FTTH News
BT includes Flintshire in 110Mbps fibre broadband rollout
BT has announced residents in the Flintshire town of Saltney will be the first in Wales to be connected to its new up to 110Mbps fibre optic broadband service. The telecoms giant has revealed six exchanges will be upgraded before...
Read moreBT announces early deployment of 110Mbps fibre broadband
BT's up to 110Mbps fibre optic broadband product is set to receive early market deployment before the end of the month. The next-generation fibre-to-the-home service will be available on or before October 31st 2011 in six...
Read moreFirst UK homes connected to Fujitsu fibre broadband network
The first homes in the UK have been connected to Fujitsu's new fibre optic broadband network. Residents in Greasby on the Wirral Peninsula are taking part in a six-month trial of the infrastructure, which is being used by...
Read moreTalkTalk warns of BT fibre broadband monopoly
TalkTalk is the latest internet service provider (ISP) to claim that BT is attempting to monopolise the fibre optic broadband market. David Goldie, the former Carphone Warehouse subsidiary's commercial director, told the...
Read moreCommunity project unveils broadband plan for rural Lancashire
B4RN has released details of its plan to deliver a new fibre optic broadband service for rural north Lancashire. The co-operative project is calling on local farmers and other community members to support the scheme, which will...
Read moreInca says govt funding will not deliver universal fibre broadband
Government funding for fibre optic broadband will not singlehandedly solve the problem of notspots and slow spots across the UK, the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (Inca) has argued. The Conservative-led coalition...
Read moreZen reveals satisfaction among 94% of fibre broadband customers
More than nine in ten customers of Zen Internet's fibre optic broadband product would recommend the service to their friends and family members, the provider has revealed. Research conducted by the telecoms firm found 94 per...
Read moreHyperoptic to roll out FTTH broadband in September
Hyperoptic has unveiled plans to launch a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband service in the coming months. The start-up telecoms firm revealed the fibre broadband product, which is set to offer speeds of up to 1Gbps, will be...
Read moreFibrestream unveils Cumbria broadband plans
Fibre optic broadband provider Fibrestream has announced the creation of NextGenUs Cumbria (NGU), a non-profit enterprise that will aim to improve connectivity in the north-west county. All the money made by the new venture, a...
Read moreFibrestream boss praises US fibre-to-the-home project
The boss of Fibrestream has said the UK can learn a lot about the rollout of fibre optic broadband by looking at the example set by a project in Vermont. ECFiber, led by community fibre-to-the-home pioneer Tim Nulty, deployed...
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