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Coventry area to benefit from fibre connection
BT has announced it will provide a number of rural communities near Coventry with fibre optic broadband. Residents in Alderminster, Fillongley, Henley-in-Arden, Kineton, Quinton, Long Marston, Snitterfield and Welford-on-Avon...
Read moreSuperfast Northants fibre broadband scheme sets first cabinets live
The Superfast Northamptonshire fibre optic broadband rollout is ahead of schedule, with the first set of 14 street cabinets set to go live today (February 3rd 2014). Parts of Towcester and Weedon are the first to benefit from the...
Read moreLancs fibre broadband scheme sponsors business awards
A public-private partnership designed to significantly boost fibre optic broadband coverage in Lancashire has agreed to become the headline sponsor of a local business award scheme. Superfast Lancashire is backing the Be Inspired...
Read moreLincolnshire association calls for better broadband in 2014
A business association in Lincolnshire has claimed that improved broadband access should be a priority in 2014. The Lincolnshire arm of the County Land and Business Association (CLA) claimed that in the modern world, access to...
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 moreBT responds to BDUK criticisms
BT has responded to the widespread criticism that it is causing a lack of competition in the UK broadband market. The company was labelled as a "grant junkie" by Independent Networks Co-operative Association Chief...
Read moreEdinburgh MP praises fibre optic broadband rollout
An MP from Edinburgh has hailed the installation of fibre optic broadband after being introduced to the technology by representatives from BT. Edinburgh East MP Sheila Gilmore was shown the street cabinet in the Abbeyhill area of...
Read moreFirst Herefordshire area benefits from Fastershire fibre broadband project
Residents from a town in Herefordshire are celebrating being connected to a fibre optic broadband network for the first time under the Fastershire project. The initiative is a collaboration between service provider BT,...
Read moreWelsh residents cut from fibre optic broadband plans
Homes and businesses from some of the most rural areas of north Wales have discovered they will not be included in the Superfast Cymru fibre broadband rollout. The Welsh government had been issuing £1,000 grants to install...
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