Bournemouth edges close to Fibrecity broadband statusWednesday, February 24th 2010 Work to install fibre optic broadband services across Bournemouth is progressing on track, it has been revealed. Efforts to install fibre optic broadband services in Bournemouth are on track to be completed at the start of next year, according to reports.
The area is set to become the UK's first Fibrecity thanks to work by the company of the same name, which is installing cables throughout the location's sewer network in order to connect homes.
Bournemouth Echo reports that the fibre optic broadband network will offer speeds of up to 50 times faster than the average currently available in the UK.
Deborah Lear, spokeswoman of Fibrecity, told the newspaper: "We are doing our best to do this work responsibly and can connect up to 300 properties per day so the work is quick."
It was recently announced that high-speed broadband services are being launched in Herefordshire's Rotherwas business park.
The £20 million Rotherwas Futures project, a joint venture between Advantage West Midlands and Herefordshire Council, is behind the plans.
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A total of 1.5 million premises are now able to access fibre optic broadband services from BT. Clodagh Murphy of Eclipse Internet has given her backing to Ofcom's calls for customers to be better informed about their likely broadband speed. Ofcom has revealed that the average speed of home broadband has increased. | The beta version of the Virgin Media Player has been released. The number of people signed up to 50Mb broadband with Virgin Media rose by 28 per cent in the second quarter. Ofcom's report into broadband speeds in the UK has been warmly received by Virgin Media. |
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