VoIP News: Broadband

The seemingly constant improvement in the UK's internet services is set to be ramped up a notch midway through next year, as 4G connections are to be rolled out across the country. Talks between various mobile companies and the government have finally resulted in agreement and work can now begin on bringing hi-tech internet to the nation. Indeed, the links are now expected to be available to consumers some six months earlier than they were originally planned to be made available.

Businesses and households in rural areas have to rely on government schemes to gain access to high-speed broadband due to inactivity from many of the major internet service providers (ISPs). According to editor of Broadband. co.

Companies in many parts of the UK may be set to benefit from advanced broadband technologies that could improve their use of internet-based communication tools such as VoIP. BT has announced it is to roll out its first commercial Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) superfast services at locations around the country. This will create some of the fastest wholesale internet speeds in the UK and should allow communications providers to offer a wide range of high-speed fibre products designed to suit the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.

Companies in many parts of the UK may be set to benefit from advanced broadband technologies that could improve their use of internet-based communication tools such as VoIP. BT has announced it is to roll out its first commercial Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) superfast services at locations around the country. This will create some of the fastest wholesale internet speeds in the UK and should allow communications providers to offer a wide range of high-speed fibre products designed to suit the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.

A number of communities in the south-west are set to enjoy access to faster broadband than they have previously been used to. In total, 52 of Cornwall's 99 telephone exchange areas now offer fibre-based internet, meaning places such as Looe, Kingsand, Harrowbarrow and Cawsand are finally connected. More than 95,000 premises in the region now have access to the best residential and business broadband on the market.