Category: Broadband

Worry, and complaints over spoilt views and the smell of creosote has seen three broadband poles on Thornesgate in Wakefield are no more now the poles have been removed from the pavement.

In the last 12 months full fibre has gone from 60.6% to 74.3% availability in the more urban Area 2 area of the UK. In the more rural area known as Area 3 the change has been from 55.1% to 68.2%.

We know the One Touch Switching process has removed some hurdles to people switching and 200,000 switches have been completed so far, but if Uswitch is correct this weekend is set to be a massively busy period.

Building Digital UK (BDUK) which is running Project Gigabit and the many procurements involved has published a November 2024 update on what has been accomplished since April 2024 and what to expect in the next few months.

Broadband Genie has updated its analysis of the speeds the public are experiencing across the UK with the slowest streets showing speeds of under 1 Mbps when the fastest streets are showing over 700 Mbps.

A research briefing looking at broadband policy and targets in the UK has been released by the government

The Internet Services Industry awards (The ISPAs) have been announced at a black tie cermony this evening. We have the winners for you.

An Openreach commissioned report states that its full fibre broadband roll out could add £66bn to the UK economy by 2029.

For the vast majority of the public the PSTN switch off is nothing to worry about, but local authorities have additional responsibilities and how they manage the migration from analogue voice lines to IP based voice over broadband or mobile connectivity will have an impact beyond the obvious switchboard at the council offices.

Derbyshire now has two providers available for the Project Gigabit Voucher Scheme after it was relaunched in the area.