Urban broadband project looks light on funds
The government has made quite a fuss about its super-connected cities strategy, but the latest round of funding for the initiative looks a little lightweight. Some 27 cities across the UK are in the running to land a share of...
Do we really want an end to full-price broadband 'up to' charges?
Consumers have long been left frustrated by broadband 'up to' speeds and now it seems the industry is taking note. Welsh broadband lobby group wispa Limited has launched a campaign calling for Ofcom to bring about an end...
The Budget - good news for broadband?
Consumers and businesses waited with bated breath this week to learn what the latest Budget will mean to them. While Chancellor George Osborne's speech spelled predictably bad news for smokers, drinkers and motorists, there...
The pros and cons of community broadband projects
The positives and negatives of community rural broadband projects were illustrated last week, when two of the UK's most ambitious initiatives saw markedly different fortunes. While Lancashire-based Broadband for the Rural...
Scotland failed by Broadband Delivery UK
It appears the UK government has finally recognised that Scotland has been awarded insufficient funding to achieve its super-fast broadband ambitions. According to the Press Association, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for...
How excited should we be about BT FTTP on demand?
Ultra-fast broadband could be available on demand to any home or business passed by BT's fibre optic broadband network in the coming months - or at least, that's the telecoms giant's plan following the successful...
Jeremy Hunt finally talking tough on broadband
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has clearly taken criticism of the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) framework on board in the past few weeks after laying down the law to councils on the time taken to submit their broadband...
BT and Virgin Media rivalry delivers another broadband speed boost
The benefits of a competitive telecoms market were illustrated last week when Virgin Media announced a major programme of upgrades that will see the cable company double the speeds available to more than four million of its fibre...
Should HS2 be given more funding than super-fast broadband?
The government's investment in super-fast broadband pales in comparison to the billions of pounds of public money that will be spent on the HS2 high-speed rail project. Few would argue that the faster rail link between London...
Was 2011 a year of positives for broadband?
Plenty of negatives have been levelled at the state of Britain's broadband infrastructure throughout 2011, but if you take a look at the year as a whole, you'll see there are also a huge number of positives that can be...