Category: Internet Service Providers
First property goes live on B4RN network in Norfolk
Scole Community Centre in Norfolk has the distinction of being the first property connected to the B4RN network in East Anglia and will provide a showcase to encourage other communities to join Gissing, Tivetshalls and Thwaite who are the next villages to enjoy symmetric Gigabit broadband.
The long term equations involved in fibre on demand
The new version of fibre on demand from Openreach with lower monthly costs may have stirred the pro consumer market for a short while but with initial quotes causing some anger at the size its time to illustrate why Fibre on Demand is a long term solution, not a I want the latest toy dream.
Only £20 a month for up to 38 Mbps FTTC fibre via NOW TV
NOW TV has launched a further salvo in the on-going broadband price wars, with a £15/m offer to its ADSL2+ service and £20/m for VDSL2.
Virgin Media customers will now be able to boast of 350 Mbps speeds
The 350 Mbps tier for Virgin Media is not ground breaking news but the main Virgin Media site has now replaced the 300 Mbps service with the 350 Mbps product and existing 300 Mbps customers should see an upgrade.
Peterborough second in line for Vodafone Gigafast full fibre service
Peterborough has been named as the next city in the CityFibre partnership with Vodafone and is set to provide ubiquitous full fibre coverage for consumers.
Community Fibre in deal with City of London to roll-out more full fibre
The City of London may be small in size and with residents vastly outnumbered by the workers who commute in each day to work in the numerous large offices is has tended to be a bit a of superfast broadband laggard.
The FoD dream becomes a FoD nightmare
The changes to the pricing structure for Fibre on Demand have surprised some people and reflects that sometimes a desire for transparency may not always be as perfect as it seems.
Virgin Media to bring Project Lightning to Test and Dun Valley area
No doubt lots of our readers will have seen the coverage on Virgin Media rolling out to 12 villages in Hampshire and we were surprised the existing amount of VDSL2 and existing FTTP coverage present in the villages when we checked.
Infrastructure fund makes offer for Gigaclear
The original cable roll-outs saw lots of smaller regional companies being acquired and merged until the single Virgin Media resulted and the offer to buy Gigaclear may indicate that eventually the same will happen again.
£100, £150 and £175 rewards on BT Broadband services
The cycle of rewards for new customers joining BT is at its peak again with a massive £100 prepaid MasterCard reward on even the standard ADSL2+ service.