News Archive November 2014
Rural broadband rollout gathering pace
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport's work to deliver high-speed fibre broadband to 95 per cent of UK homes and businesses by 2017 is gathering pace, particularly in rural parts of the country. Approximately 8,500...
Read moreSuperfast fibre broadband arrives in Carmarthenshire
Fibre optic broadband has arrived in Carmarthenshire thanks to the Superfast Cymru rollout programme. The high-speed technology is available to the first homes and businesses in the area via the Upper Cwmtwrch exchange and work...
Read moreManor Royal firms gain fibre broadband access
Companies based at the Manor Royal Business Park in Crawley are benefiting from gaining access to fibre optic broadband, thanks to the West Sussex Better Connected rollout programme. The connectivity initiative is supported and...
Read moreDigital Scotland reaches 150,000 premises
The £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband rollout programme has delivered high-speed fibre broadband to more than 150,000 homes and businesses in the country, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has...
Read moreFibre broadband for Marchington and Draycott-in-the-Clay
Fibre optic broadband has arrived in Marchington and Draycott-in-the-Clay thanks to the Superfast Staffordshire rollout project. The Uttoxeter Advertiser reports that 20,000 homes and businesses in the county can now access the...
Read moreBT fibre broadband rollout creates new Staffordshire jobs
Network provider BT's work to roll out fibre optic broadband to homes and businesses throughout the UK has led to the creation of an additional 20 engineering jobs in north Staffordshire. The new recruits will work for...
Read moreHalfway milestone for Northern Lincolnshire Broadband project
The Northern Lincolnshire Broadband rollout project has reached its halfway point, having connected almost 17,000 domestic properties and commercial buildings in the region to fibre optic broadband. Humberston, Brigg, Scunthorpe,...
Read moreFibre broadband comes to Bury homes and businesses
Fibre optic broadband has arrived in the Greater Manchester borough of Bury, thanks to the Get Digital Faster regional rollout programme. Over 700 residential and commercial properties in the area can now access improved internet...
Read moreCheltenham MP campaigning for better broadband
MP for Cheltenham Martin Horwood is campaigning for improvements to be made to the town's broadband coverage. The Gloucestershire Echo reports that Mr Horwood is calling for a special debate in parliament to discuss the...
Read moreFibre optic broadband arrives in Annan
Annan is among the latest areas to benefit from a connection to better broadband under the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband rollout project. The £410 million - £126 million of which has been provided by BT -...
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