A £12 million contract between Milton Keynes Council, Central Bedfordshire Council, Bedford Borough Council and BT has been signed to bring fibre broadband to 91% of premises in Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough and Milton Keynes by spring … [Continue reading]
Leicestershire County Council has signed a £16.9 million contract with BT to bring fibre broadband to 95% of homes and businesses in Leicestershire by the end of March 2016. Leicestershire County Council is investing £4.1 million as part of the … [Continue reading]
Essex County Council has signed a deal with BT to extend fibre broadband to around 87% of Essex by the end of summer 2016. This means that Essex will fall significantly behind the original target in Essex of 90% of premises gaining access to … [Continue reading]
Derbyshire County Council has signed a £27.67 million contract to bring fibre broadband to more than 95% of homes and businesses in Derbyshire by the end of 2016. BT is contributing £12.87m to the project while Derbyshire County Council is … [Continue reading]
Nottinghamshire County Council has signed a £20m contract with BT to extent high-speed fibre broadband to 95% of Nottinghamshire homes and businesses by the end of March 2016. Nottinghamshire County Council is investing £2.5 million and also won a … [Continue reading]
Worcestershire County Council has signed a £20m contract to bring superfast broadband (with speeds of 24Mbps or greater) to 90% of Worcestershire homes and businesses by the end of spring 2014. Worcestershire County Council is contributing up to … [Continue reading]
Oxfordshire County Council has signed a £25m contract with BT to bring access to superfast broadband speeds of 24Mbps and above to at least 90% of all premises in Oxfordshire by the end of 2015. The £25m million programme is made up of £10m from … [Continue reading]
On 10th July 2013, Dorset County Council signed a £31.75 million contract with BT to bring fibre broadband to 97% of premises in Dorset within three and a half years. It is expected that 95% of premises will have access to "superfast speeds" of at … [Continue reading]
Today, UK Treasury Minister Danny Alexander announced additional government funding for superfast broadband in rural areas. He announced an additional £250 million in funding (which the Goverment expects to be matched by local authorities), to bring … [Continue reading]
Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire County Councils have signed an £18.06 million contract with BT, to bring fibre broadband to “more than 90%”of premises in the two counties by the end of March 2016. BT is contributing £8.6 million to the project … [Continue reading]
CSW Broadband, a partnership of eight local authorities led by Warwickshire County Council, has agreed a £14.57 million deal with BT to deliver fibre broadband to around 91% of premises of Warwickshire by spring 2016. Fibre coverage will also be … [Continue reading]
East Sussex County Council has signed a £35.44 million project with BT to bring superfast broadband (offering speeds of at least 24Mbps) to 96% of homes and businesses in East Sussex by the beginning of summer 2016. Overall, the project will … [Continue reading]
The Staffordshire Broadband project has signed a £27.4 million deal with BT to deliver high-speed fibre broadband to around 97% of homes and businesses in Staffordshire by spring 2016. Around 95% will have access to superfast broadband speeds of 24 … [Continue reading]
West Sussex County Council has signed a £20m deal with BT. Fibre broadband will be rolled out to about 98% of West Sussex homes and businesses by the start of spring 2016. BT is contributing £7.6m towards the overall cost of deployment while West … [Continue reading]
BT has signed a contract for £28.5 million to provide high-speed fibre broadband to around 96% of Cheshire homes and businesses by the end of 2016. BT is contributing £9m while The Connecting Cheshire Partnership is contributing £1.85m, with a … [Continue reading]
Digital Durham and BT has signed a £24 million contract to bring high-speed fibre broadband to County Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland and Tees Valley. Digital Durham - a partnership of eight local authorities - has agreed a deal with BT to deliver … [Continue reading]
Vectoring could allow BT to achieve 100 Mbps download and 40 Mbps upload speeds Read our follow-up articles: Fibre Broadband VDSL2 Vectoring Finally Arrives (Nov 2017) Early Deployment of Vectoring is Essential to Avoid a Crosstalk Crisis with … [Continue reading]
On 17th April 2013, Northumberland County Council and BT announced an £18.9 million deal to roll out high-speed fibre broadband to 95% of homes and businesses in the county by January 2016. 91% of Northumberland homes and businesses will have access … [Continue reading]
Today, BT announced it has passed more than 15 million premises with its fibre broadband network, meaning more than half of UK homes and businesses can now access high-speed fibre broadband services. BT claims that its commercial £2.5 billion fibre … [Continue reading]
FTTC fibre broadband (e.g. BT Infinity) still makes use of copper wires between you and the street cabinet. While a new technology called VDSL2 is used to carry the broadband signals over the copper wires (which can deliver much faster rates than … [Continue reading]
