The UK’s leading think tank Policy Exchange has reported that access to the internet for everyone is more important than the current project of supplying cities with superfast broadband.
According to the estimate, 10.8m people are not online with half of them over the age of 65.
The government has provided the means to extend superfast broadband to 90 per cent of the country and keep the broadband speeds of 2 Mbps by 2015.
Policy Exchange said that after these targets are met, the focus should be on wider access to the…
Selina Moses - 7 January 2013 | comments. Read more
A new service was today launched to boost broadband service in notspots across Norfolk and parts of Suffolk.
ITSwisp was designed by InTouch Systems, a Norwich IT provider.
This Wi-Fi technology means that homes and businesses that use it do not need a phone line because the whole system is based on radio wave transmission. This works when signals are transmitted from masts across the area to small aerials on the houses.
A back-up system is in place so if one of the masts does not work, another will transmit the signal.
Wireless…
Helen Christie - 19 November 2012 | comments. Read more
In a recent announcement, business broadband ISP, Fluidata, has announced the exact way it was planning to deal with the extra traffic that the sporting event everyone is talking about will bring (i.e. mass video streaming).
It also mentioned that its network is due for a £2.4m upgrade which will enable the ISP to manage the traffic by boosting capacity.
In a published somewhat technical “prepping for the games” statement, Fluidata said:
“Our customers typically also have demand for high bandwidth as well as uptime, so capacity is carefully engineered with low…
Geoff Slaughter - 24 April 2012 | comments. Read more
It seems that Timico has been on quite a shopping spree as it just added Redwood Telecommunications to its recent purchases portfolio.
As a quick reminder, it also bought Powernet and Newnet some time ago.
The price for the newest addition to the company has not been revealed as yet, however Broadbandwatcher can only assume that the sum was handsome.
Afterall, Redwood Telecommunications has served clients such as Jimmy Choo, Clarksons plc, General Mills, among others.
Chairman of Timico, Tim Radford, said in his statement:
“The acquisition of Redwood is an exciting step forward…
Edita Lozovska - 10 February 2012 | comments. Read more
It seems that businesses have developed a liking for fibre optic broadband services as comms provider, Entanet, confirmed that the demand for its superfast services was “higher-than-expected”.
According to the provider, more than a half (53 per cent) of its new customers are going for its FTTC (Fibre-to-the-Cabinet) service, although the majority adopt business solutions rather than home broadband.
Stephen Barclay, Head of Sales at Entanet, was quoted as saying:
“While we strongly advise partners to check connections that are eligible for a re-grade as their first line of potential for FTTC…
Edita Lozovska - 15 December 2011 | comments. Read more
According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) the cash lies within making the broadband situation in the country better and able to provide a “fast, reliable and guaranteed service” at all times.
According to the federation’s freshest report 9 per cent of businesses had no access to today’s general speeds of up to 24Mbps with a quarter stating that they had to put up with speeds of 2Mbps.
The FSB believes that had the government decided to put more money into the broadband infrastructure, this could potentially bring more rapid…
Geoff Slaughter - 14 December 2011 | comments. Read more
Business broadband provider, Vaioni, which describes itself as a both UK and global supplier of “Next Generation Ethernet Services, VPLS and PWAN solutions, encompassing world class, virtualised UTM security services, voice and IP cloud services” has decided to slash all install costs on new Ethernet Leased Line orders.
However the free set up, or how the ISP calls it, ZERO installs, will require customers to stick with Vaioni for as long as three years.
Vaioni’s Channel Manager, Laura Norfolk, was quoted as saying:
“We found that it allowed our Channel Partners to…
Geoff Slaughter - 13 December 2011 | comments. Read more
If you are a business-owner based in Milton Keynes, you might consider today a lucky day, seen as BT Business is offering companies a trial of its newest fibre product.
As a quick reminder, BT Business can provide speeds of more than 100Mbps, which the telecoms giant hopes to boost to 300Mbps in the coming year, via its freshest FTTP (Fibre-To-The-Premise) service.
The areas where businesses can take advantage of the new promotion include Monkston, Kents Hill, Middelton, Loughton, Monkston Park, Broughton, Shenley Lodge, Walton Park, Willen, Woolstones, Walnut Tree, and…
Chris Mizon - 8 December 2011 | comments. Read more
Good news for businesses based in Liverpool as they can get their hands on some truly ultrafast broadband.
The fruit, also known as the FibreNet Project, of the partnership between AIMES Grid Services, Virgin Media Business, Global Crossing and 2020 Liverpool is none other than fibre broadband capable of delivering speeds of 10Gbps. Yes, Gbps.
This has become possible as the firms decided to combine their data centres, national and international connectivity, networks and of course some tech savvy in order to achieve the impressive speeds.
Councillor Malcolm Kennedy was delighted that…
Geoff Slaughter - 23 November 2011 | comments. Read more
Zen Internet sees a very fibre future, which is why the ISP followed BT’s example and announced that it was launching fresh FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) products.
As a quick reminder, FTTP will provide ultrafast speeds of “up to” 100Mbps, with prices reportedly starting at £70.
As the sum suggests, these will be business products, to compare – BT’s home FTTP packages start at £35.
Zen Internet’s Head of Product Management, Andrew Saunders, was quoted as saying:
“We think fibre’s the future. We’re not sure if it’s going to be in three years’ time or…
Geoff Slaughter - 18 November 2011 | comments. Read more
