Category: Broadband

North Yorkshire was the first BDUK project to start delivering improvements some ten months ago, and may be about to benefit from extra funding.

It looks as if another round of number crunching will take place in Wales to help assess the extent of the commercial roll-out by BT.

It is official all of Europe can get a basic broadband service, but only if you accept satellite based services into the overall package.

The BDUK contract for Northumberland was signed in April and now the first semi sensible maps giving people an idea of the roll-out are taking place.

As the projects to improve broadband across the UK progress, the reality of what different areas have in terms of speeds is becoming more apparent, spurred on by councils keen to track project progress and the concerns from the public.

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland represent the most challenging area of the UK with respect to improving broadband speeds within the allocated budget that Westminster and Holyrood want to spend.

The East Sussex BDUK project which signed its contract five months has now announced the first few exchange areas that will benefit from the gap funding.

The UK Broadband market is much more than just BT, and if we ever want to create a highly vibrant market with two or more broadband infrastructure providers to homes we need stop politicians always running to BT when there are coverage issues.

So long as you remember to zoom in Hampshire as part of its BDUK project has published a county wide map revealing the areas that will be part of the project.

In a rare departure it appears that Liverpool City Council and several other councils in the area have signed a BDUK contract, but are not contributing any funding themselves.