Category: Broadband

The results from all the speed tests we have been able to analyse for the UK broadband market in October are now out and with several providers changing product speeds the next few months will be interesting to see what the actual effect is.

Get ready with your spreadsheets if you are trying to keep track of how many gainshare has been announced for actual re-use rather than sitting dormant as the Broadband East Riding partnership has announced a project extension.

Labels attached to broadband are back once again confusing journalists and the public alike and it is important that projects and politicians get on top of any confusion as misunderstandings tend to loop back and bite at a later date.

The CDS project is progressing its phase two roll-outs with more detail on the Gigaclear roll-outs expected but for Mid Devon it appears this is not going to be enough and the local press has hints that a fibre ring might be built to help some areas.

With changes to the level of information people signing up to broadband deals set to change and include peak speeds our monthly reporting of what differences we see between peak and off-peak are becoming more important to ensure providers are staying honest.

It is four weeks since the last of our regular snapshots on the fate of the superfast broadband roll-outs across the UK and we have added an extra set of data to help everyone track the numerous full fibre roll-outs from providers.

It is some two years since we last looked at the standing of the English local authorities and how the six groups are fairing in terms of the race to every higher levels of superfast broadband coverage.

The Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee has released its report on broadband in Wales after evidence gathering earlier in 2017 and makes a number of recommendations for any further roll-outs.

Essex is only just over the 90% superfast broadband coverage level now, but has work underway to deliver more and a phase 4 that should fill in almost all the gaps has been approved and just needs a bidder or bidders to win the contract.

The CSW project that covers Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire has announced a new £28m deal with BT to deliver more 15,500 premises with access to superfast broadband and some 90% of these should get full fibre (FTTP) with ultrafast speeds.