A £24.6 million deal has been signed with BT to bring superfast broadband to Shropshire. BT is contributing £8.6m towards the deployment, while Shropshire Council is contributing £8.2m, with £7.84m coming from the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK … [Continue reading]
Hampshire County Council has today signed a contract with BT to build on the existing commercial footprint in the county so that at least 90% of all premises will have access to superfast broadband by the end of 2015. Hampshire County Council … [Continue reading]
Kent County Council has signed a £39.47m contract with BT to supply high-speed fibre broadband across Kent. At least 95% of properties in Kent will have access to higher-speed fibre broadband by the end of 2015 (with 91% having access to superfast … [Continue reading]
Northamptonshire County Council has signed a contract with BT to provide superfast broadband services across the county. 91% of premises across the county are expected to be connected to fibre broadband by September 2015 of which 90% can expect to … [Continue reading]
Today, Ofcom published its latest report on UK broadband speeds. As of November 2012, the average actual download speed of a UK fixed broadband connection was 12.0 Mbps. This is 3.1 Mbps (34%) higher than the 9.0 Mbps average recorded in May 2012, … [Continue reading]
Lincolnshire County Council has signed a contract with BT to provide fibre-based broadband so that at least 88% of premises will have access to superfast broadband by April 2016. At least 94% of premises should have access to fibre broadband by April … [Continue reading]
Superfast Cornwall, a partnership between the European Union, BT and Cornwall Council was launched in 2010. Using up to £78.5 million from BT and up to £53.5 million from the European Regional Development Fund, the £132 million programme's initial … [Continue reading]
Good news for people living in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. On March 8th 2013, Cambridgeshire County Council signed a contract with BT to bring fibre-based broadband to 98% of homes and businesses in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough by the end of … [Continue reading]
On 30th January 2013, Wiltshire Council in partnership with South Gloucestershire Council awarded a contract to BT to provide superfast broadband. 91% of all premises will be able to access superfast broadband (with speeds greater than 24Mbps) by … [Continue reading]
On the 29th January 2013, Connecting Devon and Somerset agreed a deal with BT to deliver high-speed fibre broadband to around 90% of premises by the end of 2016 and to ensure a minimum of 2 Mbps broadband speeds for all. Average speeds are … [Continue reading]
On December 21st 2012, Suffolk County Council signed a £40m contract with BT for superfast broadband. Around 9 out of 10 (i.e. 90% of) Suffolk properties will be able to access fibre-based broadband by the end of 2015. Over 80% of properties will … [Continue reading]
On Friday 21st December 2012, a deal was signed between Norfolk County Council and BT to bring superfast broadband to homes and businesses in Norfolk. Over 80% of Norfolk's homes and businesses are expected to be able to access superfast broadband … [Continue reading]
Hereford and Gloucestershire became the first counties to launch a joint bid to bring fibre to rural areas. 9 in 10 homes and businesses will have access to fibre. The project will be completed by the end of 2016. The project value is £56.6m, with … [Continue reading]
In areas where superfast broadband is not available, telecom suppliers often point businesses in need of reliable high-speed Internet access towards leased lines, particularly in areas where superfast broadband is not available. However, leased lines … [Continue reading]
Cumbria County Council has signed a £51m contract with BT. Fibre broadband is set to become available to 93% of Cumbria homes and businesses by the end of 2015. BT will contribute £15m to the project, with further contributions from BDUK (£17.1m), … [Continue reading]
While ISPs often advertise ADSL2+ and ADSL services as having maximum downlink connection speeds of 24 Mbps and 8 Mbps, respectively, very few broadband users can expect to achieve such speeds. As shown in the figure below, a broadband signal … [Continue reading]
While ISPs often advertise ADSL2+ and ADSL services as having maximum downlink connection speeds of 24 Mbps and 8 Mbps, respectively, few broadband users will achieve such speeds. Broadband signals from the exchange suffer attenuation as they travels … [Continue reading]
Before spending any money, here is a quick, painless and completely free method to determine if a filtered faceplate will improve your broadband connection. First, you should baseline your broadband connection, and determine the connection speed of … [Continue reading]
For those suffering from slow broadband speeds or unreliable service, superfast broadband could not come too soon, particularly for many rural users. This week, the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) said that up to a fifth of people in … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]