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Fibre-to-the-home trial announced by TalkTalk
Fibre to the home (FTTH) will be trialled by TalkTalk as part of its planned rollout of super-fast broadband using BT Openzone infrastructure. The internet service provider (ISP) is set to test the technology via a small-scale...
Read moreVirgin Media extends fibre broadband network to data centres
Virgin Media Business will utilise its fibre optic broadband infrastructure to offer communications services to data centres across the UK. The move will enable the storage facilities to deliver connectivity to users at speeds of...
Read moreBT Infinity broadband coming to 4 more villages
BT Infinity fibre optic broadband will be available to residents and businesses in four more villages over the coming months. The service will be rolled out to properties in Burley in Wharfedale in Yorkshire, Capel in Surrey,...
Read moreFTTA broadband "would save the UK billions"
New technology that transmits fibre optic broadband speeds without the use of wires has been tipped to save the UK "billions" of pounds. Writing for Computing, Brett Farrell - an associate at law firm Barlow Robbins LLP...
Read moreVirgin Media signs up 4m fibre broadband customers
Virgin Media has reported an increase in the number of customers subscribed to its fibre optic broadband proposition. The cable company revealed more than four million households across the UK are now signed up to receive one of...
Read moreFibre optic broadband study could boost internet speeds
Scientists will look at how fibre optic cable broadband functions as part of a government-backed project that could make the internet 100 times faster. Some £7.2 million has been pledged for the six-year Photonics...
Read moreFibre optic broadband a must for Aberdeen, says MP
Fibre optic broadband is needed in Aberdeen if the city is to play a key role in leading the UK to economic recovery, an MP has argued. Sir Robert Smith, MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, told the UK government that...
Read moreVirgin Media says 100Mbps fibre broadband improves browsing
Virgin Media has claimed its 100Mbps fibre optic broadband service will make a difference in households that often have more than one person online simultaneously. The cable broadband giant, which today (January 25th 2011)...
Read moreEclipse boosts average fibre broadband throughput to 12Mbps
Eclipse Internet has updated its fibre optic broadband service in a move designed to boost the speeds received by its subscribers. Customers will be able to benefit from "assured throughput speeds" of 12Mbps, the...
Read moreFibrestream boss hails progress at broadband delivery talks
The chief executive of fibre optic broadband provider Fibrestream has praised the progress made at a telecoms industry meeting last week. Writing on the official Fibrestream blog, Guy Jarvis said the talks on broadband delivery...
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