Category: Broadband

The phase 1 project in West Yorkshire claims to have exceeded its original target so we take a look at how their numbers stand up to independent scrutiny.

Love or hate the way the Government has rolled out Superfast Broadband the reality is that the project has now enabled cabinets or delivered FTTP to some three million premises across the UK, up 0.5 million since May 2015.

Another BDUK project area has announced the size of its claw back which will allow more premises to be covered without recourse to more public money.

Scotland which has a phase 1 goal of 85% fibre based broadband is benefiting to the tune of £18 million being re-invested in the rollout.

The transparency data on money paid out by the BDUK makes for interesting reading and while the amounts on broadband marketing may look obscene at times, in the perspective of spending £47,000 on tent hire in Singapore it is not too bad.

Ofcom may have published some information on coverage as part of its Communications Market Report, but we can share our data for the 12 main areas of the UK and show how much things vary even at the regional level.

Cumbria has an extra £2.5 million to invest in rolling out superfast broadband to the harder to reach parts of the county.

Suffolk is the next county to announce its share of the clawback bonus BT announced recently.

Wookey Hole residents has been able to order superfast broadband for sometime now, but to highlight the areas where the CDS project is improving things the project has highlighted the caves and village .

Essex is continuing its roll-out of a fibre services from Openreach and has just used its first onesie to deliver superfast to some EO lines in Dedham.