European fibre lobby calls for end to fake fibre broadband ads If you think you have a full-fibre connection, you probably don't Networks03 Dec 2018 | 58
Openreach names 81 lucky locations to be plugged into its super-zippy Gfast pipe Take a look up the railtrack, from Barking to Faversham Networks26 Nov 2018 | 47
TalkTalk's £1.5bn 3-million home fibre broadband hopes on ice for now FibreNation might exist but the expected sack of cash is yet to be announced Networks21 Nov 2018 | 13
British fixed broadband is cheap … and, er, fairly nasty – global survey Though you get what you pay for, mostly Networks06 Nov 2018 | 45
Openreach hacks full-fibre broadband prices for developers... Property developers, that is Sorry, programmers. No bowel-moving discounts for you Networks26 Oct 2018 | 25
BT, beware: Cityfibre reveals plan to shovel £2.5bn under Britain's rural streets Full fibre deployment shifts up a gear Networks24 Oct 2018 | 55
UK's Openreach sends full fibre to Coventry Slow your roll... only Radford's hooked up for now Networks03 Oct 2018 | 26
Milton Keynes: Come for roundabouts, stay for near-gigabit broadband Aberdeen and Peterborough to follow in Vodafone scheme Networks12 Sep 2018 | 50
UK.gov flings £95m at public sector superfast broadband rollouts Local council or NHS? Step right this way. Not you, SMEs Networks29 Aug 2018 | 20
Openreach annual review: Eat fibre and be merry, we fixed the faults before you called The sun is sunny and the dark fibre access is virtual Networks27 Jul 2018 | 14
Submarine cables at risk from sea water, boffins warn. Wait, what? The bits on land don't expect to get salty, and that's 1,100 Internet pieces of internet infrastructure in the US alone Networks17 Jul 2018 | 80
Infrastructure wonks: Tear up Britain's copper phone networks by 2025 Full-fibre diet to cost $33bn over 30 years Networks11 Jul 2018 | 103
CableLabs' many hands make light work – at four terabits per second New optical standards give cable operators lots of headroom as they fibre up Networks05 Jul 2018 | 2
HostingUK drops offline after losing Farmer vs Fibre competition iomart-owned outfit TITSUP* as trencher slices through critical cable On-Prem01 Jun 2018 | 70
Small UK firms laying fibre put BT's Openreach to shame – report But former state monopoly still the biggest single investor Networks13 Apr 2018 | 30
Copper feel, fibre it ain't: Ads regulator could face court for playing hard and fast with definitions CityFibre applies for review, says ASA is failing consumers Systems05 Mar 2018 | 76
Life's a beach – then you're the comms nexus of the British Empire and Marconi-baiting hax0rs Geek's Guide to Britain Inside Porthcurno's world-spanning telegraphy web Geek's Guide15 Feb 2018 | 45
TalkTalk to splash £1.5bn laying full fibre on 3 million doorsteps Shares drop 12% as biz slashes dividends to raise capital Networks08 Feb 2018 | 85
UK good for superfast broadband, crap for FTTP – Ofcom Ahead of only Nigeria when it comes to fibre Personal Tech18 Dec 2017 | 43
How fast is a piece of string? Boffin shoots ADSL signal down twine Metaphor wrought in flesh Networks13 Dec 2017 | 121
Someone tell Thorpe Lane in Suffolk their internet sucks – they're still loading the page Suffering residents have an 8-hour wait for 45 minutes of telly Networks08 Dec 2017 | 85
Ofcom proposes ways to stop BT undercutting broadband rivals Tackles former state monopoly's 'significant market power' Networks01 Dec 2017 | 52
Why does no one want to invest in full fibre broadband, wails UK.gov Ministry of Fun launches network infrastructure review, extends basic broadband subsidy scheme Personal Tech29 Nov 2017 | 58
Dark fibre arts: Ofcom is determined to open up BT's network Analysis But will it make a difference? Networks24 Nov 2017 | 59
Crap London broadband gets the sewer treatment Oh rats! SSE inks deal to run fibre through Thames Water's subterranean empire Networks14 Nov 2017 | 42
Full-fibre ISP Hyperoptic clocked over mock doc schlock shock Advert looked too much like a BT contract, says watchdog Networks18 Oct 2017 | 7
Boffins' bonkers fibre demo: 53 Tbps down ONE piece of glass Japan's NICT looks to data centres of the future Science09 Oct 2017 | 18
UK.gov unveils six areas to pilot full-fat fibre, and London ain't on the list Scatters £10m across country out of £200m pot Networks04 Sep 2017 | 65
Virgin Media only adds another 127,000 homes to Project Lightning Lightning by name... not on track to hit 800k 2017 target On-Prem08 Aug 2017 | 27
Mediocre Britain: UK broadband ranked 31st in world for speed Behind Bulgaria and Romania. But spare a thought for Yemen Networks08 Aug 2017 | 73
