Category: Broadband

Another area has shown enough demand that Gigaclear will now start to collect firm orders and if interest levels are the same then roll-out will commence.

It might seem very 19th century, but if your task is to survey those with slow or no Internet access then what better than a simple postcard.

The question now is whether the Fast Start approach will make a difference and see delivery of service to those wanting it sooner rather than later.

Leicestershire is taking slow steps towards broadband improvements for those areas outside the commercial deployment areas, with a meeting and a contract signing expected in the summer.

The latest set of figures from Akamai on speeds observed on their Content Delivery Network places the UK ahead of its major European competitors, but behind many smaller countries.

Deddington was one of a handful of places in the UK where Openreach wants to make the exchange a fibre only proposition.

While we have known that BT was chosen for the Devon and Somerset project back in October contract negotiations still mean the project has not signed on the dotted line.

The UK is starting to claw its way up the digital connectivity charts as the number of FTTH deployments increase.

While many broadband campaigners have said that Openreach winning BDUK projects would kill off competition, there are signs that competition is flourishing based on people not wanting to wait two or three years for BDUK projects to complete.

The Welsh Assembly is slowly getting into gear with its broadband upgrades with a little more information now available on the roll-out.