Virgin Media bringing 100Mbps fibre broadband to Bishop's Stortford
Virgin Media has announced the Hertfordshire town of Bishop's Stortford will get access to its up to 100Mbps fibre optic broadband service in the coming months. Jon James, the cable company's executive director of...
Read moreVirgin Media boss warns of damage to fibre broadband competition
Virgin Media chief executive Neil Berkett has expressed concern that competition in the fibre optic broadband market could be damaged by government funding. Speaking to the Financial Times, Mr Berkett warned against the...
Read morePhase two underway on Shetland fibre broadband project
The second phase of a project to connect Shetland to a Faroese fibre optic broadband cable has commenced, Shetland Telecom has announced. Stage two of the work, which will see the fibre optic line laid between Lerwick on the...
Read moreBT to open Cornwall fibre broadband training centre
BT is set to open a new centre in Cornwall where it will train engineers to work on the rollout of fibre optic broadband in the south-west county. The Bodmin facility, which will be unveiled by Openreach chief executive Liv...
Read moreFibre broadband provider NextGenUs knocks council funding plans
Fibre optic broadband specialist NextGenUs has claimed local authorities are using state money to improve their own networks, rather than to boost public broadband. Speaking to PC Pro, founder of NextGenUs Guy Jarvis accused...
Read moreFibrestream praises Sky for Hull fibre broadband ad move
Fibrestream has welcomed Sky's decision to allow fibre optic broadband provider NextGenUs to advertise its services in Hull shopping centres. The company had accused Sky of "blocking broadband choice" with its...
Read moreBT rolls out fibre optic broadband in Hawarden
BT has rolled out fibre optic broadband to the first homes and businesses in the north Wales village of Hawarden. When the work is finished in the coming weeks, around 7,500 properties in the Flintshire community will be able to...
Read moreFinal bidders for Cumbria broadband project announced
A trio of providers have now been shortlisted for Accessible Cumbria, the county's super-fast broadband project. In a statement, Cumbria County Council confirmed that BT Global Services, Cable and Wireless and Fujitsu are the...
Read moreHerefordshire recruits volunteers to promote super-fast broadband
A group of volunteers have been drafted in to explain the benefits of high-speed broadband to rural communities in Herefordshire. According to the Hereford Times, the local authority wants the "broadband champions" to...
Read moreCommunity project unveils broadband plan for rural Lancashire
B4RN has released details of its plan to deliver a new fibre optic broadband service for rural north Lancashire. The co-operative project is calling on local farmers and other community members to support the scheme, which will...
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