Category: Broadband

With another batch of Virgin Media Gig1 rolled out it is time to see how far up the table the extra Gigabit availability has pushed Scotland.

The latest batch of Virgin Media Gig1 areas has pushed the UK Gigabit coverage level to 25.71%, up from 8.4% this time last year.

The roll-out of VDSL2 and FTTP across Scotland under the original BDUK contract and extensions is drawing to a close and so before the focus fully shifts to the R100 they issued an update.

It appears a fire may behind a chunk of people using BT consumer and wholesale broadband services not having any connectivity to the Internet.

The superfast broadband roll-out in Wales continues with another contract extension that means an extra 13,000 properties are going to be future proofed with FTTP.

The UK appears to be speeding up its FTTP roll-outs with the last 1% being added in 48 days.

The 100% Gigabit coverage was talked about in the House of Commons on 9th July and as ever there are nuances to be understood.

The FTTP builds continue and while the UK full fibre footprint at 14.81% still looks small when you consider it was just 8.13% a year ago you get some idea of how things are changing.

Time once more to look at what speeds people have been getting from the numerous broadband packages in use across the United Kingdom.

Vouchers of £1,500 for home owners and £3,500 have been doubled in Wales in a.move by the Welsh and UK Governments to encourage more people to upgrade their connectivity from under 100 Mbps to much faster speeds.