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UK To Commit £5bn to Achieve Gigabit Internet Roll-Out by 2025
While having access to ‘full-fiber’ internet is nice (particularly with the speeds it can throw your way) the vast majority of UK homes are still largely restricted to a standard broadband connection. A service that generally provides average speeds of around 2-8mbps. While the UK has recently been rolling out…
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Google Fiber’s CEO Stepping Down – Halts Fiber Plans in Several Cities
Google has done impressive work at bringing ultra-fast internet to parts of America, but it seems the company has hit a bit of a snag as it undergoes a huge management shuffle. Craig Barratt, the head of Google Access, is stepping down, and at the same time the company is…
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Amazon Could Become an ISP in Europe
Amazon is making moves to become an internet service provider within Europe, bundling online access in with its Amazon Prime membership package, according to a new report from The Information. While the company would have a hard time squeezing itself into the US market, many European broadband network owners are…
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Nokia’s 65Tbps Fibre Transmission Sets New Record
Nokia’s Bell Labs has achieved a record-breaking 65Tbps over a 6,600km submarine fibre cable, which is 5Tbps faster than Google’s FASTER Cable undersea installation. The cable used for the record-breaking feat was deployed by Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ALSN), which is also owned by Nokia following a £11.2 billion takeover last…
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Live in a Rural Area? You’ll Have to Request Broadband!
As technology advances, so does the needs and the things that are accepted as standard. Back in the day, it was a luxury to have a dial-up connection, often cutting out the evening’s use of the telephone as you waited for pages to load at the slow speeds. Now people all…
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Verizon’s Network Damaged During Strike Action
Verizon is currently in a bad place, with recent news that they were going to stop supporting and repairing people on copper cables in favour of upgrading to fiber networks being poorly received by those that see it as “no support or pay us more” and with the company only…
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New Study Shows Americans Are Using Their Mobile Internet More
Everything is changing, from the device in your pocket to your way we communicate with the whole world, we see something new come out every week. With Samsung hosting meetings for 5G connections, it’s only a matter of time before your phone is as good as any home line when it…
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Verizon Looking to Switch Everyone From Copper to Fiber
Internet speeds are going up and up, but the US still lags behind the rest of the world leaving many upset. Some companies charge for the bigger internet, but internet provider Verizon looks to be one of the first to encourage users to switch to fiber optic cables. “Fiber is the…
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UK May Have Hit Broadband Targets
When it comes to the internet the coalition government made a pledge that by 2015, they would have the “best superfast broadband in Europe”. The UK may have hit broadband targets, but still fears remain over the future and if the targets are good enough. The problem with setting targets…
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Google Fiber Has Dropped Its Free Tier In Kansas City
Google Fiber is Googles way of providing the internet for a variety of users, with a wide range of choices to help people in all situations. Their $70 gigabit internet access was their most commonly known option, but for those in Kansas City you could also get 5Mbps internet for…
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Linksys Introduces New Modem Router and More DD-WRT Support
Linksys is one of the biggest manufacturers of routers and network equipment in general, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for a more devices as well as room for improvement on the current lineup. Linksys’ new modem router is the X6200 and it is a combined cable and…
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US City-Run ISP Boasts 10GBps Internet
An ISP run by the city of Salisbury in North Carolina, USA has announced that it is bringing speeds of up to 10GBps to local residents and businesses. The municipal service, Fibrant, was created five years ago after the city was unable to persuade private ISPs to upgrade its fibre…
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TP-Link Announces VR900 AC1900 WiFi VDSL2 Modem Router
TP-Link were recently in the news as the company behind Google’s fancy new OnHub router, but they’re also working on their own products. The latest which just has been released is the AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router, the Archer VR900. The Archer VR900 offers a versatility of…
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FCC Wants Copper Networks Turned Off in Favour of Fibre Upgrade
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is introducing new rules designed to encourage internet service providers (ISPs) to shut down the internet copper network in favour of superfast fibre. Previous legislation required ISPs to seek approval from the FCC before switching off a copper network, but new a new ruling…
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101 US Cities to Build Their Own Gigabit Networks
Like many counties that became used to using old copper networks to bring the internet to homes, the US is starting to fall behind in terms of price and speed, with its larger telecoms companies reluctant to invest in expensive fibre networks. With that in mind, 101 US cities have…
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