UK unveils plans for gigabit FTTP broadband rollout - Sensationalist Headlines

Governments sets out full fibre and 5G vision with more funding .. https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/07/gov-detail-major-changes-to-boost-uk-full-fibre-broadband-and-5g.html * New legislation that will guarantee full fibre connections to new build developments (i.e. changes to streamline wayleaves and mandate fibre connections); * Providing Operators with a ‘right to entry’ to flats, business parks, office blocks and other tenanted properties to allow those who rent to receive fast, reliable connectivity, from the right supplier at the best price; * Reforms to the regulatory environment for full fibre broadband that will drive investment and competition and is tailored to different local market conditions. For example, the Gov will pursue an “outside-in” strategy, meaning that while network competition serves the commercially viable areas, the Government will support investment in the most difficult to reach areas at the same time. “We have already identified around £200 million within the existing Superfast broadband programme [BDUK] that can further the delivery of full fibre networks immediately.” * Public investment in full fibre for rural areas to begin simultaneously with commercial investment in urban locations; * An industry led switchover (from copper to full fibre) coordinated with Ofcom. The switchover process will be industry-led and timing will be dependent on the pace of rollout of fibre networks, and on the take-up of those networks. The report states it is realistic to assume that switchover could happen in the majority of the country by 2030, but the timing will ultimately be dependent on the pace of fibre roll out and on the subsequent take-up of fibre products. * A new nationwide framework which will reduce the costs, time and disruption caused by street-works by standardising the approach across the country; * Increased access to spectrum for innovative 5G services. * Alongside the review, Government has also published a Digital Infrastructure Toolkit which will allow mobile networks to make far greater use of Government buildings to boost coverage across the UK. some more stuff, read the article pleb TLDR: there are something like 28 million premises in the UK that need to be connected. The target is to have 15 million premises on FTTP by 2025, and 100% coverage by 2033. The telephone network is switching to a VOIP system, and copper networks will be switched off in areas where they're no longer needed. Government says most of the copper network will hopefully be deactivated by 2030. The government plans to use an 'outside in' approach where the industry handles urban areas and the government funds rural areas at the same time - the goal is to avoid rural areas having to wait until the very very end of the program to get coverage. The government paper is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727889/Future_Telecoms_Infrastructure_Review.pdf

Don't let BT fuck everything up this time!

Don't fuck it up like Australia did. At least the UK is a much smaller country so less chance of that happening.

i'll be just about 40 before i get speeds above 0.5Mbps

You sure? By 2020 you'll have a legal right to a minimum 10Mbps connection, unless your home is one of the 0.2% of properties where the cost is too high, in which case you're entitled to a satellite connection or can cover the rest of the cost yourself

Now we just need the US to come to its senses and get internet to be a utility and get everyone fiber.

That won't happen for decades.

Trust me, shit will go well until they start putting everyone onto FTTN

95% of the country already has FTTN/VDSL2, this is the next step beyond that

It's the remaining 5% they really need to fix, I'm stuck on ADSL with a best speed of 2.7mbps down, only need to go a mile up the road to get VDSL.

"Fiber" in my area is considered around 23mbps. Ill believe it when I see it.

That's probably just FTTC (FTTN / VDSL2), which isn't really proper fiber as it's just as the name says "Fiber To The Cabinet" and then copper from that to your house. FTTP will be much faster, as it doesn't suffer from losses from you being further away from the cabinet.