Surrey County Council has signed a £32.8m contract with BT to deliver superfast broadband infrastructure across Surrey by the end of 2014. BT’s fibre network will be extended to reach 99.7% of homes and businesses in Surrey. £20m is to be invested by Surrey County Council with a further £11.8m and £1.31m contributed by BT and the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme, respectively. New! Check the latest availability of superfast and ultrafast broadband in your area, and see the […] . Click here to read the full article.
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Superfast Broadband for Everyone by 2020
For those struggling with slow broadband speeds, there is hope on the horizon, although it will take until 2020 for superfast broadband to reach everyone in the UK. New! Check the latest availability of superfast and ultrafast broadband in your area, and see the best deals, by using our postcode checker on our Broadband Deals page. The European Commission has the target of achieving superfast broadband speeds of at least 30 Mbps in every household in Europe by 2020, with […] . Click here to read the full article.
Fibre Broadband For Wales
By the end of 2015, 96% of homes and businesses in Wales are expected to be able to access high-speed fibre broadband as a result of a £425m project (when BT’s commercial investment in Wales is also taken into account). The very first premises are expected to go live by spring 2013. New! Check the latest availability of superfast and ultrafast broadband in your area, and see the best deals, by using our postcode checker on our Broadband Deals page. […] . Click here to read the full article.
Fibre Broadband For North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire County Council has signed a contract with BT to provide superfast broadband. 90% of North Yorkshire homes and businesses will have access to fibre broadband (“typically” providing speeds of 25 Mbps or more) by the end of 2014. New! Check the latest availability of superfast and ultrafast broadband in your area, and see the best deals, by using our postcode checker on our Broadband Deals page. The total contract value is £36.44m, with contributions of £10m from BT […] . Click here to read the full article.
Ofcom Publishes its 2012 Communications Market Report
Ofcom has published its 2012 Communications Market Report, and has identified strong growth in the adoption of Internet-enabled devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets (including the iPad) and e-readers (including the Kindle). Each household in the UK now has on average three different types of Internet-enabled device. Ownership of a laptop stood at 61% of households, ahead of a games console (52%), a desktop PCs (44%) and an Internet-enabled set-top box (41%). Two-fifths of UK adults are now smartphone users. […] . Click here to read the full article.
500,000 Homes Lose 4 Mbps of Speed Due to Poor Set-up
According to research carried out by TalkTalk, millions of UK homes are missing out from achieving the best possible speeds due to poor set up, which is what we have been saying for a long time! New! Check the latest availability of superfast and ultrafast broadband in your area, and see the latest deals, by using our postcode checker on our Broadband Deals page. TalkTalk engineers have performed 25,000 home visits and have identified many problems associated with set up. […] . Click here to read the full article.
Average UK Broadband Download Speed Falls Below 5 Mbps
If you suffer from low broadband speeds, you are not alone. According to a recent report from Akamai, the average UK download speed across all broadband users was 4.9 Mbps in the final three months of 2011. This compares with 17.5 Mbps and 9.1 Mbps in South Korea and Japan, respectively. Akamai found that the UK ranked 16th in Europe for average measured connection speed, and 14th for average peak connection speed. According to Akamai, 9% of UK broadband users had average […] . Click here to read the full article.
Fibre Broadband For Rutland
Rutland County Council has signed a £3.7m superfast broadband contract with BT. By the end of 2013, at least 90% of Rutland’s homes and businesses will be able to access fibre broadband. BT will contribute £800,000 with £2.2m coming from Rutland County Council and £710,000 from BDUK. New! Check the availability of superfast and ultrafast broadband in your area, and see the best deals, by using our postcode checker on our Broadband Deals page. For more information, visit the Digital […] . Click here to read the full article.
Fibre Broadband For Lancashire
Lancashire County Council has agreed a £62.5m project with BT. Fibre will be extended to 97% of premises by the end of 2014. New! Check the latest availability of superfast and ultrafast broadband in your area, and view the best deals, using the postcode checker on our Broadband Deals page. BT will contribute £30m to the project while £10.8m will come from BDUK, with £16.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and £5.2m from local councils. For more information, […] . Click here to read the full article.
A Third of Homes Struggle to Get Broadband Speeds Above 5 Mbps According to uSwitch
According to new research from price comparison site uSwitch, a third of UK homes struggle to get broadband speeds greater than 5 Mbps. Half of homes get broadband speeds of less than 6.7 Mbps. New! To check the availability of superfast and ultrafast broadband in your area, and to view the best deals, use our postcode checker on our Broadband Deals page. uSwitch has published the results of nearly 1.7 million speed tests carried out in the last six months. […] . Click here to read the full article.