Category: Broadband

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.

Cheshire is the latest part of the UK to publish some maps to help people understand where the project will deliver.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

1,500 more homes and four business parks are set to benefit from FTTP networks deployed by Gigaclear.

After the roasting by fellow MPs and the press it is interesting to see Ed Vaizey Communications Minister still insisting that making superfast broadband available to 90% of premises is still possible by the end of 2015.

The North Yorkshire executive has met and considered the recent offer from more money from the BDUK and has now accepted the money pending a value for money report.