Category: Broadband

The return of BT to the mobile market has been talked about for some time, but if talks between Telefonica and BT do go to their conclusion the BT CellNet arm that became O2 and was sold to Telefonica may be back in the BT Group.

After years of just up to 8 Mbps ADSL based service with a radio backhaul link over the 28 miles to the mainland, the residents and businesses on the Isles of Scilly now have access to fibre based broadband.

As the first county to start delivering FTTC via the BDUK process back in December 2012 North Yorkshire is one to watch for what might happen as the projects move forward and consider any eventual goal of 100% superfast coverage.

Dolphinholme has been shaping up to be an epic social media battle of wills between BT and B4RN and it appears work is carrying on for the FTTP build in the village by Openreach.

Change can be difficult and when villages have had a status quo in terms of street furniture when things change there can be objections and Fowlmere in Cambridgeshire is the latest.

Ed Vaizey has attended another cabinet switch on event and the pre-requisite photo opportunity saw one person holding some ducting and fibre tubing.

Broadband speeds are never far from the headlines, but all too often it is emotion rather than cold facts so as we have lots of the figures we thought we would share a few.

It may seem incredible or impossible to those who have not benefited from the BDUK process and may have some years to wait for subsequent projects, but the pace of existing projects is continuing to pick up.

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.

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.