Category: Broadband

For those not yet benefiting milestones are of little comfort, but so long as the project keeps delivering the chances of a better connection continue.

The phase 1 BDUK projects and BT are under increasing levels of scrutiny, with Hampshire expressing concern over the fact that coverage is far from uniform.

The news is not just about G.fast and a reach of 10 million there was other developments that might help to improve the lot of those in rural and urban not spots.

One has to question how many people will make use of satellite broadband vouchers when satellite based connectivity has been available for so many years.

While Ofcom and other bodies produce annual or less frequent coverage reports we are tracking the changes weekly and can now also report on how the digital divide is changing.

North Yorkshire saw the first BDUK cabinet go live in December 2012 and declared its phase 1 complete in May 2015. Now the funds are lined up ready to negotiate contracts for phase 2 - though as its North Yorkshire this is phase 3.

The Broadband Stakeholder Group has produced a report that attempts to assess the very varied needs of business with respect to broadband and we are sure that some will disagree with the conclusions.

A coverage figure of 50% superfast broadband does not sound great but in Herefordshire the coverage has grown by 10.5 percentage points since the start of 2015.

With now less than four months to go the Superfast Cymru project is showing progress but needs to add another 10 percentage points of coverage to hit its original December 2015 deadline.

There are those that say FTTC was a waste of money and the roll-out of G.fast to bring ultrafast speeds to the Openreach network is probably not going to change their opinion, but then does the average homeowner care so long as it delivers a faster connection?