Category: Broadband
Cumbria Broadband project meets Secretary of State
This was not a cap in hand, please can we have more money visit, but an update on the progress of the Connecting Cumbria project.
Bradford has the tenth highest average peak speeds in Europe
Akamai has published its latest State of the Internet report, which places the UK a long way down the various league tables. Is the UK really the 25th best broadband country in the world.
Fibre news for the Hull area
One month one from the start of fibre trials by Karoo, there is news that five high-rise blocks near Hull City Centre will benefit in the next stage of the trials.
Superfast to arrive early in parts of Cornwall
The BT and EU investment to bring superfast broadband to Cornwall looks set to arrive earlier than expected to some nine communities in the County.
Meeting the Global Broadband Challenge
The first ten years or so of broadband roll-out has been largely something that happens in developed countries, but the benefits broadband communications bring can often be even greater in less developed parts of the world. A UN Commission is setting new targets that every country should strive to meet.
Businesses in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire time to speak up
The Borders Broadband Project is looking for input from businesses in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to come forward and inform them of the current state of broadband in the area.
Point Topic CEO to highlight importance of mapping
It seems obvious that having access to accurate and easy to use broadband coverage maps for decision makes, business and the public at large is very important. Point Topic's Oliver Johnson is due to highlight this at ITU Telecom World.
Fibre ring of York completed
Hopefully the City Of York will find ways to exploit its new 10 Gbps fibre ring beyond linking together over 100 council premises.
Gigaclear to mark completion of first fibre village
Hambleton surrounded by Rutland Water on three sides will this Saturday (29th October) see the symbolic switch on of its fibre network.
Major broadband outage affecting multiple providers
This morning a major service outage affected up to a fifth of the country's broadband users on BT Wholesale based broadband services.