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North Lincs broadband rollout 'picks up pace'
It has been announced that a number of communities in the North Lincolnshire area will be included in BT's fibre optic network. Engineering work to lay cables to a number of villages is underway and the telecommunications...
Read moreCoventry 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 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 moreFibre broadband rollouts make UK world's tenth best connected country
A nationwide fibre optic broadband project that has been launched by the government has pushed the UK into the top ten best connected countries in the world, according to a new report. Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) is a widespread...
Read moreCanary Wharf gets fibre optic broadband boost
One of London's most prominent business districts has discovered it will have its internet service upgraded to a fibre optic broadband connection. Canary Wharf is one of 19 business exchanges in the UK that will receive an...
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...
Read moreHyperoptic boosts expansion plans with new Director of Sales
Fibre optic broadband network operator Hyperoptic says it is ratcheting up its UK expansion by appointing Per-Gunnar Ostby as its new Director of Sales. Mr Ostby worked with Hyperoptic Chairman Boris Ivanovic and Managing...
Read moreCheshire businesses to benefit from superfast broadband help
Businesses in Cheshire are set to benefit from £1.5 million of investment to help them make the most of the digital technology enabled by fibre optic broadband. The scheme, named Connecting Cheshire Superfast Business, is...
Read moreBT rolling out fibre broadband link between Kilmarnock medical centres
BT is rolling out a fibre optic broadband link between two Kilmarnock medical practices in a bid to improve the experience of patients. At present, patients are unable to make appointments or collect prescriptions from the...
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