Transmission rates ever increasing.

UC San Diego research is pushing the limits of optical throughput over long distances. good to hear! Details in the link! 

http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/29/limits-of-fiber-optics-broken/

ISPreview Sky news.

Two articles:

Sky will be trailing what most ISP's will want: Self install FTTC services. There are various pitfalls and advantages to this. The main advantage being cost and the main disadvantage being the customers home environment. One of the main advantages of having a OR engineer comes to site is that they should in theory fix any in home issues.

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2013/09/sky-broadband-first-uk-isp-begin-trialling-self-install-fttc.html

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2013/09/uk-isp-sky-broadband-breaks-1000gbps-network-data-traffic-milestone.html

UK Virgin Media Broadband Users Hit by Peak Time Congestion and Latency

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2012/10/virgin-media-broadband-users-hit-by-peak-time-congestion-and-latency.html

Broadband forum reading

This isn't a blog post, just some links I want to read at a later date.

TR-069: CPE WAN Management Protocol v1.1

http://www.broadband-forum.org/technical/download/TR-069_Amendment-2.pdf

TR-143: Enabling Network Throughput Performance Tests and Statistical Monitoring http://www.broadband-forum.org/technical/download/TR-143.pdf

My broadband page has been updated!

I've made a few additions to the broadband page and changed the format around a bit.

Check it out:
http://www.alpagot.co.uk/p/broadband-support.html