Articles about "fibre optic broadband"

The newly elected Government are due to hold an open day mid next month to discuss ideas from industry experts about how to provide and fund the broadband rollout to the entire UK – As promised in last year’s Digital Britain report. The report comprised of two main agendas. One… Read the rest...

News released today shows just how far Britain’s broadband speeds are behind the rest of the world with the Solomon Islands recording a much higher average speed than the UK. Coming in at an average speed of 100Mbps the sun drenched residents of the Solomon Islands are enjoying broadband… Read the rest...

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The government advisory body the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) has published an excellent 118 page report on the pros and cons of investment in fibre-optic broadband infrastructure in the UK. They used detailed financial and broader economic analysis to estimate the potential “private value” to businesses and broadband… Read the rest...

Lord Carter’s Digital Britain Report set out the objective of bringing 2 Mb/sec broadband to all in the UK by 2012.  This universal service commitment is a good thing, but falls far short of the much more ambitious broadband infrastructure plans in other economies.  The UK plans are… Read the rest...