Category: Broadband

The people with lots of fibre in Lancashire have started to connect up another village in the most rural parts of Lancashire as Dolphinholme has started to go live as part of the B4RN project.

A core component of the Superfast Britain strategy from the current coalition Government is the 22 super connected cities but there are question marks over what level of impact the scheme is having.

Surrey launched with the ambition to get very close to 100% for the level of fibre based broadband coverage, which is of course different to 100% at superfast speeds. The full article includes our analysis of speeds across Surrey.

Rural Britain exists surprisingly close to many large towns around the UK and Underriver in Kent is another example just outside Sevenoaks. The area though is get to set Gigabit fibre broadband via Gigaclear.

The procurement in Suffolk for a new contract to hit the 95% superfast target that central Government wants appears to have listened to the critics of the first scheme.

The next 163 exchanges where fibre on demand will be available for businesses and those with deep wallets has been announced.

While appearing on a survey list does not guarantee improvements are coming to an area, for many who feel they have been ignored seeing their area might be the first sign of hope.

The Ofcom figures for the period up to November 2013 have now been published and while there are caveats, the average speed providers a nice historical tracker for how things are improving in the UK.

Move over Kansas City, York in the UK may soon have wider availability of FTTP and it will also be available on a wholesale basis.

Another area has announced details of extra funding via the RCBF to the tune of £550,000 and will benefit a further 3,300 premises.