Neowin News Feed for: Gigabit

UK awards first Project Gigabit contract to connect hard-to-reach homes

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:26:01 +0000

The UK has awarded its first major Project Gigabit contract to Wessex Internet to bring gigabit connectivity to hard-to-reach areas. The upgrades will begin in the coming weeks, the government said. Read more...

UK set to upgrade thousands of schools, hospitals, and libraries with gigabit broadband

Paul Hill — Mon, 30 May 2022 14:04:01 +0000

The UK government has said it's investing £164 million to upgrade 5,000 public buildings with gigabit broadband. It will mean nearby premises get faster speeds too as they'll be easier to reach. Read more...

Gigabit broadband is now available in 66% of UK homes compared to 37% last year

Paul Hill — Sat, 21 May 2022 00:10:01 +0000

Ofcom's latest Connected Nations report has found that 66% of homes in the UK can now access gigabit broadband ensuring they are prepared for a data-heavy future. 5G is also making progress. Read more...

UK government working to future-proof new-build homes with gigabit

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 22:16:02 +0000

The UK government has plans in the work to ensure that all new-builds have gigabit broadband connections installed. This will ensure they're all future-proof and can get the fastest broadband. Read more...

Virgin Media O2's entire broadband network now supports gigabit speeds

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:14:01 +0000

Virgin Media O2 is now supporting gigabit broadband across its whole network which means it has achieved a government goal four years early after just two years of work. It has more upgrades coming. Read more...

Virgin Media O2 says gigabit is available across half its network

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:44:02 +0000

Virgin Media O2 has announced that half of its broadband network is now able to access gigabit connectivity. By the end of the year it wants to make gigabit available on all of its network. Read more...

Additional 1.85 million premises to get gigabit broadband in the UK

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 13:26:01 +0000

The UK government has announced that an additional 1.85 million premises in the UK will be getting gigabit broadband with government funds, according to its latest plans published today. Read more...

UK government urged to subsidise broadband for those on low-incomes

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:02:02 +0000

The GigaTAG group has outlined how the government can make gigabit broadband available to those on lower incomes. Measures include connection and device subsidies and digital skills training. Read more...

UK government announces first phase of Project Gigabit

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:38:01 +0000

The UK has announced the first phase of Project Gigabit, an initiative with £5 billion invested to help connect hard-to-reach businesses and homes with gigabit internet connectivity. Read more...

MPs: it would be unacceptable for UK to miss 2025 gigabit goals

Paul Hill — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:54:02 +0000

A committee of UK MPs has called on the government to lay out more details about its plans to connect 85% of premises to gigabit broadband by the year 2025 after it climbed down on previous plans. Read more...

Gigabit broadband available in 25% of UK homes

Paul Hill — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:48:01 +0000

Ofcom has released its Connected Nations report today and it states that gigabit broadband is available in 25% of homes. The government's aim is to reach 85% connectivity by the year 2025. Read more...

Virgin Media connects Welsh towns and cities to its Gig1 network

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 12:04:01 +0000

Virgin Media has announced that its Gig1 gigabit network is now available in areas around south Wales. It comes just under a month after Gig1 arrived in London and Northern Ireland. Read more...

UK government sets less ambitious gigabit broadband goal

Paul Hill — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:46:01 +0000

The UK government has announced that it's scaling back ambitions to deploy gigabit broadband to 100% of residences by 2025. Instead, it has set a new target of 85% but the budget is unchanged. Read more...

Virgin Media gigabit comes to London and Northern Ireland

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 14:16:01 +0000

Virgin Media has announced that its Gig1 gigabit broadband package is now available to customers in London and Northern Ireland. Speeds offered with Gig1 are 17 times above the national average. Read more...

U.K.'s local councils told to upgrade internet connectivity

Paul Hill — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:30:01 +0000

The U.K. government has called on local councils to implements several measures to ensure that 5G and gigabit broadband rollouts can be sped up. The measures include dispelling 5G myths. Read more...

UK government announces 500,000 premises now gigabit-ready

Paul Hill — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 04:32:01 +0000

The UK government has revealed that around 7.5 million premises in the UK are now ready for gigabit broadband. It has invested £1 billion between 2018 and 2021 and plans to spend £5 billion more. Read more...

Virgin Media announces gigabit rollout to West Midlands, UK

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:20:02 +0000

Virgin Media has said that its gigabit services are rolling out to 3 million homes across the West Midlands in cities such as Birmingham and Coventry. The firm wants to reach 15 million homes by 2022. Read more...

Virgin Media launches “UK's fastest home broadband” with Gig1

Paul Hill — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 17:12:01 +0000

Virgin Media has announced the launch of Gig1 in Southampton. The £62 per month service will roll out to 15 million homes across the UK by 2021. The firm is putting on a free concert to celebrate. Read more...

Qualcomm announces the world's first 2Gbps LTE modem

Rich Woods — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:04:01 +0000

A substantial improvement upon last year's Snapdragon X20 cellular modem, the Snapdragon X24 is the world's first 4G LTE modem that supports download speeds of up to two gigabits per second. Read more...

Mozilla gives $275k to support creative tech projects

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:16:01 +0000

Mozilla has announced the release of $275,000 in funding to 18 entities working on creative projects taking advantage of a fast internet connection. This is part of its 'healthy internet' initiative. Read more...

