Category: Broadband

Anger is leading people to plaster safety barriers with sarcastic notes after a car demolished a fibre cabinet in Bourne End.

The results from our recent poll on how people feel about an Internet levy was interesting, you could summarise the results as more people support the idea so long as they don't have to pay.

The pieces are constantly falling into place with the announcement of a fixed wireless scheme to bring superfast broadband to another 1,400 premises in an area normally considered to be in the final 10% of the UK.

It looks like Monday morning may have seen a big burst of traffic due to the Windows 10 roll-out and this was causing packet loss and slow speeds for some.

We have covered the broadband situation in London before but the London Evening Standard has now waded in and is trying to say its all bad based on just 2014, so time to point out that you do not have to rely on old Ofcom data.

Our monthly roundup of the speeds of the various providers has been published and is the most extensive set of speed test results in the UK.

The early release of funds via the clawback mechanism is likely to be felt very soon in Norfolk as extra millions are now available to push beyond the phase 2 targets.

South Yorkshire has seen the Digital Region come and go and now the BDUK process is starting to deliver its first cabinets.

In three months Hampshire and the BDUK project have added cabinets covering another 4,000 premises and we have the full detail on what this means in terms of coverage.

The DCMS has confirmed that some £129m of funding will be made available via the clawback mechanism for re-investment in extending the reach of superfast broadband.