Category: Broadband

While many local authority projects are progressing the Digital Region project in South Yorkshire continues to give cause for concern.

BT has netted another local authority broadband project, with the project helping around 150,000 premises get better broadband or broadband for the first time.

Some good news for residents and businesses in Cornwall, it seems the Superfast Cornwall project is going so well they are increasing their coverage targets.

A month after BT was announced as the winner for the area the contract has now been signed which means planning can get underway.

Which ever firm won the BDUK projects was going to have to expand and BT is doing just that creating an extra 1,000 jobs.

The Isles of Scilly at 28 miles from the mainland currently only have a wireless link to provide backhaul for broadband the islands.

Ofcom may have shown the UK excelling in some areas, but politicians maybe making the dangerous assumption from the Ofcom scorecard that all is well.

Frilford and Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire are to gain access to next-generation broadband from Gigaclear at speeds of up to 1Gbps through a FTTH installation.

The funding for ultrafast broadband services in cities is once more in the limelight as the DCMS is running a short consultation to allow operators to provide feedback on plans.

The BDUK projects that have signed their contracts are starting to get underway, with Surrey County Council annoucing the first wave of upgrades under the scheme.