Category: Broadband

Malvern Vale is not really rural, though someone living in a city like Manchester or London may consider it so, but in terms of reaching the Government targets providing services to areas like Malvern are important.

While there will be cries of fix and calls for investigations into the figures the pace of roll-out for the BDUK projects is clear, in that since the June figures were released the UK broke the 1 million barrier at the end of July 2014.

The BDUK project may be a great arguing point and probably one best avoided at the dinner table like all politics but it really does appear to be ramping up in terms of the number of premises passed.

A research paper on the link between house prices and broadband performance suggests a link, but only considers data up to 2010 making it impossible to know whether fibre roll-outs are having an impact.

Only five years after starting to roll-out fibre based broadband that utilises cabinets has Openreach started to provide a reasonable look-up system for home owners.

The briefing with Joe Garner has been reported widely but as one of the dozen people present it is worth providing a summary of what we heard.

While a onesie brings visions of cold winter evenings snuggled up on a sofa, it can also mean two devices combined into one and this is exactly what Openreach are planning with a new format of street cabinet.

Wales is continuing its roll-out of mainly FTTC based fibre broadband, with plans for some FTTP serving areas where it would be beneficial.

Connecting Devon and Somerset has launched a more useful map for residents and businesses in the area, that at last does not need the user to have a degree in geography to understand it.

Businesses in Colchester may soon have a choice of fast broadband infrastructures as funding has been given to a wireless provider to help ensure full coverage of business parks.