Superfast fibre optic broadband for London schools
Around two thousand schools in London and a million school children are all set to welcome internet access at superfast broadband speeds as the result of a five year contract secured by the leading cable broadband giant of the United Kingdom, Virgin Media. The fresh network is expected to connect to the fibre optic broadband [...]
The fibre optic broadband roll out to benefit BT in long run
The broadband research firm Point Topic reports that fibre based broadband network that BT has announced to launch will not only provide super-fast broadband services to the broadband customers in the UK, but will also help the ISP to achieve higher revenues once the project is completed. Tim Johnson, the Chief Analyst, Point Topic says [...]
BT announces its plans to launch fibre optic broadband network
The major UK broadband provider, BT has revealed its plans to launch fibre based next generation broadband services in the UK by the year 2012. The fibre based broadband (FTTx) network which will cost the ISP over £1.5 billion, will combine both FTTP (Fibre to the Premise) and FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) technologies and [...]
UK broadband industry looks to fibre optic network to meet growing demand
The UK broadband scenario is set to witness a huge rise in demand for both consumer and business broadband services, as a few research studies suggest. However, the negative impact of this trend will be traffic congestion, slow speeds and internet log-jams in near future. The rising demand for broadband services could result in a [...]
Reports on future broadband in the UK
According to the report released by the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), the cost of deploying fibre-optic networks in the UK to provide next generation broadband to 80 % of UK households will touch a figure of £16bn. The deployment will include Fibre to the Home (FTTH) and Fibre to the Curb (FTTC) and wireless broadband [...]
