Category: Broadband

If you've not been helped by the superfast roll-outs then it will feel like a disaster but the good news is that the number in that camp is shrinking.

Wales has had various voucher schemes for broadband before and now it has revamped the business ones to offer a variety of vouchers.

The Scottish goal was a mere 85% with access to a fibre based (VDSL2 or better) broadband solution for the end of 2015 and that has now been surpassed.

Northamptonshire has got so close to the 90% superfast goal that given the margin of error in any big data set it seems safe to be boring and agree the project has met its target.

While Government and Ofcom disagree over what speed is considered ultrafast the money to build more ultrafast connectivity continues.

The big gap between 40 Mbps and 80 Mbps on the FTTC looks set to be reduced with the introduction of a new FTTC speed point of 55 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up.

We looked at the rural/urban split in England earlier in 2015 and promised to come back with a UK wide picture and do just that with this article that highlights the digital divide.

No doubt that the PR people made sure that Nasareth in Wales got its improvements in broadband just in time for Christmas, but unlike a box of Quality Street at least the broadband will last all year.

The Fastershire project which awarded one contract to Gigaclear has delivered its first speed live SME connection, and as its a pub you can drop by and see how fast it really is.

While the latest DCMS committee will not have changed the world for those curious as to how the BDUK process operates this latest session is very useful.