Category: Broadband

While there are some that want to mourn the state of UK broadband, another piece in the jigsaw to improve the situation has fallen into place with the latest BDUK project signing.

The amount of information on where and when fibre optic broadband in the form of mainly FTTC is increasing daily, with Lancashire one of the latest to announce the next areas to get improvements.

The connection voucher scheme that is part of the super connected city plan is starting to fall into place, with the new website now making an appearance.

With the super connected cities scheme dropping back from larger projects to just offering vouchers for business connections we can expect to see more services tailored to exploit this revenue stream.

The theatre of the Public Accounts Committee may be behind us, but just maybe one positive may come out of the meeting and that is that local authorities are being urged to be more open on their plans, even if they are not set in concrete.

Fell End Broadband has started the work of physical roll-out with a test dig using a mole plough which makes installing fibre ducting easier in rural areas.

Everyone knew that the Digital Region project was not performing as well as originally hoped, but it is still a surprise to hear that the service has attracted just 3,000 customers from a potential half million.

Last week may have seen lots of talk about the superfast broadband targets and rural broadband, but this week we here about the broadband issues in the real rural areas.

Earlier in 2013 Tooway made a big play for the rural broadband market with the launch of more attractive packages including an unlimited option, but this golden age that has lasted a few months is showing signs of ending as packages are set to change again.

The residents of Elberton are up in arms over the apparent revelation that they will not be benefiting from superfast broadband as part of their BDUK project, alas with we can expect to see many more stories like this in the next year or two.