News Archive September 2014
'All the world's a stage' for superfast broadband
Shakespeare's The Tempest is centred around a spell of bad weather and the innovative use of superfast fibre broadband in a recent performance of the play went down a storm. Actors from Cornwall's Miracle Theatre Company...
Read moreScottish community broadband group celebrates first anniversary
Locheilnet, a community fibre broadband delivery group based in Lochaber, is celebrating its first anniversary, marking one year since it first connected rural Fort William premises to the high-speed technology. Lochaber News...
Read moreBT Openreach brings fibre broadband to Rugeley and Colton
Fibre optic broadband has arrived in the Staffordshire communities of Rugeley and Colton, thanks to the Superfast Staffordshire rollout project. While delivering the high-speed technology is not a particularly challenging task...
Read morePeppard, Gallowstree Common and Sonning Common to get fibre broadband?
Planning applications have been submitted to install eight new green roadside cabinets in South Oxfordshire, meaning fibre optic broadband could soon be on its way to homes and businesses in Sonning Common, Peppard and...
Read moreFibre broadband frustrations in Queensferry
There are concerns regarding the rollout of superfast fibre optic broadband in Queensferry, as it has emerged some businesses have not received council funding towards the cause. The Linlithgow Gazette reports how Edinburgh West...
Read moreBetter broadband on its way to Swindon
Fibre optic broadband is on its way to Swindon residents after the local council confirmed it would provide funding towards the delivery of the high-speed technology. The Swindon Advertiser reports the town's council will be...
Read moreNew fibre broadband network to be built for Aberdeen
Network provider CityFibre is teaming up with Scotland's Internet for Business (IFB) project to deliver better broadband to firms based in Aberdeen - a move that will see the location become Scotland's first ever Gigabit...
Read moreCouncil funding approval 'would boost West Norfolk broadband'
Fibre broadband access in West Norfolk could be in line to receive a £1 million boost, if local councillors give their approval to the cause. The Eastern Daily Press reports that the issue has been discussed at a council...
Read moreArrival of fibre broadband welcomed in Monmouth
The arrival of superfast fibre optic broadband in Monmouth is being welcomed by residents and firms in the town alike. Better broadband has made its way to the town thanks to the Superfast Cymru rollout programme, which aims to...
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