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12 new fibre schools and 3,500 new engineers to install full fibre
Openreach is increasing its workforce to allow it meet the targets it has set for full fibre roll-outs and the extra 3,500 trainee engineers are hopefully a sign that they are in this for the long haul with further targets after the 2020 three million goal is reached.
Drone to the rescue in getting fibre to Welsh village
Wales is gaining access to more full fibre almost daily and it is invariably not in the urban centres but in the rural areas as part of the Superfast Cymru project.
£20 million to bring ultrafast broadband to 140,000 premises in Northern Ireland
News that BT is to invest £20m in rolling out ultrafast broadband to Northern Ireland with FTTP being the dominant technology will be welcome news for those living and working there.
Fibre on Demand a cautionary tale
We covered the new Openreach pricing for Fibre on Demand two weeks ago and this got people excited but its time to make a few cautionary comments.
Two remote Scottish communities gain full fibre broadband
Another day and more full fibre rolled out, this time to the communities of Altnaharra and Skerray in the Scottish Highlands.
Openreach full fibre plan to be hung on Christmas tree soon
The consultation around the Openreach full fibre plans have been discussed before but Mike McTighe has been talking at a conference in Australia on the subject.
New Openreach Fibre on Demand pricing may make service more attractive
The Openreach Fibre On Demand product when launched many years ago got a lot of interest but due to the volume of other work Openreach was undertaking the pricing increased substantially but new pricing that takes effect in February 2018 may reverse that.
Deal reached so Openreach can upgrade chunks of Mayfair and Belgravia
A co-investment deal has been reached with Grosvenor Britain & Ireland and Openreach that will see a mixture of FTTP and FTTC brought to over 130 sites in the heart of the West End of London.
Tweaks for ECI VDSL2 cabinets may boost speeds for some
The various speed boosts such as the low noise margin and G.INP have been appearing on Huawei VDSL2 cabinets for some time and we have seen the difference it makes, so news that the low noise margin is set to be given a while for ECI cabinets is good news.
Openreach to massively reduce GEA cablelink fees
The cost of the cable that links the Openreach infrastructure to the providers backhaul network in an exchange may be a one off cost but with bandwidth utilisation growing reduced prices should ensure providers stay on top of avoiding this short piece of fibre being the bottleneck.