News Archive January 2013
Fibre broadband comes to Hesketh Bank
BT has announced that super-fast fibre optic broadband has gone live in another Lancashire community. The region of Hesketh Bank is set to benefit from download speeds of up to 80Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20Mbps as a...
Read moreFibre broadband rapidly expanding across south-west
BT has announced that high-speed fibre broadband is now live and available to homes and businesses in the south-west town of Barnwood. More than 7,000 subscribers are expected to benefit from the high-speed revolution as a...
Read moreSuper-fast fibre broadband now available in South Shields
The north-eastern town of South Shields has become the latest area to receive the implementation of super-fast fibre optic broadband. Over 19,000 local firms and households are expected to benefit from the new installation, as...
Read morePrudhoe receives fibre broadband speed boost
BT has announced that high-speed fibre broadband is now available to homes and businesses in Prudhoe for the first time. This follows on from a recent boost to the nation's fibre optic broadband footprint in the north-east,...
Read moreKeighley and Ilkley MP Kris Hopkins hails fibre broadband launch
The rollout of fibre optic broadband in Keighley has been welcomed by local MP Kris Hopkins. BT has already deployed super-fast connectivity to the first homes and businesses in the West Yorkshire town, with more than 14,700...
Read moreBT criticised for 'misleading' fibre broadband checker
BT has been rapped by advertising regulators over an availability checker designed to indicate the coverage of its fibre optic broadband network. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 15 complaints from consumers who...
Read moreBT boosts South Yorks fibre broadband footprint
BT has rolled out high-speed fibre optic broadband to several more South Yorkshire communities. More than 20,000 properties in Armthorpe, Maltby and Woodhouse are set to gain access to the service when engineers complete the...
Read moreBourne Business Chamber hails fibre broadband launch
Bourne Business Chamber has welcomed the launch of fibre optic broadband in the Lincolnshire town. BT is rolling out the technology to homes and businesses across the town as part of its £2.5 billion national deployment...
Read moreZen aims to tackle slow UK fibre broadband take-up
Zen Internet is aiming to take action over the perceived slow uptake of fibre optic broadband services in the UK. The company claimed that while there are plenty of positive media reports about the rollout of faster networks and...
Read moreBracknell MP looking forward to fibre broadband launch
Bracknell MP Dr Phillip Lee has predicted that the launch of super-fast 4G and fibre optic broadband services will make 2013 a positive year for his constituency. In a political summary of the past 12 months, Dr Lee said 2012...
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