Category: Broadband

The battle for the top spot in our monthly speed test round-up has just got a little more exciting.

Fife Council has given approval to putting £150,000 towards resolving the final 1.6% of premises they believe will not have superfast broadband via the existing Scottish project.

Scotland may not be the best served of the four UK nations for superfast broadband but things are improving and the project is apparently halfway towards its goal.

Telford and Wrekin that decided not to take part in the original BDUK roll-outs is on board for the extension phase and is aiming for 98% coverage at superfast speeds.

Some may not welcome the news that BT in conjunction with Alcatel-Lucent has shown speeds of 5 Gbps over very short runs of copper telephone line with 1.8 Gbps over 100m of copper.

The Go ON UK partnership has created a Digital Exclusion map of the UK but some of the underlying data is deeply flawed as it is two years old.

The online checkers have carried the Fibre on Demand option for some time but a new wave of areas with the option has led to the suggestions it is available to order again.

Thinkbroadband have carried out testing of free airport Wi-Fi services at the five major London airports revealing a significant difference in speeds and duration of free Internet access.

The digital economy in the UK may be a cornerstone of the current and future economy but the utility of decent broadband means the questions over getting to 100% with access to a decent connection continue.

The BDUK projects are edging ever closer to the deadline of the end of 2015 to reach a national target of 90% and our monthly round-up of the 12 UK regions shows while England may reach it, overall it is likely to be missed.