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Tech Digest daily roundup: Openreach to offer free broadband installation for poor
Openreach will install broadband for free to UK households on universal credit which have no other earnings. The company would usually charge ISPs, such as Sky or TalkTalk, for connecting households to broadband. The firm estimates about one million people could save up to £92, depending on how internet firms pass on the saving. But…
Ofcom proposes ‘one touch’ broadband switching
Residential broadband and home phone customers would benefit from quicker, simpler and more reliable switching, under Ofcom's plans to introduce a new ‘one touch’ process. Following an Ofcom rule change in 2015, customers switching between providers such as BT, Sky and TalkTalk on Openreach’s copper network can already follow a process where their new provider…
Broadband use doubles in 2020, claims Openreach
Broadband use in the UK more than doubled in 2020 as millions of people worked, socialised and studied from home, according to new figures from Openreach. The broadband network – used by customers of BT, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk and Zen – said data consumption rose from 22,000 Petabytes (PB) last year to 50,000…
Broadband use up from 32 to 41 hours per week during lockdown
Home broadband use has shot up to 41 hours a week as workers and schoolchildren stay home - a rise of almost a third (29%) since lockdown, according to new research from Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service. The average household has eight devices that connect to the internet, including two smartphones, at least one laptop…
Vodafone to accelerate full fibre broadband
Vodafone has announced plans to accelerate the roll out of full-fibre broadband in the UK by restructuring its existing deal with CityFibre to encourage it to build its fibre infrastructure more quickly and to more places. With full-fibre broadband still only available to around 11% of UK premises, Vodafone is working with infrastructure companies such…
Openreach names 29 new areas targeted for faster broadband
Openreach has named Brighton, Bradford and Norwich among 29 new locations across the UK set to receive faster internet connections from full-fibre broadband The BT-owned firm – which maintains the telephone cables, ducts, cabinets and exchanges around the country – is aiming to reach four million homes and businesses with full fibre by the end…
Openreach on track for 3 million ultrafast broadband premises by 2020
Openreach is on track to give access to ultrafast broadband to three million homes and businesses by the end of next year, the company has announced. It has reached a “milestone” of making the technology available to over one million premises, a year since launching its “full fibre” programme. Engineers have installed around 2.6 million…
Openreach to recruit 3,000 apprentice engineers for faster broadband roll out
Openreach is to hire 3,000 new trainees this year as part of a major recruitment drive as it continues to connect houses and businesses to faster broadband, the company has announced. The trainees will be based across the UK, helping engineers upgrade, maintain and install services across the company’s broadband network. Openreach also gave details…
Which are the fastest and slowest streets for broadband? Survey reveals massive difference in speeds across UK
The UK’s worst street for broadband speed is almost 2,000 times slower than the fastest, an annual survey has found. Greenmeadows Park in Bamfurlong, Gloucestershire has average downloads speeds of 0.14 megabits per second (Mbps), 1,899 times slower than Abdon Avenue in Birmingham which boasts average speeds of 265.89Mbps, uSwitch found. The speeds mean…