Mapping the North-South gap
Point Topic’s new mapping of broadband geography shows how deep the digital divide is between the North and the South.
“We class 68 cities, towns and districts as having high broadband penetration, but only 3 of these are north and west of a line from the Wash to the Bristol Channel. Of the [...]

Balance shifts towards FTTP
Fibre all the way to the premises (FTTP) will play a much bigger and earlier role in next-generation broadband in the UK than was assumed even a few months ago. That means that Britain could be getting the full benefits of superfast broadband years earlier than expected.
In fact, FTTP is already ahead [...]

Mixed signals and uncertain futures blur broadband growth.
“Broadband has continued to grow robustly through the last 18 months relative to other sectors, predicting what will happen next is becoming increasingly challenging,” says Oliver Johnson, CEO at Point Topic.
On the one hand the many markets are reporting accelerating broadband growth while the world collectively has grown [...]

Broadband is showing a healthier glow than expected in the UK, as in many countries around the world. As a result of good figures for the first half of 2009, Point Topic, the broadband data specialist, has increased its forecasts for broadband connections, both for the year as a whole and forward to 2014.
Britain added [...]

Cable and DSL fight back as fibre looms in their future.
Broadband operators, whether DSL or cable, are having to make big improvements to their offerings in the face of competition. This is clear from Point Topic’s most recent report, for Q2 2009, on quarterly tariff and speed data from ISPs around the world.
“If you want [...]

Broadband is continuing to offer more for your dollar every quarter according to the latest analysis from Point Topic.
The latest tariffs collated and published by Point Topic* show that the services that operators are offering have slowly increased in speed and even in the face of an economic crises some are continuing to cut prices [...]

Scotland has done more than any other part of the United Kingdom to bring broadband to its whole territory. Following a long-term strategy, the Scottish Government, has committed almost £25 million to achieve what amounts to a “Universal Service Commitment” on broadband.
A set of overlapping initiatives has made 0.5Mbps broadband access available to every home [...]

VPNs have been on the march in recent years and Point Topic estimates that worldwide revenues grew from $6.8 billion in 2006 to $11.7 billion in 2007.
“It’s hard to say if we’ll see the same level of growth in 08 and 09,” says John Bosnell, Senior Analyst at Point Topic. “While VPNs have been increasing [...]

Despite the world economic crisis, broadband numbers are actually growing a little faster than expected. Point Topic has increased its forecast for the number of fixed broadband lines in the world by the end of 2009 from 493 million to 496 million. The five-year forecast for the end of 2013 has gone up from 683 [...]

Broadband subscriptions in the UK exceeded expectations in the last 6 months of 2008 reaching 17.4 million by the end of the year and topping Point Topic’s forecasts by 0.2%.
“DSL operators had a stronger fourth quarter than projected, in particular the local loop unbundlers. While cable did well it didn’t exceed our forecasts,” says Tim [...]