BT is planning to simplify its product range by adding some and taking some away. Smooth move, says Broadbandwatcher.
By March 2014, BT plans to have shrunk its FTTP product range from 10 to 5. This means that packages which include speeds such as 40Mbps downloads and 15Mbps uploads, 100Mbps downloads and 15Mbps uploads, 110Mbps downloads and 15Mbps uploads, 100Mbps downloads and 30Mbps uploads as well as 330Mbps downloads and 20Mbps uploads are going to be no more.
This leaves the following to be in full operation (by ascending speeds):
- 40Mbps…
Edita Lozovska - 26 October 2012 | comments. Read more
BT (BT Openreach to be exact) has just announced its latest batch of fibre exchange upgrades. As a quick reminder, it intends to update 98 locations in order for them to be FTTC and/or FTTP capable.
FTTC (fibre-to-the-cabinet) is often referred to as “hybrid fibre”, as it delivers fibre to the street cabinet and only then to the household or business. It can provide speeds of up to 80Mbps.
As a contrast, “true fibre” or FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) delivers fibre directly to the doorstep and thus is capable of suppling ultrafast speeds…
Edita Lozovska - 26 June 2012 | comments. Read more
Ultrafast news comes to Hull and East Riding as the dominant telecoms firm in the area, KC, has launched the “fastest fully fibre broadband service available in the UK” also known as KCLightstream 350.
According to the firm, the service can deliver downloads of up to 350Mbps, uploads of 20Mbps and a 750GB usage cap for £99 per month and a free connection.
KC’s Nick Thompson commented:
“What’s really exciting is that our decision to invest in Fibre To The Premises technology to deliver lightning fast broadband means we’ll be able to…
Edita Lozovska - 6 June 2012 | comments. Read more
According to recent reports, ICUK has also decided to hop on the even faster fibre broadband bandwagon as it started to offer fibre-to-the-cabinet services with speeds reaching 80Mbps.
These will be available to both home and business broadband customers. To get connected to true fibre, ICUK also started to offer FTTP solutions. This will connect users directly to fibre without the need of a cabinet (which slows down speeds).
It is worth mentioning that the Enterprise 80Mbps product costs £5 more than the 40Mbps option but it’s free to upgrade to…
Geoff Slaughter - 15 May 2012 | comments. Read more
According to recent reports, BT is very adamant to keep up with its own set-deadlines when it comes to the nationwide fibre optic broadband rollout.
It has said that it recently recruited an additional 150 workers to keep the FTTP/C ball rolling. This means that there are currently 3,000 engineers around the UK making sure all the planned locations get their services on time.
The new recruits are starting their jobs as soon as next month and will form a part of BT’s “mobile engineering workforce” which means that they can…
Geoff Slaughter - 17 April 2012 | comments. Read more
According to Neelie Kroes, the Vice President of the European Commission’s Digital Agenda, FTTC technology was not capable of delivering true 100Mbps download speeds. BT firmly disagreed.
As a quick reminder, BT’s FTTC (fibre-to-the-cabinet), which is often called a hybrid fibre solution, currently delivers speeds of up to 40Mbps which the firm plans to upgrade to 80Mbps in due time.
While the former are theoretically possible, realistically customers can expect to get slightly slower speeds, as the bigger distance from the cabinet, the slower the connection.
Although, compared to ADSL’s promised and…
Edita Lozovska - 12 March 2012 | comments. Read more
Entanet has become the latest internet supplier to hop on the FTTP bandwagon, based on BT and BE Wholesale network access solutions, it plans to give its customers access to speeds of up to 110Mbps.
The packages and charges will differ depending on usage allowances, these will be anything from 15GB to 360GB, and obviously the latter will come at the highest price.
The good part of these options that there is a time when customers can take advantage of unmeasured allowance, mainly weekdays from 8pm to midnight and overnight until…
Geoff Slaughter - 9 February 2012 | comments. Read more
Some of you might remember BT being keen on the expansion of its FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) to skyscrapers in the Isle of Dogs (East London).
It started off the scheme by lining up a few buildings in West India Quay, Canary Riverside and Port East to be the first ones to take advantage of the project.
As a quick reminder, FTTP gives customers access to speeds of up to 100Mbps, as it delivers fibre directly to the premises (i.e. household or apartment in this case).
Now the telecoms giant would like to expand…
Geoff Slaughter - 27 January 2012 | comments. Read more
Residents of Milton Keynes fear not, fibre is on its way – at least to 20,000 homes and businesses within the area, BT has confirmed today.
The telecoms giant confirmed that the Bradwell Abbey exchange is to be upgraded to FTTC (fibre-to-the-cabinet) with FTTP trials taking place at the time of writing.
As a quick reminder, Milton Keynes has been considered a notspot aka a location with limited access to good quality broadband and digital services.
Regarding the FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) pilot scheme – BT has proudly confirmed that 11,000 households and businesses…
Geoff Slaughter - 20 December 2011 | comments. Read more
Good news to those who are waiting for an opportunity to sign up for fibre broadband from, BT as the operator has revealed a plan to upgrade 178 telephone exchanges.
These will include both FTTC (fibre-to-the-cabinet) up to 40Mbps, which is to rise to 80Mbos in due time, and FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) up to 100Mbps, which is to grow 300Mbps.
If all goes to plan, the new upgrade will cover 1.8m premises (both businesses and households) and BT will blanket roughly 66 per cent of the UK with fibre by 2014.
Head of…
Edita Lozovska - 12 December 2011 | comments. Read more
