News Archive August 2011
Ofcom finds 500,000 UK homes have fibre broadband
Half a million UK households are signed up to fibre optic broadband, according to Ofcom. The regulator's latest Communications Market Report showed around 500,000 homes are connected to a super-fast broadband service offering...
Read moreBT backs fibre broadband rollouts to boost connection speeds
BT has said its fibre optic broadband rollout programme will help to drive up the UK's average connection speed. A spokesman from the telecoms giant explained BT is currently delivering super-fast broadband to one million...
Read moreNextGenUs gives update on Cumbria fibre broadband project
NextGenUs has revealed it is making good progress towards rolling out wireless and fibre optic broadband across Cumbria. The community network specialist gave an update on its efforts so far, which have seen "a lot of work...
Read moreBT bringing fibre broadband to 89% of Northern Irish lines
Nine in ten phone lines in Northern Ireland will be hooked up to a fibre optic broadband street cabinet by March 2012, BT has promised. Graham Sutherland, chief executive of BT Northern Ireland, revealed the telecoms giant is...
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