Category: Broadband
INCA issues statement on rural broadband concerns
INCA who exist to help a patchwork quilt of providers emerge in the rural broadband landscape has issued a statement over the recent demise of two RCBF projects.
Sky launches its Sky Shield parental control system
TalkTalk for sometime has been the sole major provider with network level parental controls, but Sky has now enabled the system for its customers with customers able to control the filtering level via their web based account.
Gigabit surfaces on a housing development in Carlisle
The question is, has the BDUK spending woken competitors up, or would the increase in fibre roll-outs have happened anyway?
Cotswold Broadband to continue without RCBF support
Ignoring broadband for a moment, any small business will testify as to how difficult it is get hold of subsidies from Council/Gov/EU unless you are large enough to employ a dedicated team. So while its a bit of a surprise to see more RCBF projects falling by the wayside, it was almost inevitable given the playing field.
Connecting Cheshire project publishes fibre deployment map
Cheshire is the latest part of the UK to publish some maps to help people understand where the project will deliver.
Virgin Media to launch 152 Mbps service in February 2014
We had been expected another speed increase from Virgin Media and here it is, as of February 2014 a new speed tier of 152 Mbps will be rolled out progressively across their network.
Cornwall economy starts to show the benefits of superfast broadband
Cornwall started its fibre deployment ahead of any of the BDUK projects and has now reached a coverage figure of 82% for fibre based broadband and will continue to deliver improvements with the aim of 95% coverage by the end of 2015.
KC reacts to bandwidth projections
KC is set to be one of the areas of the UK with a higher proportion of FTTH than many other parts once KC completes its fibre roll-out, and have reacted to a recent BSG report that looked at the bandwidth requirements for broadband users.
Analysing demand for faster and faster broadband
If reading this synopsis it is likely you are one of those that does almost everything online, and may have above average Internet requirements, the Broadband Stakeholder Group has published a paper that looks into the wider range.
Los Angeles aims big with city wide Gigabit roll-out
The majority of pure fibre projects in the UK are much smaller, but the US always likes to think big and this is the case with the news that LA is looking for someone to build a city wide Gigabit network.