Category: Broadband

Everyone wants faster broadband yesterday, so it seems a bit odd that the BDUK is having to advertise that it is available to some 80% of UK households.

The GigaPlus Argyll has got the Scottish superfast broadband projects to de-scope a number of areas so that they can receive funding and push on with a community led wireless solution for the islands.

Villages in the small Leicestershire village of Ashley have chosen to fund an Openreach fibre roll-out rather than a Gigaclear FTTP roll-out.

Boris Ivanovic, Chairman of Hyperoptic is having a go at Boris Johnson over that state of broadband in London, with data suggesting the UK capital is only 26 out of 33 compared to other capitals.

The annual infrastructure report has been published by Ofcom and amounts to 188 pages of infographics that are six months out of date, but provide a useful way to politicians to track the changing landscape.

The gap funded project in Wales is delivering, though for those who have not seen FTTC or maybe even FTTP come to their area they will be complaining.

While BT is frequently attacked for the low proportion of FTTH in its commercial and BDUK gap funded roll-outs the Scottish Islands are seeing millions spent to improve backhaul capacity so that once superfast is available people can actually enjoy it.

While the superconnected cities scheme is easy to poke fun at it for small businesses the chance to get up to £3,000 towards connecting better broadband should be something businesses seriously consider.

Another 164 premises in Wales are now able to enjoy FTTP via the Superfast Cymru project as Dinas Mawddwy is live and ready for people to order FTTP.

Spending the hundreds of millions on superfast broadband to the less commercial areas of the UK will be wasted if no-one buys it, a cheaper solution may have been to just roll out to those who complained the most.