And just like that, it's 2025! Happy New Year to contributors and readers of the Kitz site.
2024 has seen record growth of FTTP with 69% of the UK having access to full fibre broadband. According to OFCOM news dated 5thDec 2024:
Ofcom’s Connected Nations report finds that 69% (20.7 million) of UK homes now have access to full-fibre broadband. Using fibre optic cables all the way to the home instead of copper lines, full-fibre broadband is faster and more reliable. Full-fibre networks, as well as cable, can potentially deliver speeds of 1 Gbit/s or higher, which means a better experience when doing activities like streaming, gaming and making video calls.
Taking full-fibre and cable networks together, 25 million homes (83%) now have access to a gigabit-capable broadband connection. This suggests the Government’s target of 85% coverage by 2025 is likely to be reached.
I can't ignore that web hosting for the site has been a heck of a bumpy ride during 2024. The GoDaddy takeover of TSOHost turned into a disastrous move. Legacy Vidahost/TSOHost customers were given little choice. You either move away with zero support and they shut the server off.. or were backed into a corner to take out one of their specific managed packages at a vastly increased cost. Unfortunately, the so called premium support was at times has been anything but. It would take far too long to list all the issues in this post, suffice to say that it has been a very expensive move not just monetary, but also in terms of time spent fixing errors, server downtime and huge amounts of stress. I simply can not afford to continue on the current plan for another year, so hopefully when Ive managed to clean up some of the mess caused during the GoDaddy migration I will be looking at moving to better hosts. Thank you for your patience and understanding during what became a heinous time.
As is customary, I take this time of year to say a massive thanks to all our regs and other contributors who make this site what it grew to be. I could not have done it without you. Wishing everyone a prosperous new year.