Openreach pegs full fibre overhaul anywhere between £3bn and £6bn And it'll cost consumers an extra £7 per head a month On-Prem07 Aug 2017 | 66
CityFibre snaps up Entanet for £29m and plans to raise £185m Wants to pump fibre to 50 cities by 2020 On-Prem05 Jul 2017 | 14
Research suggests UK consumers find 'fibre' advertising misleading Alt-net providers call for ads to be reviewed Networks22 Jun 2017 | 48
Constellations and MIMO to take fibre to a future beyond the terabit Interview Nokia Bell Labs' Dr Laurent Schmalen explains how networks can find a new gear Networks22 May 2017 | 2
Up Wolf Creek without a signal: outback cable cut disconnects top end TPG, Optus customers Truck hauls up Nextgen fibre, the fix is in once repair crews can find the break Networks02 May 2017 | 4
Virgin Media swallows 215,000 new fibre customers in Blighty UK broadband biz posts unexciting results Networks16 Feb 2017 | 22
Plucky upstart CityFibre expects to swing into profit in FY2016 Adds 5,000 connections, but still has a long way to go before taking on BT On-Prem31 Jan 2017 | 4
Government calls for ideas on how to splash £400m on fibre Soz bumpkins, it's not for you Networks29 Dec 2016 | 38
UK.gov flings £400m at gold standard, ‘full-fibre' b*&%*%£$%. Yep. Broadband Stop drooling, BT. It's not for you Legal22 Nov 2016 | 86
New Zealand carrier says Cu later, copper: we're giving customers a glassing instead Grit your teeth, Aussie fibre fans, Kiwis are beating us again Networks03 Nov 2016 | 16
Digital minister Matt Hancock promises 'full fibre' eating plan for Blighty Don't call it FTTP! Legal27 Oct 2016 | 20
No, Russia is not tapping into Syria's undersea internet cables A tale of the spy ship Yantar, tinfoil hats and that pesky bugger we call reality Networks19 Oct 2016 | 21
Digi minister Matt Hancock: Britain needs go full fibre. And we're not paying for it UK.gov 'working with fibre providers to find a solution' Channel19 Oct 2016 | 32
Google, Facebook toss cash into LA-to-Hong Kong sub cable corp 120 Tbps non-stop Pacific link plans to see first light in 2018 Networks13 Oct 2016 | 7
Can gigabit fibre services revive Adelaide? South Oz government to open up academic network to commercial customers Legal28 Jun 2016 | 10
Nokia to Oz: 5G will need fibre, and lots of it Latency, capacity, reliability and new network architectures won't be easy to deliver Networks15 Jun 2016 | 7
Fiber optic cables prove eyes of glass squids are like invisibility cloaks Photophores complete the camouflage Science08 Jun 2016 | 9
It's a Hull of a thing: Kcom takes a break from 8-year sales slide Sidles up to the enterprise: Psst, want some IP? Channel27 May 2016 | 8
Broadband bods Gigaclear bag £24m for rural hi-speed internet Minnow gears up to take on BT out in the sticks Networks05 Apr 2016 | 3
Telstra costed fibre to the premises before it was Telstra Cabinet documents reveal a history of might-have beens for Australia's internet Legal12 Jan 2016 | 16
BT reveals vanishingly small detail about its fibre broadband network Blighty data usage peaks during Downton Abbey, in case you wondered ... Networks13 Nov 2015 | 33
US fibre rollouts are driving Cablelabs standards in new directions Broadcom explains DPoE to El Reg Networks29 Sep 2015 | 1
BT boss: If Ofcom backs us, we promise to speed up UK broadband Telco giant fires opening salvo in high-stakes battle to prevent Openreach divorce Legal22 Sep 2015 | 36
NBN fibre-to-the-node launched: Now the long sprint begins 60,000 homes per month by January 2016, company says Networks21 Sep 2015 | 8
In redneck heaven, internet outages are the American Way On-Call We're Deep South and something rather odd took out a fibre optic cable On-Prem30 Aug 2015 | 70
Gigabit Google? We're getting ready for 10 gigabits says Verizon NG-PON2 passes test, Verizon preps for RFPs by year-end Networks12 Aug 2015 | 12
Fancy 10 Gbps home broadband? Broadcom's built the guts of it SoC is compatible with cable's DOCSIS and emerging EPON fibre standards Networks06 Aug 2015 | 15
Virgin Media starts its broadband-of-the-gaps fibre rollout £75m investment in Manchester, and 500 new jobs Systems22 Jun 2015 | 28
Bristol’s ‘Smart City’ reserved for boffins. Sorry bumpkins High-speed fibre? All right, my lover On-Prem02 Apr 2015 | 10
What time do you call this, BT? Late, state-funded broadband rollout plods on Ministry of Fun celebrates 80% network coverage. Whoop! Channel09 Feb 2015 | 26
Verizon wants to sell 'antiquated' copper assets, stick to wireless for voice Death knell for wired xDSL Networks07 Jan 2015 | 15