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Lincs council chief highlights broadband woes
BT's plans to roll out fibre optic broadband to 31,000 more properties in Lincolnshire will not fully tackle the area's internet access woes, a council chief has insisted. The telecoms giant announced residents are set to...
Read moreBT bringing fibre broadband to 51,000 Greater Manchester properties
Fibre optic broadband will be available to tens of thousands more properties in Greater Manchester over the coming months, BT has announced. More than 51,000 homes and businesses in the metropolitan county have been included in...
Read moreEURIM says universal fibre broadband is within reach
Up to 100Mbps fibre broadband could be rolled out across the entire UK without the need for any extra government funding, according to EURIM, the Information Society Alliance. The organisation claimed this target could be...
Read moreBT apprentices to help roll out fibre broadband in Wales
Growing demand for fibre optic broadband in Wales has persuaded BT to sign up its largest ever intake of apprentices. The trainees will join up with the telecoms giant's 1,500-strong workforce to roll out and maintain the...
Read moreIDATE says FTTH and FTTB coming to 227m homes by 2015
More than 220 million households will be signed up to an 'ultra-fast' fibre optic broadband service in four years' time, according to new research. IDATE, the consulting and market analysis firm, predicted 227 million...
Read moreVirgin Media fibre broadband network prepared for rise in data
Virgin Media has claimed its fibre optic broadband network is well equipped to cope with a predicted "explosion" in bandwidth usage. Jon James, the cable company's executive director of broadband, claimed consumers...
Read moreSuffolk village to get community fibre broadband network
A community fibre optic broadband network will be rolled out in the Suffolk village of Parham thanks to East of England Development Agency funding. The body has awarded Suffolk Action with Communities in Rural England a...
Read moreSurrey launches fibre optic broadband tender
Tender processes for fibre optic broadband networks in Surrey have been announced by the county council. The local authority is looking for the private sector to bring faster connections to around a fifth of properties, which are...
Read moreEasynet Connect unveils new fibre broadband speed service
Business internet service provider (ISP) Easynet Connect has announced the launch of its fibre optic broadband speed SureStream (A) service. The company claimed the technology is available to more than eight in ten UK firms and...
Read moreBT fibre broadband praised by Cornwall business
One of the first businesses in Cornwall to be connected to BT's fibre optic broadband service has spoken out about the benefits of the technology. Karen Patterson, director of Orbiss - a provider of telecoms and entertainment...
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