Category: Broadband

Rutland Telecom who have used a mixture of FTTC and FTTP in Rutland County is not the favourite of some residents in one village in the county and they are seeking a reversal of the Open Market Review.

A slightly different way of implementing the BDUK maps has appeared for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough project, where you get a page for each town/village with an explanation.

Northamptonshire announced its BDUK contract target of 90% and awarded the contract to BT earlier in 2013, and is now fleshing out the sketchy ambition to have 100% coverage of superfast broadband.

Following on from the previous scheme to improve broadband in Wales, it seems the Welsh Government is keen to offer more £1,000 grants to properties that have slow broadband.

The full fat fibre picture in the UK may not be the most extensive, but it is continuing to grow.

As with other BDUK projects over time more detailed maps are appearing and the Bucks and Herts project is the latest to publish maps.

A £14m project is set to benefit some 42,000 homes and businesses in the East Riding of Yorkshire, bringing mainly FTTC, but some native FTTP via the contract just signed with BT.

It is not totally clear with new EU proposals how strongly 'should' will be enforced, but the list of changes to contracts for telecoms services in the EU is extensive, though in many cases builds on work that Ofcom has done in the past.

The Isle of Wight with its small size and it would appear a more open level of information at the council level has had its cabinet give back to BT as the preferred bidder for the BDUK project.

Four local authorities in West Yorkshire working together are the latest to sign a BDUK contract with BT, with the aim to ensure every business and household can get 2 Mbps and faster broadband, with all but 3% connected to an FTTC or FTTP based service.