Broadband

Firstly, apologies for the lack of visible updates as of late. I’ve recently started a new job and have been working horrifically long hours! Rest assured that ISP data is still being updated in the background, so your exchange pages should be right up to date. With that said I’ll move on to a few assorted news items…

Update to the Scottish exchanges story

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise have informed me that the four exchanges that appeared to be overdue for their upgrade (Birsay, Fern, Uig and Vidlin) have in fact now been upgraded. The exchanges were technically not delayed after all, as they were live in August. However, they still required a further 3 weeks of testing by BT!

Edge Telecom rollout progresses

Edge Telecom is a company that many broadband users may not have even heard of. However, in their former incarnation they were installing broadband in rural Cambridgeshire long before BT did. Their installation of kit in to the Holborn exchange signifies further expansion out of Cambridge and in to the busy central London market. Further central London exchanges are also planned over the coming months.

New wireless providers being incorporated

We’ll be incorporating coverage data from a few more wireless providers over the coming weeks. First and foremost though is the ‘Advanced Broadband‘ service being provided by Lincolnshire Council in partnership with BT. They currently have over 100 businesses using their 2Mbps symmetric wireless product, which is available to qualifying small businesses for £49 a month (for 18 months) with no connection charge (The price after that is £249 per month). Availability information for these services will be incorporated in to the checker systems shortly.

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