Category: Broadband

Another project has declared the finish of its phase 1 roll-out and work is already under way on the next phases to extend coverage.

Rural broadband target to be missed says the headline, but as you read more what the target was becomes every more confusing.

Worrying that the USO may be late seems a little premature but with all the changes of the last two months in politics the call by the LGA for Government to re-affirm its commitment to the USO is eminently sensible.

Ofcom has set out its model for how it wants Openreach to behave going forward and the very public campaigning has worked out almost exactly how many campaigners wanted.

While in theory everyone has access to 2 Mbps or better broadband this is via satellite broadband or the better option of fixed wireless connectivity for some months.

While numerous projects are declaring milestones that largely seem to stand up to scrutiny the overall UK picture continues to change month on month and will continue to do so until at least the end of 2017.

We polled over 1,000 users to find out what they'd give up if they had to save money, and it wasn't broadband..

Keeping track of the monies announced and ensuring one is not talking about duplicate amounts is an ongoing struggle, so the latest £150m is part of the notional £1.7bn but it has never been anywhere near a BT bank account.

The BDUK process is seen by a failure by some, a success by others and the reality depends on whether you got a decent boost by the project or maybe even see it as a distortion of the commercial market.

Just over three weeks until the winners and losers at the 2016 ISPA Awards learn who is going home with an award and who is trying not to lose it on the night.