BT fibre broadband upgrade failure frustrates villagers
Broadband provider BT said its FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) upgrade of Blewbury exchange in Oxfordshire will not benefit the neighbouring village West Hagbourne due to the distance from the exchange. According to BT, it happens that some premises could miss out faster, fibre broadband even when the nearest exchange is enabled. The announcement is … Read more
Cornwall Superfast Broadband rollouts extended to more communities
Five more communities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will benefit from the £132 million Cornwall Superfast broadband project, it has been revealed. BT, which invests £78.5m on the scheme, aims to bring high speed broadband to nearly 90% of the homes and businesses in the region by 2014. New communities that are added … Read more
BT to rollout Fibre broadband in Queensferry
Residents and businesses in Queensferry will benefit from superfast broadband upgrade by the internet provider BT. BT Fibre broadband will deliver download speeds of up to 40Mbps, comparing to the average speeds of 4Mbps currently received by the local people. Rural areas in Queensferry which currently lack fast broadband will also benefit from the BT … Read more
BT expands Fibre broadband rollouts in Milton Keynes
BT has confirmed that most homes in Milton Keynes (95+ percent) which are connected to its Bradwell Abbey exchange in Milton Keynes will receive superfast speeds over its 40Mbps FTTC (Fibre to the cabinet) and 100Mbps FTTP (Fibre to the premise) networks. Fibre deployment will extend to benefit additional 20,000 households, BT said. Nearly half … Read more
Bournemouth to get 100Mbps Fibre Optic Broadband
The people of Bournemouth will get access to 100Mbps, fibre optic broadband over CityFibre’s network which can deliver up to 1Gbps speeds. The local broadband provider Fibreband will offer the fibre based (fibre to the home), ultra-broadband service to the residents and businesses as the fibre optic infrastructure has now been completed by the firm, … Read more
Gigaclear to launch 1Gbps broadband in Thames Valley
Fibre optic network provider Gigaclear sets to launch its 1Gbps service in Thames Valley after Ofcom allows the company to use duct, pole and passive infrastructure from other suppliers in addition to their own ducts
BT unveils 100Mbps FTTP broadband trial in Milton Keynes
BT has unveiled its superfast Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) broadband trial in Bradwell Abbey in Milton Keynes. The trial will offer download speeds of up to 100Mbps speeds,
BT announces leaders in fibre broadband contest
Broadband provider BT said its on-going ‘Race to Infinity’ survey for finding the demand for fibre based, superfast broadband services across the UK has received more than 200,000 votes so far with two rural communities in Caxton in Cambridgeshire and Malvern in Worcestershire, having already passed the threshold of 1000 votes, could get fibre broadband by 2012.
Government to spend £530 million on fibre optic broadband rollouts
The Government will spend £530 million on building fibre based, super-fast broadband infrastructure in rural parts of the UK, it has been confirmed.
Virtual networks promise cheaper fibre broadband service
—Research by Network Interoperability Consultative Committee (NICC) shows that new ‘piggy way’ method can help more users to get faster broadband by accessing to virtual local networks (VLAN).