Openreach

  • BT extends fibre network to Irvine, Bo’ness and Ayr

    BT extends fibre network to Irvine, Bo’ness and Ayr

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    Almost 35,000 Scottish homes will gain access to super-fast broadband in the coming weeks after BT announced its fibre network has reached Irvine, Bo’ness and Ayr. BT says its fibre footprint now passes more than 16 million UK homes and businesses and is expected to pass around 19 million – two-thirds of UK premises by…

  • Ofcom consults on lower fibre broadband wholesale switching fees and shorter contracts

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    Ofcom says it hopes to “promote competition among superfast broadband providers,” by lowering costs imposed by BT’s Openreach division and reducing wholesale contract lengths. The proposals, which are now being consulted on, are part of a package of measures published on Wednesday by the telecoms regulator. Openreach is responsible for installing and connecting services on…

  • BT Infinity and Apple’s AirPort Express

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    A quick guide to setting up Apple’s AirPort Express with BT Infinity superfast broadband.

  • BT announces 60,000 YouView users and 281,000 fibre sign-ups

    BT announces 60,000 YouView users and 281,000 fibre sign-ups

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    BT has added a further 281,000 fibre broadband customers and signed up more than 60,000 customers to its YouView TV service, according to the firm’s quarterly trading update. The company now has “around 1.25m million” residential and business fibre broadband customers, roughly ten percent of the number currently able to access the service. Fibre broadband,…

  • BT uses Lord Sugar’s Amscreen to announce Infinity arrival

    BT uses Lord Sugar’s Amscreen to announce Infinity arrival

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    BT has teamed up with Lord Sugar’s Amscreen network of forecourt screens to announce the arrival of its Infinity fibre broadband product. Fibre broadband which offers speeds of up to 80Mbps, is currently being rolled out around the UK by BT’s Openreach division. Sold under a variety of names by providers such as Sky, TalkTalk…