Category: Broadband

Full fibre connections are the way of the future and for some lucky people are actually a reality now present, while the UK is behind the curve we could still catch-up.

Competition to develop alternate ways to deliver ever faster speeds across the copper local loop continue.

The most sparsely populated parts of the UK suffer from the lack of many services, but Skye may prove to be one of the better areas for broadband.

Cumbria and Lancashire appear to be a hub of activity with regards broadband, as LonsdaleNET rolls out its service.

While the cities across the UK are fighting to create 100 to 300 Mbps hot-spots, Hyperoptic is already successfully deploying Gigabit.

To the annoyance of some, the last kilometre of copper between cabinets and homes still has some life in it, and Vectoring is edging closer to becoming a reality in the wild.

The 10 winners in second round of funding for super-connected cities is expected to be announced in December, but Portsmouth seems to be planning ahead.

UK Broadband formerly PCCW has switched on its network in Swindon, bringing wireless to the area after a failed WiFi roll-out.

The EU goals for everyone to have access to a 30 Mbps connection by 2020 are central to plans for a competitive European economy.

Talking at NextGen 12 on Monday, Olivia Garfield made the astounding assertion that 24 Meg was all that a typical family can use on broadband.