Samsung announces a 1.2Gbps LTE modem that will be in its next chipset

Rich Woods — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:24:01 +0000

Today, Samsung announced a new LTE modem that will be included in the company's next generation of chipsets. The modems will support download speeds of up to 1.2 gigabits per second. Read more...

EE conducts live demonstration of gigabit 4G in London

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 01:24:01 +0000

EE, Qualcomm, and Sony have demoed gigabit 4G in London for the first time. EE says the faster 4G iteration will come to densely populated areas in the future, including Manchester and Birmingham. Read more...

Intel unveils its first gigabit LTE modem, coming later this year

Rich Woods — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:02:01 +0000

Intel today unveiled its fifth-generation LTE model, the XMM 7560 modem. Promising gigabit speeds, the modem will be manufactured on a 14nm process and offer 225Mbps upload speeds. Read more...

Comcast is expanding its gigabit internet service, will be in 15 U.S. cities by early 2017

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:00:01 +0000

The drive to offer gigabit service continues to grow with major internet service providers. Comcast, via its Xfinity service, plans to have 15 cities offering ultra-fast internet speeds in 2017. Read more...

Mozilla expands gigabit community fund project to Austin, Texas

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 May 2016 17:44:01 +0000

Mozilla has said that Austin, TX will join Chattanooga, TN and Kansas City in allowing local projects utilising Google Fiber to access a $150,000 fund. Applications for grants will open in August. Read more...

Google Fiber free service ends in Kansas City

Paul Hill — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:54:01 +0000

Google has pulled the plug on its free offering in Kansas City. Existing customers of the service can continue to use the plan until May 19, after which they'll have to switch to a paid tier. Read more...

Comcast can push gigabit internet using its existing network

Chris Schroeder — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:10:01 +0000

In an effort to compete with the wave of new gigabit internet services, Comcast says it can offer customers gigabit internet without updating its cable network. Read more...

Google Fiber coming to four new U.S. markets

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 02:00:01 +0000

Google will continue to build out it's lightning-fast Fiber Internet service and has announced the expansion to four new U.S. metro regions, which in total, now covers eighteen cities. Read more...

Comcast looks to offer gigabit internet speeds in 2015

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:04:01 +0000

With gigabit Internet services slowly gaining momentum in parts of the world, Comcast is positioning itself to offer blazing fast Internet speeds with the help of new Broadcom chips. Read more...

Google Fiber pricing released for Austin, sign-ups to begin next month

Alec Robertson — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:42:01 +0000

Google has released the pricing for Austin, Texas, for its Fiber service. The service offers super-fast speeds, with sign-ups beginning next month. Read more...

TechSpot: Testing 10 Gigabit Ethernet Performance, QNAP & Synology NAS

Julio Franco — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:43:58 +0000

First seen over a decade ago, 10GbE is not a new technology, but it's been largely reserved for pricey enterprise devices. It's ten times faster than Gigabit Ethernet... Read more...

Review: Amped Wireless' R10000G high power router [Update]

Christopher White — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:37:44 +0000

Have a large house and need better Wi-Fi coverage? The Amped Wireless R10000G promises to cover a 10,000 square foot building. Does it live up to that claim? We test it out to help you decide! Read more...

South Korea aims to provide gigabit speed to individual homes by 2012

Christopher White — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:29:07 +0000

What does a country that already leads the world with an average broadband speed of 12Mbps do for an encore? Simple: They promise 1,000Mbps by 2012. By way of comparison, the UK is trying to... Read more...

Belkin reveals world's first Gigabit Powerline adapter

Sam Symons — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:50:02 +0000

The technology that allows you to stream data through your house's existing electrical circuits is interesting. Not only is it interesting, but it's mighty secure and extra stable, and companies know this... and they sure... Read more...

Gigabit audio to run on Ethernet

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:53:34 +0000

Cirrus Logic is developing Gigabit Ethernet audio chips, with the aim of sending hundreds of uncompressed audio streams over the wire at the same time. The chips will supercharge the company's existing CobraNet audio networking... Read more...

Gigabit Wi-Fi looms large

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:14:21 +0000

Among the factors that have held back enterprise uptake of wireless LANs outside greenfield sites have been security fears and lack of performance compared to wireline Ethernet. The past week has brought little reassurance on... Read more...

New protocol promises to smash Gigabit wireless impasse

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 03:07:23 +0000

UWB, the future wireless standard that could see half-a-Gigabit wireless links replacing USB and Bluetooth, could at last break out of its standards purgatory. A new proposal by PulseLink suggests any number of... Read more...

New Intel GigaBit LAN Drivers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:37:36 +0000

Intel has some new drivers for their GigaBit NIC adapter series on their support servers ready for download. These are base drivers only, WHQL certified and for Windows 2000 and XP. Version number is 7.2.18.10.... Read more...

10 Gigabit Ethernet Sports New Price Tag

Tue, 08 Apr 2003 01:23:05 +0000

Riverstone Networks Inc. Monday nudged the per port price of 10 Gigabit Ethernet below the $10,000 level in a bid to accelerate adoption of the high-speed networking technology. "People want pricing in... Read more...