Category: Broadband

The noble but ultimately flawed Digital Region scheme is getting closer to an eventual closure, as providers start to mention closure dates.

The latest financial results show that while its cable broadband user base is growing it is not growing as fast as other providers who are now offering superfast services.

Northern Ireland may be ahead of the curve with superfast broadband available to 95% of premises, but efforts continue to push this closer to 100% by 2015.

Holding a fibre rich broadband service launch in a farm shop is sure to bring out all the puns about a fibre rich diet, so we will just say that Wansdyke Telecom has apparently got its first two properties up and running.

The first BDUK funded cabinet in Oxfordshire went live in December and the next exchange areas to benefit have been announced in a newsletter.

The first cabinet in the joint Durham project went live in December 2013 and now the project is expecting the first phase to be completed ahead of schedule.

Good news for some areas of North Lincolnshire that are going to get access to superfast broadband for the first time, but the roll-out announcement contradicts the information the council has released.

Vodafone has shifted in and out of the fixed line broadband world, but rumours are suggesting we seem them in the arena in the next year.

Anyone with an ounce of sense will agree that FTTH/P is the connectivity medium for the future, the only real question is at what point does it actually provide an economic benefit to make it worth the investment and disruption to roll-out.

While the impression gained from most broadband coverage is that BT has gained every pound of subsidy over the last ten years, the reality is a bit more diverse than the headlines. Thus it should be a total shock that Dorset appears to be supporting a fixed wireless solutions for the hardest to reach areas.