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Highlands businesses take HIE to task over broadband
Caithness Chamber of Commerce has today (November 15th 2013) met with the organisation tasked with rolling out superfast broadband in the Scottish Highlands. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) announced the first eight spots...
Read moreBT's Champions League deal could bring fibre broadband boost
BT is hoping the landmark deal that will see it gain the exclusive live rights to Champions League football coverage from 2015 could lead to an upsurge in its fibre optic broadband customer base. Bosses at the company have...
Read moreGigaclear adds more rural communities to fibre broadband rollout
Gigaclear has confirmed it will roll out ultrafast fibre-to-the-premises broadband to a further three rural communities. Farmoor and Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire, and Underriver and surrounding villages in Kent, can look...
Read moreCityFibre brings gigabit fibre broadband to Peterborough
Homes and businesses in Peterborough are set to be introduced to a fibre optic broadband network that will provide gigabit speeds. The project will cost around £30 million and comes courtesy of CityFibre, which is an...
Read moreFibre optic broadband will transform Ribble Valley, says MP
A project that has brought fibre optic broadband to rural areas of Lancashire has been praised by a local MP. Nigel Evans, who represents his constituency in the Ribble Valley, claimed the benefits that will be felt not just...
Read moreManchester business hub gets fibre optic broadband
A conference centre in central Manchester that houses a number of the city's high-profile companies has gained access to fibre optic broadband. The installation has come courtesy of service provider Metronet (UK), which was...
Read moreFibre optic broadband lobbyers to ditch BT
A residents group from Hampshire that wants fibre optic broadband introduced to several villages in the area says it will not accept BT as its service provider. Homes and businesses in Dun Valley are dissatisfied with their...
Read moreMore funding needed to meet Scottish fibre broadband targets
Additional funds will be necessary if Scotland is to reach its target of bringing fibre optic broadband to 95 per cent of premises by 2018. John Sweeney, who is the Finance Secretary for the Scottish government, made his concerns...
Read moreFibre optic broadband project slammed by IT firm
An initiative that aims to increase access to fibre optic broadband in Cheshire has been criticised by a local computing company. The project, which is a partnership between BT and four local councils, aims to bring superfast...
Read moreProvider claims Cumbrian village has UK's fastest fibre optic broadband
An internet service provider has claimed it supplies a village in Cumbria with the fastest fibre optic broadband connection in the UK. LonsdaleNET, which is a superfast broadband provider based in the region, specialises in...
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