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In the global economy the exchange rates are all over the place for conversion to and from sterling so the estimate of $300m investment needed for 4 years will vary in UK money but still we now have an idea of the likely cost for a G.fast roll-out.

Openreach apparently fits around 50,000 master sockets each week so a new design that is easier to fit will make life simpler for both engineers and customers.

The battle for new broadband customers in the northern part of Swindon continues as following the Virgin Media roll-out announcement Openreach has announced its plans to cover a similar number of premises.

There is some speculation on how many cabinets are going to benefit from G.fast and based on the target of 10 million premises passed we have crunched the numbers.

It looks likely the value of real estate in central London has led to Openreach having to agree to move out of its Chelsea exchange and migrate services to the Kensington exchange.

The range of speed and price points appears to be increasing again at Openreach, and in time there may be more options available to reduce the level of complaints of paying for up to 38 Mbps but not getting that speed.

The uncertainty of who will be the Openreach CEO is over as a candidate from within the BT Group has now been announced.

The Openreach CEO has announced his intention to move back into the financial sector by becoming CEO of Nationwide in Spring 2016.

Cheshire is one of the latest parts of the UK to announce the amount of claw back that will be re-invested and used to keep the network build going in the area.

At the recent presentation to the City and collective press on Tuesday BT and Openreach talked quickly about a new VDSL2 variant Long Reach and the potential to provide 24 Mbps at distances of 2km. We now have the infographic to share and have run the maths on what it could mean for the UK.