Category: Broadband

Kent is the latest county to publish outline plans for its BDUK project and while it is just maps once more, it should at least give people an idea of the projects scope.

The plan to bring superfast broadband to 85% of Scottish premises has had its rollout plans published and made available online.

With County Councils often borrowing to meet the investment needs for capital projects when those at the top change there is a risk that borrowing will be revised and projects cancelled or reigned in.

Perhaps ten years ago it was common to see small providers to emerge and hit capacity issues after mis-judging demand for bandwidth, but generally people have got better at planning, alas one Welsh provider appears to have got its projections wrong.

Shropshire is the latest county to announce the first locations for its improved broadband roll-out.

While some people would happily welcome disruption if it meant their broadband speeds were significantly improved, this feeling is far from universal.

While the UK is trying to keep investment going in the telecoms sector, IDATE who monitor the whole European sector have released projections for how the sector is going to change in the next decade.

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.