Category: Broadband
Connection vouchers start moving in Portsmouth
The voucher scheme to help businesses upgrade their broadband connections to something better and more suited to the 21st century digital economy is progressing with Portsmouth issuing its first voucher.
Psst, don’t tell anyone Openreach has rolled out some more FTTP
It is often overlooked but Openreach is still the largest FTTP provider in the UK, and with new deployments in Birmingham has added another 800 or so premises passed.
Had a phone fault? Watch out for odd call charges
The situation at Openreach since its creation when it thinned out the ranks and has subsequently had to employ third party contractors is not always a pretty one, but there are suggests that Kelly engineers may be making chargeable calls on lines they are working on.
B4RN gives birth to baby west of the M6
A new off-shoot from B4RN looks set to become another debating point as parts of the new Hyperfast B4YS are already in line for BDUK funded cabinets.
Post Office telephone and broadband price changes
The Post Office is a popular choice for cheap line rental, but this is an element that is going up in price as of 14th April, but their broadband is decreasing in price.
Northhamptonshire publishes next newsletter to update project progress
Almost every day seems to bring a couple of updates on the 44 local authority projects across the UK, and Northamptonshire is one of the latest.
First signs of faster broadband roll-out in Nottinghamshire
The commercial roll-out of FTTC is coming to an end, and as with other counties the BDUK scheme is starting to ramp up, and the first two areas have now been announced.
Telford and Wrekin climbs onboard for the 95% superfast broadband target
Telford is often at the top or close to the top of speed charts in the UK due to the high availability of Virgin Media cable and FTTC services in the local authority area, but with extra funding now allocated it seems the council is willing to match fund it.
Poll Results: Are up to speeds good enough?
A recent which campaign raised a set of issues we had polled about thirteen months ago and we have re-run the poll and got very similar results again, which reveal that almost 1 in 6 respondents get a speed well below their personal estimate.
Television on demand regulator calls for more porn policing
Apologies for those reading this over their breakfast, but it appears a study which suggests on one in sixteen children accessed an adult site during December 2013 is calling for payment processing to be restricted to only those that operate within ATVOD rules in the UK.