Everything Everywhere Launching Fibre Broadband in UK

10:24 - Tuesday 23 October 2012 by Jane McEntegart - source: via Crave

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Would you like broadband with your 4G?


It's a pretty big month for Everything Everywhere. The parent company of Orange and T-Mobile is launching EE, the UK's first 4G LTE network at the end of October after getting the go-ahead from Ofcom this past summer. However, not content with just launching the nation's first 4G service, the company today announced that it's also launching a fibre broadband service, too.

The company says EE Fibre Broadband will offer speeds up to ten times the UK average with a max download speed of 76Mbps. Plans will start from £15 per month (40 GB cap) and off-peak calls and router are included in the price. Unlimited data is available to those willing to pay £20 or £25 per month, with the latter availing of 76Mbps speeds. Customers on the £15 per month and £20 per month plans will be limited to 38Mbps.

Those who sign up for EE's 4G service will save £5 a month of the fibre service provided they keep the internet for the duration of their phone plan. Line rental is an additional £14 per month.

If superfast broadband aint your thing, EE's also got some regular broadband packages. Whether you're paying £5, £10, or £15 per month you'll be getting unlimited data, but speeds are limited to up to 14Mbps across all plans. The £5 package includes off-peak calls, the £10 plan includes anytime calls, and the £15 package bundles in anytime mobile.

Wales lands £425m for fibre broadband project

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By Stewart Mitchell

Posted on 19 Jul 2012 at 16:05

Wales is set to receive some of the best broadband coverage in the UK following a £425m investment in the principality.

According to officials, Wales will be getting fibre broadband connections to 96% of homes and business - above the UK target of 90% of homes on at least 25Mbits/sec, with the remainder on at least 2Mbits/sec.

As with all other major broadband contracts awarded to date, BT will supply the infrastructure for the project, and will contribute some £220 million towards to the project.  The remaining funds will come from the Welsh Government (£58m), Broadband Delivery UK (£57m) and £90m from the European Regional Development Fund.

The priority now is for the government and BT to address the areas in Wales that currently receive no broadband or very slow speeds

According to a BT spokesperson, the investment will be split, with one third of its money going to commercial areas and two thirds being spent in areas covered by the government-funded projects to push broadband into rural areas where commercial projects are not deemed viable.

The scheme still needs to clear European regulators, but if successful would provide widespread fibre-to-the-cabinet connections with download speeds of up to 80Mbits/sec to the majority of Wales, where Ofcom figures show 20% of the population subsist on less than 2Mbits/sec.

Despite the investment, 2% of homes will remain below that threshold, which will disappoint campaigners, BT admitted. “The priority now is for the government and BT to address the areas in Wales that currently receive no broadband or very slow speeds,” said a spokesperson for the Country Land and Business Association. “The government must ensure that BT does not simply increase the speeds of the 15% who already have superfast broadband.”

Read more: Wales lands £425m for fibre broadband project | Broadband | News | PC Pro http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/broadband/375952/wales-lands-425m-for-fibre-broadband-project#ixzz2199oXthp