Category: Broadband
CityFibre adds agreement with EE and Three to provide dark fibre services
CityFibre in many peoples eyes may have a tainted past due to the links with Bournemouth but the dark fibre provider appears to be gaining more and more traction with work that will pay off and allow it to expand its Gigabit city projects.
£6.4 million to secure superfast for 4,000 premises in West Oxfordshire
While there are parts of the UK which are close to 100% fibre based broadband coverage now, West Oxfordshire District Council is working towards the goal of being the first district council to reach 100% coverage.
Mobile broadband speeds better than old fashioned ADSL services?
Since everyone is talking about mobile coverage and speeds we thought that we should share some of the data we have that goes all the way back to 2008. We have even older data but not in a format we can easily process.
12km of fibre to link just 2 communities in Staffordshire
The battle for hearts and minds with the BDUK led roll-out continues, with Staffordshire one of the latest projects to release some snippets of information on the project.
Confusion over what Suffolk has signed up for with Superfast Broadband Extension contract
Suffolk was one of the first to declare its original BDUK project targets at 85% with access to a fibre based broadband service and is the first to sign on the line with BT for an extension, but it is unclear what the goal of the project extension will be.
Community digging deep to fund two cabinets to improve broadband
Two villages near Stroud in the Cotswolds are clubbing together to fund a FTTC service for their area after the commercial and County led roll-outs have passed them by.
Chapelton in Scotland to be FTTH showcase for Scotland
With the Chapelton in Elswick development slated for FTTH via Openreach and several thousand homes planned the new town may be the largest single concentration of FTTH in the UK.
Green light given by EU for 50 towns in Ireland to get FTTH
Ireland may be about to jump ahead of the UK in terms of the availability of Gigabit speed services as a joint project between ESB and Vodafone has been given the go ahead by the European Commission.
Superfast Surrey project very close to its original target
Surrey set out with the ambition of 99% of the homes and businesses in the county having access to fibre based broadband and our figures independent of anything released by the project suggest they are very close as they celebrate their 500th cabinet.
FTTP on its way and live in Surrey via Openreach
While FTTC is the dominant technology rolling out in the BDUK projects, bits and pieces of FTTP are starting to appear in more places.