News Archive December 2013
Rural Cornwall residents launch superfast broadband petition
Homeowners from a rural area of Cornwall have launched a petition to try to bring superfast broadband access to their properties. The region is covered by the Superfast Cornwall rollout project, which has been bringing the...
Read moreEx-BT chief says fibre broadband investment wasn't a risk
Former BT Chief Executive Lord Livingston has insisted it was never a risk for the telecoms giant to invest billions of pounds in fibre optic broadband. Under its commercial rollout programme, the company is spending £2.5...
Read moreNoke residents pledge to raise fibre broadband funds
Residents of an Oxfordshire village have pledged to raise thousands of pounds to support the rollout of fibre optic broadband. Villagers in Noke, which is around five miles north-east of Oxford, are seeking to generate funds of...
Read moreHull fibre broadband project hailed by Prescott
An initiative that has seen fibre optic broadband introduced to more than 120 homes and businesses in the Sutton area of Hull has been praised by Lord Prescott. The Labour politician was speaking following the switch-on of the...
Read moreFibre broadband finally arrives for South Gloucestershire residents
Properties that are covered by a broadband cabinet in South Gloucestershire have finally been introduced to superfast speeds after nearly three years of waiting. BT announced in early 2011 that it would be upgrading the exchange...
Read moreFibre broadband boost for Shropshire village
The village of Montford Bridge in Shropshire has been given a connectivity boost after being introduced to fibre optic broadband access. It was upgraded as part of Super Switch-on Day (Wednesday December 18th 2014), which saw...
Read moreFirst Kent communities to benefit from fibre broadband
The first area of Kent to benefit from the government's Broadband Delivery UK scheme will be connected this week. Densole, which is a village found near Folkestone, will receive the superfast service as part of a county-wide...
Read moreMetronet (UK) announces unprecedented sales revenue
An independent internet service provider from Manchester has announced it expects to exceed its sales targets for the 2013-14 financial year. Metronet (UK), which is based at Manchester Science Park, supplies customers with a...
Read moreDevon town gets fibre optic broadband upgrade
The town of Honiton in Devon has benefited from around 4,400 homes and businesses being connected to fibre optic broadband. They have seen their exchanges upgraded as part of a nationwide project by BT, which has been the subject...
Read moreLeeds campaign leads to fibre optic broadband upgrade
A campaign that was launched in Leeds to improve broadband speeds has led to BT upgrading two street cabinets. Residents who live near exchanges in the Middleton and New Forest Village areas of the city had complained to the...
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