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Mobile Coverage in Worcestershire UK is 1000x Worse Than Ofcom Suggests UPDATE

15th March, 2025 (28 Comments)

The Worcestershire County Council (WCC) in England has revealed the results of a recent study they conducted with Streetwave, which harnessed local bin lorries to map the coverage and performance of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across the county. Overall, it claims to have found that mobile coverage is “over 1,000 times worse than Ofcom and mobile operator data suggests“.

Court Sides with Wychavon Council in Judicial Review of Broadband Poles

14th December, 2024 (22 Comments)

The Lifford Gardens and the Sands Residents Association, which represents part of Broadway in Worcestershire (England), has lost its Judicial Review case against the local council’s decision to allow the deployment of a new FTTP broadband network using wood poles. The Birmingham High Court ruled that the council had acted lawfully.

£62k from Worcestershire Council Helps Bring FTTP Broadband to Charlton

15th February, 2024 (9 Comments)

Some 235 premises in the village of Charlton can finally access gigabit broadband speeds after the Worcestershire County Council (WCC) in England committed £62k towards Openreach’s (BT) project to build a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the area, which helped to “top up” with funding provided via the UK’s previous gigabit voucher scheme (RGC).

Gigabit Broadband Anti-Poles Protest Turns Ugly in the Cotswolds

6th November, 2023 (35 Comments)

The deployment of a new gigabit-broadband network by FullFibre Ltd in the Cotswolds village of Broadway, as well as in nearby Willersey, reportedly resulted in ambulances and an arrest after residents made a strong protest against the UK operator’s plan to deploy telecoms poles in the area.

Rural UK ISP Airband Offers 4 Months Free Broadband – Black Friday

26th October, 2023 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Airband, which aspires to reach 600,000 UK premises via a mix of Wireless and Full Fibre (FTTP) networks by the end of 2025, has recently launched a new Black Friday promotion that offers new customers their first four months of service for free – saving up to £220.

Faulty Power Cables Damage Openreach Network in Malvern

8th July, 2023 (4 Comments)

An unspecified number of homes and businesses in the Worcestershire (England) town of Malvern have been hit by major disruption to their broadband ISP and phone connectivity, which has lasted for several days, after five of Openreach’s local cables were damaged. This has required extensive engineering work to fully repair.

Zzoomm FTTP Broadband Goes Live in Bewdley, Worcestershire

14th June, 2023 (1 Comment)

Network builder and UK ISP Zzoomm has today announced that the first customers in the Worcestershire (England) town and civil parish of Bewdley are now able to connect to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) infrastructure, although the same area is also being targetted by Openreach and FullFibre Limited.

Rural ISP Airband Build 134km of Fibre Across Worcestershire UK

26th May, 2023 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Airband, which is deploying a mix of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across various parts of the UK, has announced that they’ve so far laid 134km of fibre optic cable across Worcestershire (England) and have plans to deploy a lot more.

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Over 350 Public Sites in the Midlands to Get Full Fibre Broadband

30th March, 2023 (8 Comments)

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England has been chosen to lead a new £8m “GigaHubs” project that will rollout a gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network to reach a total of more than 350 public buildings (schools, council offices, hospitals etc.) across the Midlands.

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Worcestershire UK Council Target 90% Gigabit Broadband by 2027

4th February, 2023 (8 Comments)

The Worcestershire County Council (WCC) in England has committed to help ensure that 90% of premises across the county will be able to access a gigabit-capable broadband ISP network by 2027, which will be partly funded via clawback (gainshare) from their earlier rollout programme with Openreach (Superfast Worcestershire).

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More UK ISPs Join FullFibre Limited’s New Broadband Network

15th December, 2022 (0 Comments)

Network operator FullFibre Limited, which is building a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across various parts of England, has today announced that two more ISPs have joined their wholesale network – Link Broadband and OctaPlus.

FullFibre Ltd Puts Gigabit Broadband Live in 3 UK Locations

24th October, 2022 (4 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited has announced that their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network has finally gone live in the towns of Alfreton (Derbyshire), Evesham (Worcestershire) and Cheadle (Stoke on Trent) – including some surrounding areas.

FullFibre Ltd Add 2 New Towns to their UK FTTP Broadband Build

14th March, 2022 (13 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited has today added another two towns across Worcestershire and Warwickshire in England to benefit from their rollout of a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which aims to cover “at least” 500,000 UK premises by 2025.

BDUK Publish New Phase 2 Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews

5th February, 2022 (11 Comments)

The Broadband Delivery UK team have just published a new batch of Public Reviews (PR) and Open Market Reviews (OMR) for additional parts of England – mostly covered by Phase 2 of the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout. Both aim to identify which areas need state aid support for future builds.

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ISP Lit Fibre UK Goes Live with 10Gbps Broadband in Evesham

4th February, 2022 (9 Comments)

Broadband ISP Lit Fibre, which aims to build a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 500,000 UK homes by 2026, has officially started to go live in the Worcestershire (England) town of Evesham – despite only starting the physical build last November.

FullFibre Ltd Creates 10 New Job Opportunities for 16-24 Year Olds

10th January, 2022 (7 Comments)

Broadband network builder FullFibre Limited, which aims to extend their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network for UK ISPs to cover at least 500,000 premises by 2025 (here), has partnered up with the Kickstart Scheme to create 10 new job opportunities for 16-24 year-olds within their company.

Lit Fibre Extend FTTP Broadband Rollout to Sudbury and Evesham

26th November, 2021 (16 Comments)

UK ISP Lit Fibre, which is building a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to reach 500,000 homes by 2026, has announced that the next two towns to benefit from their rollout will be Sudbury (Suffolk) and Evesham (Worcestershire). But aggressive competition will soon follow.