Category: Broadband

The Universal Service Obligation has launched and people can now request a service from BT or KCOM.

Netflix is to reduce its streaming quality for a period of time to reduce Internet load it appears across Europe.

The build rate for Openreach FTTP that we are able to find has dropped from 25,809 to 19,859 premises per week in the last month.

The first budget of the current Government has just finished and the manifesto promise of £5 billion for Gigabit broadband has been confirmed.

The tabloids are saying that broadband in the UK will not cope with millions of home workers if the COVID-19 virus outbreak leads to offices closing.

There was a time when the contents of the budget were kept a secret but the modern trend of teaser announcements continues with the Chancellor confirming that £5 billion will be announced for Gigabit broadband intervention.

The monthly round-up of where things stand on broadband coverage across the UK and its countries and regions is now available with the full fibre coverage well on its way towards the 13% of premises mark.

We have crunched the numbers and worst case scenario seems to be Gigabit available to 57.9% of premises ranging to 79.7% based on build volumes already announced.

The battle for bragging rights to be top of the table has three full fibre providers delivering very similar median download speeds.

SOGEA has been around for what feels like ages but the shift from early market deployment trial to full launch marks the start of a big change in the UK landline and broadband market.