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Pembrokeshire Council Adds More Areas to Rural Full Fibre Rollout UPDATE

21st March, 2021 (0 Comments)

The Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC) in Wales has issued an update on their gigabit-capable broadband rollout project for rural areas, which confirms the Phase 2 and Phase 3 deployment areas where Broadway Partners (ISP Broadway Broadband) and Voneus will be extending their network coverage.

Three UK Discounts Unlimited 4G and 5G Home Broadband Plans

18th March, 2021 (27 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK today reports that they’ve “slashed” their 4G and 5G powered unlimited home broadband prices in order to help people who are stuck at home. Prices now start from as little as £17 per month for “superfast” 4G broadband, and £24 per month for “ultrafast” 5G – “with the average download speed of 100Mbps.”

H2 2020 Take-up of the UK Superfast Broadband Rollout Project

14th March, 2021 (11 Comments)

The Government’s £2.52bn Superfast Broadband Programme (SFBB) has so far helped to extend 24-30Mbps+ capable UK ISP networks to 5,327,128 extra premises since 2012 (up by 33.9K in H2 2020 vs 62.7K in H1 2020) – about 440,000 (our estimate) of these are FTTP – and take-up data to December 2020 shows strong demand.

Devon and Somerset UK Update on Phase 2 Full Fibre Rollout

12th March, 2021 (9 Comments)

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme has today issued a progress update on their new Phase 2 contracts with ISPs Airband, Wessex Internet and Truespeed, which are worth a combined £80m (including £23.6m of public investment) and aim to improve broadband coverage to 56,396 premises (mostly rural areas).

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DCMS Committee Demands Answers on UK Gigabit Broadband Target UPDATE

6th March, 2021 (35 Comments)

The Chair of the cross-party DCMS Select Committee, Julian Knight, has criticised the UK Government for having “failed to answer” a key question in their recent report, which called for a detailed plan to show how it would deliver on its revised-down target for “gigabit-capable broadband.” The committee is now seeking a fuller response.

Vodafone UK Launch Pro Broadband Packages and Super Wi-Fi

5th March, 2021 (43 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK have today launched a new range of fixed line “Pro Broadband” packages for homes, which give you better support, “Super Wi-Fi” (i.e. a mesh based WiFi solution to boost coverage) and a hybrid router solution that seamlessly switches between fixed line and 4G (mobile broadband) to keep you online.

Rural ISP Wessex Internet Cuts UK Full Fibre Broadband Prices

1st March, 2021 (0 Comments)

Alternative network (altnet) provider Wessex Internet, which has built Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband services across rural parts of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, is set to launch a new range of faster services and cheaper pricing on 1st April 2021 following a major package refresh.

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Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet Doubles Staff Ahead of FTTP Build

23rd February, 2021 (0 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Wessex Internet, which has built a mix of fixed wireless and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband infrastructure across rural parts of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, has doubled its staff over the past year to reach a total 81 people.

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North Yorkshire UK Prep Fibre Broadband and Rural WiFi Boost

15th February, 2021 (7 Comments)

The North Yorkshire County Council is reportedly preparing to start a new scheme worth £3m, which among other things will rollout a free public WiFi network across 16 of the county’s “rural” market towns – stretching from Scarborough to Skipton. Ultrafast full fibre broadband will also be deployed to 6 rural business parks.

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BT Launch Halo 3+ to Combine WiFi, Mobile and FTTP Broadband

3rd February, 2021 (23 Comments)

UK ISP BT and EE has today combined to launch their new converged Halo 3+ package (add-on), which is a hybrid solution that is intended to give customers the “best” all-in-one broadband (e.g. full fibre FTTP as standard), WiFi coverage (“the UK’s only unbreakable Wi-Fi connection“) and mobile (mobile Broadband) connectivity.

OneWeb UK Confirms BT Talks – Possible Rural Broadband Fix

2nd February, 2021 (21 Comments)

Satellite broadband operator OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK government and aims to build a mega constellation of “high-speed” broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has confirmed that they’re in early-stage talks with BT about the use of their network to help connect remote rural areas.

ISP Voneus Builds Superfast Broadband to Durham UK Villages

2nd February, 2021 (9 Comments)

Homes and businesses in the neighbouring villages of Ouston and Perkinsville in County Durham (England) can now access “superfast broadband” speeds of 30-50Mbps, which is thanks to the deployment of a new fibre-fed Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network by Voneus.

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Rural Broadband ISP Airband to Create 1,000 Job Opportunities

27th January, 2021 (4 Comments)

Alternative UK wireless and full fibre ISP Airband, which currently aims to deploy their ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover over 500,000 premises by the end of 2025 (here), has revealed that their recent contract wins look set to help them create 1,000 new job opportunities.

Rural UK ISP Voneus Gobbles Welsh Provider Dyfed IT Solutions

27th January, 2021 (0 Comments)

Wireless and full fibre broadband ISP Dyfed Superfast (Dyfed IT), which primarily serves a few remote rural parts of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire in Wales, has become the latest alternative internet provider to be acquired by UK ISP Voneus for an undisclosed sum.

4G Based Broadband ISP Haven Wireless Closing Service in Wales

26th January, 2021 (8 Comments)

A little known ISP called Haven Wireless, which helped to connect rural homes in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire (Wales) by harnessing a mobile broadband connection from EE (BT) and other operators, is set to close on 31st March 2021 after running into “acute capacity issues on the frequencies used by the 4G masts covering our area.”

Rural Full Fibre Broadband Pilots Start Rollout in Pembrokeshire UPDATE

22nd January, 2021 (3 Comments)

The Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC) in Wales has today announced that the first of many gigabit-capable broadband cabinets have just been install in several rural communities, which stem from four new pilot schemes with Broadway Partners (UK ISP Broadway Broadband).

ISP Lothian Broadband Plans FTTP Rollout to 50,000 Premises

18th January, 2021 (7 Comments)

Fixed wireless and full fibre ISP Lothian Broadband, which covers parts of East Lothian and Mid Lothian in rural Scotland, has today announced that they’re planning to accelerate growth through a “large-scale investment in fibre infrastructure” by deploying FTTP to 50,000 homes in communities where they already have a presence.