to Boost Scotland’s Highlands Fibre Broadband Cover to 86%

31st October, 2016 (27 Comments)

Good news for those living in the rural Highlands and Islands region of Scotland. The £410m Digital Scotland programme with Openreach (BT) has announced that strong take-up of “fibre broadband” means an extra 6,000 premises will be covered via a reinvestment of £2.3m.

New 10Gbps BT Link Boosts Broadband Capacity to the Shetland Islands

31st October, 2016 (7 Comments)

Telecoms operator BT has today switched-on a new 10Gbps link to the remote Scottish island of Shetland in the North Sea, which will serve to both improve local network resilience and boost capacity for Openreach’s on-going roll-out of FTTC/P based superfast broadband connectivity.

Ullapool Communities in Scotland Raise £85K to Build Broadband Network

12th October, 2016 (3 Comments)

Last month we reported that several rural communities around Ullapool, Lochbroom, Little Lochbroom, Gruinard Bay, Elphin and Coigach in the Scottish Highlands were aiming to build their own 50Mbps wireless broadband network (here). Happily the project has now begun its build phase after raising £85,000.

UPDATE BT Openreach Maintenance Woes Hit ISPs in Northern Scotland

11th October, 2016 (3 Comments)

Customers of Sky Broadband and possibly a few other ISPs in the North of Scotland may be experiencing sporadic connectivity problems with their broadband and phone services today, which appears to have been caused by BTOpenreach’s “over-running network maintenance.”

Virgin Media Build Cable Network in Scotland to 360000 Extra Premises

11th October, 2016 (1 Comment)

Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has confirmed that an additional 360,000 homes and businesses in Scotland are set to benefit from their on-going £3bn Project Lightning network expansion by 2019. Elsewhere 19,000 have separately been confirmed for the roll-out in Cambridgeshire (England).

Badenoch Broadband Secures £41.8K to Boost Rural Community ISP

6th October, 2016 (0 Comments)

A community built ISP in the Highlands of Scotland – Badenoch Broadband – has secured a new investment of £41,800 from the Scottish Government in order to extend the coverage and speed of their wireless network, which currently covers a number of areas around the village of Laggan (Badenoch).