Despite its naff title 'The Villagers Digging for Victory', this article in the Telegraph is actually pretty good and contributes a fair amount of detail on the financial model of B4RN, the community rural project in the UK
The Importance of B4RN
It would be easy to dismiss the B4RN initiative in the UK as such a small scale approach that it is meaningless, and that's no doubt what the lobbyists who try to shape policy and regulation in the UK are
CityFibre appoints Macquarie to put together financing plan
When it comes to discussing City Fibre Holdings, I'm not neutral, since Diffraction Analysis works as advisors to their board. So I won't say much in the way of commenting this announcement, except that I think it's significant in highlighting
Hyperoptic: Hypercool or Hyperbole?
UK company Hyperoptic announced yesterday that its FTTH first customers were going live in Wandsworth, London, in a 133 flat estate called Price's Court. The UK tech press gave the announcement some coverage today, though not a huge amount, it
Is the Rainbow Revolution just round the corner?
PBS Documentary on Broadband in the UK and Netherlands
There's an excellent PBS documentary from their series Need to Know entitled High Fiber. It highlights the broadband successes in the UK and the Netherlands in contrast to the US broadband quality and price issues. Some of the more
UK FTTP scene crowded… with intentions!
Lately the UK broadband scene has seen a number of projects emerge. There's the Fujitsu/Virgin/Talk Talk announcement, the rebirth of CityFibre from the Ashes of i3, and now this new one called HyperOptic. In fact there are at least
Fujitsu, Virgin and Talk Talk rock BT’s boat
Friday Fiber New Roudup (Bouygues, Free, NZ and BT)
I haven't been very good at posting these last couples of weeks, for which I apologise. In case you're dying for some fiber news and more besides, here are a few links to satisfy your craving. I will make every
The trouble with ducts and poles
I have written in the past about passive infrastructure remedies to competition. Portugal is one country where such remedies seem to have had positive effects on the market. Applying similar remedies in the UK was a big part of the